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That won't happen now Bix, the final Championship games have been played so Portsmouth league record will stand regardless, the important bit now is whether they went bust before or after the play-off final.bixieupnorth wrote:if, as the above states, that pompeys playing record is expunged then it could have huge implications on the final league table, southampton or reading may well have taken a crucial number of points off them, therefore teams that have been promoted or relegated could be kept down or up
expect theres a table without pompeys results somewhere?
I'm not sure that would work. If Coventry are reprieved and three teams get promoted, then the Championship would have one too many teams.forevertufc wrote:Before the season is not officaly over so it would save Coventry, after the season is over so it would save who ever finish's 4th bottom in league 1.
Southampton Gull wrote:
They'll merge with Havant & Waterlooville and become AFC Portaloo if you don't mind.
I cannot find it on the net, but there is more to it. When they were a Premiership outfit, and went into administration, both the FA and the Premiership contributed money into the club to save them, rather than face the fall out of a Premiership club going bust. It would also look bad on the FA as they allowed the dodgey owner to take over the club in the first place.cambgull wrote:It is proof that the FA really needs to step in and properly investigate people who buy football clubs. Hopefully we'll see many more fans consortiums buying clubs from now on. They tend to run their clubs more sensibly and aren't after a short term success but the long term stability of the club.
Naturally, there will be things going on at every club that not even the closest will know about. It'll never leave the Board of Directors, probably not even on paper. The only information that ever leaves most football clubs and businesses in general is information that the club want people to hear. In a time when a club might go bust, there will be even more secrets which will never reach fan's ears.Awayday wrote: I cannot find it on the net, but there is more to it. When they were a Premiership outfit, and went into administration, both the FA and the Premiership contributed money into the club to save them, rather than face the fall out of a Premiership club going bust. It would also look bad on the FA as they allowed the dodgey owner to take over the club in the first place.
I would be suprised if they did go bust other wise it would have happened ages ago, there seems to be a lot more to this scenario that the public are not being told about.
To coin a phrase "I nearly peed myself laughing".Southampton Gull wrote:
They'll merge with Havant & Waterlooville and become AFC Portaloo if you don't mind.
I think you will find that although he maybe gauranteed his loan it will only be paid out once the HMRC are paid off and possibly banks depending on who signed which contract first. If there were bank loans in place before he invested they would be ahead of him but behind the HMRC.Awayday wrote:What ever happens they will go bust after the playoffs, the decision will be made in June / July.
In short due to a clause in the contract the bloke who invested £15m into the club at the begining of the season got automatic ownership if his repayments were not made. The then owner missed the first payment, therefore the invester got a club he didn't want. Due to the FA rules on investment, he is guaranteed his £15m whilst the club still exists. It is now a case of whether he is willing to lose £15m and close the club down, or he buys the club to secure his investement, but will have to spend £50m to save £15m or another buyer comes in and takes over the repayments.
Fratton park can only be used for football, so even if the club goes, AFC Pompey will still get to use Fratton Park. Under police advice they will start in the division below BSP South (they are concerned with the number of travelling fans going to very small clubs). There is already a Pompey Fans consortium aligned as a contingency who are almost hoping it does go, because they think it would better to start with £0 and build the team and club up to Premiership again but with sensible owners. They do blame the FA though for the mess and letting the wrong owners but the club 10 years ago.
