Kingspan… What may have been?

A current thread on the forum prompted a thought. It is relevant to the thread because it was in the dark days when we were close to going bust just after Kevin Keehan had done his worst. It was at a meeting of the Supporters Trust that then club sponsor Magic Man informed us Kingspan had been in contact with Martin Elliot about a possible takeover the club.

Although in desperate straits he didn’t cave in and wouldn’t sell to them because he thought they were not the right fit for the club. With hindsight of course he was wrong. Instead they plumped for Whitehawk and have taken a club with no fans and no infrastructure to the brink of Conference football. Imagine the effect they would have had with a club with fans and an infrastructure. We’d certainly be in the Conference now and not heading towards Ryman Division One South and thereafter County football.

Of course, should we end up one day in the Conference, as is the ambition of the Board, and we do it via being self -sustained it will be the greatest of achievements, far outstripping the merits of getting there being bankrolled.

Should we continue our downward spiral we can surely all wish Martin had taken a different view about Kingspan and possible glories.

Chris Harris