SaintBobby Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 1. He has a track record of saving English south coast football teams from extinction. 2. No one wants to see any of the 92 teams actually, finally go to the wall. 3. He is a billionaire, so can easily afford it. 4. He could pick up Portsmouth for a song - maybe £25m or so. 5. Portsmouth are at least certain to be playing at the same level as Saints next season, and could just conceivably be playing two divisions higher. 6. He could then spearhead the south coast dream - resisted only by the dinosaur die hards - of a single, united Hampshire team that could genuinely aspire to take on the giants of English football. Of course, point 6 would require some deftness of touch and a genuine sensitivity to long standing supporters of both clubs - and a few difficult decisions would need to be taken. 1. What division should the new club play in? The two clubs should only formally merge in June 2010 and some of the finer details of the merger would need to be concluded in July. In August 2010, the new club would obviously start from the highest divisional status achieved by either Portsmouth or Southampton in the 2009/10 season. If Portsmouth are relegated and Southampton are promoted, the point is moot. If, however, Portsmouth are relegated but Southampton fail to secure promotion, the club would begin life in the Championship. If, unlikely as it may seem, Portsmouth avoid relegation, the new club would begin life in the Premiership. 2. Where would the stadium be located? On simple business principles, Fratton Park has reasonable real estate value for retail or residential redevelopment, wheares St Mary's is on a brownfield site and can only be used for sporting purposes. Also, Fratton Park has limited capacity and would be hugely expensive to expand - whereas St. Mary's can already accommodate 32,000 in modern surroundings and can be fairly easily extended to allow for the anticipated substanial growth in support for a united Hampshire team. 3. What colours should the team wear? This decision should be made on sartorial grounds alone. I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like the style of the Portsmouth socks. These are a simple, yet elegant, red. In order to maintain overall brand consistency, it would make sense to ensure the shirt broadly matches these, and the shorts go some way to off-setting them. A red and white striped shirt and black shorts should do the trick. 4. What should the new club be called? It would only be fair to amalgmate key parts of both teams' names. From the name "Portsmouth Football Club", the words "Football Club" sound rather good. From the name "Southampton Football Club", the word "Southampton" has a nice ring to it. So, a new, single, united Hampshire team called Southampton Football Club could be playing at St. Mary's next season in red and white tops, black shorts and red socks. The team will be playing at Championship level (or even above) and will have a very bright future ahead of it. If I was Liebherr, £20m or so would sound like a great investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I'm afraid you'll have to count me in as a Dinosaur Die-hard. I have no wish to see Pompey become extinct. But I have no wish to join forces either. We'll do it on our own, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrent Of Abuse Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I'm disappointed. I thought this would be the perfect thread for a picture of a Liebherr crane with a wrecking ball attached. Someone could photoshop Fratton Park in the background. Instead you give me this nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaSaint Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I thought the explanation for point six was quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 You must be on acid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 You must be on acid Bad trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tac-tics Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 infraction.please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 This surely, surely has to be a wind-up? Surely no-one is that insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Mental! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Thomas7 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Southampton Football Club? You do know what the FC stands for at the end of Southampton FC don't ya?? And the new club can play in red and white, black shorts, red socks at SMS... Hmm... If we go up this year and Poopey do go bust this plan of yours end product will have been achieved but with out ML having to spend out on the Skates and havng to take on their debts... I do hope this is a p*sstake...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrent Of Abuse Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 You should be on the banned list, the ignore list and he'll why not the terrorist watch list as well. Replace two proud (and in one case also deluded) clubs with over 200 years history between them with a plastic MK Dons facsimile. What an abhorrent idea. If you suggested it when both clubs were up to their necks in the brown stuff you'd still have an uphill task. To do it now when we are on the up again is madness. I can only guess you're actually lying in a room somewhere whacked out on mushrooms, channelling the disbodied voice of Nineteen Canteen who has temporarily passed into the spirit world after discussing Lawrie McMenemy with his counsellor and accidentally choking on his own bile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 (edited) 7. you take it up the ar$e from John Westwood to consummate the whole perverted marriage/merger. Edited 6 January, 2010 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaroid Saint Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I concur; that's mushroom talk right there. such detailed lunacy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfnPanad Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Lol @ all the abuse!! I suggest anyone that can't see Bobby's tongue firmly in his cheek needs to go to bed and have another look over a cuppa in the morning!! +1 from me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TijuanaTim Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Anyone that buys the sailor boys will have to assume their debt, unless they enter administration. + no businessmen worth a toss would consider buying pfc as their assets are well out-weighed by all their liabilities. Let's face they have little if any potential either, they need to pray!