stevegrant

Seems that way

I can't find the article now but they changed their policy earlier this season so you couldn't buy tickets on general sale in that stand - obviously season ticket holders are already there, but any other tickets are only available to members, I think. Something along those lines anyway, but the consensus among a few Leeds fans I spoke to at the time was that it would basically ensure they'd rarely sell that end out and that the motivation behind it was so the club could identify people who were singing songs against Bates. The fact that every member of the supporters' trust board has had their account on the club's database frozen today probably backs that up: http://lufctrust.squarespace.com/blog/2012/3/2/lust-board-members-ticket-purchasing-accounts-blocked-by-lee.html

Another statement by Birch, which doesn't actually clarify anything - if anything it confuses matters even more: http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Portsmouth-Football-Club-Statement-3174.aspx

Worth bearing in mind that the North Stand is "limited availability" because Leeds have brought in loads of restrictions on who can buy tickets there.

Except that land already has such a covenant. If there is no football club, the council has the option of either letting the existing stadium rot like Plough Lane in Wimbledon did for years or removing the covenant and allowing development and regeneration of the area. Tough choice.

#packthebags is probably more appropriate

I believe the (old) CVA total is around £16m. Add that to £10.8m owed to CSI, £1.6m to HMRC and around the same to staff from January's wages, Baker Tilly hold most of the aces if a CVA's going to be agreed.

Neil Allen ‏ @pn_neil_allen #Pompey have currently sold 13,925 tickets for what could be one of the last-ever matches at Fratton Park. #packthepark The world's best fans

Hayling Island, eh?

Nope, they've got absolutely no say in how/when the PL distributes parachute payments.

It's not up to the Football League.

Those that were immediately due at the time have been paid from previous parachute payments, but such is the nature of some transfers that many aren't due until 2-3 years down the line. The transfer fee itself is often paid in instalments, and then there are potential add-ons like a sell-on fee, extra payments if the player plays a certain number of games, scores a certain number of goals, the team wins the league, etc. It's *those* legacy commitments (or even "potential" commitments) that he's referring to there, I think.

His "love for Pompey"?! I'm intrigued as to how he expects Pompey fans to ruin Chainrai as well...

"Who the **** is laughing now?", I guess!

They wouldn't have made very much from that deal anyway, perhaps around £150k. If the club survives, that deal collapsing will probably have been a blessing in disguise.

There's no Football Creditors Rule in Scotland.

Ah, ok, I was under the impression they'd managed to negotiate a 75% deferral in order to make it through the season, otherwise I don't see where the money's coming from. I guess the article on the News site today has shown where they expected it to come from...

The wage situation is probably not an "immediate" problem because they've agreed a 75% wage deferral until the end of the season, although clearly all that does is delay the payment of wages rather than avoid them, and if the club ends up being liquidated, the players join the queue along with everyone else for a slice of the proceeds of the sale of whatever assets remain.

That's Megson's bullet-points on where they are (were) halfway through the season.

And nor, in all likelihood, will any of the other likely candidates. Terry, Ferdinand and Gerrard will all probably be too old/unfit to be relied upon by then. You could argue they already are. I don't see why the captaincy is so important anyway, no other country really gives a **** who wears an armband and gets to call heads or tails before kickoff.

The master of understatement

Lounge? Really?

I wonder where Konami got the designs for the match graphics for Pro Evolution Soccer...