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Dalek2003

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That really puts their situation in context, doesn't it? They are a long, long way from ever being a serious club again. Their trophies in the ancient past will just be little footnotes in history, with a cautionary tale about how cheats never ultimately prosper.

 

Yes, they are the most insignificant of the 'professional' clubs by some way. Worse still, the other clubs have a bright future ahead of them, whist they can only hope to hang on to what they have got and try and keep themselves from falling behind their next greatest rivals, Aldershot Town and perhaps Eastleigh.

dubai_phil

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It was nice of Ralph Krueger to stand up in front of the World's Press and Publicly lay to rest of of the most boring poorsmyths yesterday when he so eloquently discussed the legacy of Markus and how his first actions were to address the small creditors in our Administration. That must have hurt the few as much as the fact that our Training complex is now worth more than their entire Club.

 

It also came in a week when there was a stunning article in the New York Times about what it REALLY means to be a Community Club. A sustainable one at that, making a REAL difference to People's lives (not just painting a few fences)

 

In fact the article is such a resounding description of what a Community Club should DELIVER (not just talk about in one line paragraphs) that it should be required reading for every PTS nutjob so that every time you see or hear that recycled garbage from down the road you can just ram this in their faces.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/sports/soccer/scottish-club-hamilton-academical-combines-soccer-and-sobriety.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1

 

Just a snippet :

 

..... About 10 years ago a group of local businessmen bought the club for £1 (about $1.60) and committed to building a team with young players that was intimately connected to the community. McGowan vowed to use the club to help overcome what he saw as the biggest problem facing Hamilton — and, more broadly, the country.“I’m a co-owner of the football club, but I’m also an alcoholic and a drug addict,” he said. “I’ve been in recovery for 31 years. I don’t forget the pain and suffering I caused others. I’m putting a wee bit back in.”

Scotland has the highest rate, per capita, of cocaine use in the world, according to the United Nations’ World Drug Report 2014. The club hosts regular meetings for recovering addicts, giving away hundreds of tickets for the families of those affected as well as providing meals for the homeless......

moonraker

moonraker

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It was nice of Ralph Krueger to stand up in front of the World's Press and Publicly lay to rest of of the most boring poorsmyths yesterday when he so eloquently discussed the legacy of Markus and how his first actions were to address the small creditors in our Administration. That must have hurt the few as much as the fact that our Training complex is now worth more than their entire Club.

 

It also came in a week when there was a stunning article in the New York Times about what it REALLY means to be a Community Club. A sustainable one at that, making a REAL difference to People's lives (not just painting a few fences)

 

In fact the article is such a resounding description of what a Community Club should DELIVER (not just talk about in one line paragraphs) that it should be required reading for every PTS nutjob so that every time you see or hear that recycled garbage from down the road you can just ram this in their faces.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/sports/soccer/scottish-club-hamilton-academical-combines-soccer-and-sobriety.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1

 

Just a snippet :

 

Great Article, the few will never get it. They cannot get past their past and recognise the cheating and failure of multiple owners while they stood by and acclaimed their fleeting time in the limelight. They actually seem to believe that they are a beacon for the future of football !

rallyboy

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Technically the shirts belong to the club because it was the club that had them off their suppliers and bankrupted them by not paying, so James should be charged with theft.

This is clearly more money that belongs to the property developers.

Something should be done to stop this villain making money out of pompey.

Perhaps the fan shareholders should have a vote on it.

Danbert

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Congratulations to Jordan Cross on this piece. He's achieved something quite remarkable and, I genuinely believe, has actually written something that's even worse than what Neil Allen churns out.

 

I defy anybody to find something more less structured, generally confusing, sick-making in tone and just plain dull. As far as I can make out, and it is difficult, it's an article about another article he wrote three years ago.

Bearsy

Bearsy

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Congratulations to Jordan Cross on this piece. He's achieved something quite remarkable and, I genuinely believe, has actually written something that's even worse than what Neil Allen churns out.

 

I defy anybody to find something more less structured, generally confusing, sick-making in tone and just plain dull. As far as I can make out, and it is difficult, it's an article about another article he wrote three years ago.

 

Disappointing, I had previously understood the Bognor Regis Observer to be the last bastion of high quality journalism :(

SNSUN

SNSUN

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My late grandparents used to live in Bognor Regis. FACT.

 

It's completely irrelevant of course, but I'm bored and haven't posted on this thread for a while.

Dalek2003

Dalek2003

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To give Skatesmouth one positive, they have a better chance of winning in the FA Cup first round this season than we do. :lol:

 

Yep, and of course they may well have to start even earlier in the Cup if they continue their downward slide, although I am told they have stabilised in the 4th Division.

SNSUN

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Yep, and of course they may well have to start even earlier in the Cup if they continue their downward slide, although I am told they have stabilised in the 4th Division.

 

True, though of course it is easier to drop through the bottom of a division than it is to go through the top of it.

 

Not that Saints have had that problem for a few years...

Cascadia Saint

Cascadia Saint

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Congratulations to Jordan Cross on this piece. He's achieved something quite remarkable and, I genuinely believe, has actually written something that's even worse than what Neil Allen churns out.

 

I defy anybody to find something more less structured, generally confusing, sick-making in tone and just plain dull. As far as I can make out, and it is difficult, it's an article about another article he wrote three years ago.

 

My head hurts. What the ****ing **** are they doing between sentences over there? I keep imagining them necking a can of diamond white in between incoherent bursts of babble. Maybe they are smoking rolled up paragraphs, a quick toke in between each spluttered line of drivel. My autocorrect just turned line into lie. It writes better than every hack at the news. Fact.

70's Mike

70's Mike

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To draw them at home and still be in the top four of the PL by the 3rd round draw comes about would be absolutely brilliant. Please, football Gods, please.

 

do not normally disagree with you but do on this occasion, lets not give them a day in the limelight lets make them an irrelevance again like they were from 78 to 2000

warsash saint

warsash saint

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My nipper played down at the Uni of P*ortsmouth this morning for Locks Heath Lions. P*mpeys 1st team were training next door .... What a shower of sh*te .... What a contrast to watching our new facilities opening this week :)

 

oh & nipper scored the winner as well :)

OldNick

OldNick

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do not normally disagree with you but do on this occasion' date=' lets not give them a day in the limelight lets make them an irrelevance again like they were from 78 to 2000[/quote']

Yep,why give them a big pay day. They would have little to lose and league means nothing in a cup game/ derby

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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I don't care how much money they'd get from us, it would be worth it to spank them and put them back in their place. Let's not forget, we haven't beaten them since 2005! That's a record that needs to be put straight.

rallyboy

rallyboy

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Just heard a retail expert saying that there is no way Tesco will be building any big store on land already purchased, they seem to be turning to developing residential on a few sites instead.

If that is the case then I guess they would need to perform a minor U-turn on planning.

No doubt the council will dance like a little puppet when Tesco start tuning up.

bridge too far

bridge too far

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So, Rallyboy, if Tesco doesn't OWN the land but Robinson does, then he will make a bigger killing if he gets PP for residential, won't he? If that's the case, I wonder how much of his extra bunce he'll give to the phew.

Danbert

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I see they're pluckily holding out under Aldershot's late pressure. That's Aldershot, currently 16th in the Conference. I expect they upped their game on their big day. The ref. definitely bottled it too, and on any other day Pompey's million pound boy would have had a hat trick.

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