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Wasps going into admin & the impact on CCFC (7 Viewers)

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Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,141
Has anything happened?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,142
robbiethemole said:
They've all suffered from the same gross lack of judgment dealing with Richardson/ Wasps and were completely taken in by his bullshit and lies,
and knowingly tried to damage the football club. If that doesn't exclude them from being suitable to run the City and Council, I really don't know what would.
Perhaps a 'fit and proper persons' test should be introduced
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So who did the due diligence on it all? Surely a council can't make decisions like that based on "It wasn't SISU"?
 
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coop

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,143
The people who have alot to answer for is Mr Richardson and his cronies selling one stadium ,taking millions from Tesco and still not having any share in that stadium.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,144
Liquid Gold said:
Has anything happened?
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We are at the Ricoh tomorrow.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,145
coop said:
The people who have alot to answer for is Mr Richardson and his cronies selling one stadium ,taking millions from Tesco and still not having any share in that stadium.
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How apt that one Mr Richardson bankrupts the stadium that was conceived by another Mr Richardson
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,146
Nick said:
I'm boycotting because I had already booked train tickets to Walsall.
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Ask Otis to buy them, he loves buying useless tickets in bulk hahahhaah
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,147
coop said:
The people who have alot to answer for is Mr Richardson and his cronies selling one stadium ,taking millions from Tesco and still not having any share in that stadium.
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Didn’t know Coventry City Council were one of Richardson’s cronies.
 
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Levship20

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,148
edgy said:
Doubt it with all the season ticket refunds requested yesterday.
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Can hear it now “ hi Colin you are through to Oggy & Clive, what would you like to say”

Colin from Coundon “thought we played poorly tonight and goalkeeper was at fault for their goal”

Clive “ from which angle can you make out it was the goalies error”

Colin from Coundon “well I’m not sure as I was on my settee at the time as I wasn’t there”

 
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robbiethemole

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,149
Liquid Gold said:
Didn’t know Coventry City Council were one of Richardson’s cronies.
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they weren't, they stepped in to complete a deal, then refused to hand over the surplus money from the Tesco deal quoting 'state aid' even back then, and it left the Club short on what it needed to finish the stadium and that's when Higgs got involved and paid for the rest. we were supposed to buy back the Higgs share when we were stable, but it never happened. (in a nutshell)
 

Skyblue_CP

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,150
So what does this mean for ACL? Still going into Admin? Or has a last minute deal been struck to purchase the CBS from one of the above parties?
I really thought we would have heard something by now.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,151
Levship20 said:
Can hear it now “ hi Colin you are through to Oggy & Clive, what would you like to say”

Colin from Coundon “thought we played poorly tonight and goalkeeper was at fault for their goal”

Clive “ from which angle can you make out it was the goalies error”

Colin from Coundon “well I’m not sure as I was on my settee at the time as I wasn’t there”

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there's a few like that on the phone in, but without them it would just be Clive and Oggie hahahahah
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,152
robbiethemole said:
they weren't, they stepped in to complete a deal, then refused to hand over the surplus money from the Tesco deal quoting 'state aid' even back then, and it left the Club short on what it needed to finish the stadium and that's when Higgs got involved and paid for the rest. we were supposed to buy back the Higgs share when we were stable, but it never happened. (in a nutshell)
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To shorten the nutshell - the council pocketed money from a deal the club arranged leaving the club fucked financially. They then imposed an unsustainable rent on it leaving the club open to vulture owners and finally sold the place to a franchise to spite those owners once they fell out without care for how it affected the club.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,153
So some of the snide ITKs have been found out
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,154
nice one LG
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,155
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,156
Skyblueweeman said:
Is this the longest thread on here now (in the CCFC section)? Couldn't find the Pompey-What on Earth one.
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No
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,157
David O'Day said:
So some of the snide ITKs have been found out
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who?
 

