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Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:29 pm
by LookMumImOnMCF.net
Is anybody else watching this?

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:38 pm
by ross.mcfc
I hear Bryan Robson drops himself right in it on this.

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:41 pm
by Im_Spartacus
ross.mcfc wrote:I hear Bryan Robson drops himself right in it on this.


I would assume Robson is finished in football after this. Uninterestingly the claims against Fergie whilst it would be nice to believe, sound like someone boasting and nothing more.

However, the loan issue with his son that was mentioned does get you thinking - especially when his lackey Pulis also pulled his players from Preston. There is spite, but I doubt anyone even that bacon faced cunt could be so spiteful so I wonder what his motivation was

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:49 pm
by Manx Blue
Why would Robson put his Global ambassador status on the line? Why isthere more than one photograph with Ferguson and Sim.

Whoops here comes the tape recordings!!!!

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:49 pm
by moomey
Looks like there's a bit more against Baconface - sounds like he's best buddies with the bent Thai guy

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:56 pm
by LookMumImOnMCF.net
This Sim guy is clearly a misguided lunatic.

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:01 pm
by Chinners
Bollox forgot about this, thank god for Channel4+1 ... hurrah

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:58 am
by Patrick
Manx Blue wrote:Why would Robson put his Global ambassador status on the line? Why isthere more than one photograph with Ferguson and Sim.

Whoops here comes the tape recordings!!!!



£

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:14 am
by simon12
Im_Spartacus wrote:
ross.mcfc wrote:I hear Bryan Robson drops himself right in it on this.


I would assume Robson is finished in football after this. Uninterestingly the claims against Fergie whilst it would be nice to believe, sound like someone boasting and nothing more.

However, the loan issue with his son that was mentioned does get you thinking - especially when his lackey Pulis also pulled his players from Preston. There is spite, but I doubt anyone even that bacon faced cunt could be so spiteful so I wonder what his motivation was



Seconded, he`s shit it now.

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:38 am
by Slim
Anyone got a synopsis for those of us that didn't watch it?

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:00 am
by bobby brows
Slim wrote:Anyone got a synopsis for those of us that didn't watch it?


Channel 4 posed as asian business men and approached a football trust fund to buy an english club in a united bar in hong kong.

some bloke who claims he is best mates with taggart and bryan robson headed this business which claimed it could get away with investing in more than one team simultaneously.

the club turned out to be sheffield united, they even had photo's of john sim, the lead bloke meeting with them at bramall labe, but oxford, leicester, leeds, cardiff, sheffield wednesday and watford were all mentioned.

there was also a brief mention about thaskin shinawatra

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:06 am
by mcfc1632
It was an undercover operation into how to buy a football club of the right profile to make a fast buck - e.g. big fanbase / ground etc. The sort of club that would be in the Chamionship or Div 1 but big potgential if you could get it up into the prem (the old CITY would have been perfect).

The model is to buy it cheap (perhaps for nothing with current owners glad to get out of it) - use loan players from top clubs - clearly better than normal Championship / Div 1 players - to gain promotion - then sell for big profit.

The Sim guy, in partnership with robson and others would use their contacts, especially with baconface, but pulis, elephant man, hughes and others were mentioned. Throughout the Sim guy traded on his relationship with bacomface to convince that loan players would be forthcoming - to the extent of putting the senile codger on the phone to talk to the 'prespective client' whilst Sim was having dinner with him at San Carlos.

The main base for the group was the franchised 'Man U bar' in Bangkok (or HK) and they spoke openly about how to circumvent UEFA / EPL rules - such as only being allowed to own 1 club.

Dirty greedy fuckers with their snouts in the trough

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:33 am
by Chinners
Slim wrote:Anyone got a synopsis for those of us that didn't watch it?


Here you go fella ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:58 am
by Slim
You really have to admire the daily mail, getting the word BUSINESSMAN wrong in their link in a story that has people posing as something they're not. A lot like the Daily Mail poses as a news site.

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:58 am
by Nigels Tackle
shit... you telling me that football is corrupt??? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:59 am
by Mikhail Chigorin
Nigels Tackle wrote:shit... you telling me that football is corrupt??? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


From the top down, starting with Blatter.

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:05 am
by Chinners
One of the managers in my local under 10's league got the boot last week for trying to 'poach' another sides keeper .... its epidemic in football now

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:15 am
by Wonderwall
Chinners wrote:One of the managers in my local under 10's league got the boot last week for trying to 'poach' another sides keeper .... its epidemic in football now


Thats the beauty of having my son in my team..... he does all the leg work and I just get the parents to sign on the dotted line :-)

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:15 am
by Patrick
Chinners wrote:One of the managers in my local under 10's league got the boot last week for trying to 'poach' another sides keeper .... its epidemic in football now


endemic as well

Re: Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:03 am
by Hazy2
The programe pretty much sums up the situation at Birmingham City, They look in deep shit and about to hit the fan.