JUST DO IT!

Shrimps fans urge owner to complete promised sale now

- By John Lyons

MORECAMBE fans have a simple message for owner Jason Whittingham ahead of tomorrow's intended sale of the crisis-hit club: Get it done.

On Friday, a tumultuous week for the National League newcomers took another turn when under-fire Whittingham, on behalf of Bond Group Investments, announced they had agreed 'final terms' to sell the club to owners-in-waiting Panjab Warriors.

It was also stated that they 'intend' to complete the deal tomorrow.

It has left all with Morecambe connections on tenterhooks after previous false dawns, with the fans' collective, the Shrimps Trust, saying they are 'cautiously optimistic' of a conclusion to the long-running saga.

However, events of the past week have shown how quickly things can change.

On Tuesday, Morecambe's board of directors, who days earlier had alleged that Whittingham's Bond Group were considering reneging on the deal, said they would begin the process of putting the club into administration later that day if the Bond Group did not sell the Shrimps.

However, a fuming Whittingham responded by sacking the board the following day 'in order that we can take control over the situation'.