bridge too far

You would have thought, wouldn't you, that this guy would have been barred from business activity after he allegedly broke Stock Exchange Rules by borrowing against his Carphone shares?

Apparently there's going to be a feature on the state of local football clubs on BBC 1 South Today tomorrow at 6:30pm. There was a trailer tonight with Steve Claridge talking about a club in dire straits. He was hoping they wouldn't get relegated but said their finances were in a dreadful state and he feared the worst. However, he didn't actually say which club he was talking about. Might be worth watching tomorrow :smt102

PES according to the list, Abramovich is worth £7bn, not £3bn as you say, and Gaydamark, it would seem, ISN'T worth £2bn. The lowest earner on that list (that Gaydamark doesn't feature on) is worth only £0.4bn. How bizarre

Here's football's Rich List as at yesterday. I can't see Gaydamak on it Oh hang on - he doesn't really own the club, does he http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/table/2009/jan/07/football-club-owners-rich-list

Hasn't bothered him so far though. BTW I'm not advocating him or administration. I was sort of playing the devil's advocate really

I don't know Mike - it was a sort of rhetorical question, really. He'd get us debt-free though, wouldn't he?

IF we went into administration, what is to stop RL buying us up on the cheap?

What is it about Portsmouth that they always seem to attract the 'dodgy dealing' label? Interestingly, on BBC South Today tonight, there was a report on the stalling of their alleged new stadium. Planning won't be sought until the summer, it seems, and there are some doubts as to whether it will be granted anyway. In the meantime, Gaydamak is needing to sell the club. The nub of the report was that it would be easier to sell it if it had planning permission, but can he wait that long? Troubled times for our dear neighbours

I saw a programme a couple of weeks ago. It was an early episode that had originally been black and white and, by using some whizzy technology, they'd managed to turn it into colour.

Rising to the bait ....... I would hope that a man would treat me with courtesy, e.g. holding a door open for me etc. in the same way as I would treat an elderly person with similar courtesy. I don't think that that is sexist / ageist. Just politeness.

Very different ball game then, if you'll pardon the pun

Nice to see there's one team in the CCC that knows how to play Manchester United!

Can a seller dictate that? Or is it the Council that would have to grant a change of use? Usually, whenever a gas company sells its land, a massive decontamination has to be undertaken. Did that happen before SMS was built, does anyone know? It could be that the level of decontamination required is less strict for a football stadium than for, say, residential development.

I see the point you're making. The point I was making (I think ) is that, for example, the administrators wouldn't just look at SFC's debts or SLH's debts in isolation. So, as an illustration, Jacksons Farm couldn't be hived off into a subsidiary (e.g. Secure Retirement) to avoid its having to be sold. SLH would assume responsibility for paying off the debts of SFC even if it is via administrators. This is an illustration because I don't have the foggiest idea about who owns what. I'm not for one moment suggesting that this is what RL might do

I seem to recall that sometimes directors can be barred by Companies House from holding directorships in future. But I'm not sure if this is when their company goes into administration or into liquidation. I'm sure one of you out there will know

Usually contracts have Parent Company Guarantees i.e. the parent company assumes the debts of the subsidiary. Don't know if such an arrangement would be in place with SMS / SLH / SFC though.

I know

Unlike the banks - they know EXACTLY how to run banks don't they

Yes, but wasn't the question 'what is the market cap'? I understood the market cap was the price of buying up all the shares at their current value (c. 21p). I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong

what the shares are worth

I believe the auditors gave an unqualified opinion but with the rider that, basically, things could go t*ts up if e.g. gates changed. I think......

Or Early Learning Centre?

I think Jill's right. We should, in fact, have EXTRA SPECIAL rights for women.

Hmmm this is what I was thinking a couple of months ago. This is why I think there's still the link with Hoddle. The basic premise? Develop youngsters and sell them on for a profit. Sod the football club, that's a secondary issue. I hope I'm wrong.

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