Ken Tone

If you mean 'oldredeye' his various statements don't make sense. He talks of a CVA and staged payments to secured creditors one minute and 'debt free' the next. Feel sorry for the bloke actually. He is a fan trying his best to save his club by getting more of the rest of the few to pledge their money to the trust, and yet by the sound of it they've on'y got about 1200-1400 pledges, ie less than £150,000 cash. Really pathetic in every sense of the word.

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Academy-Seeks-Host-Families-2004.aspx Seeking host families for apprentices, but no mention of the club actually paying for this accommodation I see. Very wise.

Ah but at least they didn't die from the diesel fumes like submariners in the 1st WW !

Respect to anyone who can put up with any sub ....even your modern 'luxury pad' Delldays. If you want a good (fiction) read about the really early days, ie 1st world war subs, try 'A Sailor of Austria' by John Biggins. They were just tin cans that went underwater for a while. Must have been terrifying.

Anybody heard the one about Cortese becoming the next king of England? Common knowledge in Dubai apparently.

From the news comments: " When Milan sold the lifetime season tickets I bought one for £2000. If you take that over the years my season ticket costs less than £140 a year " I'd honestly thought these lifetime season tickets were an urban myth till I read that. Good grief! What a stupid bit of business! So some (many?) of those not packing the park are doing it for free anyway in effect, with their £2000 used up years ago.

Very fond of Scotland as aplace to visit ..not so sure about as a place to live! Try walking up the Caingorms above Aviemore. If you like watching wildlife it is the best part of the UK IMO. And the western isles/inner hebrides are fantastic in every respect apart from the bloody midges in summer, which can be no problem one week and a nightmare the next.

Spent 7 years living on the outskirts of Manchester, when I was quite a bit younger, so was brought to view Liverpudlians in much the same way as we do Portsmouth people. The antipathy between the cities is similar. I have to say that the Suarez affair and this booing has merely confirmed my stereotype

48 [h=3]"oldredeye[/h]Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 01:13 PM 39 - Plan B is not under consideration, once we knew the club would survive past May 1st it would be nigh on impossible, given the info from the FL and their rules, to get an application in now. Just how does one setup a new football club, with no ground, no funds and no staff and by June? The longer Birch keeps the current PFC alive the chance of a PFC at any level next year if he liquidates disappears by the day. Thats no fault of anyone, its just a simple fact of time." That's the spirit!

Only half empty! You've still got a long way to go mush.

I have definitely had no relations with anyone on this forum. with acknowledgements to bill clinton

Well Birmingham certainly finished the season well. Let's face it, not many have beaten Reading. But basically we want whichever is the weakest team to somehow get through by a fluke, to provide some relatively easy points next year.

Exactly. There are only 3 or 4 posters on here who bully/troll/wind up most of the time. We all know who they are. Sad gits with no real life. I simply ignore just about everything they say. Not really a problem is it?

There's no need to be insulting!

Nice comment there already that sums it up: madeupname2 3 May 2012 3:04PM There's still a problem with understanding what it is and what's at stake. Sound like a pretty thick bunch. What's not to understand about: "your fat contract's bankrupting the club, please please pledge a token amount (don't worry it'll never come to anything) so we can save a bit of face."

After learning of this ad, I will be sure to use their firm every single time I go into administration.

They want the attention to help find their daughter. If they 'backed away from the limelight', they'd be giving up on her.

Quite. And no we shouldn't. In spite of the claims by some on this thread ,it is a rare parent indeed who has never taken a thoughtless risk with their children. Most of us are lucky enough not to suffer such terrible consequences..that's the only real difference. My wife and I once left our 7 year old son fast asleep in our hotel room, whilst we had dinner in the hotel restaurant. After dinner we strolled out onto the quay next to the hotel, turned round and were horrified to see our son, in his pyjamas and bare footed, trotting towards us in the dark. God knows how he'd found his way there. 18 years or so later I still have that image of our son in my mind. Anything could have happened, from abduction to drowning. But we were lucky. The McCanns weren't. Are all those condemning the McCanns, really able to say, hand on heart, that they have never left a child asleep, not even for a very short time, in what they thought was a safe environment?

Yep -- the legend that is draining nearly £1.9 million a year out of pompey. Why do we poor mugs who effectively pay their obscene wages, let footballers get away with quoting a weekly wage rather than an annual salary?

Damn good question. IMO it is a safety issue, to ensure that people do actually unplug them, rather than just rely on a switch and leave them plugged in. Switches can go wrong. Having an older brother who is an electrical engineer, I have been indocrinated into switching off at the plug just about every electrical device, rather than just switch off -- kettles, TVs, toasters, dishwasher ... etc.. especially anything that generates heat.

I heard he later explained he meant he'd take them all on a coach trip to see Johnny Vegas at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Watched Norwich when I was a student there around the time of the Flood --'a fine city'! When I mention Graham Paddon that will tell you how long ago. Been a second team for me ever since. A club that is really part of its local community, with a sensible approach to finances (and ticket prices) Glad you've managed to stay up. Oh, and sod Ipswich!

No. They sound worse. 'wolves a bigger club than Southampton' etc

But is it ok if I go dressed as a troll?

Which one is the bigger cheat?