Portsmouth going?
 

BBC Sport - Football - Portsmouth 'likely to close down'

Sad times

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Very sad for all the true FANs of this club......

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we've heard it all before. It's a bit like players saying they want a move then sign a new contract the day after. Football if full of bull ;)

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I don't know in this case Dave £120 million is a lot of pennies, just remember how much trouble Stanley had in finding £360,000 then multiply it by 360:eek:

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Just imagine how many businesses they closed down or ripped off on the back of that debt :mad:

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That's the same with any business that goes to the wall, but if they had kept afloat the creditor may have had a chance of getting something back

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Maybe so but how many businesses are allowed to rack up obscene debts like football clubs are. Football needs to be given back to what made it our national sport, the fans. Sadly the money men involved won't miss the club like the fans will :mad:

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its not us thank god .. but it wont be the last club to go to the wall

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Totally agree Dave but no club will refuse outward investment to try and give them that edge, look where Stanley would have been without Ilyas

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lunched at KFC opposite their ground today - thought it a bit quiet - but then again they are up at Hull t'morra.

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In one sentance Dave you have summed up perfectly what is wrong with our "National Game"

There is a growing swell from fans of even the so called bigger clubs that may change things how much who knows?

Liverpool have been put through the mill, the judderings are happening at United not many Clubs will be imune or remain imune to it, the Premiership & FL to a degree need to take note or it will self implode at different levels.

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Of course it's not the only Portsmouth story today;


Do you reckon he's getting paid minimum wage ? Don't think so :mad:

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3 hours tilll closure hopefully

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Spoken like a true fan.............or a child.:rolleyes:

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Whatever the misdeeds of those who have run the club, it's always the fans who suffer in the end. I'm sure no true football fan could ever wish the demise of another club.

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Before today's shenanigans from Gaydamak, the creditors had "agreed" (HRMC dissenting but not having a big enough share to block) to a 20% payout at some unspecified point in the future. This opened a potential route out of administration but the football authorities still have to be happy - when last asked they were still quibbling.

It would be an enormous blow to the town I live and work in. The fans are mad but truly passionate. I can't understand how any true football fan could make such a comment. Shame on you.

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I'd rather not see a club go bust, but I would like to see the football authorities get a grip before ever club goes bust. Of course they won't do that because they feed their fat faces with the same greed as the clubs :rolleyes:

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Would agree, Dave, it's just a shame how it's the fans who always seem to suffer in the end, while the fat cats walk away. :(

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probably the last nail in the coffin was the administrators bill:mad:

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In Portsmouth's case it's a double whammy for the fans. There own supporters club are one of the creditors to the tune of £300.

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Probably more than the players wages per week :mad:

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:oEmbarrasment and shamfull!!!:( We as stanley fans no better than anyone else what there supporters are going through at this moment in time!!!!!

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Disgusting comment......neg karma on its way :mad::mad::mad:

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Not pleasant, Stanley supporters are only to well aware of the turmoil in such a case & with such a recent history it is rather to close to home.

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Welcome back my good man!!!!!!! :D Hope all was/is well with you!! :) :)

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Nice one, not!!! Above all else, there are true Pompey FANs who support their club!!!!!!

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Well put Mab :)

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I remember going down to MK Dons for the last game of the 2006/07 season when the coach pulled in at the service station and there were various fans from different clubs at the same services including Pompey fans who were on their way to Everton I think.

They were a great bunch travelling in good numbers and took a genuine interest in who we were and Stanley itself trading off songs at each other and having a good chat with quite a few of them before shaking hands and departing to our seperate destinations.

Football fans unified is how it should be:)

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Terrible thing to say. The only possible way to half sympathise with you is if closure would bring the whole rotten modern football structure down too, but pigs might fly. Obscene sums of money paid to unexceptional players is the thing that really gets me going.:(

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Oh don't know Wyn, ask Mancie about Liverpool:rolleyes:

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What the hell are you talking about, I have read anything on here which comes anything like what you have evidently read into comments, take your head out of your backside for Gods sake

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:confused: Sorry but I don't understand this comment. All Chimer is doing is adding a bit of background information about the situation at Pompey. What reason is there to have a go at him?

The statement on the club's own site makes interesting reading and ties in with what Chimer says: Portsmouth Football Club | News

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Well, after having been fortunate enough to have had a trial with Pompey way back in '75 (my room mate was a bloke called Chris Kamara), I would be saddened BIG TIME should they fall over. Hope they survive.

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yeah it will be sad to see them go but its there fault

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Sorry Mike, but read his post, he was having a pop at lancsdave stO6nc2 and myself, for no good reason, we were only pointing out that lots of small companies had lost lots of money when pompy went bump, and he said shame on you naming the three of us, for what reason god only knows:mad:

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Think you've totally misread his post, Jay. He posted a comment explaining some of the financial stuff behind the situation which was relevant to yours and Dave's quotes. He then posted an entirely separate comment after st06nc2's quote which was entirely directed at him...and quite rightly so.

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Now I've been and looked again Wyn, I see your point, apologies Mike I endorse what you said in your last paragraph

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I'm not convinced of this argument.

Outward investment to give them the edge ? You mean throwing money at something to buy a title or in Pompey's case the FA Cup.

Ilyas saved the club as a result of rank bad financial management. He hasn't thrown money at it to buy success, nor would I imagine he will do. As he has said before it has to get to the point of self sufficiency. Maybe if the big clubs stop spending beyond their means the little clubs might have a more level playing field to compete and achieve that self sufficency.

They should wage cap the whole system.

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You don't buy the title of anything in football for that matter, if it was the case, why have clubs like Newcastle Liverpool Leeds, Villa, Spurs nt won it, I'll admit you need the cash, but you also need the right bloke at the help, who buys the right players then blends them into a winning team, United have done it very successfully as have Chelsea, The Gunners haven't won a bean for 5 seasons, the only thing Liverpool have won of note in 20 years is the Champs League. A wage cap won't work, hasn't got a snowball in hells chance, aka Rooney £65 million or 5 years work and he could probably have got more at city

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Just come on Sky Soccer Saturday that Portsmouth will be safe by Monday a their previous owner has agreed a deal, that's great news for Pompey fans

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What a suprise :rolleyes:

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1995.;)

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You jest me, Rovers would have won nout without Ray Harford, Kenny and Tony Parks, together with Jack Walkers cash. You actually think United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool ect would have won everything with all home grown players, at least Jack Walkers was a genuine Rovers fan standing on the terraces when he was a lad, not some rich Yank or Russian wanting a toy train set