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So, they've moved it to clash with the climax of the Olympics track and field events in order to avoid a clash with a football game that no-one cares about? Interesting marketing tactic... :-)

@officialsaints: GOAL: SUTTON 2-0 SAINTS U21 (VASSELL 27) #saintsfc

@officialsaints: GOAL: SUTTON 1-0 SAINTS U21 (IBE 20) #saintsfc

http://ics-www.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&folder=1192&paper=1197

@officialsaints: #SaintsFC U21 substitutes vs Sutton: Johns (GK), Rickard, Isgrove, Curtis, Forte.

@officialsaints: #SaintsFC U21 team vs Sutton: Cropper, Young, Stephens, Turnbull, Dickson, Hoskins, Chambers, Reeves, Sinclair, Moore, Barnard ©.

The good people of Portsmouth...comparing apples with oranges since the beginning of time...

The Pompey Pages ‏@Pompey_Pages @Supermum0239PFC don't agree with the council cutting in areas such as that but the club has given this city much success and revenue Yeah, right.....Give with one hand and taketh with the other.....

Is a club allowed to start a season with a bunch of trialists? Not sure what the rules are but is it inconceivable that they will be allowed to limp through the start of the season with a squad that (in the main) isn't actually contracted to the club?

Pompey girl ‏@Supermum0239PFC If Joe Smith's the butchers went into administration not once but TWICE, would taxpayers £ bail him out? I think not! Love #Pompey but..... The Pompey Pages ‏@Pompey_Pages @Supermum0239PFC the money is also being paid back to the council, it is a secured loan not a gift. Pompey girl ‏@Supermum0239PFC @Pompey_Pages My disabled kids have had their VITAL services cut by PCC through LACK OF FUNDS. Yet, PCC can fund a football club?! Is that one of us or does someone in Pompeyland actually 'get it'?

It's a shame that 99% of Pompey fans in Twitterland haven't grasped that fact yet. They're all still cock-a-hoop that the Trust's bid now (seemingly to them) has the green light...

I see today is the anniversary of the Battle of Parsalus....Pompey lost that particular battle... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus Some interesting modern day comparisons to be had there...

Accused of being a 'nutjob' or 'obsessed' is a compliment. We know we're pretending to be looking at the bigger picture when in reality this thread is as long as it is BECAUSE it's Pompey. To suggest we don't know how it comes across is missing the point... (that said, there is a moral side to it all the same, but, yes, that's not the MAIN reason this thread is as long as it is)

BBC Solent Sport ‏@solentsport Trevor Birch speaks to @bigadamsport about #pompeytrust loan, Liam Lawrence latest, & Portpin on @audioboo http://boo.fm/b914841 "Any new owner will have to honour deferred player wages" "The Trust are a fallback position and will only be considered if Portpin drop out"

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Just had a good chat with Trevor Birch, who summarised the #pompey situation going forward - will put it up @solentsport ASAP

http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/fans-re-re-united-301720.aspx

Penny Mordaunt MP ‏@PennyMordauntMP Great news! Portsmouth city council has approved a bridging loan to #Pompey. So the PST bid can move forward. Super result and well done PST

Pompey girl ‏@Supermum0239PFC PCC loan #Pompey 1.45 mil ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS WASTE OF TAXPAYERS £. PCC CUT VITAL SERVICES FOR MY DISABLED KIDS!

Bradley Stratton ‏@BradStrat Football League Agent Fees report '11-12 makes interesting reading. #WHUFC spent £4.3m - more than L1 & L2 combined! Top 5 clubs in terms of money spent on agents: #WHUFC £4.3m, #LCFC £1.8m, #RFC £1.6m, #CPFC £1.1m, #CCFC £927k Other clubs of interest to some: #BHAFC £786k, #Saints £833k, #Pompey £748k,

So, given it's Birch's job to choose the 'best' deal for the creditors and we now have two "identical" bids on the table (indentical in terms of what is being offered to the creditors), what does Birch do? Toss a coin? Or go back to the creditors and say: "Ok, you choose who you think will honour the CVA..."?

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/open-letter-from-councillor-backing-pompey-supporters-trust-s-bid-1-4146791

Jake Woods ‏@JakeWoodss HAHAHAHA a Bournemouth fan calling #Pompey fans 'skates'. You wish you were our rivals! #WhoAreYouAgain?!

Joe Nimmo ‏@PN_Joe_Nimmo Unanimous vote in favour of providing the loan. No one dissenting. #pst Cheers and claps from the gallery from Pompey fans. #pst So, what happens next fellow nutjobbers?

Joe Nimmo ‏@PN_Joe_Nimmo All three parties giving the trust their backing and praising their efforts in putting a bid together. #pst Tory Ken Ellcome is the last councillor to speak before the leader sums up and a vote is taken. #pst He doesn't think the risk is as big as many believe it is, he thinks fans will return to Fratton Park. #pst

Joe Nimmo ‏@PN_Joe_Nimmo The trust has told councillors the chance of the loan being repaid is 90 per cent. #pst