Chopper71 Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 Story in the paper today suggesting that getting promoted to the PL will benefit the town of Bournemouth to the tune of £50m/year. Can anyone remember how much AFC Pompey (2012) contribute to the septic isle? £300m/game I think
Waterside.saint Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 Story in the paper today suggesting that getting promoted to the PL will benefit the town of Bournemouth to the tune of £50m/year. Can anyone remember how much AFC Pompey (2012) contribute to the septic isle? From memory (and there's a lot of pages to remember now :-)) it was about six times this amount...P*mpeymaths, 4% of, bestest b*ll**** etc £300m/game I think Strange, because bearing in mind the millions upon millions that have been lost to their economy since their (successive ) relegations, the place should look like Chernobyl by now, only without the charming wildlife. Oh...
Red Alert Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 I don't get the criticism of St Marys' date=' I went the other week (in the away end with a Burnley mate) its a great ground, the only problem with it is, it's red, its in scum and its full of scummers, i'd rip my own arms off for a blue version, with a couple of little tweeks on a site in Fratton.[/quote'] Would be a bit grim 2/3rd's empty very week! They must realise that our "soulless Ikea bowl" is decades away from affordable for them? Dream big little pompey.
The9 Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 I particularly enjoyed this comment in response to a guy saying he'd rather be in our or Bournemouth's position right now: I'm sure the distant memory of their glorious 2008 FA Cup win against the Championship's mighty Cardiff City is keeping them warm when they entertain behemoths of modern football such as Mansfield and Newport on cold Tuesday evenings at Fartton. The fact that they've managed to carry on that momentum so well is truly incredible to behold, although the momentum may be carrying them downwards faster than particularly heavy sh!t dropping out of the ar5e of a seagull. Point of order, both Newport's wins at Fratton in League 2 have been on Saturday afternoon.
rallyboy Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 Part of the official presentation to get planning was that the club brings £300m a year into the city. Penny even repeated that with a straight face, so some simpletons now think it's a fact. In comedy terms it's up there with the set of accounts they presented to the high court, the £20m that the council/Tesco would pay them for their car park, and Storrie's infamous valuation of the squad. portsmythmatics
Torres Posted 5 May, 2015 Posted 5 May, 2015 You're not doubting the veracity of Portsmouth's financial claims are you?
Waterside.saint Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 (edited) Part of the official presentation to get planning was that the club brings £300m a year into the city. Penny even repeated that with a straight face, so some simpletons now think it's a fact. In comedy terms it's up there with the set of accounts they presented to the high court, the £20m that the council/Tesco would pay them for their car park, and Storrie's infamous valuation of the squad. portsmythmatics You're not doubting the veracity of Portsmouth's financial claims are you? I wonder how they ever imagined each home L2 match could possibly bring £12m (300/26) into their tumbledown timber tabernacle . As blackadder once observed, possibly the greatest work of fiction since vows of fidelity were included in the French marriage service Edited 6 May, 2015 by Waterside.saint
rallyboy Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 It could be possible - there must be a few fans who on a matchday fill the car up, have a pub lunch, buy a programme, a burger, an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and a Bugatti Veyron...
stevegrant Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 Has anyone got a link to that puff piece article Emma Judd did for the Pompey News when Antonov bought the club where she waxed lyrical about their serviced office in London?
Bearsy Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 This one? I hope ur not going to try and belittle the grand London HQ! It's got a TV! Flat Screen! http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-owners-london-hq-1-3113422 Mr Dubov comes in, greets us, and asks us if we would like a cup of tea and how we take it. no detail too small!
Fowllyd Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 This one? I hope ur not going to try and belittle the grand London HQ! It's got a TV! Flat Screen! http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-owners-london-hq-1-3113422 no detail too small! You certainly can't fault Emma on her last sentence though: And whatever the next five years might bring, I get the feeling there are big changes in store. Downright prophetic if you ask me.
Matthew Le God Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 [h=1]Vladimir Antonov loses extradition fight[/h] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-32607881?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
rallyboy Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 Antonov's issues suggest that pompey may have been funded by stolen cash and money-laundering for a while, the sort of offences that would get you chucked out of the league, rather than let off from a post-relegation points deduction... Thankfully the only connection between that company and the current one is the magic element that survives all efforts to create distance from the criminality - the cup win. Oh, and the offices. And the trading name. And the FL Golden Share. So the old question - what's it gonna be - deny the cup win, or claim it along with the financial irregularities and criminality that accompanied it?
