Saint Charlie Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/21/southampton-football-club-administration-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Interesting. Monaco and Hoddle link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Interesting. Monaco and Hoddle link. after all these years you could be right about Hoddle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redondo Saint Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 administration due to falling gate receipts....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 after all these years you could be right about Hoddle! Well, you heard it here first just as I was first to report Burley's arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Monaco...That be, the boy done good Hamilton, then....F1 around St Marys in Robin Reliants....Rodneeee you plonker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Monaco...That be, the boy done good Hamilton, then....F1 around St Marys in Robin Reliants....Rodneeee you plonker. Lewis lives in switzerland. More likely JB, DC and JB's new mate Mr Branson Hoddle is based in Spain these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Lewis lives in switzerland. More likely JB, DC and JB's new mate Mr Branson Hoddle is based in Spain these days. Paula Radcliffe lives in Monaco, bet she can run faster than any of our players. Might see her next week, I'll ask her if she's interested in buying SLH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Lewis lives in switzerland. More likely JB, DC and JB's new mate Mr Branson Hoddle is based in Spain these days. Sorry, thought I hadn't seen him in the casino yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 sounds like a positive article, fingers crossed lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 I believe Ken Bates lives in Monaco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Surely this article is wrong, after all the club is going to be saved by a load of anorakers shaking buckets about. Bring on the businessmen, and bring em on quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 I believe Ken Bates lives in Monaco. He has been to Poundland before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Surely this article is wrong, after all the club is going to be saved by a load of anorakers shaking buckets about. Bring on the businessmen, and bring em on quick. LOL so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Bring on the businessmen, and bring em on quick. Not enough bucket men on Saturday again then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Hmm there's always a very big yacht in the harbour there owned by a Saudi Royal...... Hmm the Saudi story again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Surely this article is wrong, after all the club is going to be saved by a load of anorakers shaking buckets about. Bring on the businessmen, and bring em on quick. Bit unfair CB. You're normally a pretty fair chap who I agree with but supposing that no one comes into buy us, won't it be better to get the fans in than cease to exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Bit unfair CB. You're normally a pretty fair chap who I agree with but supposing that no one comes into buy us, won't it be better to get the fans in than cease to exist? We won't get anywhere near enough money. We owe tens of millions, doubt if we'd get enough to pay the Electricity bill to be honest, let alone the tax bill, or the rates, or the players. I see 75K or something like that on the pledgeola, peanuts, great effort but in the larger plan of things, peanuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Bit unfair CB. You're normally a pretty fair chap who I agree with but supposing that no one comes into buy us, won't it be better to get the fans in than cease to exist? I can guarantee that if the fans get control of the club we will be in administration again by this time next year. We have seen it all before at Bournemouth, and the fans getting involved there was one of the worst things that could have happened to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Philip Green I reckon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Interesting. Monaco and Hoddle link. Monaco is indeed interesting. Will all of those posters who slagged Wilde off as being a tax dodger be happy with another tax dodger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Monaco is indeed interesting. Will all of those posters who slagged Wilde off as being a tax dodger be happy with another tax dodger? tax dodger, coffin dodger, who gives a t0ss as long as someone buys us!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Philip Green I reckon... Reading the reliable source that is Wikipedia, you could be onto something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Reading the reliable source that is Wikipedia, you could be onto something not enough assets to strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 The Guardian article better late then never. Southampton line up 31 potential buyers • Saints' parent company to produce shortlist of four or five bidders • Club hopeful of sale before summer Southampton 's parent company has attracted as many as 31 different parties interested in buying it out of administration, a source familiar with the situation has said. A shortlist of about four or five bidders for Southampton Leisure Holdings will be selected after a process of due diligence, the source said. Parties mostly include wealthy British individuals, sometimes based abroad in locations such as Monaco, who are interested in football but who see the game mostly as a business, the source said, adding that no hedge funds or private equity firms – who often showed interest in football clubs at the peak of the credit cycle – have submitted an offer for the Championship club. Parties involved aim to strike a deal as soon as possible, for the summer tends to play against the finances of football clubs – they still have to pay players' salaries yet they receive no income as the season is off. Southampton fell into administration earlier this month after its falling gate receipts were not enough to maintain high player salaries and costs related to about £28m of debt. Restructuring specialists Begbies Traynor are acting as administrators. The club was relegated from the Premier League in 2005; they are now second from bottom of the Championship and, with two games of the season remaining, three points adrift of safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 tax dodger, coffin dodger, who gives a t0ss as long as someone buys us!!!! Jammy dodger would do for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Jammy dodger would do for me lol, would crumble too easily and too soft in the middle, not what the club needs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Interesting. Monaco and Hoddle link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 lol, would crumble too easily and too soft in the middle, not what the club needs! a bit like our playing side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Prince Albert anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Prince Albert anyone? The only thing that the "local" inhabitants of Monaco are interested in is which designer coat to wear when they take their designer dog for the mandatory evening walk down the street with all the designer shops in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 I don't care who, just someone with money. and not lowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Prince Albert anyone? Bit painful but if it will save the club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Monaco's richest Brits The top 10 British tycoons who helped to swell the ranks of Monaco's elite 1 Sir Philip Green/Retail Green made his name as a discount retailer in the 1980s. Now boss of the Arcadia Group and worth about £5 billion, he and his wife, Lady Tina, fly in at weekends. 