Very funny 'chopper'
Saw the news conference and there is still hope but not much by the looks of it. There isn't a team for saturday's game against Aberdeen which could lead to fines and other penalties which would not bode well to say the least. The players have been told they have got until 27th March to find new club if they wish. Looks like Gretna is doomed to me.

You maybe right in your thoughts there m8,Gretna are doomed for the drop in divison anyway regardless to the financial situation,even if they wasn't in the hands of Wilson Field.
But as they are and striffing for exsistance your thoughts are the most practicle solution to their plight at the moment,yes like you said with Gretna now looking at playing their youths rather than harden pros to be able to save on expenses the third division seems the most logical route to take.
At least that way they can as already said rebuild from the foundations upwards,and by the time the youth players have mutured and progressed in the experiances Gretna should be stable enough to hold themselves within the second for a while,to build in strength and financially even more.

As quoted by yourself Their 'home' game at Fir Park against Dundee United a week or so ago attracted a total of just 501 paying fans, setting a new record low attendance at an SPL match! This number was also lower than the lowest attendance in the Scottish First Division this season to date!! I remember seeing and hearing this about Gretna's game,but if you put that gate into comparisons to what figures you have written,it would be enough for them to steady the ship as it works out about the average game attendance in the third teir.

To say they have no team for Saturdays Aberdeen game isnt so,as they have their youths that can be fielded.
Yes granted it will mean a possible walk-over for the Dons,but at least it will prevent any further fines and sanctions being imposed on Gretna.Yet if they before saturday take the option stated by Chopper of voluntary relegation into the third teir,it would also evade that sole choice of action to play youths in the SPL on Saturday.
Not only that it would also save the youngsters from starting their full-time career as footballers getting their mentality and confidence knocked so bad it effects their future prospects of ever acheiving things later on in football.As i have seen one or two youths myself suffer so badly when first starting that their confidence was knocked that bad,they never even made it back playing in a non-league team and ended up just strolling through life with nothing to strive for.
Yet these very same players where and are good enough to be playing at least Championship football,and it would be ashame to see similar happen with the youth of Gretna,hense myself agreeing with Chopper and declaring voluntary relegation before saturday,and if not then they have a choice of playing youth against the Dons or completly folding before giving themselves a chance under the Wilson Field solvency Company..Never say Never is an apt motto for Gretna at the moment.

Hope you're right lions!

I really do as well,as i really hate seeing clubs go out of the game,especially clubs like Gretna who have been able to breathe freash delights into the game through their great acheivments for such a little club.

I also strongly beleive that bigger clubs of the game should do more to help smaller clubs stay in exsistance for the wholle benefit and future of the game,and besides being a Millwall Fan for many a year i have gone through the possibility of solvency on more than one occassion.

Gretna haven't even had an autopsy let alone a decent burial but it seems their place in Scottish football is already being coveted:

Isnt that the place you get married??? :siam ese:: siamese:

Yes it is John.

there saved!!!

I bought them for a packet of space raiders

Nice 1 who's gonna be ur first signing???

Yesterday the game went ahead against Aberdeen and understandably a few seniors refused to play for fear of injuries etc;which would jepodise any future interest from other clubs.
Despite this Gretna face further sanctions and fines if they failed to uphold their league obligations,went ahead and fielded a few under19s who can now walk around holding their heads high.These young lads done themselves and Gretna proud with their gutsy display and in preventing what most thought would be a whitewash for the Dons.

Well done Lads 3-0 is not considering the situation a bad result,lets hope Gretna uses this game as motivation to carry on with their exsistance even at the lower level of league football..