redkeith

I think most people are saying that it is possible that no-one will buy the club, and that the ground could then be redeveloped. Unless you have some other top info? Palace, like yourselves, do not own there ground but have nothing like the level of debt that PFC have, and so would be much better placed to come out of admin with the golden share and a CVA.

I think the most fitting 'Outdoor Leasure Facility' to replace FP would be Skate Park.

I see that Phil Hall has been chosen as Chinrai's mouthpiece. Hall was employed by the Skates when Harry returned as their media relations man and was reported to have put preasure on his former Fleet Street chums to kill any stories that would hurt the Skates (Harry ... Storrie ... Brown Envelopes ... Agents ... Gaydmark Familly etc )

I missed the 6-3 with Salmonela ! News on Solent, Chanrai has taken FP for £10 Mill off of his debt. Don't own there ground now. The new FC Skates would have to find £1 Mill a year in Rent .

Listening to the Exeter game, both Mills and James were hitting the first defender with all the set piece's, and we know from earlier in the season that Llanana could barely reach the first defender with his. I think that we need to get the whole squad to practice taking corners, maybe with Tiss popping in for some specialised coaching . With any of our current midfield taking them, you could have Dave Watson, Richard Hall, Ken Monkou and Ron Davis in the box and still not score, as the ball would never reach them.

Although we caused them lots of problems at the back, I always thought we needed Wotton or James, or preferably Case, sat in front of the back 4 or marking O'Hara. Still we played well and could easily have been 2 up before they scored. ITV were talking about the result being in the history books, but lets hope HRMC say otherwise.

Can they add 'Pay your Rates' by the Fall to the playlist please.

Jacobs' says there are "2 or 3 interested parties". You might expect him to know precisely how many people are enquiring about buying the club, as it is of some importance to it's future. Of course the buyers may not really exists, hence the vagueness in his numbers, and Pompey are just trying to blow smoke up HRMC's bottom.

commentary works fine in France, might be your isp Tim?

'When Sol went to Court to pick his bonus up we were there, we were there !' Wonder if they will all be signing that on Southsea Common ?

I read in one of the Sundays that Watford are due almost £2 Million on 31st Jan for Smith and Williamson. I think the PL would be a bit miffed if they let the Skates have the £2 Million now, lifted the embargo and later found that the Skates had blown the money on more players in the meantime onlty to get an embargo at the end of the month if Watford don't get paid.

Maybe it is time that they changed the tune that they run out to at FP from that god awful Mike Oldfeild tune to something more relevant. How about 'Three Wheels on my Wagon' by the New Christy Minstrels. Younger posters may need to look that one up on You Tube

Just read on a thread on 606 that they are selling this years replica shirts for £15. I seem to remember lots of bargains to be had at the Saints Shop in the weeks before we wen't into admin. Desperate for cashflow, or just co-incidence? Also, I tried to read the statement on the PFC official site, but it is no longer there. Curious.

Got my tickets for the gig in Paris. Bit pricey (40 euros), but I never thought I'd get the chance to see them. Must dash ..... the trolls in the glen are consorting again

I went to every single game that year, home and away, the only time I did a whole season. Looking back, I used to think that it was Notts County at home that cost us the title, but it was probably the Cup run. After the replay against Wednesday, Lawrie rested loads of players, and we lost at Everton and QPR. Four points from those games, and the top spot could have been ours. Mind you, after the Semi defeat we were mid table, and it was probably the hurt of that loss that spurred us on, starting with the 3-1 revenge on Everton 3 days later. I don't think I can remember a night at the Dell where everyone was so up for it, baying for blood. I doubt if Everton won a 50-50 all night. Looking back, we were probably not quite good enough to win the league, but the cup should have been ours. I still blame the groundsman at Highbury. A late bobble put Wallace's shot on the post and a weird bounce when straight to Heath for the goal. If only ..

I don't expect much of a turnout for the Legends Tour, as it clashes with the Stoke Away game, and I am sure that the Skates will take 15,000 away fans to Stoke. At least that's what they used to tell us when they where in Div 2, and we weren't selling our full allocoation at Bolton.

Scott Marshall, living proof that a Sunday League player could play in the middle of Seaman,Dixon,Adams and Winterburn and keep a clean sheet.

Peach had one penalty saved by Cooper of Ipswich, I think, in a game we lost. Nick Holmes had a shot come of the bar from 40 yards, that was so well struck it had Clive Thomas the ref shaking his head in disbelief .

I tend to agree, I think that the Premier League are bending over backwards to stop them from going into Admin, as it would damage the PL brand worldwide. Looking at the loses run up by the Skates, Bolton and Hull as well as the more serviceable debts of the big 4, everyone can see that the PL is a house built on a sand of debts. Spain and Italy have seen the reputation of their Leagues take a hit when the finances unravelled. The PL are propping up the Skates to try and delay a similar meltdown. They ( the PL) may well be wishing that Pompey slip into the Championship like Leeds did, before Admin hits home, so that It doesn't damage the 'brand'.

I am an old git myself. I started out with Paine and Davies when I was 5, but I can remember an even older one On the way back from an away game in the 80's we stopped at a pub between Malborough and Andover. When the guy behiind the bar found out we were Saints, he started telling us all about Charlie Wayman, and even came round the bar to demonstrate a goal where Wayman flicked the ball over his own head, turned and volleyed home.

I would be happy with a 1.1 draw next week, as long we equalise with a header, like in 66 and 78. Not that I am superstitious or anything. (David Connolly, the new Tony Funnell)

The London Saints are in corporate hospitality, so that will be a few over 3,100. I don't think it is that expensive, so it might be worth checking out, if you have missed out on the away end.

Perhaps he is confusing us with St Mirren, or St Johnstone ? Having been a season ticket holder since 78, I can remember a few low gates in 83, after Keegan left, and the FA cup game against Port Vale where the crowd was just over 10K, but that was in the middle of the Branfoot protests, and so was due to boycotts. As soon as Branfoot was sacked, we were back up to near full houses again.

On Friday, for the first time, Saints won on the same day that I listened to Pavement. This was an on going superstition, evet since Adam and Joe played Shady Lane on the morning of a home defeat to QPR (perhaps it was to blame for Kelvin's moment of madness in that game).

There are two different views on Thatcher. Some think that she wrecked traditional industries out of revenge for 1974, and has left our electricity system reliant on gas that is no longer under the North Sea, that she brought about a me first mentality ("There is no such thing as society, merely groups of individuals") that has lead to a massive decline in moral standards, as people seek to feather their nest without thinking of the consequences. Then there is the other point of view, which is just wrong. It is because of this Thatcher legacy that I have moved to a more civilised country, France. However I do worry that Sarkozy is trying to be the French Thatcher, and that it will all change here as well.