charliemiller

Exactly .....very easy to talk the talk When you havnt actually made an offer. Have you heard the people who have actually commited there money to bid saying stuff like this ?? NO exactly

MLT has not said he supports THE from INTEREST from pinnicle. He has said he will offer his to support to anyone who takes the club forward. For that to happen you have to make a Bid. And only one Bid has been made . And that isnt Pinnicle either.

Can we add peter reid and steve cotterill to the poll

Well thats over........worst season ever. Time to rebuild and restructure...........only way is up from here . Onwards and upwards COYR

Wont happen stop being dramatic !!

Dubai phil is in a 747 doing small circles around heathrow waiting for the big announcement and checking that all his team are in all weekend and training hard. Message from phil relayed . regards CM

Peter Taylor , Mickey Adams , Stuart Pearce or Peter Reid for me in either division.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1087589/Latest-East-End-soap-Chairman-quit-Zola-players-January.html counter Luton getting the hump about the PLC and points deduction with this ?? west ham did it why cant Saints

see the other thread

Sadly not ...............

All this will be irrelevant tommorow morning !

erm yes but only by the existing directors

What is undervalue ???? the football club is the PLC s only revenue stream . If they sold it for any less than the share value that would be deemed as undervalue , and if they can sell it for the share pricethen you dont con the share holders. I think it would lead to very deep questioning .

Bit risky yes and highly illegal under corporate law. You cant dispose of key assets then declare a CVA , the administrator would just claim the asset back as it was disposed within 12 months of the adminstration. Good idea though !! But wont work sadly.

Phil has suggested that I should be away manager ?? Have you got one yet ?

Did you see the message BAJ ...Stuart Green will help with whatever you need if you contact him tommorow at centerprise . He uses the forum occasionally and understands the problems.

I have just spoken to Stuart Green , If you ring him on Monday at Centerprise in Basingstoke he will help you sort out your server issues. I hope this helpful , and gets the numptys of your back !

OR you could have a real Prawn ****tail which is made in St.Lucia.... Raw Prawns that are shelled with jerk sauce and Jamiacan Rum and Pinapple Juice . Served on a bed of Lettuce with Cracked Ice . All a matter of taste and choice really ......a bit like logging on to this site on matchdays. Some like one ****tail others like the other ....its a big world Stanley I feel sure you can see that any of the chefs are trying their best be it with cooked prawns or Raw prawns . But in the end you can only please some of the people most of the time .

Drunk again philip LOL

In the event of season tickets being sold season ticket owners become creditors in an administration the same as everyone else who is owed money by the club . However it is a protected debt as it has been raised on pre-sales so therefore the administrator normally ring fences that money to protect season ticket holders interest . Season ticket sales go towards the payment of the debt on the bond to Norwich union as it is tied as payment to that revenue coming in.

Saw a meat wagon with blues going heading down towards the chapel pub at the end but couldnt see anything going on .

Written by josh , 19.04.2005 Brazil is the most fashionable country on the planet. Brazilian clothes, shoes, music, food, football.... from Gilberto Gil to Ronaldinho, havaianas to caipirinhas, Brazil is everywhere. But no one remembers the debt that Brazil owes to Britain – and to one British man, Charles Miller. In the 19th century, the British funded the Brazilian economy, built Brazil’s infrastructure - and taught Brazil how to play football. Brazil was never part of the British Empire. However, a small but very influential group of Britons lived and worked in Brazil. British values, institutions, expertise and money permeated the country. Even São Paulo, a provincial little town, plopped in the middle of uninteresting farmland - even that distant, dusty town had a stalwart British community which led a determinedly colonial existence. In 1874, the chaplain of St Paul’s, the British church in São Paulo, registered the birth of a boy. The father was Scottish; the mother was English; the boy’s name was Charles William Miller. Like many sons of British expatriates, Charles Miller went “back home” for his education. At the frail age of nine, he was put on a ship at Santos and sent to boarding-school in Southampton. At that time, São Paulo was a small town with a few shambolic streets, whereas Southampton was one of the greatest ports on the planet. Travelling from one to the other meant moving from a sleepy hamlet to a thriving metropolis. Charles Miller went to a small boarding school on the outskirts of Southampton. From his education, he had learnt only one lesson that really mattered to him: the rules of football. He was a fast, skilful player. He played for the Corinthians (the greatest amateur team of all time) and St Mary’s (now better known as Southampton Football Club). In 1894, Charles Miller sailed back to Brazil. In his luggage, he carried a book of rules and a deflated football. When Charles Miller arrived in Brazil, he discovered to his horror that no-one knew how to play the beautiful game. The expatriate community had retained many British customs - cricket on Saturdays, afternoon tea at four, visiting-cards on silver trays - but not football. Charles had found his mission. He pumped up the football, summoned his friends and colleagues to a patch of wasteland near the railway station, divided them into two teams and explained the rules. He wasn’t prepared for the amazing success of his game. Within months, people were playing football all over São Paulo. Within a few years, the game had conquered the entire country. Fifty years after his death, Charles Miller has been forgotten. In Brazil, people know his name and a few inaccurate myths about his life, but nothing more. In Britain, hardly anyone even knows his name. The British influence in Brazil has dwindled to a few language schools and a dribble of investment. And when British footballers are confronted by Brazilian opponents, they pray that the score doesn’t reach double figures. The story of Charles Miller’s life isn’t just a tale of one man’s fascinating life. Nor is it merely an intriguing episode in the history of football. The spread of football from Britain to Brazil is a neat riposte to anyone who is fearful of cultural imperialism. The English may have invented the rules of football, and the British may have carried the balls and the rulebooks in their imperial baggage, but Brazilians quickly made the game again in their own image. A hundred years later, talents and skills are flowing back the other way. In Britain, just as all over Europe, home-grown players display the skills and techniques which they have learnt from their Brazilian colleagues. Charles Miller’s gift is being repaid gets my vote

