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Personally I'd say good luck to the fella. I'm guessing it's a bit chaotic at the moment, now that they've moved out of the Ricoh, and I'd guess that a little stability (plus perhaps a few more bob) would be attractive to most people at the club, certainly on the non-playing side. Who could...

Is it that you and Nick struggle with nuances, or this really a bit of a wind up? I read that as being that the mood of the people there was perhaps a little lighter than last time, not that there was anything less serious about the situation.

I'm sorry - where did I say anything like that? I've just given a pretty simple explanation of why people are standing on the hill, in response to some of the frankly ridiculous sniping from some here. Let me clear. I haven't stood on the hill, or gone to sixfields. I've got a lot of respect...

It's not just about watching the game for nothing though is it? It's a protest that highlights the fact that people want to watch their team but don't want to give the current owners any money. As for the need to be clearer as to what the KCIC/NOPM campaign was about regarding going into...

Still trying to work out if 'really learned' is a split infinitive too. Gosh, this is so much better than talking about footy. ;)

I must confess that I did have to Google it to remember, because I haven't studied grammar for thirty years or so. I'd say the OP is actually quite right to use learned instead of learnt, but it certainly got a rise which is why I did it, sorry. ;) Personally, I've learnt(ed) not to worry too...

Isn't that the key, even if the team keeps winning and another thousand (or even two thousand) come back it's still not a sustainable basis in the medium-to-long term. Personally, I'm not buying Fisher's bs - there's no way SISU continue funding this for more than a season, maybe not even that...

Yeah... some of them struggle with 'learned' or 'learnt' too. ;)

The Jimmy's Hill thing seems pretty clear to me - I've always assumed the message is this: We love the club enough to drag ourselves to Northampton, and to stand in the cold and wet with a crap view of the team. We hate SISU so much that even though we've dragged ourselves here, we're not...

Think it might take a bit more than that, but even then, I wonder how the application for planning permission might go...

Think we've been here before - the Butts as it is couldn't handle the crowds, two turnstiles and one stand to start off with. I don't think the RFC would be overly keen, the FL certainly wouldn't like it, and the pitch isn't great and gets horrid in winter. (Although I reckon it's better now...

Great post OSB. FWIW I think SISU's plan is, and has been for a while, getting their hands on the stadium for as little as possible. If the JR succeeds, then I think they'll be a bit closer to that outcome, but if it fails I think they'll be a lot further away. Given the firm terms of the...

Yep, see what you're saying entirely, and take your point that the overall value of the trade might be nil (or less!). However, if you just took the positive stuff - the TV rights, the sponsorship, the ticket sales etc, and left the liabilities, particularly the lease, then overall that...

Hi OSB, not trying to shoot you down here, but don't asset transfers between group companies still need to be at market value, unless they are classed as distributions in which case the company transferring the asset must be profitable...

As I recall Ainsworth tried that when this all started, but didn't get anywhere with SISU. Doesn't look like the MEP has made much progress either. I think her politics have rather got in the way here. As far as I'm concerned this at least keeps a bit of pressure on the FL, even if everyone...

Not quite sure how that works. If I run company A (Ltd), and I've got something of value I want to give to company B (Holdings), then company B has to pay me for it or it's surely an undervalue transfer. I'm not an accountant either, but I ran my own business for a while and that's how I...

It's an interesting point. Let's say we disregard the players - what about all of the trade that was done from CCFC Ltd. Where did all that go - the ticket revenue, the sponsorship, the TV money etc? The golden share itself, which is the right to play in the league, that's an asset of immense...

Hi OSB, not sure how much it will really cost to challenge the Administrator's decision, but in truth having come this far it would seem odd (to me) not to exhaust all of the legal avenues open. If you're not going to do that then voting down the CVA does seem rather pointless. If it can be...

Wind you neck in yourself mate - if it's tongue in cheek maybe you want to include something vaguely humorous in the posting to make that clear. I responded to your post in the tone in which it was written, before I got to see your next one. Sorry if that upset you. You seemed to imply rugby...

Yep, although that's probably a bit of a myth. The first mention of football as an organised team sport, as opposed to the free-for-alls which often bore more resemblance to rugby than football, was perhaps at Eton. (accoding to wiki, anyway). Maybe the fat posh lads didn't like rugby...