2 Lord Laidlaw/Event organising Made his fortune from organising conferences. He owns two yachts, a jet and six vintage cars, including a 1937 Maserati that he races around Monte Carlo. 3 John Hargreaves/Retail Matalan founder and chairman, John Hargreaves, took control again of his discount retailing empire before Christmas last year. A former market trader, he keeps a low profile. 4 Dr Leonard Polonsky/Insurance Born in New York, Dr Leonard Polonsky is now a British citizen based in Monaco. He attended New York University, Oxford, the Sorbonne, and the Jung Institute in Zurich before making his fortune in insurance. 5 Jonathan Green/Banking Green was a co-founder of the GLG hedge fund group, leaving in 2003. A former merchant banker, he is also a donor to the Tories. Now worth about £200m. 6 Alan Murphy/Property A property magnate who’s fanatical about Liverpool Football Club. His company, Nikal, is fast expanding in the north. He is worth about £200m. 7 Kevin Heaney/Property A London property developer, he moved to Cornwall in 2001. His Cornish property and European assets are valued at £24m. He commutes to Monaco. 8 Gordon Crawford/Technology One of 12 tycoons who famously lent money to the Labour party. In his case it was a £500,000 loan. Crawford made £76m from the sale of the quoted London Bridge Software operation. 9 Jeremy Agace/Property Agace made his money from the merger of his Mann & Co estate agency. He keeps a low profile in Monaco but enjoys racing classic Ferraris. As a tax exile, his wealth and other assets will have grown to perhaps £70m. 10 Richard Farleigh/Finance A former interest-rate and currency trader, he now backs new ventures in Britain, such as the Home House club. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2061015.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Sorry, thought I hadn't seen him in the casino yet. Interestingly, Monaco residents aren't allowed to gamble in the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Monaco's richest Brits 7 Kevin Heaney/Property A London property developer, he moved to Cornwall in 2001. His Cornish property and European assets are valued at £24m. He commutes to Monaco. Hmm you may be on to something there... Kevin Heaney, Neil Heaney.... family link? Go check some earlobes and give us a report in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 I'd go for number 3, took over a pile of **** and made it a successful pile of ****, HCDAJFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 (edited) Hmm you may be on to something there... Kevin Heaney, Neil Heaney.... family link? Go check some earlobes and give us a report in the morning Too late...he's already acounted for....why would he leave the mighty Truro FC for Saints? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro_City_FC Oh, and his property development company went bust last year... http://www.businesscornwall.co.uk/tag/cornish-homes But, apart from that.... Edited 21 April, 2009 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 http://www.monacorichlist.com/the_rich_list.html Did someone mention the Reuben Brothers a while back....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Hmm you may be on to something there... Kevin Heaney, Neil Heaney.... family link? Go check some earlobes and give us a report in the morning Earlobe as requested, Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 http://www.monacorichlist.com/the_rich_list.html Did someone mention the Reuben Brothers a while back....? Article says that No 20, Jodie Schekter made most of his cash selling Buffalo milk??? from his 2,500 acre Hampshire farm. Did he take the odd visit to SMS when he wasn't down on the farm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 http://www.monacorichlist.com/the_rich_list.html Did someone mention the Reuben Brothers a while back....? Reuben Brothers at No 2.Coincides with the Iranian link a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Earlobe as requested, Sir. Trousers, your effort tonight has been almost as remarkable as the Liverpool v Arsenal game........ although I think only one of those two efforts will be remembered for years to come. And with that I bid you a goodnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 Article says that No 20, Jodie Schekter made most of his cash selling Buffalo milk??? from his 2,500 acre Hampshire farm. Laverstoke Park, near Basingstoke. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/27/foodanddrink.features10 Perhaps this is the "chap in Basingstoke" that Jonah keeps refering to....the one that sold £450 worth of shares on 31st March to bring the SLH to its knees.... Get behind the "It's Jodie Schekter's Bullocks" takeover rumour....FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 April, 2009 Share Posted 21 April, 2009 http://www.laverstokepark.co.uk/about-laverstoke-park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 22 April, 2009 Share Posted 22 April, 2009 But whoever takes it on will receive a massive summer income which would not normally be there ( Season ticket sales ) They will be a large initial boost to the clubs coffers for whoever takes over as that money would normally of been spent by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 22 April, 2009 Share Posted 22 April, 2009 administration due to falling gate receipts....... Falling gate recepits due to Rupert Lowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 22 April, 2009 Share Posted 22 April, 2009 The only thing that the "local" inhabitants of Monaco are interested in is which designer coat to wear when they take their designer dog for the mandatory evening walk down the street with all the designer shops in itToo true, they have so much money, their stupid enough to pay £5 for a can of coke in monaco! And they say businessmen know how to look after money!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 22 April, 2009 Share Posted 22 April, 2009 Falling gate recepits due to Rupert Lowe. Or rubbish footbal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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