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Agreed. Anyway, all creditors owed less than £2500 are being paid in full by Chanrai anyway, which is something he didn't have to do. We're not the evil cheats some of you try to make out...

Dunno, but 16.5k for a team just relegated and at a time when a lot of people are away on holiday isn't bad at all. What were the predictions on here, 6-9k was it?

Pretty good thanks. From todays Pompey News: "The new owner will also have to fulfil the requirements of the CVA. Among the obligations are generating funds from the sale of players. The target was originally set at £15m but that has since been taken down to £12m. More than £8m of this has already been achieved."

It's funny NOW. Reading posts that by the day are becoming ever more desperate attempts to convince yourselves that we're STILL going to implode and cease to exist is becoming essential reading. 1. We are not going to go into liquidation. 2. We are not going to have points deducted. 3. No-one outside the SO postcode gives a damn about us being in administration or owing money. Here's a list of clubs it's happened to: Charlton 1984 Middlesbrough 1986 Tranmere 1987 Newport County 1989 Walsall 1990 Northampton 1992 Kettering 1992 Aldershot 1992 Maidstone 1992 Hartlepool 1994 Barnet 1994 Exeter 1994, 2003 Gillingham 1995 Doncaster 1997 Millwall 1997 Bournemouth 1997, 2008 Darlington 1997, 2009 Chester 1998, 2009 Hereford 1998 Portsmouth 1999, 2010 Crystal Palace 1999, 2010 Oxford Utd 1999 Barrow 1999 Swindon 2000, 2002 Scarborough 2000 Hull 2001 QPR 2001 Chesterfield 2001 Leicester 2002 Barnsley 2002 Carlisle 2002 Notts County 2002 Bury 2002 Bradford 2002 Port Vale 2002 Lincoln City 2002 Swansea City 2002 York 2002 Halifax Town 2002, 2008 Derby 2003 Ipswich 2003 Huddersfield 2003 Oldham 2003 MK Dons 2003 Wimbledon 2003 Wrexham 2004 Cambridge 2005 Crawley Town 2006 Rotherham 2006, 2008 Leeds United 2007 Boston United 2007 Southampton 2008 Luton 2008 Stockport 2009 Salisbury 2009 The news that it's happened to us is already todays and even yesterdays chip paper for everyone else. It's a dead story. 4. Accept it....

Nope, not having that. It was NOT the entire away end, and nowhere near it. Sorry, you are wrong on that one...

I was at St Mary's that day and cringed as the few idiots continued to chant when the whistle blew for the silence. Truly embarrassing.

Originally Posted by derry: "I was quoted an outstanding mortgage of about £23m which was settled in full for about £7m. A similar figure to the Ipswich £28m mortgage settlement by Evans when he bought the club. The Stadium along with the club and SLH assets were purchased by Leibherr, the creditors such as Barclays agreed a settlement, leaving the club debt free and SLH liquidated." Interesting. So, an outstanding mortgage of £23m was 'settled' for £7m. All the outstanding debts were not settled in full at all then, were they? You are no different to us. Cheats! Anyway, seeing as Nickh was right all along, why is this thread still running? I mean, it would appear that it's unbridled glee factor for you chaps is now a bit er, limited? I don't mind, it's turned full circle now and is becoming an entertaining read...

Fair enough, but as I said once before when you were all getting excited about our imminent liquidation, "it's the hope that kills you." Certainly from the anguished comments since Thursday, the hope IS killing you. Still, that's up to you- but you're only going to be more and more disappointed as our overall situation continues to improve...sorry.

Well, the bottom line is you were in the same state as us and failed to repay a very large chunk of what you owed on the new ground, so I don't think you can hold yourselves up as paragons of virtue...

Most if not all will go on debt repayment, which will leave us debt free. Not expecting miracles on the pitch as SC has little room to manouvere in the market, but do you know what, we're going to be just fine...

Crocodile tears....

