Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

In light of this new information, here is a list of Anerican people:


Homer

Hot Chocolate

Errrr, I think you'll find that Hot Chocolate is a British band while Homer is a Greek poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, you sexy thing.

As long as no one picks up that Steve Stone is English I'll be happy

[SPARTA]

Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

Anton ‏@AZRulesRFC
LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.

[Cypry]

Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

Anton ‏@AZRulesRFC
LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.

Could be this guy then - President of Oman FA and a name not so dissimilar to the incorrect UAE one - Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi

[SPARTA]

Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

Anton ‏@AZRulesRFC
LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.

Could be this guy then - President of Oman FA and a name not so dissimilar to the incorrect UAE one - Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi

Adds up.

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi was born in 1960 in Muscat, Oman and is the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the rank of minister [1] in the Sultanate of Oman.[2] Sayyid Badr has represented Oman in regional and international meetings, which include the United Nations.[3]

[Uke]

Twitter
https://www.twitter.com/SayyidKhalid

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sayyid.khalid

[ZacNaloen]

He's also head of their version of the BBC from what I can gather. Or a very very similar name is.

Busy guy.


Not convinced.

[Norfolk Royal]

http://www.skh.om/en/profile/

Not sure if that link works but the clue is that he got an MBA from Henley College. This means when he takes over there will be a back story about when he studied at Henley he used to stalk the South Bank in his Doc Martens and fell in love with the place.

[ZacNaloen]

Got his first degree in Oxford (brooks I bet)

[Norfolk Royal]

He's also head of their version of the BBC from what I can gather. Or a very very similar name is.

Busy guy.


Not convinced.

Omani TV simply has a presenter reading out the various members of the Royal Family's engagements that day in my experience. Amazing scenes.

[ZacNaloen]

That is amazing

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

In light of this new information, here is a list of Anerican people:


Homer

Hot Chocolate

Errrr, I think you'll find that Hot Chocolate is a British band while Homer is a Greek poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, you sexy thing.

Odyssey are native New Yorkers so it must be them.

[Ian Royal]

So is this the fourth or fifth arab named who's definitely the one buying us? And I make it two or three yanks too. ITK

[Badger Finger]

Whoever it is, I welcome our new mega rich $ wielding overlords

[Uke]

What no one has mentioned is that this is really the first time ownership may change completely for 23 years or more.

With the TSI era SJM remained integral to the organisation, so there was minimal change.

He's unlikely to remain around as long this time.

Big changes ahead, I expect the fickles on here to be looking back nostalgically to these days of openness and community in a couple of years

[Lacoste]

One thing that concerns me is that Madejski was waiting for years for an owner with deep pockets to come along, and now they're coming along like buses.

Is he so desperate to sell that he has lowered his standards?

[winchester_royal]

I suspect that the likes of Samuelson has brought in a fair few more contacts that would have been available to the club before TSI came in, and also the moves the club have recently made to expand their international presence may also have helped.

[SPARTA]

One thing that concerns me is that Madejski was waiting for years for an owner with deep pockets to come along, and now they're coming along like buses.

Is he so desperate to sell that he has lowered his standards?

There has been interest in the past, most notibly from Carson Yeung when we first won promotion to the Premier League, but Madejski obviously felt none were suitable (and thank god he turned Yeung down!). The problem now is that he can't afford to run the club any more, and sadly that means he has to take a chance on a new owner. It's a murky world we're in now. Now we just have to hope for the best!

[Scutterbucketz]

Come on Omai's, just so our female supporters can sing;

"Omani, Omani
Rub your beard all over my fanny

[SPARTA]

Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi was here in June 2013.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Yay AFC Reading here we come. Ground share at Scours Lane anyone?