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*Hand goes up* It was me.

 

I only said I wouldnt touch pfc with a barge pole with all the dodgy goings on in the past and how they'd be wise to wait for the court case which could result in points deduction/relegation. Then went on to say they may as well look to clubs like Crystal Palace, Sheff Utd, Coventry etc which would be a much wiser investment due to their fan base and less dodgy accounts.

 

Within minutes there were 25 replies (mainly typing their song 'he made me feel sick so I hit him with a brick') and 9 friend requests. I replied to their comments with 'These are the fans you'd be investing in, I rest my case' They now seem convinced I have scuppered the deal LOL.

 

I also commented on someone elses post about them having the best fans in the world.

 

Shame it got deleted, as it was the easiest wind up ever!

 

 

Edit: Just checked on my blackberry and it's still showing on there. Just not on my laptop.

 

I'm led to believe Two out of those and others. Swap a U & a W

 

HTH

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http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Fans-Urged-To-Contact-Club-2134.aspx

 

:facepalm:

 

Can't they ever do anything right?

 

I mean, I'm actually starting to get annoyed by their incompetence instead of finding it funny now...

 

 

:lol:

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Fans Urged To Contact Club

 

Portsmouth Football Club urgently needs to make contact with three supporters who purchased season tickets with credit cards via telephone on Tuesday, April 26.

 

 

 

One supporter made a transaction for £1,115 at 5.15pm.

 

 

 

Another made a transaction for £865 at 1.15pm.

 

 

 

A third made a transaction for £865 at 6.20pm.

 

 

 

If you think this is you, please email the club’s IT manager at fred@pompeyfc.co.uk

 

 

 

Please provide your name, client reference number and contact details. Thank you for your assistance.

 

The club wishes to clarify details of the purchases after the 3 men concerned were overheard in the car park speaking in Russian accents, discussing their surprise that they managed to buy the whole club without exceeding their credit card limit ;)

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*Hand goes up* It was me.

 

I only said I wouldnt touch pfc with a barge pole with all the dodgy goings on in the past and how they'd be wise to wait for the court case which could result in points deduction/relegation. Then went on to say they may as well look to clubs like Crystal Palace, Sheff Utd, Coventry etc which would be a much wiser investment due to their fan base and less dodgy accounts.

 

Within minutes there were 25 replies (mainly typing their song 'he made me feel sick so I hit him with a brick') and 9 friend requests. I replied to their comments with 'These are the fans you'd be investing in, I rest my case' They now seem convinced I have scuppered the deal LOL.

 

I also commented on someone elses post about them having the best fans in the world.

 

Shame it got deleted, as it was the easiest wind up ever!

 

 

Edit: Just checked on my blackberry and it's still showing on there. Just not on my laptop.

 

Very good, i think the group has gone into meltdown. either that or it is being intensly moderated!

 

It occurs to me that passing the FAPPT doesn't necessarily mean they're after Pompey.

 

Like Phil says, they want 'a football club', passing the FAPPT means they're free to buy 'a football club', but it doesn't necessarily have to be Pompey.

 

Is the pomp the smokescreen? Seems strange with Vlad and Dubov joining pompey fan groups.

 

Unless Chinny really did ask for some more millions, and in the same fashion as Bompey and Rangers, the Russian mafia walked away?

 

I'm led to believe Two out of those and others. Swap a U & a W

 

HTH

 

Vlad has a picture of an Owl on his facebook page, and that was instantly what i thought! Why is Milan selling? Is he looking @ porridge, or a turn in health/family fortune?

 

Still, if this was his intention, why is he befriending the likes of Colin Farmery (SOS - or some other skate begging agency)?

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http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/latestnews/news/fans-urged-to-contact-club-2134.aspx

 

:facepalm:

 

Can't they ever do anything right?

 

I mean, i'm actually starting to get annoyed by their incompetence instead of finding it funny now...

