Dispatches - How To Buy A Football Club

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Is anybody else watching this?

[ross.mcfc]

I hear Bryan Robson drops himself right in it on this.

[Im_Spartacus]

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

[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!!!!

[moomey]

Looks like there's a bit more against Baconface - sounds like he's best buddies with the bent Thai guy

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

This Sim guy is clearly a misguided lunatic.

[Chinners]

Bollox forgot about this, thank god for Channel4+1 ... hurrah

[Patrick]

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!!!!

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[simon12]

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.

[Slim]

Anyone got a synopsis for those of us that didn't watch it?

[bobby brows]

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

[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

[Chinners]

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

[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.

[Nigels Tackle]

shit... you telling me that football is corrupt??? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikhail Chigorin]

shit... you telling me that football is corrupt??? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the top down, starting with Blatter.

[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

[Wonderwall]

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 :-)

[Patrick]

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

[Hazy2]

The programe pretty much sums up the situation at Birmingham City, They look in deep shit and about to hit the fan.