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[johnny crossan]

Maidstone?

Boston & Maidstone are the ones I was thinking of - after resorting to Google it seems there is another....

[johnny crossan]

Hereford.

I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

I’ve posts on KUMB under the same username. He mentioned Bingo here in Feb -

https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182465

friend of yours is he Mase?

[Mase]

Hereford.

I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

I’ve posts on KUMB under the same username. He mentioned Bingo here in Feb -

https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182465

friend of yours is he Mase?

No, never met the guy. I randomly went on a few teams forums to see what they were saying when we were charged with failing FFP and that’s when I spotted him.

With the way he left the site I’m guessing he’s short on friends!

[johnny crossan]

Hereford.
I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

I’ve posts on KUMB under the same username. He mentioned Bingo here in Feb -
https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182465

friend of yours is he Mase?

No, never met the guy. I randomly went on a few teams forums to see what they were saying when we were charged with failing FFP and that’s when I spotted him.With the way he left the site I’m guessing he’s short on friends!

I'd prefer not to discuss him if that's the case.

[Hazy2]

Hereford.

I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

I’ve posts on KUMB under the same username. He mentioned Bingo here in Feb -

https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182465

friend of yours is he Mase?

Fwends !

No, never met the guy. I randomly went on a few teams forums to see what they were saying when we were charged with failing FFP and that’s when I spotted him.

With the way he left the site I’m guessing he’s short on friends!

[CTID Hants]

Hereford.

I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

I’ve posts on KUMB under the same username. He mentioned Bingo here in Feb -

https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182465

friend of yours is he Mase?

No, never met the guy. I randomly went on a few teams forums to see what they were saying when we were charged with failing FFP and that’s when I spotted him.

With the way he left the site I’m guessing he’s short on friends!

A complete character who was getting more eccentric as time went by , he got involved in City when he moved Manchester for Uni. I think he stuck around post Uni commuting up from Herefordshire (where he's from) for home games.

He and some mates formed the British Tractor Alliance hence BTA Jim. I think this was before he went to uni though

He'd dissappear off here only to return and wind people up.

He then got a job with HSBC (I think) in London which found himself and his cat Sophie living in or near the east end and started posting on KUMB gradually posting more there than here, I don't think the takeover sat well with him as we went from being the under dog and everyone second favourite team.

I have no fucking idea why I remember this shit.

Another odd ball was Vero who should have been a murdering scouse because he was offended by everything........

[Mase]

A complete character who was getting more eccentric as time went by , he got involved in City when he moved Manchester for Uni. I think he stuck around post Uni commuting up from Herefordshire (where he's from) for home games.

He and some mates formed the British Tractor Alliance hence BTA Jim. I think this was before he went to uni though

He'd dissappear off here only to return and wind people up.

He then got a job with HSBC (I think) in London which found himself and his cat Sophie living in or near the east end and started posting on KUMB gradually posting more there than here, I don't think the takeover sat well with him as we went from being the under dog and everyone second favourite team.

I have no fucking idea why I remember this shit.

Another odd ball was Vero who should have been a murdering scouse because he was offended by everything........

Jim was giving away a couple of old City shirts years and years ago and I gave him my home address to send me one!! Can’t believe I was so stupid to give a randomer my home address

[patrickblue]

Maidstone?

Boston & Maidstone are the ones I was thinking of - after resorting to Google it seems there is another....

I don't imagine anyone will get that one without dear old google.

[johnny crossan]

Maidstone?

Boston & Maidstone are the ones I was thinking of - after resorting to Google it seems there is another....

I don't imagine anyone will get that one without dear old google.

indeed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... ague_clubs

[ruralblue]

Hereford.

I wonder where BTAJim is these days and what he is up to.

no good for sure wherever he is

He's living in Merseyside and following pretty much every other team except City. Odd but that's Jim.

[Dimples]

Strange how we are constantly being told that the Dippers are brilliant and exciting but yet if we get Haaland it is a bad thing for football because it would cement our dominance.

That sounds like a contradiction to me.

[brite blu sky]

Strange how we are constantly being told that the Dippers are brilliant and exciting but yet if we get Haaland it is a bad thing for football because it would cement our dominance.

That sounds like a contradiction to me.

Whenever did a glaring contradiction get in any of the press's way ?

They all a bunch of mard arsed fuckwits

[johnny crossan]

Here we go, full frontal attack on our owners on two fronts using Russian cover - Banned Roan on BBC Website

Since the UAE joined China and India by refusing to back a US resolution at the UN Security Council condemning Russia's invasion, there has been renewed scrutiny on Manchester City's Abu Dhabi owners.
City are of course majority owned by the investment group of Sheikh Mansour, a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family and deputy prime minister of the UAE.
Will Pep Guardiola - like Howe - now be asked to comment on the UAE's role in the Saudi-led military operation in Yemen? Or the country's human rights record?
Asked last week for his thoughts on Chelsea, Guardiola said he would wait to be more informed before giving his opinion: "We are the face of the club, we are here every few days. You have to understand there are subjects we don't know and don't have an hour lesson to speak and talk about.
"It looks like we have to know absolutely everything. We are human beings - I don't know."
City, like Newcastle and Chelsea, reject any suggestion of 'sportswashing' of course.
City, for instance, can point to the profit they made in their most recent accounts, and insist they are now a sustainable organisation, with Abu Dhabi's investment helping to regenerate the east of Manchester. They point out that the club has Chinese and American investors as well as the controlling stake from the UAE.