 

i wonder if these three people are being pursued by a sympathetic medical facility looking to undertake some sort of

research into the mentally unstable

who in their right mind would spend their money in such a cavalier fashion?

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Very good, i think the group has gone into meltdown. either that or it is being intensly moderated!

 

 

 

Is the pomp the smokescreen? Seems strange with Vlad and Dubov joining pompey fan groups.

 

Unless Chinny really did ask for some more millions, and in the same fashion as Bompey and Rangers, the Russian mafia walked away?

 

 

 

Vlad has a picture of an Owl on his facebook page, and that was instantly what i thought! Why is Milan selling? Is he looking @ porridge, or a turn in health/family fortune?

 

Still, if this was his intention, why is he befriending the likes of Colin Farmery (SOS - or some other skate begging agency)?

 

 

Would most likely have been a while ago, before they were saved but after Bompey HTH

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i wonder if these three people are being pursued by a sympathetic medical facility looking to undertake some sort of

research into the mentally unstable

who in their right mind would spend their money in such a cavalier fashion?

 

Wow a new way of spamming.

 

If these might have been you please send us all your Personal ID information (so we can pass it to our friends in Russia)

 

Ah perhaps it was Poopey who stole the Sony Dbase in a last ditch attempt to ..........

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Have the ruskies actually passed the FAPPT?

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/fans_in_limbo_as_rumours_fly_over_pompey_takeover_1_2624917

 

 

And Vladimir Antonov, who is behind the bid with colleagues Roman Dubov and Chris Akers, is reported to have passed the Football League’s fit and proper person test, a major hurdle in taking over the running of the Blues.

 

However, the Football League wouldn’t say whether anyone had passed the test.

 

A spokesman said: ‘We have received a submission and there’s no timescale with these, it depends on each individual club and case. It’s still under consideration.’

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Half a million into Chinny's pocket. That'll pay for a month or so of Lawrence and co.'s wages.

 

"Since his move, Wilson has gone on to become an integral part of the Stoke side who have reached the FA Cup final.

 

That deal has proven to a bargain for the Blues, with Lawrence and Kitson helping to comfortably keep them in the Championship."

 

That's strange: I thought Chinny was gambling on paying the highest wages in the Championship in order to get promotion and get his hands on the Sky money, not to comfortably maintain their place in the pauper league.

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"Young Mark may well get a winner's medal this year, and already what a carrer he's having, Wembley final twice, and pretty well a good report every time he's reported on, I would've loved him to stay, in reflection it was a good deal at the time, time may make it look like Stoke had the bargain though, anyway I'll be backing Stoke to win this year, I always liked Man City and they were my childhood top team, but I hate purchased success, so they won't be getting my backing, Asmir will shine and I bet he's sought after in the summer."

 

An amazing bit of hypocrisy in this quote by King Chestnut on the News website!

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"Young Mark may well get a winner's medal this year, and already what a carrer he's having, Wembley final twice, and pretty well a good report every time he's reported on, I would've loved him to stay, in reflection it was a good deal at the time, time may make it look like Stoke had the bargain though, anyway I'll be backing Stoke to win this year, I always liked Man City and they were my childhood top team, but I hate purchased success, so they won't be getting my backing, Asmir will shine and I bet he's sought after in the summer."

 

An amazing bit of hypocrisy in this quote by King Chestnut on the News website!

Is denmeadblue a closet Saint??

 

denmeadblue

 

Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 08:57 AM

Re:14. Are you on a wind up or something or just blind to the facts like many other fans. 'purchased success' please tell me why we are in the predicament we are in now . We won the cup and a few years at the top table of football because of 'purchased success'. Like you I was celebrating at the time but now I can see the true extent of what 'purchased success' can bring , it's meant small local businesses, schools and charities all suffering. At the end of the day I am glad there is still a pompey but it has left a rather bitter taste in my mouth

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"Young Mark may well get a winner's medal this year, and already what a carrer he's having, Wembley final twice, and pretty well a good report every time he's reported on, I would've loved him to stay, in reflection it was a good deal at the time, time may make it look like Stoke had the bargain though, anyway I'll be backing Stoke to win this year, I always liked Man City and they were my childhood top team, but I hate purchased success, so they won't be getting my backing, Asmir will shine and I bet he's sought after in the summer."