Agreed. Top man. Don't care if it's 'wrong' that we've escaped. Don't care what anyone else thinks of us to be honest. All I know is that we've got a managable debt level and 48m in parachute payments to help us stabilise and regroup on a more sound footing, before getting back into the Prem

So then, how did we get on?

Why?

Yep, agree entirely. That's why I haven't bothered with this site for the last few months. Waste of time coming on here now as they're so immersed in bitterness and hate that any conversation very quickly decends into abuse..... Yep, didn't think it would be long before the crocodile tears about poor Terry the builder or some charity would start to flow. You don't give a toss about Terry the builder, it's just another reason to display a bit of mock outrage at nasty Pompey. The most laughable thing about this board though is the way it's posters constantly seem to see themselves as somehow superior to other clubs fans, as if people are desperate to come on here for some sophisticated interaction when Mensa is shut. The sad reality is that from the tone of this thread at least, most saints posters are either seriously twisted by hate, deluded into believing they have a massive intellect and are the fountain of all knowledge, or those who are nothing more than fence rattling knuckledraggers. Some even manage to be all three for Christs sake...

Right, in light of the above statement, this purile, immature "Cheats" thing when referring to us is laughable, because you are no different to us. YOU tried to cheat by saying that SLH and southampton FC were two different entities when everyone knew they weren't- even Leon Crouch admitted as much, and the giveaway was SLH's official website address: saintsfc.co.uk!! You spent money you didn't have on a stadium you couldn't afford if you got relegated, so you gambled- sound familiar does it? You then gambled another 7 million on signing players you knew you couldn't afford to sign in an attempt at getting back into the Premiership- sound familiar? Then the whole house of cards comes tumbling down when the bank draw a line under you because you're effectively trading whilst insolvent- sound familiar? So, when the dust settles you owe 32-34 million? The Cranemeister then comes in and pays 13 million plus maybe the Surman fee- so debts NOT paid in full and in fact nowhere near paid in full- sound familiar? If you owe £23m and you only pay £7m of that back that is not settled in full is it? Admit it, the rest was written off wasn't it? You are no different to us......

So then, after nearly a year, 28,145 posts and 1,079,699 views, Pompey aren't yet dead. It's beginning to look like Nickh was right all along......

Yeah, and crucially one that we sold out with ease, rather than a 'life or death' game that was embarrassingly cancelled due to lack of interest....

Just shows how little you know. The seat sales were staggered, i.e. different stands on different days, then various supporters groups on different days, then members, finally general sale + 2000 extra released two days before by the F.A. ALL SOLD, accept it......

Correct. Seats not released by the F.A. for some reason. Don't know why- they'd have gone in minutes. What we were given were all sold out. Sorry, I know you'd all love it it they weren't but I'm telling you they were....

Oh bloody hell, I thought I was Sparticus? Or am I 'deluded' today? Never quite sure on here.....

Hmmm, that score again was.....? Hmmm, a bit like the 'Save the Saints' game, what was the number of tickets sold before it was called off through lack of interest? 1500? People in glass houses and all that....... It was sold out, as was our previous final and semi-final. Also, our latest F.A. cup final will sell out. We could sell out twice over if we had the tickets........

LOL !! Well, what an absolutely fantastic day out!!! Voice only came back late on Tuesday. It was way, way better than winning the damn thing in 2008 because it was so unexpected. We had a 17 seater minibus and we all agreed beforehand that we'd take a 2-0 or 3-1 defeat. We just didn't want to bow out of our last Wembley appearance to a cricket score. To actually win 2-0 was pure dreamland Ok, we'll now be saying exactly the same v Chelsea, but f*** it- we're in the final again! Woo hoo!!!!!! Oh sorry, nearly forgot: CHEATS!

Yes he will be playing in the final unless injured...

Sorry, sorry: So then, what have I missed in the past few weeks? INCOMING CHEATS!!! :smt030