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I couldn't find iswifter in the apple app store last night. Is it an unofficial app?

It would never occur to me to lecture other parents on the best way of raising their children.

I tend to use the 'Photon' app...works well although a bit fiddly as a browser...streaming quality is decent enough though...haven't tried the other ones to compare quality mind you... (iPhone screen shot)

@officialpompey: Nice words from Dean Holdsworth on Aldershot website: http://t.co/IPqYi2Xm #pompey "The EBB Stadium hosts a passionate Hampshire derby this Wednesday night, as Aldershot Town face Portsmouth in a prestigious pre-season friendly." Have the Oxford English Dictionary changed the meaning of the word 'prestigious' whilst nobody was looking...? "Dean Holdsworth speaks for every football fan in wishing the club a speedy recovery." Oh, and the word "every". Holdsworth: "I don’t want it to be the end of Portsmouth FC, I sincerely hope that they get themselves together and sort out their problems. It’s a fantastic football club and they’ve got fantastic fans. They’ve had the utmost trouble but I hope they bounce back."

Fair dos. Wasn't meaning to criticise. Sounds like positive news regardless of precise numbers. Cheers for the research - I'm sure most appreciate it.

I'm not usually one to get involved in the heady world of season ticket debates but, MLG, are you 100% certain that the club have made 100% of seats in each block available for season ticket purchase? If it's not certain that all seats in every block have been made available then the equation: seats in block - seats still available = season tickets sold might not hold true. Not having a pop, just trying to determine what we know and what we don't.

"The Hong Kong businessman, who owned the club in the 2010-2011 season, and his company Portpin are expected to agree a deal soon, ending months of uncertainty for supporters after the club went into administration in February for the second time in its history. He agreed a company voluntary arrangement last month to pay creditors two pence in the pound and is himself owed around £20m." Here we go again....ADMIN1 & CVA1 airbrushed from the anuls of history in the sweep of an ignorant journalist's pen. It's not 2p in the pound FFS! It's 2p of 20p in the pound. Jesus Christ. How much do these journos get paid to get things so wrong?

@SW_Trains: Engineers have worked their magic and our failed train has been moved out of the way at Basingstoke. Train now in naughty siding Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with Pompey but it made me chuckle and felt compelled to share. Sorry for the interruption :-)

People can always give the author some constructive feedback on Twitter: @johnclarke1

@MailOnline: Ryanair hoping to build planes with wider doors so passengers can be herded on more quickly http://t.co/m7V2Did8

@MajorRaverMatt: When you look at #pompey legends, you look at Dickinson, Knight, Primus, Whittingham, you can add Greg Halford to that list 4try to save us.

And, bang on cue.... @pn_neil_allen: RT @IanDarkeESPN: Greg Halford attitude fantastic in basically writing off last 2 years of Pompey deal to help club survive. Refreshing and selfless Carlsberg don't do media love-ins, but if they did...

As you know, I do like a good analogy and that's up there with the best :-)

Hands up, guilty as charged m'lud :-) The trouble with this takeover saga malarkey is that it's often impossible to separate reallity from make-believe. I hereby offer an apology for my schoolboy error and hope my fellow nutjobs can forgive my momentary lapse of reason.... :-)

Ian 'Moose' Abrahams "knew" about the 'Caroll to West Ham' story long before any other journos as far as I can make out do working backwards from there would be a good start for Liverpool I'd imagine

So much so I'm half expecting Cilla Black and Bob Carolgees to make a last gasp bid for the club. Not that we haven't had a lorra lorra laffs already...

So, in other words, when Allen proclaims that "zero to hero" Halford has "written off £1.5m" he's writing it in a way that will appeal to the fickle Pompey fans. That figures.

Don't forget Appy told us a few weeks ago that he's got "18" players lined up who are all "desperate" to join Pompey as soon as the embargo is lifted... (chortle)

Nah...the SWF Hansard does show that he explicitly chose the 'no date' option. :-)

Isn't the conundrum here that the PPs were designed to help clubs pay high premier league bills (such as player contracts) when they fall into a lower revenue generating league. However, with Pompey's potential 'new' owner insisting that all the high earners are removed from the wage bill before he takes ownership doesn't that LOGICALLY remove the requirement for PPs? I'm guessing the Premier League's PP rules aren't flexible in that they will dish out the payments whether the recipient club has any high wage earners left on their books or not. All of which makes the PPs a somewhat arbitrary and blanket solution in the first place.

Mr Phil isn't denying that...he's merely pointing out he chose 'carry on regardless' in the 'guess the liquidation date' competition :-)

@pn_neil_allen: Halford: I didn't want to jeopardise the future of #Pompey http://t.co/DUd6VyNM To be hounded out of £1.5m (which was rightfully his) is a scandal. Are you watching Football League? Does this sit comfortably with the aims of your much cherished Football Creditor laws? And are you watching Gordon Taylor...? How can you stand by and let one of your members give up £1.5m because they were hounded to do so? Is there any more shame left to be squeezed out of that club?

I've actually no idea how the golden share thing works but was just basing my theory on the fact that they've been conditionally offered in for next season and haven't yet accepted it. Given old newco won't exist one way or the other then it's a theory that holds up logically even if not in reality :-)