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Number 2 for me, the whole 91-94 period really where we started the managerial merry go round and Richardson gained power. I'll admit at the time I paid zero attention to financial and legal matters and just turned up to watch the games. Enjoyed watching some great players of course during...

So at HR we paid, according to PWKH, 900K a year which gave us complete control of the ground and all revenues. Despite that income we were in a mess financially. The way out of it was to pay £1.2m a year and not get complete control of the ground or all the revenues. Doesn't take a genius to...

That's exactly the problem. From observing Pompey the first season everyone was on a high from the takeover by the fans. This season it's been increasingly voiced that more money, which they don't have, or they need to sell to someone with money. If they can't compete in Div 2 with crowds of 15K...

Self sufficiency is a strange one. It sounds a perfectly reasonable aim but would it work. How many clubs, in any division, that aren't running at a loss experience any success. Would be interesting to know. Pompey are being run on a long term self sufficiency plan that actually allows them to...

We definitely had the right to buy HR road back, can't remember if we sold the right or just didn't use it.

What were these conditions? The only thing I have read is a joint community initiative which, until they changed them when SISU submitted their bid, were in line with the charities stated objectives.

The way the club is being run at the moment we have exactly the same problem at the Ricoh! Bournemouth completely rebuilt their ground (as in completely demolished it and started again) in about 3 months so it can be done. It's a rock and a hard place, we either stay as tenants of a rugby club...

I must be missing something as I'm not seeing anything that says SISU were offered the same deal as Wasps. I see Fisher saying they didn't want that offer, which may be true or may be him saving face with a touch of revisionist history but nothing to say it was actually offered.

I would make one suggestion. If the subject of Wasps first game comes up compare it to Gillingham rather than Fleetwood!

Make sure you tell them all about playing the Coventry way

So change our name to Coventry Wasps and we can move anywhere we like :p

Is there a Halfords nearby? Maybe it came out of their skip!

It's pretty simple to me. In my opinion CCC have a responsibility to serve the city of Coventry and the people of Coventry. They're aren't a private business and as such should operate in a different manner. I believe two things should have happened with regard to the sale of ACL 1) CCFC should...

Even if Puma can't supply shirts, which I find hard to believe, it can't be hard to find some random Puma stuff that's blue and stick our badge on it. Or even non Puma stuff. Suggests a cashflow / credit problem to me. To be fair I'd want cash up front off SISU!

I am not a Coventry resident which means they are not answerable to me but I did try and was told it was confidential. Totally agree and I have consistently said SISU should have made an offer. That doesn't absolve CCC & Higgs of their responsibilities. I'm not saying SISU would have said...

I did, don't see anything there that indicates CCC & Higgs offered the same deal to CCFC they offered to Wasps.

So are you saying CCC didn't offer CCFC the same deal as Wasps before selling it to them? That's the question I want answer. That's it, not who said what before or after.

That's why I've long said the type of deal Wasps have been given is the ideal solution. CCC retain the freehold but CCFC, or now Wasps, have effective ownership and all the income. Terms could be put in the deal that say, for example, ACL and CCFC must remain in the same company.

When did CCC offer them that deal?

They've paid £5.6m for a 250 year lease, I think it was said CCFC are less than 10% of ACL's revenue so on that basis £2,240 a year should be a fair price for CCFC to get all the money they generate. Think they'll agree to that?