Chopper71 Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 I wonder what the money raised will really be spent on? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/sports-mail-donations-boost-pompey-academy-1-6727578 Love the reference to their lowest ever Football League finish - let's hope they beat that record next year. Afterall I can't remember any time since our takeover that they managed to improve their finish and long may thay continue...
bridge too far Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 I wonder what the money raised will really be spent on? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/sports-mail-donations-boost-pompey-academy-1-6727578 Love the reference to their lowest ever Football League finish - let's hope they beat that record next year. Afterall I can't remember any time since our takeover that they managed to improve their finish and long may thay continue... Imposter alert!!!!!! No way did Neil Factless Allen pen that article. There's a paragraph in there WITH TWO SENTENCES!
dronskisaint Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 Imposter alert!!!!!! No way did Neil Factless Allen pen that article. There's a paragraph in there WITH TWO SENTENCES! For Factless two sentences constitutes a book!
suewhistle Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 It was written by the work experience kid and Allen didn't get a chance to edit it.
Waterside.saint Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 (edited) Imposter alert!!!!!! No way did Neil Factless Allen pen that article. There's a paragraph in there WITH TWO SENTENCES! It was written by the work experience kid and Allen didn't get a chance to edit it. #factlessallen, the pundit with his finger on the vibrant pulse of a raddled harlot Edited 7 May, 2015 by Waterside.saint protecting the innocent
holepuncture Posted 6 May, 2015 Posted 6 May, 2015 [h=1]Vladimir Antonov loses extradition fight[/h] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-32607881?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Thanks MLG, I was won when that would come to conclusion. "half a billion went through the club", they said as they poured tea to a #factless amateur gushing at the sight of a flat screen tv. PMSL I wonder what the money raised will really be spent on? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/sports-mail-donations-boost-pompey-academy-1-6727578 Love the reference to their lowest ever Football League finish - let's hope they beat that record next year. Afterall I can't remember any time since our takeover that they managed to improve their finish and long may thay continue... I assume the will do good by the charities which were robbed blind by the skates: However, despite being presented with a giant cheque in front of thousands of fans at Fratton Park at the end of last season, the charity's founders have never seen a penny of the cash. The money owed to Harbour Cancer Support Centre in Gosport was raised in a raffle and auction held at a Fratton Park function in March last year. A whistle-blower at Fratton Park said: 'It's a disgrace. In my mind it's theft. How low can you get, stealing money from charities? I've kept quiet about this for a year but it's something that needs to come out. It was never the club's money but it just disappeared in to the ether. 'It's an absolute scandal.' http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cancer-charities-owed-thousands-by-pompey-1-1250061
Saint in Paradise Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 I assume the will do good by the charities which were robbed blind by the skates: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cancer-charities-owed-thousands-by-pompey-1-1250061 That article was 5 years ago, does anyone know If the charities have been paid yet?
rooney Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 That article was 5 years ago, does anyone know If the charities have been paid yet? Perhaps the Charities are now making donations to the Skates from their hardship fund.
rallyboy Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 I think it was paid by fans. While that act was worthy, many thought this would distract anyone from asking how on earth their football club could steal from dying children. It didn't. Despite financing a brothel, stealing from pensioners, running on money earned from maiming children, laundering drug cash for organised crime and bankrupting local businesses, the charity theft was possibly a low point. Though identifying a low point for pompey is like asking someone to name their favourite child molester.
Hatch Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 It says in one of the papers ( cough ahem The Sun ) that Paul Cook looks likely to leave Chesterfield for Portsmouth even if they get promoted via the play offs. Pompey have 'promised' to meet the £150,000 buy out clause apparently :lol:
Torres Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 It says in one of the papers ( cough ahem The Sun ) that Paul Cook looks likely to leave Chesterfield for Portsmouth even if they get promoted via the play offs. Pompey have 'promised' to meet the £150,000 buy out clause apparently :lol: He'd be an absolute moron to do so. In which case, he'd fit right in down there.
Chez Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 The Skate News really has hit a new high in terms newsworthiness and journalistic quality with this story: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/video-former-pompey-boss-tony-adams-dancing-1-6728493
Torres Posted 7 May, 2015 Posted 7 May, 2015 It was written by the work experience kid and Allen didn't get a chance to edit it. I'd love to think that it was written by #factless but that the two sentence paragraph was the work of some sub-editor, causing #factless to fire of a Giles Coren style email rant http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey - warning, lots of swearing Sadly, I don't think #factless is quite up to writing such a thing.
