Fred Perry
03-12-2011, 12:25
The release this week of all the facts & figures involved with the blanquiazules has set alarm bells ringing. This is how we stand at present, feel free to add ideas/opinions.
CLUB FINANCES
CD Tenerife are now 38 million in debt. Of that amount 21 million is short term debt and needs to be paid off before next June (2012). One hope was the sale of land owned by CD Tenerife, valued at 15 million, but this was sold finally for 11million due to the crisis and the need of quick revenue. The club recieved 4.2 million of this amount last July to save themselves from going into administration. The rest (7 million) will eventually come off the 38million debt when paid.
It was quite obvious at the time playing in Primera that the signing of a couple of players(atleast a half decent center half) could have saved the club from relegation. Trying to stay up on the cheap doesīnt cut the mustard in any league these days, we should have risked spending another 2-3million. It may not have worked but being 38 or 41 million in debt for me doesīnt make much differance when it is so much. The loss in TV money is staggering; 14 million in Primera down to 2.5million in the 2nd Division. Letīs not talk about this season`s tv money:o, 70,000!
Season ticket sales dropped from 6million to 3million (which was still a fantastic amount in the 2nd it must be said)
Match ticket sales dropped from 1.4 million to 500.000. Remember there were only 3,500 tickets available per game in Primera due to season ticket sell out.
The club shop took 330,000 in the Primera season down to 132,000 in the 2nd. Now it is closed down completely whilst the club offices make the move from the center of town to the stadium.
Next April CD Tenerife have a court case pending with ex-manager Amaral for unfair dismissal. According to reports the club are likely to lose.
BOARD
After taking power back in 2006 things slowly but surely improved for the club. Great results led to the glorious promotion in 2009. Infact, all round the club enjoyed a revival and I was impressed with the initiatives and felt that the club were really going places. At a Fan Club meeting a few weeks before the promotion in 2009 the President Concepcion promised to organise charter flights for fans to travel to Girona. But in the end there was nothing, it appeared to be a case of "we are practically up now and we donīt need you anymore". Fans were forced to hand over 300 just for a day trip or donīt go to see the promotion. In the excitement of the promotion Concepcion was hero as he danced with fans in the fountain in Santa Cruz, the away day farce was largely forgotten.
The lack of signings that summer produced the first murmers of discontent but it was a case of "letīs see".
The rest is history, two relegations and the rise in debt. Relations between the fans and the board can only be described as "frosty". There is no alternative to the current board, that is the BIG problem. The AGM held soon will be attended by few. Concepcion made a new rule that any fan wanting to attend now needs 115 shares minimum(ruling out the average fan) Also the AGM is midday on a Friday, a working day, to make it harder for fans to participate incase they complain about anything. Mein Fuhrer would have been impressed.
Added after 54 minutes:
TEAM
Results wise fantastic, 8 wins, 5 draws and just 2 defeats. The play has not be so good it must be admitted, we have ridden our luck at times and thanked the ever superb Sergio Aragoneses in goal(the best by far at this level). I would say only twice this season, Vecindario 3-0 win and Rayo B, 3-1 with 10 men, that we have left the stadium thinking "that was brilliant". Still, the points are on the board and we are set for a play-off position. The new players brought in(16 of them) are in a way still paying for disspointment of last season. Nerves spread from the pitch to the stands and vice-versa. Somewhat unfair on these players, we need to change the "chip" and get right behind them. Manager Calerdon is a cautious type manager & sometimes he does not help himself but the pressure of a over demanding public/ media I feel is causing some of this. You should hear the radio pundits during the week, you would think we had been bottom 3 all season not top 3!
A settled team is a must as he stills seems to be experimenting. With Pablo Sicilia back soon and the promised signing of a new striker we can only improve I hope.
FANS
Basically the heart and soul of the club, the attendances have engulfed every other in the 2nd B and many in the 2nd division. There is still hope for CDT to return to the big-time thanks to itīs loyal support. The CLUB says it is proud on itīs website of the amount fans at home games and away. Well, the fans are there DESPITE the CLUB. Itīs annoying that the CLUB take pride when they have done nothing to help attendances home or away. Lets not talk about the marketing/public relations of CDT, simply they are not good or bad - THEY DONīT EXIST.
