Re: More Football Chat : Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:02 pm  

EXILEDHULLADGATESHEAD wrote:

Sven has left notts county!

Ex-Lincoln City owner bought the club for a quid (and taken on the 1.5 million quid debt)

Re: More Football Chat : Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:49 pm  

With the debacle continuing at Portsmouth and that which will now occur at Notts County, it's about time they became more strict with football club ownership. I don't mean just the football authorities either, as the HMRC are the ones who stand to lose out in this situations.

I just cannot see why a person or consortium is allowed to purchase a football club that they don't have the money to purchase. The United example is the classic one, they go in and 'buy' the club by lending money, then transfer it into the club's name. IMO that should not be allowed. Football is a loss making industry on the whole, yet people with insufficient capital are allowed to buy clubs that are not profitable, or likely to be any time soon. It's laughable.

It's time they made sure the people buying clubs have a proper plan as the majority of the clubs in financial difficulty are those who were taken over by new 'mega rich' buyers. A few years back I was crying out for anyone to buy Everton, but now looking at the mess the majority of them have made financially, I'd hate to see anyone takeover the club. I'd much rather we financed ourselves by selling Rodwell to Manu, adding another £20m to their debts.

West Ham's new owners are particularly comical. They bought the club and one of their first statements is that the club is in a dire financial situation with millions owed to creditors. In the next breath they state how they are trying to sign a 34 year old has been on £100,000 per week. End of the transfer window and they throw money at three strikers, one of whom I bet they've never even seen on youtube. They have since said that relegation would be 'disastrous financially'. So near the bottom and facing a disastrous financial meltdown if relegated and they want to spend £100,000 a week on Van Nistelroy. Is that prudent financial management? Their statement this week that everyone at West Ham is overpaid also looks particularly stupid, given what Ruud would have been taking home.

The next thing that will happen is one of the BIG european clubs go bump in the night, then everyone panics and we see a situation like the banking crisis where all the clubs are reigned in and face crippling repayment demands to their panicking lenders.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:03 am  

Saddened! wrote:

How do you know he's not right? I wouldn't know the cultural nuances in the latin countries.

And the Swiss born Blatter will be just as informed....... lol

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:38 am  

FOOTBALL'S coming home for the Manchester United fan accused of throwing a coin at Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy.
In fact, it's coming right to his front door.

For Manchester United supporter Adam Teese is feeling the flipside of his alleged coin attack - with furious Manchester City fans bombarding his house with pranks.

Adam's name and address were released by police after the season ticket holder was charged with throwing a coin at Bellamy during the match between both sides last week.

And within 24 hours, the enraged Manchester City fans had ordered him GBP150-worth of pizzas, a skip, rat exterminators and two prostitutes.
The barrage of jokes didn't end there either. Manchester City supporters also:
- Requested a visit from an Avon rep
- Signed him up online as a rent boy
- Applied for an Ocean Finance loan for his mum
- Reported a gas leak in the middle of the night so he got a call out within the hour
- Booked a rep to go and see him about getting an indoor swimming pool
- Ordered him a 4 ft tall Bronze figurine of Winston Churchill on a 14 day trial
- Sent a breakdown truck
- Sent Jehovah's Witnesses round
- Grassed him up for growing drugs at his house
- Grassed him up for being a benefit cheat
- Got him a weekend booking of a 1957 Pink Cadillac complete with 1950's style Elvis dressed chauffer
- Signed up his phone number to receive adult chat
- Ordered him a Daffy Duck bouncy castle and puppet show for his garden
- Ordered squeaky the clown to go and perform for him

Details of the pranks began surfacing on supporters' forums. Despite later being removed by Man City website Blue Moon, they were still picked up by other clubs.

This resulted in yet more misery for 26-year-old Adam, who lives with his parents. But dad Joseph, 55, raged: "We've had no end of trouble
- I've had to take time off work to deal with it." Teese will appear before Trafford Magistrates on February 9 accused of "throwing a missile on to the pitch" during the Carling Cup Semi- Final second leg at Old Trafford.

Mum Deborah insists her son is innocent, adding: "I was sat next to him and he did not throw anything. We actually had to duck when a bottle was thrown over us!"

Last night a Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "Officers are investigating the incidents."

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:41 am  

Can you send Jehovah's Witnesses to someone? Didnt know they did requests.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:02 pm  

Ha ha, can't stop laughing at that.

26, still living with his parents!

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:06 pm  

flipper wrote:

:D

FOOTBALL'S coming home for the Manchester United fan accused of throwing a coin at Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy.
In fact, it's coming right to his front door.

For Manchester United supporter Adam Teese is feeling the flipside of his alleged coin attack - with furious Manchester City fans bombarding his house with pranks.

Adam's name and address were released by police after the season ticket holder was charged with throwing a coin at Bellamy during the match between both sides last week.

And within 24 hours, the enraged Manchester City fans had ordered him GBP150-worth of pizzas, a skip, rat exterminators and two prostitutes.
The barrage of jokes didn't end there either. Manchester City supporters also:
- Requested a visit from an Avon rep
- Signed him up online as a rent boy
- Applied for an Ocean Finance loan for his mum
- Reported a gas leak in the middle of the night so he got a call out within the hour
- Booked a rep to go and see him about getting an indoor swimming pool
- Ordered him a 4 ft tall Bronze figurine of Winston Churchill on a 14 day trial
- Sent a breakdown truck
- Sent Jehovah's Witnesses round
- Grassed him up for growing drugs at his house
- Grassed him up for being a benefit cheat
- Got him a weekend booking of a 1957 Pink Cadillac complete with 1950's style Elvis dressed chauffer
- Signed up his phone number to receive adult chat
- Ordered him a Daffy Duck bouncy castle and puppet show for his garden
- Ordered squeaky the clown to go and perform for him

Details of the pranks began surfacing on supporters' forums. Despite later being removed by Man City website Blue Moon, they were still picked up by other clubs.

This resulted in yet more misery for 26-year-old Adam, who lives with his parents. But dad Joseph, 55, raged: "We've had no end of trouble
- I've had to take time off work to deal with it." Teese will appear before Trafford Magistrates on February 9 accused of "throwing a missile on to the pitch" during the Carling Cup Semi- Final second leg at Old Trafford.

Mum Deborah insists her son is innocent, adding: "I was sat next to him and he did not throw anything. We actually had to duck when a bottle was thrown over us!"

Last night a Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "Officers are investigating the incidents."

I was waiting for a punchline, something like..

Mr Teese said "despite all this it was still worth seeing the ugly, no necked little twerp get hit with a coin".

What happened to the City fan who threw a lighter at Paddy?

[Matt_Horton]

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:41 pm  

I still can't believe while we are in the middle of a recession people would waste money like that.

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:19 pm  

david gill squirms

david gill squirms

Re: More Football Chat : Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:20 pm