Whitey Grandad

The club would be a separate company, managed by Cortese. I am not privy to the details of ownership of that company but it will carry on operating with its own assets and funding whoever owns it, be it trust fund, holding company or individual person. Rest assured that someone of Markus's ability and experience will have set in place measures for just such a sad eventuality, as should we all.

If the club feel it's appropriate, then I for one will respect their decision. I'd like to thank MK Dons and the FA for their dignified approval.

Can we petition for Britannia Road or Marine Parade to be renamed 'Markus Liebherr Way'?

Dear Markus, before you came to our rescue Southampton had never heard of you. Now it shall never forget you. I shall always remember you smiling. May you rest in peace.

My feelings entirely, CB

I see that the club has mentioned a 'memorial service'. Is it a daft idea to suggest that this be held at the stadium?

I'm sure that's the question that's on all our minds, but perhaps a few days of mourning and quiet reflection would be appropriate. To answer your question, I was told just after the takeover that there was a trust fund set up for just such an eventuality which contained a sizeable sum, although funding a return to the Premiership might be beyond it. It's down to all who support Saints to pull together in these sad times.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2119026,00.html Thank you Markus from the bottom of our hearts. I shall always remember your captivating smile and the joy that you brought to us all. My condolences to your family.

Get yourself a BMW and then you can own the whole road.

'A verbal agreement is not worth the paper it's written on' Thanks for the info and good luck with the hearing! We wouldn't want any unfair advantages over our rivals, would we?

1927 apparently. There's a poster if you like: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/desiderata_poster-228846596101556705 If you like this sort of think, you might like also to consider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_stand_at_my_grave_and_weep (I have others)

Are you telling us we should ignore your advice and make our own choices?

He seems to have spent the closed season at the summer hoofball school.

I thought it was a bit quieter than normal.

He was wearing 40, his squad number, but his name was off the bottom of the back of the programme which stopped in the 30s so it wasn't until I got home that I found out who he was. Nice boots though, dashes of sky blue it looked like to me.

'Proceeds' is better than 'predeceases'

There are those who cannot differentiate. Needless to say, my comment was not directed at you, of course.

An opinion is not a fact. FACT.

Try it in Germany where if you wander onto the bit of pavement that's painted a different colour you'll learn a whole new set of swear words. They take their demarcation very seriously over there.

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Just thinking about it makes me chuckle. What happened to it? Please don't tell me it was melted down.

Thanks, I have just read through it and one salient point leaps out at me. The club entered into contracts with players on the understanding that it would receive income from the Premier League. These contracts would of necessity involve paying PAYE and NI to HMRC. The budgeting for these contracts assumes the receipt of current and future payments from the Premier league. The Premier League's rules give it the discretion of not paying these moneys if said club were to be liquidated, but it can continue to pay them if the club were to enter administration. At the time that many of these contracts were agreed administration was a genuine possibility, if not probability. The critical point is the relationship between the club and the Premier League as to the certainty that the club will receive all monies owing to it. Surely the Premier League has the status of a 'holding company' that owes money to its associated 'members' and has an obligation to pay it? Otherwise, what is to stop any other set of companies from forming into a league that handles almost all their income and only pays out at its discretion? I would expect this to be considered during the future hearing as to the 'football secured creditor' status, and if the matter is not resolved legislation to follow.

That's what I thought when I first saw it. I didn't think number '2' was playing so I can only assume it must be '20'. Typical inaccurate match report.

Chdajfu?

Fantastic! The only complaint that I have is accuracy. I don't remember Harding getting that close to the ball when they scored.