A year ago
Mark McGhee was the focus of a Meet the Manager event at Fir Park. While he was charged with ensuring top flight
survival others were engaged in securing the prize of fan ownership.
That meeting
in the Centenary Suite at Fir Park set out twin goals for the club; avoid
relegation and seal a deal with Les Hutchison for the transfer of ownership to
the Well society.
With
memories of the previous season’s play-off drama still fresh, the poor start in
the league campaign had prompted a change of manager and the return of
McGhee. He expressed his belief that we
would stay in the division and he delivered.
The fifth place we occupied at the season’s end was way beyond most fans’
expectations in November 2015.
The second
part of the evening offered little cheer.
Although we had the comfort of an interest free loan from our benefactor
the loss (£1M) from the play-off season and the disappointing uptake of Society
membership suggested that hard times lay ahead.
But one year
on there is a new optimism. The
agreement with Les Hutchison will enable his loan to be repaid “from a
percentage of transfer income”. This
means that we have a sustainable model to take the club forward. So long as we plan expenditure to balance
income there is a safe road ahead.
Whether that road keeps us in the Premiership remains to be seen but at
least we’ll have a team to support.
Motherwell
FC is in a better place than a year ago.
Let’s hope we can repeat that sentence in twelve months time.
Source: DSG