[St Charles Owl]

To be fair to Gartside, the situation Bolton find themselves in is exactly the reason he wanted the closed shop. While I hated the whole idea, you could say he was ahead of his day by knowing that if, or when, Bolton got relegated they would be essentially crippled because of the debt but could sustain it whilever they stayed up. Of course it's their own fault they are in this position but look at Palace, a club who have twice gone into admin to clear debt to allow them to continue and they have used this "advantage" to get back to the prem with no need to worry about payments needed for debt.