Weston Super Saint

We have a 'drought' and a hosepipe ban every year because the pipes that transport water to and from houses and water plants are woefully inadequate and leak all the time. Instead of spending the income on getting these issues fixed, the people running the water companies are more interested in making a healthy profit and taking a big bonus than worrying about the inconvenience of maintenance.

I have only one question.... They need to petition / apply to the courts for administration. Since they already have a winding up order 'live' at the courts, what are the chances that the court will deny their application for admin? Is it likely, and does it happen / has it happened to other companies?

If you look at the article in the News - maybe 20 or 30 pages back now - with the pictogram of who owns what, then Barclays are co-creditors along with Gaydamak for all the parcels of land around Fratton. Presumably then, Gaydamak gave himself these bits of land, mortgaged them to the hilt with Barclays, to pay the wages, and then claims he would be happy to pay the mortgage payments to Barclays when Pompey pay him his dues So many different owners of so many different pieces of the puzzle it's hard to see how an administrator will know what needs administrating by the end of next week, let alone the end of this week

I would laugh - in a Kevin Keegan like maniacal way - if a couple of cases at the high court suddenly got postponed on Thursday, and hey presto Pompey get called in to court for 11.00am on Thursday, as that would then be the next available date after last Friday In fact, I would probably need to buy a new pair of boxers from laughing so much... Not that I'd expect the courts to employ the kind of underhand tactics that Pompey would look in to;)

Lol. Where the hell did he manage to find someone who is prepared to break the law by taking on the running of a company that is trading insolvently - as confirmed by it's current CEO!!! If he's found someone so daft to run the club - they would presumably have to put in large sums of money to stop it running insolvently!!! - then why doesn't he just sell it to them? Besides, even if by some miracle he does manage to get admin approved, I think we can all guess how much of a discount HMRC are going to give them on their outstanding tax bill, a big fat zero!! Therefore they would need to find a buyer within 31 days or they would be liquidated anyway. Re-arranging the deck chairs has never seemed more appropriate!! Since they've been trying to do this since they were a club trading solvently, I don't fancy their chances of finding anyone in the next 31 days. Which means the club would be wound up on April the 1st, which would be the best wind up in the history of wind ups

He also says that the club have a few weeks to find a way of avoiding the winding up order, when in fact they have only 4 and a half working days

Perhaps someone can email them the link to this thread? They clearly don't do a great deal of work in that office, as there has been at least 3 links to an Arabian news site where SAF states he is taking advice on whether to invest more in the company or do a runner as fast as possible and ditch his shares. What comes as a surprise to them comes as old news to us, but it's been that way since the beginning of this thread

To which the judge will no doubt respond : This is a wind up isn't it?

Pompey are probably about to deny that they even have to produce one....

And also : Be responsible for paying the wages on time Make sure that less or equal amounts of money go out as come in Pay the bills Pay the taxman Pay other football clubs And numerous other responsibilities no doubt, that she has failed to carry out so far in the past 6 months, so I wouldn't be too confident of her ability to gauge the solvency or otherwise of PFC

This is how I things.... 1. Gaydamak[sr] owns Pompey. He also - through various shell companies - owns all of the land around Pompey. You only need to look across the road for the precedent that has been set regarding planning permission for shops / flats etc. 2. Chainrai is up to his neck in sh1t with Gaydamak, always has been, nobody buys that fake bust up right? So, Chainrai sues [lol] Gaydamak for £17m which is given to him by the Israeli courts - that was dirty money that neither of them were going to be able to touch any other way - and then he gives it to Pompey [Gaydamak] as a loan. He gets repaid some of his loan but was expecting £7m in January, because £7m of clean money is better than nothing right? Sadly, his cunning plan was foiled by Baldrick and the EPL who kept his money, so he's really, really p1ssed off now!! So, what next? Simples, get the club liquidated so that he and Gaydamak can then work on the land they've got left. Gaydamak throws up some shops, or sells his land with planning permission and makes a tidy sum without doing any work, and Chainrai knocks down Fratton park, builds a leisure centre with some flats on top, or sells the land with planning approval and makes a tidy sum without doing anything. Winners = Gaydamak and Chainrai who've converted £17m of dirty money into plenty of clean money. Losers = 6k or so of 'hardcore' [lol] Pompey fans who get to watch AFC Pompey playing Sunday league footy. I can't see that they've got anything to gain by keeping the company limping along until the end of the season when they'll be relegated, have incurred far more costs in the form of wages, taxes etc, and be on a massively reduced income in the Championship, still having not sold their over inflated players because no-one wants to pay their wages! Have I missed anything?