Looking at the way clubs in the UK/Germany are run, working with the local community, iniciatives to put bums on seats etc. it is a great shame that they do not take a look outside their comfort zone of Santa Cruz. I say Santa Cruz/La Laguna as for the club the whole world is based in this zone. Despite the south being the motor of the Island, and where roughly a third of the residents of Tenerife live they never venture down here for anything(it would be like going to the moon for most of them). When I quizzed one well known director about this his reply was "I go to the South once for a swim every summer". That is what we have to put up with, small minded people. Okay, CDT play every August in Las Americas against CD Marino but it is a case of "get in, get out". The players do hang about for signings etc and they are all very down to earth, infact that side of things is very good. Things you do not see in the UK. One player when injured watched the away game on tv with a Fan Club in their house! That takes some beating.
The fans are lacking a leader to take the protests on to another level. Fan Clubs have to be careful in what they publicy say as the CLUB can cold shoulder you quite easily. To recap, they have never been nasty to me and I honestly do not think our Presi & board are totally bad people as such but we want more. We demand more. We deserve more. CDT could easily maintain a half decent team in La Liga with this support and potential here on the Island. Someone save us!
ARMADA SUR
If you had said 10 years ago that we would be filling coaches week in week out in the 2nd B I would have thought you were drunk. We have come along way. This season we have released a new match day programme(the only one of any kind in the Heliodoro these days) we have had a good presence at away games(Toledo & Real Madrid Castilla) and we will run a coach all the way to the South of Gran Canaria for the Vecindario game in January. Back in September Armada Sur raised on one trip 440€ for Giovanny a sick baby in need of an operation and soon we will start for a Christmas Charity event collecting toys for children and food for the needy. Enough back-slapping for now before the sick-bag is needed.
Next year sees the 20th anniversary of Armada Sur. Plenty of events will be planned to make it a memorable year.
CLUB FINANCES
CD Tenerife are now 38 million in debt. Of that amount 21 million is short term debt and needs to be paid off before next June (2012). One hope was the sale of land owned by CD Tenerife, valued at 15 million, but this was sold finally for 11million due to the crisis and the need of quick revenue. The club recieved 4.2 million of this amount last July to save themselves from going into administration. The rest (7 million) will eventually come off the 38million debt when paid.
It was quite obvious at the time playing in Primera that the signing of a couple of players(atleast a half decent center half) could have saved the club from relegation. Trying to stay up on the cheap doesīnt cut the mustard in any league these days, we should have risked spending another 2-3million. It may not have worked but being 38 or 41 million in debt for me doesīnt make much differance when it is so much. The loss in TV money is staggering; 14 million in Primera down to 2.5million in the 2nd Division. Letīs not talk about this season`s tv money:o, 70,000!
Season ticket sales dropped from 6million to 3million (which was still a fantastic amount in the 2nd it must be said)
Match ticket sales dropped from 1.4 million to 500.000. Remember there were only 3,500 tickets available per game in Primera due to season ticket sell out.
The club shop took 330,000 in the Primera season down to 132,000 in the 2nd. Now it is closed down completely whilst the club offices make the move from the center of town to the stadium.
Next April CD Tenerife have a court case pending with ex-manager Amaral for unfair dismissal. According to reports the club are likely to lose.
BOARD
After taking power back in 2006 things slowly but surely improved for the club. Great results led to the glorious promotion in 2009. Infact, all round the club enjoyed a revival and I was impressed with the initiatives and felt that the club were really going places. At a Fan Club meeting a few weeks before the promotion in 2009 the President Concepcion promised to organise charter flights for fans to travel to Girona. But in the end there was nothing, it appeared to be a case of "we are practically up now and we donīt need you anymore". Fans were forced to hand over 300 just for a day trip or donīt go to see the promotion. In the excitement of the promotion Concepcion was hero as he danced with fans in the fountain in Santa Cruz, the away day farce was largely forgotten.
