OFFISHAL CONFRIMATION of the CONFIMRED

[windermereROYAL]

Just going to put one of these here… doubters gunna doubt but brogue bring you the real facts from the real man

Would that be the same Brogue that had to change the title of this thread because they jumped the gun too early?

Pipe down before Brogue embarrasses you.

Stalker.
Why do you quote me within a minute of me posting anything on here, do you have a life?

[NathStPaul]

Would that be the same Brogue that had to change the title of this thread because they jumped the gun too early?

Pipe down before Brogue embarrasses you.

Stalker.
Why do you quote me within a minute of me posting anything on here, do you have a life?

This is an interactive experience chum. You post something, somebody responds. It is the nature of a message board.

[windermereROYAL]

Pipe down before Brogue embarrasses you.

Stalker.
Why do you quote me within a minute of me posting anything on here, do you have a life?

This is an interactive experience chum. You post something, somebody responds. It is the nature of a message board.

Improvement, 15 minutes this time...pal

[WestYorksRoyal]

They had 2 bids rejected before this one. I wonder who moved more for the valuation to meet. I suspect Dai started to smell the coffee.

[Green]

They had 2 bids rejected before this one. I wonder who moved more for the valuation to meet. I suspect Dai started to smell the coffee.

That's just how negotiations work isn't it. TBF he'd be mad to take the first offer.

[blythspartan]

I’d like to see Dai’s face when he realises that Genevra want to pay with 1000s of books of green sheild stamps.

[WestYorksRoyal]

If we excuse Al Hammad for Wigan's cashflow issues, given he wasn't providing the funds, what is his record on footballing decisions? Didn't he make the disastrous Kolo Toure appointment?

[blythspartan]

This is worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3h3wSQ1UFc

[Pepe the Horseman]

This is worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3h3wSQ1UFc

Can you summarize for us pls.

[Lower West]

The Genevra philosophy, according to their website, is

https://genevra.net/philosophy

Football as we knew it is dying. A hedge fund looking to protect it's investors money. No mention of fans, community etc. Bah humbug!

[Sutekh]

This is worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3h3wSQ1UFc

Can you summarize for us pls.

Decent parody of "do they know it's christmas" about the selling of a certain football league club based in RG2.

[NathStPaul]

Good god

https://youtu.be/L3h3wSQ1UFc?si=-EygF0e_ASXruhL5

[WestYorksRoyal]

The Genevra philosophy, according to their website, is

https://genevra.net/philosophy

Football as we knew it is dying. A hedge fund looking to protect it's investors money. No mention of fans, community etc. Bah humbug!

Was there ever a time when it was better? Clubs went bust before the PL too - Maidstone and Aldershot for example. Plus, I associate pre 90s football in this country with racism and hooliganism.

I've become very disillusioned with ownership and financial issues in our game, but nostalgia is a great deceiver. There was never a golden era of "football as we know it".

[blythspartan]

Good god

https://youtu.be/L3h3wSQ1UFc?si=-EygF0e_ASXruhL5

It’s a tad cringing, but not a bad attempt.

I did think I hope fans of other clubs don’t see this.

[From Despair To Where?]

Pre 90s racism and hooliganism was very much a symptom of wider social problems so if you're going to take a bunch of racist hooligans and shove them in a pen overflowing with piss every weekend for 9 months of the year, they're going to indulge in their favourite past-times.

The bigger issue was every fan bring tarred with the same brush. That, at least, has changed.

[Mr Optimist]

Pre 90s racism and hooliganism was very much a symptom of wider social problems so if you're going to take a bunch of racist hooligans and shove them in a pen overflowing with piss every weekend for 9 months of the year, they're going to indulge in their favourite past-times.

The bigger issue was every fan bring tarred with the same brush. That, at least, has changed.

Football was still a game for the working class (in the main) in the 80s, pay on the day and just roll up and stand on the (crumbling) terraces. If you told people in polite company you went to football games they’d assume you were some sort of oik and a member of the social underclass and the police treated you as such, you were fair game for the police if you went to football, who are the courts going to believe, the word of a policeman or, in the public’s eye, a young pissed up working class yob. I’ve seen many get nicked in the 80s for being in the wrong place at the wrong time just so the local coppers get their arrest quota for the day. Funnily enough they never nicked those they thought may put up a fight and would grab people from the edges of the crowd instead. No wonder normal football fans grew to not trust the police at the football and have zero respect for them.

[tmesis]

The Genevra philosophy, according to their website, is

https://genevra.net/philosophy

Football as we knew it is dying. A hedge fund looking to protect it's investors money. No mention of fans, community etc. Bah humbug!

Was there ever a time when it was better? Clubs went bust before the PL too - Maidstone and Aldershot for example. Plus, I associate pre 90s football in this country with racism and hooliganism.

I've become very disillusioned with ownership and financial issues in our game, but nostalgia is a great deceiver. There was never a golden era of "football as we know it".

The difference in the past was that the sums involved were much lower, making it much more likely that a local businessman would take over, and they'd be less likely to see the club as something they could sell for a profit a few years later.

It is quite surprising to see how low some of the amounts were. When Spencer Trethewy claimed to have saved Aldershot, he did it with just £200,000.

Even taking inflation into account, that values Aldershot in 1989 as being worth about the same amount as a 4-bedroom house.

[Stranded]

Nixon now reporting that Ashley only has interest in the stadium and being landlord not club owner.

[Snowflake Royal]

Well he can do one then.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

I always thought that Ashley would throw his hat in the ring, but would only ever pursue us if there was a good deal to be had, or if we were in administration and needed a route out where he could pick us up on the cheap. I wouldn't have thought he'd have bought us for anywhere near some of the money quoted, not even £30m.