stevegrant

The Press Association, I'd imagine.

Yes, everyone got a copy.

Morning all I've now got most of the details for this year's forum match at St Mary's, which will take place on Thursday 27th May, kick-off 18:45. The details are very similar to last year. There will be two squads of 16, with six 90-minute slots on each team, the remainder being 45-minute slots. The cost for a 90-minute slot will be £240 The cost for a 45-minute slot will be £120 The cost for a manager will be £50 The reason the cost has gone up slightly this year (£10 and £5 respectively) is because, as yet, we have not reached agreement with the club over the cost of the kits, which are included in the price. At the moment, they are only offering us a 10% bulk discount on current RRP - considering they will probably be reduced to a tenner in a month or two, that's not an offer that is acceptable to me. As a result, we have had to budget for a bit more than last year just in case, but any excess can either be refunded pro-rata once we do know how much it'll be, or it can be donated to charity instead. Initially, this event is open to Full Members Only - Full Members have until Noon on Friday 19th February to register their interest. If there are still spaces available when this deadline passes, it will be opened to ordinary Registered Users. Those who are successful in their applications will need to pay their money by Noon on Friday 5th March - this is a longer time period than I really want, but it does allow for those who get paid right at the start or end of the month to get the money together. Full Members are invited to register their interest via email to playatsms@saintsweb.co.uk - applications should contain ALL of the following information: Forum Username Real Name Contact E-Mail Address Contact Phone Number Age (don't worry, I won't tell anyone ) Three Preferred Positions, in order. Positions are GK, RB, LB, CB, RM, LM, CM, ST, or a general DF or MF is fine (and more flexible ) Preference of 90 or 45 minutes Willing to accept different duration if preferred slot is unavailable Playing standard - this is so I can try to balance the teams as much as possible Any questions? UPDATE 19th Feb As the deadline for Full Member registrations has passed, I am now throwing this open to all members of the forum. Please note that at the time of writing, there are only TWO slots left, both of which are 45-minute defensive positions. UPDATE 25th Feb All places are now filled, with provisional lineups below. Those without a squad number next to them show either that they have not responded to my payment details email or that they responded but did not choose a number. If the latter, not too much of an issue, if the former, I need to know that everyone has received the email and will make the payment on time. UPDATE 29th Mar A place has become available, left-midfield for the home team (90 minutes). Anyone wishing to take this place, please get in contact asap. HOME Team (manager: nickh) GK 1: lee_saint RB 16: Spades CB 14: bpsaint CB 24: ooohTerryHurlock (45) LB 3: Neilza RM 7: Andy Porter (45) CM 8: INFLUENCED.COM CM 17: Saintsforlife7 (45) LM 11: B Rabbit ST 15: RedAndWhite91 ST: magnet (45) ----- CB 5: SaintDonkey (45) CM 30: maddog (45) RM 9: Danny (45) ST: Foxy (45) AWAY Team (manager: dubai_phil) GK 1: REDARMY79 RB 5: GenevaSaint (45) CB 6: The Flying Finn CB 40: bigdavewatson LB 17: JustMike RM 22: Arizona (45) CM 23: prideofthesouth CM 10: Noodles (45) LM 11: Scudamore (45) ST 7: stevegrant ST 9: Um Bongo (45) ----- RB 2: Delmary (45) RM 27: Robsk II (45) CM 14: DrZuess1979 the 2nd (45) LM 4: stusdad (45)

While I could see the Premier League doing it to protect the "brand image", I can only see that ending in one way - with a massive court case, brought by teams who are perceived to be disadvantaged by the proposed bailout.

Very much so. I'd have thought the FD is the first person scrutinised when a company is found to be trading while insolvent.

Wonder if he used Johnstone's paint...

Both, I'd have thought...

I've just deleted all that crap, I'm not having this thread ruined by a load of completely unrelated nonsense. If you want to hurl insults at each other, go somewhere else.

Engineering works between Surbiton and Clapham Junction that day says otherwise. http://www.laterooms.com/en/p8800/Hotels.aspx?hidfl=&k=London&d=20100327&n=2&rt=1-0&currencies=GBP&LonLat= has loads of hotels...

All of the "London" airports have decent and direct links into the city, so take your pick. Ryanair probably fly to Gatwick, Luton or Stansted. For hotels on that weekend, check here: http://www.laterooms.com/en/p8800/k16295585_london-hotels.aspx

The latter, I think. They've bizarrely appointed Vantis, who are run by none other than our old friend Ken "Agent Orange" Dulieu...

£500k, I believe. Not to be sniffed at...

It's the Nigeria '94 goal celebration... pretend you're a dog, crawl to the corner flag and p!ss on it

Highlights up on the Beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8509478.stm

But it may ultimately be a pivotal day in that those responsible may now be held to account if it is proven that they were trading while insolvent. Storrie and friends may end up being held personally liable for some of the costs incurred by the club.

Surely game over then?

Interesting. "Torres" is there. Apparently it's started already, Pompey have got Vantis working for them (remember them?! Ken Dulieu and friends), and apparently there have been "two serious offers to buy the club in the last 12 hours"...

Says who?

The monkey chicken thing still gets me

This is SFC, we never do anything the easy way...

They do, but we had the same players out for the first leg as well. With their problems, I'm cautiously optimistic now, whereas a couple of days ago I was fearing a ****-up of epic proportions.

In true Kevin Keegan style, I would LOVE it if Jacko got involved there I really hope someone's still got a copy of that "design" for Bournemouth's ground and surrounding area with the petting zoo

Would they attempt to claim backdated PAYE/NI from the players' new clubs then? I don't see how they'd be able to enforce that...

Interesting that Cardiff and Southend are due at the same time...

Yep. Would be interesting to know the "public opinion" on HMRC essentially tossing away circa £7.5m of public money with the long-term benefit that they know damn well they'll be getting paid in full and on time by football clubs in the future... It would be good to see the Premier League implement the same tax rules that the Football League brought in last year - any club not keeping up-to-date with their tax liabilities will be placed under a transfer embargo.