Sometimes, help can come from the most unexpected of sources. Last Friday, it was announced to a
mixture of joy and relief probably more of the latter than the former, considering the shenanigans
of the last few months that Plymouth Argyle Football Club had been saved. After repeated broken
deadlines and wage deferrals for the longest-suffering staff in British football, we were told in
an official statement that, "Bishop International Limited has secured the necessary funding and
everything is agreed between the numerous parties" in order to complete the sale of the club and
its ground to the Gibraltar-based company, who would take ownership of its Home Park ground and
bring in Peter Ridsdale as the Chief Executive of the club.
It is impossible to walk through the centre of Hastings in East Sussex without thinking of the
1996 Animals That Swim song, "Faded Glamour". From certain angles, the town,
overlooked by the remains of its eleventh century castle, retains the handsome ruggedness which
drew day-trippers and holiday-makers towards it from the Victorian era on.
He'll win in the long run but we've been jostling for top spot in the prestigious "British
Football Clubs" category all day and at various other moments in the past few weeks. Not that I've
been checking Amazon every five minutes. Of course not.
Patience brings its own rewards, and the press release issued this afternoon confirming that
agreement has now been reached to ensure the take-over of Wrexham Football Club by the Wrexham
Supporters Trust is certainly news that has been worth waiting for. Over the last year or so, this
club has been the source of one of British football's hardest soap operas, featuring a series of
twists and turns which has, at times, seemed so bizarre as to be scarcely credible.
