trousers

Doesn't "existing" suggest they have "already invested" - unless I'm reading your reply wrongly?

It's this last Lamb clue that intrigues me most...

Cheers Derry. Got a link to the website that appeared on? Thanks

"Criteria City status is not, and never has been, a right which can be claimed by a town fulfilling certain conditions. The use of specific criteria could lead to a town claiming city status as of right, which in turn might devalue the honour. All applications are considered on their individual merits. Must a city have a cathedral? No. " http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm#part2

I've never understood this 'bid situation' malarkey. It seems a pretty fine line to me. Surely we've been courting investment in some shape or form over the last 24+ months yet, a tyre kicker knocking on the door seems to be a good enough trigger for the boys and girls at the LSE to raise the 'bid situation' flag....

What he said

Who are 'they'? The usual few suspects or a significant number of people? Who? (quotes would be helpful)

The only part of your post I agree with is the 'selective memory' bit.... Name 5 posters who "have been pleading" for Admin (along with supporting quotations) and I'll eat a badger. (I may of course have selective memory over that last bit in due course....)

Roger Whittaker

Yes. He's got one in his kitchen

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a.k.a. Phil knows about something going on behind the scenes.....?

Cheers. Yep, first name sounded like Kevin, but the surname was a bit muffled. I couldn't see a 'Kevin' anyone on the Administrator's list of partners though...hang on a minute - perhaps it's their head man? Isn't the firm called Traynor? Could be what they said. Anyway, it's not that important....he's only the bloke in charge of our football club right now!!!

Yeah...that's the fella's name who I couldn't hear very well on the audio. The Administrator was quite clear that all previous FOOTBALL CLUB directors had gone, apart from David Jones (aka the bloke in charge of the finances the last few years....)

But, rightly or wrongly, in their minds it was a 'no choice' scenario. i.e. "Admin was inevitable so let's stop burying how heads in the sand and accept it's going to happen". My understanding of the thrust behind this thread is that the likes of Stanley & co (whether wind ups or not) were that they were making a choice between "Admin" or "no Admin". There's a subtkle difference between WANTING admin when there is a viable, more attractive alternative versus making a judgement that Admin is inevitable. Difficult to articulate but I believe there is a difference.

How about Aviva repossess the stadium, effectively writing off most of our debt and take us over in the process. Ah, forgot they're in trouble too....doh

Suggest changing the thread title so it talks about a singular person than plural people then....?

Semi- serious question on the back of this 'new team' thread....what is the deadline for entering/registering a new club into whatever non-league we would have to enter at for next season? Is this something 'someone' ought to be thinking about 'now' in parallel to what's going on with the 'current version' of club? I'd hate to see the situation where SFC went under after such a deadline and we're left with nowt for next season, not even a phoenix version of the club.

Sorry if already asked/answered but who is the other football club director at the moment. At the press conference they said it was David Jones and some other chap who I couldn't hear the name of. In other words, who will be writing the 'football club chairman' page in the programme for the game on Saturday?

Correct. Although that's how some people choose to interpret 'open mindedness' on here....

He used up all his "free speech prevails on TSW forum" tokens I guess....

I don't recall reading (m)any "pro Admin" posts per se....there were plenty of people who had an open mind towards it though.

"Haven't we seen that briefcase somewhere before?"

Not strictly true. There was an answer, followed by a leading statement. Not that I'm one to split heirs....