 

An amazing bit of hypocrisy in this quote by King Chestnut on the News website!

 

To be fair this year pompey have purchased mediocrity.

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I see Paul Hart has left Swindon Town today.. what does that have to do with Pompey, you ask? Well in reading the article in alluded to Swindon being demoted 2 divisions from the Premier League for illegal payments to players including the avoidance of tax on those payments.

 

Does anyone know what happened then? and should this have any relevance to the ongoing problems down the road & any potential court cases coming up?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/9469955.stm

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So Vlad has pushed through his SAAB deal, despite GMs concerns of his links to the Russian mafia

 

http://www.forexpros.com/news/general-news/update-1-gm-moves-toward-ok-of-russian-investor-in-saab-212013

 

Perhaps the skates have been used like a cheap whore during the SAAB takeover negotiations to pressurise the Swedes and GM to let Vladda have his stake.

 

"we have plenty of opportunities to invest in, if we are not allowed in to SAAB we will put our funds into a football club instead... they will warmly welcome our investment"

 

... then he calmly places his revolver on the table.

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So ... The credit card companies will only drip feed the money on a game by game basis.

 

pompey try and get the fans to book through Zebra finance, but fans want credit / debit card protection.

 

The stand off = poor sales.

 

Club announces credit card payments for a week (Starting this week - only 3 working days)

 

Fans go and pay by credit card and everything is hunky dory.......

 

Or not, the first one to check their credit card statement, finds the debit is too.....

 

wait for it......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zebra finance

http://www.fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=345213

 

 

Someone needs some cash fast and will have sacrificed a percentage to Zebra to get in all in one go as opposed to drip fed.

 

Don't ask me what it means, if channy if off on his toes or not, but they continue to stick two fingers up at the authorities and bend the rules to breaking point.

 

If anyone was really questioning how skint they are, the answer is all in the above.

 

Three days of season ticket sales is a lot when the fans have been holding back payment waiting for the credit / debit card option.... 3 days and what is it today, oh yes that's right it's pay day.

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Wouldnt it be good to doctor the advert to read Fish Pedicure for Pompey Season Ticket holder in Soton and then add an extra toe and a Ppompey tattoo

 

Would sum things up nicely!!

 

 

But that would just be childish though wouldn't it.

 

 

 

 

However, I did stumble across this one if it helps...

 

fishbc.jpg

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Fans go and pay by credit card and everything is hunky dory.......

 

Or not, the first one to check their credit card statement, finds the debit is too.....

 

wait for it......

 

 

 

Zebra finance

 

Hmmm.......now I'm sure that Zebra Finance has permission to process credit cards in the course of normal business...but I wonder if they have permission to act as a third party payment processor. The last time I signed a merchant agreement (a few years ago admittedly) I'm pretty sure there was some wording pertaining to 'payments for goods and services provided in the normal course of business of XYZ Ltd' or something along those lines.

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"Young Mark may well get a winner's medal this year, and already what a carrer he's having, Wembley final twice, and pretty well a good report every time he's reported on, I would've loved him to stay, in reflection it was a good deal at the time, time may make it look like Stoke had the bargain though, anyway I'll be backing Stoke to win this year, I always liked Man City and they were my childhood top team, but I hate purchased success, so they won't be getting my backing, Asmir will shine and I bet he's sought after in the summer."

 

An amazing bit of hypocrisy in this quote by King Chestnut on the News website!

 

Well, in fairness, the Cheats didn't purchase success. Considering that they used players that they couldn't afford and are paying back pennies on the pound (if that) it's more like that they stole success.

 

So rather than calling them hypocrites (which they are), it's perhaps even more apt to describe them as cheating, lying, filthy scumbags.