The lack of signings that summer produced the first murmers of discontent but it was a case of "letīs see".
The rest is history, two relegations and the rise in debt. Relations between the fans and the board can only be described as "frosty". There is no alternative to the current board, that is the BIG problem. The AGM held soon will be attended by few. Concepcion made a new rule that any fan wanting to attend now needs 115 shares minimum(ruling out the average fan) Also the AGM is midday on a Friday, a working day, to make it harder for fans to participate incase they complain about anything. Mein Fuhrer would have been impressed.
Added after 54 minutes:
TEAM
Results wise fantastic, 8 wins, 5 draws and just 2 defeats. The play has not be so good it must be admitted, we have ridden our luck at times and thanked the ever superb Sergio Aragoneses in goal(the best by far at this level). I would say only twice this season, Vecindario 3-0 win and Rayo B, 3-1 with 10 men, that we have left the stadium thinking "that was brilliant". Still, the points are on the board and we are set for a play-off position. The new players brought in(16 of them) are in a way still paying for disspointment of last season. Nerves spread from the pitch to the stands and vice-versa. Somewhat unfair on these players, we need to change the "chip" and get right behind them. Manager Calerdon is a cautious type manager & sometimes he does not help himself but the pressure of a over demanding public/ media I feel is causing some of this. You should hear the radio pundits during the week, you would think we had been bottom 3 all season not top 3!
A settled team is a must as he stills seems to be experimenting. With Pablo Sicilia back soon and the promised signing of a new striker we can only improve I hope.
FANS
Basically the heart and soul of the club, the attendances have engulfed every other in the 2nd B and many in the 2nd division. There is still hope for CDT to return to the big-time thanks to itīs loyal support. The CLUB says it is proud on itīs website of the amount fans at home games and away. Well, the fans are there DESPITE the CLUB. Itīs annoying that the CLUB take pride when they have done nothing to help attendances home or away. Lets not talk about the marketing/public relations of CDT, simply they are not good or bad - THEY DONīT EXIST.
Looking at the way clubs in the UK/Germany are run, working with the local community, iniciatives to put bums on seats etc. it is a great shame that they do not take a look outside their comfort zone of Santa Cruz. I say Santa Cruz/La Laguna as for the club the whole world is based in this zone. Despite the south being the motor of the Island, and where roughly a third of the residents of Tenerife live they never venture down here for anything(it would be like going to the moon for most of them). When I quizzed one well known director about this his reply was "I go to the South once for a swim every summer". That is what we have to put up with, small minded people. Okay, CDT play every August in Las Americas against CD Marino but it is a case of "get in, get out". The players do hang about for signings etc and they are all very down to earth, infact that side of things is very good. Things you do not see in the UK. One player when injured watched the away game on tv with a Fan Club in their house! That takes some beating.
The fans are lacking a leader to take the protests on to another level. Fan Clubs have to be careful in what they publicy say as the CLUB can cold shoulder you quite easily. To recap, they have never been nasty to me and I honestly do not think our Presi & board are totally bad people as such but we want more. We demand more. We deserve more. CDT could easily maintain a half decent team in La Liga with this support and potential here on the Island. Someone save us!
ARMADA SUR
If you had said 10 years ago that we would be filling coaches week in week out in the 2nd B I would have thought you were drunk. We have come along way. This season we have released a new match day programme(the only one of any kind in the Heliodoro these days) we have had a good presence at away games(Toledo & Real Madrid Castilla) and we will run a coach all the way to the South of Gran Canaria for the Vecindario game in January. Back in September Armada Sur raised on one trip 440€ for Giovanny a sick baby in need of an operation and soon we will start for a Christmas Charity event collecting toys for children and food for the needy. Enough back-slapping for now before the sick-bag is needed.
Next year sees the 20th anniversary of Armada Sur. Plenty of events will be planned to make it a memorable year.