Written by josh , 19.04.2005 Brazil is the most fashionable country on the planet. Brazilian clothes, shoes, music, food, football.... from Gilberto Gil to Ronaldinho, havaianas to caipirinhas, Brazil is everywhere. But no one remembers the debt that Brazil owes to Britain – and to one British man, Charles Miller. In the 19th century, the British funded the Brazilian economy, built Brazil’s infrastructure - and taught Brazil how to play football. Brazil was never part of the British Empire. However, a small but very influential group of Britons lived and worked in Brazil. British values, institutions, expertise and money permeated the country. Even São Paulo, a provincial little town, plopped in the middle of uninteresting farmland - even that distant, dusty town had a stalwart British community which led a determinedly colonial existence. In 1874, the chaplain of St Paul’s, the British church in São Paulo, registered the birth of a boy. The father was Scottish; the mother was English; the boy’s name was Charles William Miller. Like many sons of British expatriates, Charles Miller went “back home” for his education. At the frail age of nine, he was put on a ship at Santos and sent to boarding-school in Southampton. At that time, São Paulo was a small town with a few shambolic streets, whereas Southampton was one of the greatest ports on the planet. Travelling from one to the other meant moving from a sleepy hamlet to a thriving metropolis. Charles Miller went to a small boarding school on the outskirts of Southampton. From his education, he had learnt only one lesson that really mattered to him: the rules of football. He was a fast, skilful player. He played for the Corinthians (the greatest amateur team of all time) and St Mary’s (now better known as Southampton Football Club). In 1894, Charles Miller sailed back to Brazil. In his luggage, he carried a book of rules and a deflated football. When Charles Miller arrived in Brazil, he discovered to his horror that no-one knew how to play the beautiful game. The expatriate community had retained many British customs - cricket on Saturdays, afternoon tea at four, visiting-cards on silver trays - but not football. Charles had found his mission. He pumped up the football, summoned his friends and colleagues to a patch of wasteland near the railway station, divided them into two teams and explained the rules. He wasn’t prepared for the amazing success of his game. Within months, people were playing football all over São Paulo. Within a few years, the game had conquered the entire country. Fifty years after his death, Charles Miller has been forgotten. In Brazil, people know his name and a few inaccurate myths about his life, but nothing more. In Britain, hardly anyone even knows his name. The British influence in Brazil has dwindled to a few language schools and a dribble of investment. And when British footballers are confronted by Brazilian opponents, they pray that the score doesn’t reach double figures. The story of Charles Miller’s life isn’t just a tale of one man’s fascinating life. Nor is it merely an intriguing episode in the history of football. The spread of football from Britain to Brazil is a neat riposte to anyone who is fearful of cultural imperialism. The English may have invented the rules of football, and the British may have carried the balls and the rulebooks in their imperial baggage, but Brazilians quickly made the game again in their own image. A hundred years later, talents and skills are flowing back the other way. In Britain, just as all over Europe, home-grown players display the skills and techniques which they have learnt from their Brazilian colleagues. Charles Miller’s gift is being repaid Think its a great idea

Ask MW if we can have a statue of the great charlie miller outside St.Marys . We really should let the world know what a huge impact Saints have had on world football , Charlie has a statue outside the Sau Paulo stadium , why not St.Marys. IMHO Would keep wilde busy for months getting that organised

Been here before .....Runnymede Meeting , Leon took the structure prepared to remove the Execs and did it himself . Funny how the piggy on the outside always talks about reconciliation.