Dark Munster Posted 8 May, 2015 Posted 8 May, 2015 Phew! When I heard there were database admin issues I was worried that this thread would only get 4% of its posts back. Time for a back up. Anyone got a spare 50 terabyte hard drive St C. can borrow?
rallyboy Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 If you'd asked her last week when she needed the votes it would have been a big yes. She doesn't have to be nice to any of them for a few years now.
Hatch Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 John Gregory leaves Crawley Town. breaking on SSNHQSNSNHQ
rallyboy Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 Gregory did manage to get Crawley out of League One at his first attempt, perhaps he could repeat the feat for pompey in League Two.
Jonnyboy Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 If you'd asked her last week when she needed the votes it would have been a big yes. She doesn't have to be nice to any of them for a few years now. Surely such a big fan would've attended every match, home and away last season? Certainly would've been a cruel punishment.
CB Fry Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 Walking back from the King Power Stadium today there was a shoal of Pompey fans waving a skate flag from an student block apartment window, laughing and making hand gestures at the (mainly Leicester, some of us) fans walking past. You could see our defeat had really been a highlight of their day. Should have taken a picture really for the ages but didn't. True story.
rallyboy Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 They live in Leicester, you were walking away from it - I think I can see who had the last laugh.
CB Fry Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 They live in Leicester, you were walking away from it - I think I can see who had the last laugh. Absolutely. I'd never live in a nondescript East Midlands deadbeat city like Leicester. I live in Derby.
suewhistle Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 I live in Derby. Ah, I was wondering. I realised you never (G&S: 'What never?' hardly ever :-) ) went to St. Marys.
Colinjb Posted 9 May, 2015 Posted 9 May, 2015 Absolutely. I'd never live in a nondescript East Midlands deadbeat city like Leicester. I live in Derby. Thank you for the best laugh I've had all night.
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 10 May, 2015 Author Posted 10 May, 2015 BBC Sheffield saying Paul Cook will be the next manager unveiled alongside a creased tablecloth as early as tomorrow. Someone is putting their hand in their pockets.
whelk Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 Credit where it's due. 1979/80 attendances. Continue to be too big for Div 4 yet still were in it 4
bridge too far Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 Looks like they've got Cook http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32682630
Mr Biscuits Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 got my Skate buzzword bingo card ready for when he releases a statement Words will include Biggest Best Fans Massive League One Huge Challenge Amazing Feel free to add your own
FloridaMarlin Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 Why would a manager who has just missed out in the League One play-offs leave for a club who finished halfway up League Two? One word - money. They are clearly paying him more than Chesterfield could offer, and they have also probably promised him money for players because he wouldn't want to take charge of the current squad. Typical p****y mentality, thinking they are bigger than any club not only in League Two, but the division above as well. Also typical p*****y mentality in throwing cash they probably don't have at the footballing side. Any bets they will splash the cash on several players as well. As has been said above, somebody must be putting their hands in their pockets. But as what price? I wasn't all that impressed by Chesterfield in the play-off semi against Preston. They knock the ball around tidily, play some nice football, but have no punch. That should go down well among the great unwashed.
Golden Balls Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 Why would a manager who has just missed out in the League One play-offs leave for a club who finished halfway up League Two? One word - money. They are clearly paying him more than Chesterfield could offer, and they have also probably promised him money for players because he wouldn't want to take charge of the current squad. Typical p****y mentality, thinking they are bigger than any club not only in League Two, but the division above as well. Also typical p*****y mentality in throwing cash they probably don't have at the footballing side. Any bets they will splash the cash on several players as well. As has been said above, somebody must be putting their hands in their pockets. But as what price? I wasn't all that impressed by Chesterfield in the play-off semi against Preston. They knock the ball around tidily, play some nice football, but have no punch. That should go down well among the great unwashed. No no, you've got it all wrong. He's not interested in money. It's the honour to manage this sleepiest of giants with the bestest fans in all the land. He came become a legend *****il the swingomitor deems him useless).
Ohio Saint Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 Why would a manager who has just missed out in the League One play-offs leave for a club who finished halfway up League Two? I'm guessing he's the kinda guy that is still playing FM14 but even that is too new and complicated, so he's gone back to FM12 and set the player database to very very tiny.
The Kraken Posted 10 May, 2015 Posted 10 May, 2015 On paper looks like an excellent appointment. Yep. Given how absolutely dreadful a standard League 2 is, it has been laughable how badly Pompey have done for 2 years. Even a manager who is halfway competent should have them in and around the play-offs at the very least. Cook seems a good bet who knows the division; if they don't go up next year under him then it will be another year of spectacularly comedic failure.
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