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Not seen anything to say what the source of funds was in the case of Ipswich, I might have a look later.

Not aware that Ipswich did but Forest had the council as guarantor of their loan which they missed a payment on. The council as guarantor for the loan would have been saddled with the full £4m+ if Forest hadn't repaid it and the interest due. That's why the council were so keen to make sure...

If the council have failed the club what have they gained from doing so? ACL as far as I know hasn't made either shareholder any money and the court case(s) against them that they are having to defend are bound to be costing a bit in terms of lawyers. There will be a certain benefit from having...

Don't remind me, awful thing to do.

ML alluded to the awesome power that the council have, apparently they alone scuppered the Walsall groundshare plan - the fans on both sides, the Walsall manager Dean Smith etc. had nothing to do with it.

He was Interviewed on CWR on Friday on the Sky Blues phone in, you can listen via the iplayer.

It was very worrying that ML either couldn't or wouldn't answer, the question of what happens if we don't get planning permission.

Someone might successfully outbid Sisu for the site and build their own stadium there. Or if they're buying it via a third party it could be to keep the price down. Owner might jack the price up if they knew it was Sisu bidding.

Both the Tractor Boys and Forest have paid to redevelop their grounds. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703203733/http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10272~347159,00.html http://espnfc.com/print?id=291270&type=story

Yeah as nice as it was that the Higgs bailled us out the first time and we avoided administration, I guess them and us wish they hadn't as neither of us might have heard of SISU or be suffering because of them.

Didn't Tim make a claim that ACL overcharged them for services whilst at the Ricoh?

You been watching the x-files again? :D

Wouldn't it be nice to have all the facts so we could all make educated decisions about who's right and wrong, within any spin applied.

Further to this is the share that the club sold to the Higgs, why did Sisu not make this a top priority? I mean the Higgs aren't making any money from having their money tied up in ACL, but would I assume need to get at least the amount they paid to satisfy the Charity Commission. There was an...

No idea myself and would be interested to know.

Was the rent always £1.2 m from day one or did it increase each year to that level?

I agree it was dumb that it wasn't built, the money was there to do so and planning permission was granted based on there being one. But don't forget it wasn't the council who stopped the station from being built in the first place, the Strategic Rail authority were the ones who said no...

What I've read is that when we moved to the Ricoh the club did ask for a reduction in the rent because other costs were so high that the gates needed were unlikely to be achieved. ACL rejected this perhaps because as a new business they couldn't afford to or because they were out to get the club...

To be fair to (Bollocks) Bob Ainsworth he has done a fair bit to publicise our plight, and he Isn't standing at the next election.

Mr Carson Yeung, Owen Oyston etc. just an owner and a former owner of football clubs in this country one is a convicted Money Launderer the other a convicted rapist.