As you all know, my FML club Fortuna Aeternitas is named after real-life club Fortuna Sittard, which happened/happens to be my favourite side. Shit-kickers for life, we were/are threatened by financial difficulties and a reluctant FA. Yesterday, this message came through.
Football club Fortuna Sittard is losing its professional licence as of 30 June. This effectively bars the Limburg club from playing in competition matches next season. No appeal is possible against the decision by the Royal Dutch Football Association, KNVB, although Fortuna can ask to have the procedure reviewed by a judge.
Fortuna has been in financial difficulties for a long time, which did not improve after a failed merger with regional rivals Roda JC. Attempts to save Fortuna as an independent club all came to nothing.
The club had incurred debts of up to 5.3 million euros. A support foundation called Proud of Fortuna managed to eliminate a large part of that, leaving a debt of 0.7 million. In order to cover that last amount, the club was hoping to play a benefit match against Bayern Munich, on the initiative of former Fortuna player Mark van Bommel. However KNVB appears unwilling to grant Fortuna a reprieve.
I'm gutted. Devastated. When given the chance, I will re-name my club Fortuna Sittard Aeternitas, so the legend of the mighty yellow-greens may live on forever. Expect no FML related post by me today. I'm just not in the mood.
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This is very sad Guido, we had teams with bad debts in the past but our FA was always trying to help them out. I really don't get why Fortuna is losing its licence after they get rid of more than %85 of the debt :(
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you did to Rob but looks like we are going to get new regens soon :)
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