This was followed up tonight by Ratboy in a pathetic package of lies and smears on Sky MNF that they wouldn't have dared to air before the Ukraine invasion.

[carolina-blue]

We all knew this shit was on its way , I just hope the owners are gonna start to go after these sewer rats ,
Propaganda- shit at the wall it sticks ,

[Nick]

Ratboy " i preferred the original mobey of united livetpool and arsenal" no shit you sewer rat

[PeterParker]

Ratboy " i preferred the original mobey of united livetpool and arsenal" no shit you sewer rat

Is him talking or Sky?

[johnny crossan]

We all knew this shit was on its way , I just hope the owners are gonna start to go after these sewer rats ,
Propaganda- shit at the wall it sticks ,

. All rehearsed and scripted. Never seen such an obviously actionable set of comments, Ratboy actually claimed that City fans now "would question the morals of their owner" - if City don't take Sky to court now they never will. Scum sponsors Aeroflot and dippers' Standard Charter will have be having a wry smile....

[Mase]

We all knew this shit was on its way , I just hope the owners are gonna start to go after these sewer rats ,
Propaganda- shit at the wall it sticks ,

. All rehearsed and scripted. Never seen such an obviously actionable set of comments, Ratboy actually claimed that City fans now "would question the morals of their owner" - if City don't take Sky to court now they never will. Scum sponsors Aeroflot and dippers' Standard Charter will have be having a wry smile....

It needs nipping in the bud straight away by City. No messing about and keeping quiet. Warn them once and if it happens again get the lawyers involved.

[johnny crossan]

This from a Newcastle fan site:
Manchester United funded by Saudi Arabia in part for 12 years with deals – Where’s the outrage?

Manchester United and Newcastle United. Two clubs separated by success, on and off the pitch.

Also apparently, very much separated by how the media and other outside parties treat them.

With the moral outrage pouring out in the direction of Newcastle United and especially towards the fans, due to the imminent Saudi Arabian takeover, how do you explain these Manchester United deals below???

The Saudi Arabian regime have been helping to fund Manchester United since 2008, twelve years!
The Times report – 17 August 2008:

‘Manchester United are set to unveil an innovative marketing tie-up, thought to be worth more than £10m, with the biggest phone company in the Middle East

The club have partnered with Saudi Telecom in a five-year deal that will grant the phone company rights to use Manchester United’s logo and imagery in its marketing within Saudi Arabia. The arrangement is said to be one of the biggest nonshirt sponsorship deals in British football. As part of the tie-up, Saudi Telecom will be able to offer its mobile customers video clips of match highlights, a text news service and other related content.
The Manchester club, which has been owned by the American Glazer family since 2005, will regard the Saudi deal as the first commercial fruit of the team’s tour to the region at the start of the year.’

Their deal with state owned Saudi Telecom is the ‘longest running of all our commercial partners’ this Manchester United official statement says below in 2017. That comment made as Man Utd launched another revenue stream from the Saudi regime, ‘the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia’ in partnership with Manchester United.

These deals seeing a Premier League club profit by many tens of millions of pounds, in return for these state run / owned Saudi enterprises being able to have the Manchester United brand splashed all over them, helping to legitimise the regime.

I have never seen a single campaign or article demonising Manchester United or their fans, for taking Saudi money to help fund their club.

I have even searched the internet for this article and still can’t find anything…nobody speaking out in the UK media demanding that Manchester United stop selling their souls in return for Saudi cash.

Imagine that, 12 years journalists have had to do so, yet never mounted one outraged campaign naming and shaming the Old Trafford club…

Manchester United official site – 19 October 2017:

Strategic partnership will see the club help Saudi Arabia’s General Sports Authority to create a sustainable and thriving football sector Manchester United and the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia have today agreed a Memorandum of Understanding, which will see the 20-time English League champions help the GSA develop its football industry, as part of its 2030 Vision.
The new strategic partnership will involve United lending its business and sporting expertise to clubs, sporting authorities and individuals in Saudi Arabia.

The partnership forms part of Saudi Vision 2030; the plan to diversify the Saudi economy and to develop its public sectors, announced last year by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
Group managing director, Richard Arnold, said:
“The club has a long-standing relationship with Saudi Arabia and has over five million passionate fans in the region. Our partnership with Saudi Telecom is the longest running of all our commercial partners. Having the chance to help shape the football industry in the Kingdom is a great honour and it is something where we believe we can make a big difference.”

[john68]

We all knew this shit was on its way , I just hope the owners are gonna start to go after these sewer rats ,
Propaganda- shit at the wall it sticks ,

. All rehearsed and scripted. Never seen such an obviously actionable set of comments, Ratboy actually claimed that City fans now "would question the morals of their owner" - if City don't take Sky to court now they never will. Scum sponsors Aeroflot and dippers' Standard Charter will have be having a wry smile....

The golden rule in many public circles is "Never take on or ypset the media"
They are globally poweful and can destroy you in the same way they have destroyed so many that have tried.
Never forget that the election result of the 1st George Dubbya Bush was not announced by the US electoral judicary. It was announced before the polling stations in some Eastern states were shut....That my friend is power.
After the 911 terror attack, the US announced who they considered the guilty were. The main link between them was Saudi Arabia. Yetthe vast majority supported the following invasion of Iraq because they blamed Iraqis for the 911 strike.

The media is the public voice of the ruling corrupt establishment. What they say, the vast majority of people believe is the truth.
City are wise not to make too much noise against the media. It would be wiser to take the much less powerful voices of Neville and Carragher to task in the courts