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 It is against regulations for one owner to own two clubs in the same country so Mr L wouldn't even be allowed to buy that lot down the M27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tac-tics Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 i do see it was intially a joke. i also see it was a bloody bad joke. good night :smt096 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrent Of Abuse Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Lol @ all the abuse!! I suggest anyone that can't see Bobby's tongue firmly in his cheek needs to go to bed and have another look over a cuppa in the morning!! +1 from me! I think we all know he's joking :wink: Still fun giving him abuse though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 at the very least, ban him / her the section him / her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 The new team name has already been decided on in a previous thread a few years ago. Southmouth. It's a winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Saintskates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Coat Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I've got a better idea....when Skates go into admin we should set up a phoney consortium, but ensure our story is a bit tighter than Barry the Briefcase/pinnacle consortium. Make out we are going to save the Skates and with significant investment...drag out the crossing of the I's and dotting of the T's until it is too late and Skates are made extinct. We don't want their supporters, let them all revert back to supporting Man United like they did before Skates got promoted to the Premier. To be fair, even in a delluded world, if their hardcore support joined forces with us, it would only add about another 2500 onto our gates and they would all be fish fiddling, child sex cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 1. He has a track record of saving English south coast football teams from extinction. So, a new, single, united Hampshire team called Southampton Football Club could be playing at St. Mary's next season in red and white tops, black shorts and red socks. The team will be playing at Championship level (or even above) and will have a very bright future ahead of it. If I was Liebherr, £20m or so would sound like a great investment. EVEN if someone thought this was a good idea...(no-one else so far on this thread) ..I think FA / UEFA rules forbid anyone from owning two league clubs at the same time. I'm sure former newspaper owner Robert Maxwell tried 20 odd years ago and was slapped down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintds Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Very odd post. Let's ignore for a second the matter of Saints & Skates combining in a peaceful and harmonious manner. Before you even get to that stage, there's the issue of ML owning two league clubs. I'm reasonably certain there are "conflict of interest" issues that would be difficult to address. Are there any FIFA, FA or FL rules on this? Edit: David in Sweden is quicker and cleverer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoozer Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Very good opening post. Haha! Am I the only one who gets the joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintds Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 EVEN if someone thought this was a good idea...(no-one else so far on this thread) ..I think FA / UEFA rules forbid anyone from owning two league clubs at the same time. I'm sure former newspaper owner Robert Maxwell tried 20 odd years ago and was slapped down. I've also got a feeling that Chelsea and CSKA was an issue for Abramovich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartosz Bialkowski Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 WHOOOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Rubbish wind up. Point 1 : No one is allowed to own two football clubs. Point 2 : Rubbish wind up (see point 1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Would we be playing in Purple and White stripes with Grey shorts and Pink & Red socks when this marvellous merger takes place? