Merthyr Tydfil FC have been saved from extinction after the supporters’ trust forced the club into administration. And the trust, Martyrs to the Cause, will now step up their efforts to take control at the club by making an offer to the administrators. The decision to call in the administrators is a major victory for the trust in their long and bitter battle with owner Wyn Holloway. Despite debts of around £600,000, Holloway had refused to enter administration, preferring to see the club liquidated.
Merthyr Tydfil FC have been saved from extinction after the supporters’ trust forced the club into administration. And the trust, Martyrs to the Cause, will now step up their efforts to take control at the club by making an offer to the administrators. The decision to call in the administrators is a major victory for the trust in their long and bitter battle with owner Wyn Holloway. Despite debts of around £600,000, Holloway had refused to enter administration, preferring to see the club liquidated. But the trust were able to go over his head as they had loaned the club £1,700 and were officially listed as a creditor. Merthyr were due to be wound up today by the Inland Revenue, but are now protected from creditors. It had been rumoured that millionaire Cardiff City director Annis Abraham was behind the trust’s bid for the club, but apparently this is not the case and he is no longer interested in putting in a bid and linking Merthyr with Cardiff City.