Former director Bill Power launched a takeover plan in conjunction with a fans' consortium in December which was fraught with difficulties. Initially the club said they had not received any paperwork; the revised submission was then delayed. The club's solicitors announced they had received part of the proposal later that week, with Trevor Watkins of Clarke Willmott saying: "A brief proposal has been sent but it does not go into anything in detail." In January 2007 the club responded to the impasse in negotiations with a press release as reported in the "Swindon Advertiser":