11 - Sunday, June 9, 1985 - North Shore News

Winning soccer team loses financially

From Page 1
Friday, ‘tand that figure is
highly unlikely.”’

“If the tournament were to
_ stop after the first two
games, we would lose
$140,000,"’ Johnston added.
Tournament attendance of
45,000 would have provided
the Colts with next year’s
operating budget; 50,000, the
budget for the next two
seasons, says Johnston.
With his team destined to

Land sale

From Page 1

“There has been no strony
conviction to do anything,”’
MeNicoll said.

The concerned member
said money received from a
possible land sale would help
the club pay for anticipated
$1.1 million renovations.

But the board’s fact sheet
said the sale of club land was
irrelevant to planned
renovations, and McNicol!
emphasized the -in-
dependence of the two
issues.

Asked if Hollyburn Club
is experiencing any financial
difficulties, McNicoll said:
“Absolutely not. We’re in a
very strong position. Our
expenses are well coistroil-
ed.””

At a December 4, 1984
meeting with approximately
140 present (of the total

take a very deep, very cold
financial bath, Johnston
betrays bitter disappointment
in its attempt to bring the
best in soccer to the Lower
Mainland.

“What do the people of
Vancouver want? These are
two of the best teams in
Europe. We were not over-
priced, top ticket price was
$10. Obviously, people here
do not want to watch this
calibre of soccer. And If

defeated

1,400 membership), 110 gave
a mandate to sell the club
land, the concerned member
said.

The Concerned Hollyburn
Club Members group was
started to inform other
members about plans for the
land sale. As a result, over
500 members attended the
June 3 meeting, where over
400 voted against the sale of
the land, the member said.

Reasons members gave for
not wanting the land to be
sold were that the club does
not have enough land for
further club development, in
a fand transaction the prop-
erty would not get full value
due to depressed property
prices, and club members
would lose the privacy they
have enjoyed if a con-
dominum complex was built
behind the tennis courts.

Decision on the future of
the land is still in question.

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believe that a lot of people
don't want to see the PRSL
get off the ground. It’s a sad,
sad situation.”

“On the whole,’ says
Easton, ‘‘the press has been
very negative, which really
frustrates me as a soccer
lover."*

Johnston says the Colts
organization will carry on
despite the financial disap-
pointment of the tourna-
ment, “if we've proven
anything here, it’s that the
PRSL has talent that can play
with the best in the world."*

Commenting on the Colts’
3-2 win over Ajax Thursday
night, Colts’ coach Frank
Pike said, ‘‘the best thing
about the win was that out of

oy
By

the 11 players on the field for
us, nine were Canadians and
four of those were from the
North Shore.’”*

Of the tournament, Pike

says Colts directorship will
reassess whether a profes-
sional soccer franchise is stit!
viable for the area and
whether they want to be a

part of that franchise: ‘‘!’m
afraid people still have a bad
feeling about soccer here.
They just don’t believe in the
game anymore.’’ :

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