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When was the last time that HMRC won a court case...ever?

At the Royal Courts of Justice, judge justice David Richards dismissed HMRC's latest attempt to overturn the football creditor rule. The decision will be appealed against by HMRC. The taxman had filed a legal claim against the Football League in May 2010 claiming its Football Creditor Rule (FCR), which priorities some creditors over others, was unlawful. The taxman was battling to have the football creditor rule overturned because it believes the rule - which prioritises payments to creditors such as players, managers and clubs in the event of an administration - is "unlawful". If a club enters administration then all football creditors are paid in full with remaining funds then divided among creditors. HMRC and the Football League began their legal battle on 30 November 2011 with residing judge Mr Justice Newey allowing the Premier League permission to "intervene" and fight its corner in the proceedings because both leagues enforce the same rule. Read more: http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2179734/breaking-hmrc-loses-football-creditor-rule-court-battle#ixzz1vsKvcmNw

Brendan Guilfoyle ‏@BrenGuilfoyle HMRC have lost the football creditor rule case it is not contrary to the pari passu principle ,david hinchliffe correctly predicted outcome Retweeted by Matt Slater

@pn_neil_allen: Birch: No quick solution to Ben Haim headache. http://t.co/zKvTejft #Pompey

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He'd make a great England keeper...

Cheers. Although the cynic in me suggests that he would be duty bound to deny it even if there was a connection....

BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport Goalkeeper John Ruddy is ruled out of England's Euro 2012 squad after breaking his finger in training. More to follow soon. BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport Birmingham City goalkeeper Jack Butland will join the England Euro 2012 squad in place of Ruddy. More to follow.

KT285714 Friday, May 25, 2012 at 09:01 AM I still don't get this 'trust bid in the next week or so' line. Surely we need everything tied up by the FL meeting on Thursday? They won't be impressed by "there's a bid due any minute now". They will want PROOF then that we can fulfil all our fixtures next season, or we won't have a next season. If I've got that wrong, someone please explain. oldredeye Friday, May 25, 2012 at 09:11 AM 26 - Not knowing TB's mind I am making an educated guess that having Portpins bid on the table (today?) will stop the clock on that and allow the FL to give us the Golden Share next week. As I've intimated before its almost impossible to get the FL to commit to anything as in their rules anything can be changed "at the discretion of the FL Board".

Would be a shame if it all kicked off whilst Pompey were over there....

Interesting article - cheers for posting. Probably worth uplifting the bit that mentions Pompey, purely for the historical completeness of this thread of course... :-) "If I had to pick just one other name to throw in the air it would be Birmingham City. They have utterly failed to file their accounts for 2010‑11, which were due on 31 December 2011. This is an offence under English law, and a fairly basic one. How can you not have your accounts ready on time – unless there is something profoundly wrong? Meanwhile the owners of the club, Birmingham International Holdings, registered in Hong Kong, has not yet published its own accounts. You might see a pattern here. And just to complete the picture Carson Yeung, who ran the takeover of the club in 2009, is now awaiting trial for money-laundering. My point is that the accounts of lots of clubs don’t make sense. I can understand why a mega rich person might become involved in football for the reflected glory. But I can’t understand how someone can enter the arena and promise the world in terms of all the transfer money needed, only to discover it isn’t there. In this regard Birmingham City again comes to mind (and was reported in this regard on this site) as does Portsmouth."

That's spooky. Same answer.

I'll do you a deal. You explain the meaning of liife to me and I'll explain something as important as Facebook

Source?

The same reason why people feel the need to ask about it on a football web forum I guess...

Every sperm is sacred

Yeah, but we're labelled nutjobs for highlighting that there are more important things in life than the price of a football ticket...

Hmmm....all a bit odd....cheers

Hmmm....some mixed message in that interview....in one breath he sounds almost desperate to play in the limelight of the Premier League as soon as possible and then in the next breath proclaims he's looking forward to the Champion's League with Celtic and the possibility of extending his remaining 2 year contract. At the age of 24 I would suggest he ought to be looking to move sooner rather than later if he wants to stand a chance of knocking on the England international door... It would not surprise me in the slightest if he was a Saints player before the start of next season.

Any idea how significant that is, if at all, in terms of what is happening at the moment? I lost the plot a long time ago! :-)

@pn_neil_allen: Great to see Fred Dinenage pledge for the #Pompey Trust. How? Well he just got in touch with @pompeytrust!! http://t.co/U6w6mr3D Constructive abuse only for Mr Dinenage please....remember that this is a family thread...

Are these recent photos?

@pn_neil_allen: Appleton details #Pompey summer recruitment plans - but doesn't expect post-takeover transfer kitty. http://t.co/d7C5END6

Exactly. When people get a good deal on something for a period of time and then the price 'normalises' people naturally see it as a price hike rather than a realignment from something 'cheap' to something 'normal'. Just human nature I guess. The same thing will happen when mortgage rates 'normalise' in a couple of years time. People won't like the fact that the cost of their mortgage is going up but it'll only be readjusting back to normality.

Nice idea. There's almost the makings of a semi-formal fan sharing scheme there....