Greggs

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,158
David O'Day said:
So some of the snide ITKs have been found out
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what do you mean?
 
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robbiethemole

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,159
Liquid Gold said:
To shorten the nutshell - the council pocketed money from a deal the club arranged leaving the club fucked financially. They then imposed an unsustainable rent on it leaving the club open to vulture owners and finally sold the place to a franchise to spite those owners once they fell out without care for how it affected the club.
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No money laundering from Richardson( the 1st), so coop's statement was bullshit??? well, I never hahahaha
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,160
If there's no admin confirmation listed then how likely is it that a last minute deal has been agreed before admin?
 

Skyblue_CP

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,161
Nick said:
If there's no admin confirmation listed then how likely is it that a last minute deal has been agreed before admin?
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This is what I’m wondering, if there was an extension to the NOI then that would have also surely been announced by now.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,162
Skyblue_CP said:
This is what I’m wondering, if there was an extension to the NOI then that would have also surely been announced by now.
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Yeah it looks like the others were.
 
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rexo87

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,163
its all very weirdly quiet regarding admin
 
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wingy

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,164
Liquid Gold said:
To shorten the nutshell - the council pocketed money from a deal the club arranged leaving the club fucked financially. They then imposed an unsustainable rent on it leaving the club open to vulture owners and finally sold the place to a franchise to spite those owners once they fell out without care for how it affected the club.
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Are we sure about this.
Wasn't there a Dutch company involved that allegedly got a chunk out of the land deal to Tesco.
Didn't the council end up putting £10M fund's into Coventry Regeneration North,which they may or not have got back through the £21M mortgage over 20 years?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,165
Nick said:
If there's no admin confirmation listed then how likely is it that a last minute deal has been agreed before admin?
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Could be instead that they're most of the way to a deal but will extend the notice period to let it go through.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,166
rexo87 said:
its all very weirdly quiet regarding admin
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Yeah it worries me a bit.

Especially with the Wasps takeover stuff and the council seemingly very hands on.
 
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coop

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,167
robbiethemole said:
No money laundering from Richardson( the 1st), so coop's statement was bullshit??? well, I never hahahaha
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Never said the council were blameless but Richardson sold our ground without having the financial backing to build the new one.
 
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AndreasB

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,168
It’s ironic that we seem to now have genuine strong and accurate reporting on the City from Simon Gilbert who whilst trying to get to the bottom of the latest news would have learned of BBC proposals today announced to massively cut back on “local” content especially news. Would have thought his role at risk ( maybe Clive too)

Also cutting any local programmes after the breakfast show to be replaced by “regional content” ie Brum presenters and agenda. Of course it was mainly pisspoor but a West Midlands presenter won’t be covering us much or discussing us that’s for sure.

Still, least we have the Telegraph…


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,169
Its all going to be better than OK
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,170
Been out for a bit. Do we own the Sports Direct Arena yet?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,171
Saddlebrains said:
Its all going to be better than OK
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,172
duffer said:
It's bollocks anyway, Coventry City were never given the option to bid on a 250 year leasehold. The council only ever offered that to Wasps. Like most Cov Wasps fans, he's struggling with the simple truth of the matter.
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Indeed and it was the entire basis of the council's defence of JR2, i.e. that the transactions were separate.
 

The Philosopher

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,173
I do wish people would stop referring to the Council getting or spending “their” money.

It’s taxpayer money that they manage on our behalf.

That they waste it on vanity projects or mishandle is a big cause of concern.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,174
Saddlebrains said:
Its all going to be better than OK
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Elaborate then. Its your time to shine.
 
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The Philosopher

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  • Oct 31, 2022
  • #7,175
PVA said:
Been out for a bit. Do we own the Sports Direct Arena yet?
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Ashley sold Sports Direct didn’t he? House of Fraser now

“HOF Stadium” might it be? Were he Hoffman in all this? Free naming rights and not a dickiebird.
 
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