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http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/portsmouth/fb_news.php?storyid=18396&title=hall_right_now:_portpin_will_take_over_pompey_-_andronikou Erm...fees they are entitled to in law you mean Mr Andronikou? Good luck with that one...(would explain why Birch has gone to ground if there's a legal dispute brewing re: PKF fees...)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19962844 John Mcyintyre, London emails: Absolute double standards! Babar Ahmed was held with no evidence for the last seven years and was extradited. What is this Home Secretary playing at? She is giving the wrong messages, namely if you are a muslim you will be extradited (even if there is no evidence against you,) but if you are a white caucasion you are safe from extradition!.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218414/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-tips-London-Mayor-Boris-Johnson-return-Commons-Prime-Minister.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-mailonline

Just watching it on BBC Parliament. Every MP bar Alan Johnson in agreement. Johnson accused May of making a decision that was in the best interests for her party not for the country....

BBC Breaking News ‏@BBCBreaking Computer hacker #GaryMcKinnon will not be extradited to US, due to risk he would end his own life - UK home secretary http://bbc.in/T7U72K

When interviewed yesterday, our Prime Minister said "This is as important for the UK as a whole as it is for Scotland" (I've paraphrased his actual words). I agree with you Mr Cameron...the future of the United Kingdom matters as much to me as it does to someone from Scotland. I'm not saying that Scots should be denied a referendum on what they believe should happen to Scotland, I'm simply saying that there should be a parallel or pre-emptive referendum asking the rest of the UK what they would like to see happen to their country. I actually think Cameron has missed a trick here.....as well as granting the Scots a referendum on separation in 2014 he should have set in motion a referendum for the UK as a whole for 2013 asking everyone (Scots included) whether they want to keep the Union or break it up.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/appy-in-move-to-keep-thomas-1-4369394

Joe Michalczuk ‏@joemichalczuk Whispers Portco have purchased the land around FP...now that would be a twist

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Straining-At-The-Leash-3802.aspx

Yep, I read that somewhere last week

http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/cup-of-nations-heartache-for-dumbuya-1-4369337 And there was me thinking the players were only on a monthly 'contract'. Pompeyland talking as if the players are there for the long term. Same old Pompey "business as usual" mentality... I would have thought clubs will be queuing up to take the international stars off Pompey's hands in January. It's not as if Pompey can offer them a better deal financially...doh...

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Agent Kanu spotted in Nigeria... http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2886/africa/2012/10/15/3452233/former-arsenal-and-portsmouth-striker-kanu-thrilled-with The 36-year-old told Goal.com: "It is an honour to witness this match."

Nigel said about 6 weeks ago that he would be back in 2 weeks. Make of that what you will...

Good news....that means he's 'fit and proper' to take over again after all....bring it on!

As holepuncture suggests above, how could they sack Lampitt (if indeed that's what happened) if they weren't "in control" of the club? The fact that they needed Lampitt to sign off the paperwork suggests to me that was just a legal formality (if they were acting as 'shadow' owners of the company)

It is alleged that they ordered Lampitt to sell players but he seemingly refused. As you say, what was stopping them going over his head if they were "in control". It sounds like they were TRYING to exercise control over the club but, because they were acting as 'shadow directors' rather than ACTUAL directors they weren't signatories on the board. It all comes down to whether the football league interprets their alleged behaviour as acting as de facto owners. However, It does now seem unreasonable to hold Portpin responsible for the inaction of a CEO but stranger things have happened...

I've probably posted this before but the one thing that narks me somewhat is that I, as a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, get no say on whether my country should be broken up or not. Why should one part of Britain get a say and not the others?

I'm not sure but I think Chainrai would still be falling foul of the Directors' test if he was in some kind of control of the club, regardless of how hard he may, or may not, have been trying to prevent administration. Well, that's the Trust's interpretation of the situation anyway. In other words, I don't think the football league rules differentiate between "tried to save club but still failed" and "couldn't be arsed to save club and failed"

Hall also highlights the amended handwritten valuation of Fratton Park (those with good memories will remember that this document was posted on this thread at the time)

Interesting stuff as always from Mr Hall....a cut and paste of the key section of that article:

If you think I'm gonna be the first person ever to post a picture of Bill Murray on here you've got another thing coming