It says in the 'News' article that Vantis are confident of having the statement finished by Wednesday morning so they may present to the board - of PFC. What the board do with it after that is up to them I guess, but THEY [not Vantis] have been ordered to provide an accurate Statement of Affairs by the Court.... Nick O'Reilly, client partner at Vantis Business Recovery Service, a division of Vantis, said: 'We are hard at work and remain confident that we will complete the statement of affairs report by Wednesday morning, for submission to the board and owners of Portsmouth Football Club.' I'm sure the HMRC and Courts are expecting a pretty grim picture to be painted, but wouldn't be shocked if the alternative was presented to them....

Well, luckily, in about 6 or 7 months we'll find out who was right

Yeah, like they're bothered about the simple things like the laws of the land What's the date of Story's court appearance....

Wednesday - or early Thursday morning - if the courts do their jobs efficiently when they receive the SoA

Apparently the banks in Hayling Island have been having a bumper month

Well, let's hope they are being paid up front - who would take on any work for PFC at the moment without being paid in full in advance? Either that, or let's hope HMRC / The Courts are guaranteeing their payment for when the inevitable bell tolls....

ITK one day, left out of the loop the next. It's a cruel, cruel world out there. Chin up FF, lifelongcherrypipsaint still loves ya.

You're right, you are no lawyer! You're also right that the legal age to purchase alcohol in the UK is 18. What you've overlooked though is the licensee - every Tescos will have a premise licence and a designated premises supervisor - has the right to sell alcohol to who they want, when they want. They can therefore put any stipulation they want on the sale of that alcohol and insist that you wear a grass skirt, and limbo under a pole before they sell wine to you if they want! I guess you should carry I.D around with you in the future Besides, I'm sure you'd be the first to complain if they sold a load of booze to the local hoodies who spent the night in front of your house getting themselves bladdered....

But Lens state that Dindane has now been 'sold' to Pompey - due to him playing more than the requisite number of games in the terms of the loan contract.... Quite how that is possible since 1) the transfer window is shut and 2) Pompey have no money to pay the transfer fee anyway, is beyond me, but since they claim that, I guess technically Dindane can't be counted as a 'loanee'....

So far this season you've had four 'buyers' of PFC, so please point me in the direction of all the good things they've done

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a fare in England to speak English - in the same way that BTF thinks it is reasonable for a taxi driver in Greece to speak Greek

Dubai - or is that Dubal - Phil = Marc [lifelongcherrypipsaint] Jackson. True story.

Especially with our bye in the next round

Not sure if that's strictly true BTF - and I think that is why the cabbies are demonstrating in such a manner... I found this for your perusal : No formal qualifications are necessary to become a taxi driver. However, you must obtain a licence to operate from your local licensing authority (there are 387 in England, Wales and Scotland, plus the Public Carriage Office in London and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland). Every licensing authority has its own conditions of licence. For a hackney carriage (taxi) licence, you must be 21 or over, have held a full EU driving licence for at least 12 months, and be able to drive a taxi competently and safely. You must show you are a fit and proper person, meaning that you are responsible and reliable, without certain types of criminal conviction. A police check is required on your criminal record for any unspent offences. You have to pass a medical test to show you are physically and mentally fit. Applicants have to pass a test on their knowledge of the routes in the local area - in London it can take up to three years to learn all the routes required; you have to learn this in your own time. For a private hire vehicle licence, you must have held a full EU driving licence for 12 months, pass a medical and make a declaration regarding any criminal convictions. In some areas, you have to pass a Knowledge test. If you wish to act as an operator for yourself rather than receive work through an operator, you also have to obtain an operators licence, which has its own requirements. If you are under 25 it may be difficult to obtain the necessary insurance. There is no upper age limit for entry into this line of work, although in some cases medical examinations may be required on a yearly basis. It doesn't state that there is a requirement to speak English - ironically I think that sort of statement in a job advert would technically be classed as racist anyway.... Info from here : http://www.redgoldfish.co.uk/job-roles/125-taxi-driver-job-role.aspx so no idea how reliable it is or isn't :smt102: