stevegrant

I'm not sure that's strictly true, because otherwise they wouldn't need to go into administration in the first place.

Glad he answered the toughest question so honestly there

Jesus ****ing wept

Football League have confirmed it'll be a 10 point deduction when they enter administration.

I bet they didn't. Penny Whats-her-face would have made it very well known as soon as the meeting ended if that had happened. Since when has a politician ever missed an opportunity to justify their own existence?

I'd argue it's the exact opposite. If his contract contains a clause which states that any offer equal to or in excess of £1.85m must be accepted, and clubs know about this clause (which it seems was common knowledge as the Donny chairman said as much in an interview), why would anyone offer any more than that? If we're competing with other clubs for the player, it's down to us offering the player better terms and/or prospects than the competitors. If we offered £2.5m and Leicester offered £1.85m, both bids would still be accepted and it would still be down to the player to decide where he wanted to go.

We're one of the few clubs who refused to get involved with the Sun deal, rightly or wrongly.

Worth bearing in mind that there is another protest going on tomorrow. Leeds fans are staging a demonstration in the city centre against Ken Bates, I have a feeling that particular protest will have a higher profile.

That seems the most likely outcome. However, one scenario the Football League hasn't had to deal with before is such a short period of time between periods in administration. It should be added that Bournemouth failed to get a CVA agreed as well - if they had done so, they wouldn't have had any points deduction once they exited administration.

They got merked by the "old undated statement on the OS" trick.

Only got firm confirmation from 6 now, waiting to hear from a few others not on the list on page 1 as well.

It's an old article. You can tell by looking at the article ID (672) in the URL and comparing it to recent articles that appear on the home page (http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Appleton-We-Fight-On-3102.aspx, for example)

Assuming they've not sold out their allocation (unlikely), away tickets will be on sale from the ticket office window immediately next to the away turnstiles.

I was thinking the same thing, I can't imagine Kettering v Telford is a particularly high-profile game that would actually need policing. Saints have had loads of police-free games at SMS over the years.

I think that is true, but this situation is different from most because of the OldCo/NewCo scenario. Most companies that exit administration with a CVA don't create a new company and have the old company liquidated, as far as I'm aware.

In theory, yes, although it would rarely happen. If a player doesn't (formally) request a transfer, he will be entitled to some sort of "loyalty" bonus because he didn't ask for the move. The amount payable will depend on that player's contract, I don't think it's necessarily an arbitrary value relative to the transfer fee or anything like that, it'll depend on whatever the agent had negotiated at the time.

Not true, actually. Facepalming when you're wrong yourself is a bit silly really.

Much like us with our parent company back in 2009, this can be filed under "circumstances the Football League didn't plan for". You see, most clubs when they go into administration and come out the other side tend to embark on a new wave of austerity and self-sustainability. Most clubs.

Correct, to the best of my knowledge. This is why most smaller clubs insist that their top players hand in a transfer request in order to get a move away. It's a bonus that would be due on completion of the full duration of the contract.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/pompey_boss_braced_for_administration_1_3506126

If you remember back to that Panorama programme (strangely, neither Redknapp, Kevin Bond or Sam Allardyce ever did follow up their threats to take legal action), they had set up a meeting in a hotel bedroom to hand over a bung to a PL manager, before Mike Newell opened his big mouth and the meeting was hastily cancelled by said manager... guess who that manager (allegedly) was?

John Gorman had no problem working with England when he was Glenn Hoddle's assistant

The Monday is the day of the winding-up hearing.

You genuinely believe that? Oh noes, that nasty man Rupert wouldn't let poor Harry spunk millions of pounds that we didn't have, and insisted that we play a system which rendered the midfield entirely redundant, hence why the one half-decent player we did look to sign (Andy Reid) told us to **** off when we were given permission to discuss terms with him.

That would be Private Eye, the most-sued publication in British legal history?