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Would have been a decent post/thread if posted on P*rtsm*uth Online but on here, even though it's obviously a tongue in cheek, wind up, it's infraction stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 About the only value to society that Nottarf Krap has right now would be to use it as an emergency South of England Grit storage facility. After all it is a large empty space, even on match days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 The snow must be fuddling folks brains, as a piece of light humour i thought it was one of the best posts about the demise and future of our once Great Neighbours, no nastiness just a good old fashioned pxss take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartosz Bialkowski Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Hang on, it was hardly a wind up. Herr Liebherr to purchase PFC, potentially move us up two divisions and result in ceased existence for PFC...??? It has to be realistic to be a wind up. I thought it was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Hang on, it was hardly a wind up. Herr Liebherr to purchase PFC, potentially move us up two divisions and result in ceased existence for PFC...??? It has to be realistic to be a wind up. I thought it was funny Evidently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 But what would the new hybrid team be called? I just threw saintspompey into an anagram generator and got the following: Meaty Spin Ops FC (boy, would you need a load of spin to get this one through) Papists Money FC (is Herr Liebherr a catholic by any chance?) Passion Empty FC Meany **** Pot FC LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patred44 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Not April 1st is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(not THE) Kevin Moore Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 The new team name has already been decided on in a previous thread a few years ago. Southmouth. It's a winner I was always in the portshampton camp myself... we ate southmouth and we ate southmouth... we are the southmouth... aters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Site Agent Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 1. He has a track record of saving English south coast football teams from extinction. 2. No one wants to see any of the 92 teams actually, finally go to the wall. 3. He is a billionaire, so can easily afford it. 4. He could pick up Portsmouth for a song - maybe £25m or so. 5. Portsmouth are at least certain to be playing at the same level as Saints next season, and could just conceivably be playing two divisions higher. 6. He could then spearhead the south coast dream - resisted only by the dinosaur die hards - of a single, united Hampshire team that could genuinely aspire to take on the giants of English football. . 1. Yes he has saved us, but he is a business man so he and Nicola see some investment potential. With Poopey it would result in a loss of revenue. 2. I agree. 3. I suppose you are right, but I think you will find that no one can own more than one club. 4. I would much rather he spent £25 m on us 5. I think that if we did start a new team, would we not have to start in the Blue Square? I don't think they would let us be promoted by takeover. 7. There are more than two teams in Hampshire, so are you making a plan for him to take over all the rest such as Andover,Basingstoke, Aldershot? Besides, with the ML/NC/AP plan in place at the moment, I can see this dream becomming a reality anyway with us. We just need time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 The Liebherr family has a number of football loving members equally as enthousiative and wealthy as Marcus. As with Maxwell senior and Maxwell junior, Pompey could be snapped up once they go into administration by another Liebherr family member. It would provide even more rivalry on a different level. Besides, they could then work towards pooling ressources, facilities, training and otherwise, and make huge savings and therefore big profits. I think any move prior to the Skates going into Administration would be self defeating and far more costly but I don't think the opportunity will have escaped Messrs Liebherr and Cortese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Lol, what a cracking idea, I too like the style of Poopey's socks so would deffo keep them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I'm afraid you'll have to count me in as a Dinosaur Die-hard. I have no wish to see Pompey become extinct. But I have no wish to join forces either. We'll do it on our own, thank you. + about 32,000 others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 we can alternate the seats in the new stadium, so it goes pompey supporter, saints supporter,pompey supporter etc etc. Bags I get the seat next to the bell ringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonsaint1604 Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Haha very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Guido Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Better & cheaper to buy Pompey & close it down IMHO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Why on earth would he want to pay £20-£25 mil for a club with no assets, a half empty ground of hooligans and debts of over £70 million, when he spent only £15 mill to buy SFC with large new stadium, training grounds etc and debts of only £15-20 mill? Anyway how can anyone buy Poopey when no-one, even the owners, knows who owns what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 I am clearly insne.. We've noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuengirola Saint Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 Lol @ all the abuse!! I suggest anyone that can't see Bobby's tongue firmly in his cheek needs to go to bed and have another look over a cuppa in the morning!! +1 from me! +1 from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 It's a p**s take you idiots! Besides what he's actually suggesting is a takeover and putting down of Portsmuff FC! Which I quite like as an idea! In reality the Skates are already bust and in any other business would probably be wound up anyway! The premier league should let them go to the wall as s lesson to other clubs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 6 January, 2010 Share Posted 6 January, 2010 we can alternate the seats in the new stadium, so it goes pompey supporter, saints supporter,pompey supporter etc etc. Bags I get the seat next to the bell ringer The term is 'end', hatch, Bell End. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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