https://themortonforum.com/forum/index.php?/discover/TheMortonForum.com - All ActivityenDidn't realise myself and had a look this morning - game doesn't seem to be sold out yet can't get tickets. The sooner they go down again the better.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:41:28 +0000If any mug punter off here buys the square footage I'm going to find that exact spot and do a widdle on it next time I'm over. Fair warning.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:48:24 +0000Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:59:37 +0000Care to remind us all how long Golden Casket retained such a mutually beneficial relationship, once their paterfamilias left the scene? If it was such an obvious winner, why didn't they retain the partnership, but simply at a sustainable level? More utter delusion at work here. This is not an actual investment model.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:01:55 +0000We were actually talking about business investment champ. Of which, football clubs - and Scottish football clubs in particular - are very much the junk bond level category of options available. Your claim that the EFG or any other group were somehow winning a watch by merely paying a sizable sum for a shareholding stake - for a business with zero tangible assets - while also being asked to chip in extra cash for no extra stake to keep the lights on remains utter, utter nonsense. Do you seriously believe this argument? Do others reading this thread believe this delusional tosh? If so, then don't start crying crocodile tears yet again when such claims meet hard reality. This is Dundee levels of stupidity and hubris on display.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:59:45 +0000I thought it sounded Aussie but maybe my mistake.Whoever he was...he certainly claimed he was Jack's Dad.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:54:21 +0000Launching a Fighting Fund shortly before signing about 8 regens to create one of the largest squads in the division is already in the scam-adjacent category tbh.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:53:04 +0000No because no one will buy it, it feels scam-adjacent, and every other club that tried it was mercilessly slaughteredFri, 04 Sep 2026 21:36:54 +0000Given that we're literally talking about a football club, and given that you agree its customary for those buying a share of a football club to then also make a capital investment, youre actually agreeing with my point. "Competent" businesses outwith football are totally irrelevant to the conversation.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:46:57 +0000Murray calling him 'an out and out left back at the moment', mentions Longridge nearly being back and him being our left back and suggests with Okike's speed he could also play further forward.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:24:00 +0000https://gmfc.net/board-update-04-09-26/ It's a good statement overall, and it is transparent up to a point. But this makes absolutely no sense: "Greenock Morton has consistently sought to operate within its means, maintain a debt-free model and align football ambition with income available. The challenge we face today is not the result of underlying financial weakness, but rather the loss of a significant income stream that had formed part of the club’s expected budget. While that presents a serious challenge, the underlying business remains stable if we can navigate this cashflow issue." The two sentences in bold are mutually exclusive. We are (correctly) now adjusting for life under the assumption we'll never see any of the 325k Dalrada had pledged to us. OK. But then it's no longer a cashflow issue and it is a structural one: a major sponsor has pulled out, and as such a huge amount of our income has gone. Without that income we are, apparently, clear through to the new year as a going concern. That is a structural issue! If one of the main pillars of your structure is not viable - in this case, because a sponsor is refusing to pay us - that is the structure! You can say it's not really our fault or whatever you like but a 325k hole in the foundation is still a hole regardless of how it got there! If we have written off the 325k - and we have, we're seeking to replace it - that is no longer a cashflow issue but a structural one. Again, this is the correct thing to do, and I salute the club for doing it. But they still seem reluctant to spell out what the actual stakes are.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:36:05 +0000Was debating going to the game or not then I've been away all week and missed the ticket sales, so if any Morton fans have a spare away end ticket going, would happily take it off your hands. Just DM me on here. Cheers.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:15:06 +0000His dad’s English so he must’ve adopted that Aussie accent.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:45:46 +0000Fair comment but if we are needing money is it not worth trying?Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:37:18 +0000there was a start up doing that for a few clubs (dundee united spring to mind) that was rightly booed out the building and im pretty sure went tits up. It also sounds like one of those 'buy a plot of land call yourself a Lord of Glencoe' that gullible Yank tourists loveFri, 04 Sep 2026 14:47:18 +0000Fair enough, like I said, it was a simple overviewFri, 04 Sep 2026 14:11:55 +0000They have no money to pay even if we won a case and legal proceedings cost us money until they were covered. We've got a lot to lose.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:09:05 +0000If it's confirmed that Dalrada have in fact defaulted on agreed payments by agreed timelines, then why can't we start a legal challenge for monies owed against a clear breach of contract. With Dalrada being liable then they would have to cover legal fees too which would either force their hand to pay monies owed or stop their cashflow until debts are repaid. Either way, MCT have nothing to lose but a lot to gain. There is clearly a lot more red tape to navigate than my simple overview but we shouldn't be the ones to suffer through no fault of our own. We also have players on the books that maybe could've been released to reduce the wage bill but have been hamstrung due to another unkept Dalrada promise. Get Dalrada as far away from here as possible unless they honour all agreements. Then show them the door.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:03:49 +0000Ayr's was £300/£500/£700 for 1,2 or 3 entries. They got significantly less individual entries but they didn't have main shirt sponsorship available just back/sleeve/shorts. Both QOS and Ayr give businesses 1 free season ticket for their entry and have additional prizes such as hospitality, advertising boards, shirts etc. If this is the time to explore all avenues/think outside our normal box it's worth considering.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:30:24 +0000I was thinking more along the lines of a new logo being applied using the heat press used for name and number sets - there will be one at Cappielow and at Smiths. That would leave us with a sponsor applied in the same fashion as many, or even most other teams who don’t have the logos sublimated. These sort of things can be applied with a regular household iron, but are easy to make a mess of and could result in a number of ruined shirts that people will want exchanged! Could be that we’d actually have to wait until there’s final, official confirmation the outstanding monies won’t be coming (e.g. Dalrada get wound up) before we summarily dismiss every trace of their name and existence from the kits and ground.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:27:43 +0000Queen of the South's draw for this season was £450 to enter and had 155 entries, so raised £70K. I've no idea what the going rate for home shirt sponsorship is, but that seems decent for League One?Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:22:12 +0000Again a bit tin pot, but how about selling off the playing surface in say a square meterage. Using Google, the playing surface is 6,400 mtrs. Selling each mtr at £25 should ( if all sold) raise £160,000. Each "owner" could be issued with a plan of the ground with their name in their particular square. Or There must be someone out there with th knowledge to produce a map of the playing surface divided into squares with the "owners" details. This could then be made available to print via the gmfc website and would incur no, or very little to the club itself.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:05:11 +0000Aye, there's money to be made for the rest of the season one way or another.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:09:39 +0000If we're going full tin pot and can't find a sponsor - could throw together one of those sponsorship draws little clubs like Ayr and QOS do.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:05:10 +0000Presumably the players kits for the rest of the season would have the new sponsor (if we manage to find one) put over the top of the Dalrada one too, so I don't see why it would be tinpot to give fans who have bought a kit the option of having the same? Unnecessary cost maybe, but we are probably talking a few hundred quid so not exactly a big risk(and as pedro said there might be scope to factor the cost into the new sponsorship deal). Could also increase the likelihood of selling existing stock of the strips if they look the same as the ones being worn by the playersFri, 04 Sep 2026 10:53:04 +0000