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Hmmm.......now I'm sure that Zebra Finance has permission to process credit cards in the course of normal business...but I wonder if they have permission to act as a third party payment processor. The last time I signed a merchant agreement (a few years ago admittedly) I'm pretty sure there was some wording pertaining to 'payments for goods and services provided in the normal course of business of XYZ Ltd' or something along those lines.

 

I'm guessing that the credit card companies will drip feed zebra in the same way they were going to do with pompey, but that Zebra pay everything in one go (Same as if a fan takes out a plan with Zebra) to pompey but pompey have to pay them a percentage.

 

Just smacks of desperation

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Hmmm.......now I'm sure that Zebra Finance has permission to process credit cards in the course of normal business...but I wonder if they have permission to act as a third party payment processor. The last time I signed a merchant agreement (a few years ago admittedly) I'm pretty sure there was some wording pertaining to 'payments for goods and services provided in the normal course of business of XYZ Ltd' or something along those lines.

 

Interesting point. The skate fans who have purchased season tickets have unknowingly not bought directly from the club, but have actually bought (in effect) a product from Zebra. So if the club goes pop, does the credit card actually offer them any protection?

 

This could get REALLY interesting...

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I'm guessing that the credit card companies will drip feed zebra in the same way they were going to do with pompey, but that Zebra pay everything in one go (Same as if a fan takes out a plan with Zebra) to pompey but pompey have to pay them a percentage.

 

Just smacks of desperation

 

They're acting as Factors, really, aren't they?

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They're acting as Factors, really, aren't they?

 

Who are then raising the equivalent of Credit Default Swaps

 

Which are then backed up by some dozy bank like RBS

 

Who will lose money and come back to

 

yep you lot, the taxpayer for the losses

 

or at least their share price will take longer to rise to a level where UK Gov gets the cash back that they gave away to the rich bankers

 

Which means more Gov Job cuts & Benefit troubles

 

So the Skates are actually worse than Lehman

 

It's as Simple as that

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Anyone buying a season ticket this way is entering in to a transaction with Zebra Finance. If P****Y do eventually go under, season ticket holders who purchased their tickets this way will have no protection. Only if Zebra Finance cease to trade will they have any come back and then only if they go under before their season ticket arrives in the post. P****Y out of business will mean season ticket holders out of pocket as they will have no games to watch. It will have zero effect on the banking system as a whole UNLESS Zebra Finance are giving season ticket holders guarantees about refunds which I very much doubt.

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I'd have thought Spuds qualify under the football creditors rule - they'll get their money

 

The football creditors rule is the route the club have to take to keep their place in the league. If they were wound up with no club at the end then there would be no justification for distributing any money (assuming there would be any left after chinny's share) according the football creditors rule.

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So, it's the end of the week and the rusky's have not taken over. Another payday has come and gone so assuming wages have been paid we can assume Chainrai is even further out if pocket and further away from selling at a break even price.

 

Anyone know when the court case dates are? I am wondering if Pompey will still exist by that time or not as with no hope of promotion and no hope of a sale, it's very possible that Chainrai may be looking into other ways be he can get some of his dosh back!

 

Are the blue few thinking the same or do they still think a squad re-build and promotion push next season no matter what is more likely?

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I'd have thought Spuds qualify under the football creditors rule - they'll get their money

 

Wasn't part of both the Sky money and the parachute payments being diverted to paying off creditors under the FC rule? If so, Spuds should have been payed a long time ago. If not, more explaining to be done by the administrator or the liquidator.

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come on chez switch on .........some uver knut is footing the bill. simples,

 

I can see Clotterill in front of his PC now with his Zebra finance credit card, waiting anxiously as the egg timer spins and he's told "Please wait while we process your booking" :D

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Wasn't part of both the Sky money and the parachute payments being diverted to paying off creditors under the FC rule? If so, Spuds should have been payed a long time ago. If not, more explaining to be done by the administrator or the liquidator.

 

I think there's still a dispute going on about whether the money is owed or not

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