When an asset becomes a daunting liability

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With Ukio Bankas bankrupt there is an acceptance that Hearts, who owe the bank in the region of £15m, will go into administration shortly after the end of the season.  This might not be the case.

Hearts major problem is their major asset, Tynecastle Stadium, which occupies a valuable patch of land in Edinburgh.  If administrators acting on behalf of Ukio have free access to the stadium they may shut it and look to recoup their loans by selling the land.  There is a possibility Hearts could be a football club without a stadium, but that does not necessarily mean they will go into administration.  Without a stadium to use the club would be liquidated but there is a possibility they would be able ground-share.

Hearts tested the land value before the property crash and received an offer of £22m from a house builder.

Alternatively the bank’s administrators could use their considerable influence over how the club is managed to sell their shares or come to some other arrangement (Ticketus, anyone?). When the major creditor has this much control of the company without administration, going through the formal process could actually harm their chances of getting their money back.

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  1. Celtic_First on

    Doc Whatfor

     

     

    Holy Cross, Hamilton, made very short work of us in 1976.

     

     

    St Aidan’s beat us another year, although that was in Wishaw, and we nearly knocked them out. We hardly got a touch of the ball against Holy Cross.

  2. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Sevconians probably think Walter’s style was ‘total football’.

  3. gordybhoy64 on

    TET,

     

    I didn’t know the Ramsdens cup was a major European trophy,

     

    surely they will win that by 2020

  4. voguepunter on

    Amoroso the big eejit “give Sally mer money for team”

     

    Not got a pot pee in ,but lets throw other peeples cash into the abyss.

     

    Thank goodness they will never learn.

  5. blantyretim on

    dressings off today..

     

     

    3 lovely fresh scars to add to the mess from before…

  6. doctor whatfor

     

     

    Ayrshire is magic… Queen Margaret from St Margaret’s

     

     

    Large protest walks in relation to the re-building of St Andrews Saltcoats

     

     

    Now St Matthews…

     

     

    Large catholic secondary school, we ain’t having that….

     

     

    Eh aye we ur…

     

     

    HH

  7. Doctor Whatfor on

    Celtic first

     

     

    Holy Cross is my old Alma Mater. Nae fitba park. We had tae use any local public park that wasn’t waterlogged. Paul McStay’s first game on a bona fide home ground was at Hampden for Scotland under 16’s.

     

     

    But we were happy.

  8. jungle jam67 on

    from the bbc report

     

    The document ends with: “The Rangers fans will stick by the club and support us in their thousands, but only if they can see that there is progression.

     

    “Right now, many questions are being asked about what is really happening at the club, and the biggest concern seems to be the style of football and coaching theory.

     

    ——————————————-

     

    directors stepping down?

     

    SFO investigation?

     

    burn rate of £1 million + per month !!

     

    and the mbb waiting to jump out with the deeds in his hand

     

     

    even the mibs had to assist sevco on the field to get enough points to gain promotion

     

    this year that may not even be enough

     

    perish the thought

     

     

    nurse……nurse…………my sides are about to burst………ha…ha…ha

     

     

    jam67

  9. !!Bada Bing!! on

    If Challs couldn’t get-

     

    Pep

     

    Johan

     

    Frank

     

    Jose

     

    SAF

     

    Klopp

     

    Maybe Stuart Baxter would have been the man for the gig?

  10. At night you hear, Bazookas roar.

     

     

    Moonhowlers going into th3 .

     

     

    Playstatio.OOPS.

     

     

     

     

    Ask you own self why pop upz are popping up despite being secular/secure.

     

     

    I could be Wrong, I Might be Right.

     

     

    &

     

    &

     

    another and.

     

     

    FOCUS on this music.

  11. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MICKTT

     

     

    And the upshot of our new school is that they want one too.

     

     

    Waaaaant it,Little Britain,little minds.

  12. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    This HAS to be a wind-up. Picture of elbows with the caption:

     

     

    “Rangers captain Lee McCulloch perhaps epitomises the whole-hearted approach of the plan”

  13. THE EXILED TIM

     

    16:27 on

     

    3 May, 2013

     

    I think we should all be quaking in our boots.

     

     

    Sevco, the new Barca of scotland is just around the corner.

     

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22400088

     

     

    Dearie, dearie me.

     

    ——————————————————————————————-

     

     

    I cant believe any sane person ever penned that piece,I was in total hysterics reading it! ,a 2 bob outfit from Govan ‘s masterplan to take over European football that effort must be kept for posterity to show how deluded that lot really are,and to keep us in hilarity

  14. Doctor Whatfor on

    BT

     

     

    Presume you mean 78 to 84. What primary school did you grace young man?

  15. Celtic_First on

    BlantyreTim

     

     

    Was it just you or did everyone at Ogilvie work backwards through time?

     

     

    Never did you any harm anyway.

  16. Doctor Whatfor on

    Celtic first

     

     

    Yup everybody in Blantyre worked backwards through time. It meant you always knew where you were going. ;-)

  17. Og rafferty,

     

     

    is that what the scoop was the bbc article on sevco’s master plan to rule football? lol

  18. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    BADA BING

     

     

    Are you trying to sneak in one of those list things under the radar?

     

     

    Yellow card offence nowadays!

     

     

    First thing I thought when I read that piece on the site of a publicly-funded service is……

     

     

    Nice to know where my licence fee goes.

     

     

    Disgraceful to simply print a blurb like that,no matter which company it is for…..

  19. thetimrieper on

    GlassTwoThirdsFull

     

     

    Especially when they want to base their football philosophy

     

    on Barca. You couldn’t make it up…….. hahaha

     

     

    HH

  20. unionbearBhind on

    jungle jam67 KNOw exactly what you mean aw they non sevco players loitering wi intent in thir ain penalty box that’s jist askin for a penalty & a sendin aff its a wonder any thame non sevconians ever finish wae 11 players?

  21. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    BLANTYRE TIM

     

     

    was clearly a backward student,haha…..

     

     

    Good to hear the recovery is coming on apace,bud.

     

     

    You’ll be fit for the falling-down juice in no time!

  22. Doctor Whatfor on

    BMCUW

     

     

    There were name backward students at his school. Just weans wae the imagination tae bend time.

     

     

    Alberteinsteincsc

  23. The Moon Bhoys on

    …there’s one smoking a joint, and another with spots, if I had my way I’d have all of them shot…

     

     

    PFCSC

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