Saturday Wipeout

I would normally indulge myself today with a look at Saturday's League One fixtures but it looks pretty pointless this weekend as the entire coupon is likely to fall victim to the snow and ice. Charlton were unusually quick and negative in yesterday's bulletins to say that they intend to get a decision made on Friday to save any Monkey-hangers a long and fruitless trip south, although the prospects of a football-less day in London are somewhat more appealing than one in Walsall. The temperature in Charlton this morning is -2c. We have two inches of lying snow with more predicted this afternoon.

The transfer window looks the slowest yet so far across the country. Perhaps that's the snow but more likely it's the freezing economic conditions in British football. Thankfully for us there does appear to be more interest in Izale McLeod than just Hearts whose manager is keen but whose Chairman isn't. Step forward Peterborough United, those Championship giants with whom we hope to trade places in May. Izale is a Peterborough-type of player if you ask me and I can see him banging in a dozen or so goals to keep them up...

Speaking of economic conditions, Stockport County look like they are in serious trouble. The club was sold to their Supporters Trust for £1 a while back by their former Chairman who took the freehold of the ground and left to concentrate on managing Sale Sharks. The Sharks have chewed the pitch up and Stockport fans are amazed to have been left feeling like second-class citizens at their own ground. Sorry chaps but it isn't yours any longer is it? The recent bout of match postponements has affected their cash-flow and sitting bottom of League One is a disaster waiting to happen to a club already in Administration. Their debts aren't massive relatively speaking but without a benefactor what they owe to Her Majesty's Custom and Excise could spell the end. Fans recently walked from Stockport to Manchester to complain about the ineptitude of their Administrators and to raise the profile of their cause, although they appear to be preparing for the worst. All of the squad is up for sale and they are desperate for revenue to keep their club afloat. They harbour hopes of the Council saving them but a less antagonistic attitude to former Chairman Brian Kennedy who ploughed £13m in whilst in charge would probably be a better bet. I believe we are close to the straw that breaks the camel's back in terms of clubs going bust and Stockport could be the first. Football is due a market correction of banking proportions. My only hope is that we do not become one of the victims - the government certainly won't be bailing anyone out.