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I was on tour when they want on sale. Was going to send my Dad up to get them until I saw people were queuing overnight. Decide to try my luck by phone but being on tour I had to use my mobile. Ran up a £50 bill repeatedly getting through to the clubs answerphone! Eventually got through and got...

You are Les Reid and I claim my prize :D There are many who claimed that was the case, Reid being one of them. The council refuted all suggestion that it was in any way a bail out and that the loan was made on a purely commercial basis. They claimed that commercial lenders were happy to lend...

Well I guess that depends on if you think the council were telling the truth or it was another lie to justify making the loan and allowing it to stay in place following the sale of ACL.

Not according to the council. Nellist raised this very issue as the amount made in cuts was approximately the same as the amount loaned to ACL. The response to him was that the money was from council reserves and assigned to specific things so even if the loan was called in the money could not...

The CCC / ACL / Wasps side of things is all financial. Mowbray has said he is not asking Sepalla for more money so I can't really see how it will be down to anyone but SISU if he doesn't return. He seems to be more concerned with being able to structure the club in the way he feels is best...

We know there's a big chunk of support that is very fickle and will turn up for big games. We also know PL tickets are not cheap. I would suggest that the lost ticket revenue for Wasps when those fans decide to watch CCFC instead of Wasps will far outweigh any additional F&B revenues they make...

Because when people objected to the loan being made the reason we were told it was such a good idea was how much the taxpayer would make in interest over the term of the loan. That interest will now not be received. Interesting to hear that from your position of being 'intheknow' you confirm...

I just ignore the franchise side of it. It makes no sense to me. Lived in Ottawa for a while and they're a relatively new team, at least in the modern era, having joined the NHL in 92. Being in between Toronto and Montreal the majority of their fanbase are people who have switched from one of...

No news is good news in a way. If they were miles apart with no chance of agreeing we'd have heard by now so the fact they're still talking is a positive. Remember we all thought SISU had blown it as it took a long time to agree the initial contract. That said how long can it really take...

You could easily make the argument that Wasps PR is ineffective as they are having to give out huge numbers of free and cheap tickets. We'll really see how good a job they've done in a few years time. I suspect they will be hoping our fortunes don't improve, the worst thing that could happen to...

You can't really use ice hockey in the UK as an example as they vast majority, if not all, do not own their rinks so are reliant on where facilities are built. Hence you have some big cities, London being the prime example, without a team. They also don't generate enough money to be able to...

The trouble was outside wasn't it or am I thinking of the wrong game? Whilst no one wants to see trouble we're hardly the only team that have ever experienced crowd trouble and its not like it was a regular thing so why are we still being punished so many years later. Doesn't see to be the same...

So we can add the council and taxpayer to the list of people who haven't done as well out of this as was made out would be the case when the deal was done.

A fool and his money :D If you took what was in the prospectus at face value it sounded like a fantastic deal. Realistically how many people investing know the history of ACL inside out like many on here do.

One thing to remember when picking an estate agent is a lower fee is not necessarily better. If they're making less money off selling your house they'll be less motivated to get on with it and get it sold.

That's exactly the problem isn't it. How many teams in the Championship will take that punt? Far more than can be promoted so you're going to have a lot of teams posting big losses year on year. How many failed attempts before its a similar level of debt we had in the championship that we...

Cllr Maton, who's responsibility this is, has already said there is no possible site for a new stadium in Coventry.

The 'we've done nothing wrong and it won't hurt anyone else' line of thought is bizarre. Using their own reasons for purchasing ACL they have made it virtually impossible for CCFC to reach a decent level of success and its madness to suggest that having a top tier rugby team in the city is not...

I almost certainly will be dead by then but I think we're reaching a point where we have to think that long term. It seems hugely unlikely that we can have any success past L1 level as tenants at the Ricoh so do we stick with that and be content with 10K in an increasingly Wasps branded stadium...

Personally I'd rather there was 32K there every week but that's not going to happen any time soon so this makes complete sense. They've said its subject to demand so if people want more of the ground open persuade a few mates to come with you, turn up to every game instead of a handful etc. If...