The Board Must Get Ronnie Back

URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED NOW

- Jeff Stelling

DESPERATE. The situation at my club, Hartlepool United, can’t be described any other way.

We’re at the beginning of March, I’m guessing when it gets to pay day later this month there won’t be any way of paying the wages of anybody at the club.

So we are two or three weeks away from administration and all that means. We’ve had so many people declare an interest in taking over at the club and yet nobody has been willing to take it forward, which makes you feel a bit despairing really.

A Teesside businessman and myself have put together – him principally – a plan. He’s put in a lot of money and I’ve put in a little bit, but it’s not enough. We’ve had promises from USA, Canada and England, but when you ask people to show their money it falls silent.

We need to guarantee the future for years to come, not just one year. Out of desperation I spoke out this week because it is now or never. I’ve had a response from someone who may be willing to put more in, but whether that comes to anything, I don’t know. It’s difficult to see the way forward at times.