In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
@jac52 won the 2017/8 Charlton Life Sherlock Holmes award for discovering that a new UK company, Echidna Acquisitions, had been registered by Gerard Murphy on April 30th
Cheers Henry - that was it! Will also add my thanks for your rapid responses to the FF last night. Although it wasn't what we all wanted to hear was good to see you asked some tough questions.
I believe he has been genuine in his pursuit of the story of our club, but there’s a showman in him as well, playing up to the cameras
Although White is a journalist and has a responsibility for factual reporting, reading this thread over the last couple of days shows he was not alone in 'playing up to the cameras' with matters reaching biblical proportions with the return of The Prodigal Son. Ultimately, it's irrelevant as we are all still in the dark and the club remains unsold. It was ever thus.
How many clubs don't have any debt? It's impossible for us to get where we want to be and make a profit.
Mike Ashley at Newcastle:
Bought Newcastle for £134m and inherited £77m of debt. By 2017 that debt had doubled to £152m.
Sports Direct has never paid anything towards the naming rights or any of the advertising that swarms the stadium.
Sports Direct controls club's retail operations and the club has made a net loss of £5.5m from this arrangement. Commercial income has halved, matchday income is down by a third.
In the 11 years before Ashley, Newcastle had qualified for Europe nine times and the Champion's League group stages twice. Since Ashley has been owner, the club has been relegated twice and played in the Europa League once.
Newcastle's net spend since the summer of 2017 is £1m. Brighton's is £110m and Huddersfield's is £78m.
Ashley has purchased land behind the Gallowgate for a reduced £6m and planning permission for £70m proeprty development that blocks any expansion of St James' Park.
The club's accounts are overdue and it is also under investigation by HMRC for tax fraud.
Mike Ashley buying Charlton would certainly be an out of frying pan, straight in to fire scenario as far as I'm concerned.
In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
How many clubs don't have any debt? It's impossible for us to get where we want to be and make a profit.
Mike Ashley at Newcastle:
Bought Newcastle for £134m and inherited £77m of debt. By 2017 that debt had doubled to £152m.
Sports Direct has never paid anything towards the naming rights or any of the advertising that swarms the stadium.
Sports Direct controls club's retail operations and the club has made a net loss of £5.5m from this arrangement. Commercial income has halved, matchday income is down by a third.
In the 11 years before Ashley, Newcastle had qualified for Europe nine times and the Champion's League group stages twice. Since Ashley has been owner, the club has been relegated twice and played in the Europa League once.
Newcastle's net spend since the summer of 2017 is £1m. Brighton's is £110m and Huddersfield's is £78m.
Ashley has purchased land behind the Gallowgate for a reduced £6m and planning permission for £70m proeprty development that blocks any expansion of St James' Park.
The club's accounts are overdue and it is also under investigation by HMRC for tax fraud.
Didn’t know a lot of that ... not exactly an attractive proposition.
In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
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This thread is now available in a de luxe leather bound edition so that you can relive such timeless classics as "The takeover is imminent", "An Australian consortium are going through the 'fit and proper person' test", "Jim White has been talking to someone in the know" and more in the comfort of your home library! Only £70m from the CL online bookstore!
How many clubs don't have any debt? It's impossible for us to get where we want to be and make a profit.
Mike Ashley at Newcastle:
Bought Newcastle for £134m and inherited £77m of debt. By 2017 that debt had doubled to £152m.
Sports Direct has never paid anything towards the naming rights or any of the advertising that swarms the stadium.
Sports Direct controls club's retail operations and the club has made a net loss of £5.5m from this arrangement. Commercial income has halved, matchday income is down by a third.
In the 11 years before Ashley, Newcastle had qualified for Europe nine times and the Champion's League group stages twice. Since Ashley has been owner, the club has been relegated twice and played in the Europa League once.
Newcastle's net spend since the summer of 2017 is £1m. Brighton's is £110m and Huddersfield's is £78m.
Ashley has purchased land behind the Gallowgate for a reduced £6m and planning permission for £70m proeprty development that blocks any expansion of St James' Park.
The club's accounts are overdue and it is also under investigation by HMRC for tax fraud.
Doesn't make great reading. How would people vote in a RD v Ashley straw poll?
In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
Different registered office and key personnel a Ms Wallace Director & Secretary, accountant. Doesn't mean they're not connected though.
It would seem to be something of a coincidence if another recently registered company named after the same Australian spiny anteater was unconnected to the one set up by Gerard Murphy 5 months previously.
However, the only officer of the more recently registered one is a Katherine Wallace described as an accountant - but I can't find any other links to an accountant of that name?
How many clubs don't have any debt? It's impossible for us to get where we want to be and make a profit.
Mike Ashley at Newcastle:
Bought Newcastle for £134m and inherited £77m of debt. By 2017 that debt had doubled to £152m.
Sports Direct has never paid anything towards the naming rights or any of the advertising that swarms the stadium.
Sports Direct controls club's retail operations and the club has made a net loss of £5.5m from this arrangement. Commercial income has halved, matchday income is down by a third.
In the 11 years before Ashley, Newcastle had qualified for Europe nine times and the Champion's League group stages twice. Since Ashley has been owner, the club has been relegated twice and played in the Europa League once.
Newcastle's net spend since the summer of 2017 is £1m. Brighton's is £110m and Huddersfield's is £78m.
Ashley has purchased land behind the Gallowgate for a reduced £6m and planning permission for £70m proeprty development that blocks any expansion of St James' Park.
The club's accounts are overdue and it is also under investigation by HMRC for tax fraud.
Doesn't make great reading. How would people vote in a RD v Ashley straw poll?
In one post from mid-2018 someone did some digging and posted the name of a company that had been set-up by the Australian Football consortium in the UK. I can't remember who found the name and did the post, or the name of the company. If anyone can remember - can you post the name. Might be worth doing a bit more digging on Companies House to see if anything has changed.
Different registered office and key personnel a Ms Wallace Director & Secretary, accountant. Doesn't mean they're not connected though.
It would seem to be something of a coincidence if another recently registered company named after the same Australian spiny anteater was unconnected to the one set up by Gerard Murphy 5 months previously.
However, the only officer of the more recently registered one is a Katherine Wallace described as an accountant - but I can't find any other links to an accountant of that name?
Total coincidence in my view. Anyone can call themself an accountant anyway, so she's not necessarily qualified.
Ashley has been wanting to sell Newcastle for years now and he doesn't seem any closer to doing that. If RD is holding out for him he'll be waiting a long time
Mike Ashley revealed on Monday that talks to sell Newcastle United are at an 'advanced stage'.
The Magpies owner says he is in talks with at least one party over the sale of the club and he hopes to conclude a deal before the January transfer window.
It is our understanding that Ashley is willing to accept a bid of £300million to sell Newcastle and has held lengthy discussions - through his lawyers - with two potential buyers.
One name that has been doing the rounds is Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank but his camp have moved quickly to deny such reports.
What is certain, though, is that the takeover saga has once again ramped up a notch and it has attracted attention on a national scale.
Ashley has been wanting to sell Newcastle for years now and he doesn't seem any closer to doing that. If RD is holding out for him he'll be waiting a long time
Mike Ashley revealed on Monday that talks to sell Newcastle United are at an 'advanced stage'.
The Magpies owner says he is in talks with at least one party over the sale of the club and he hopes to conclude a deal before the January transfer window.
It is our understanding that Ashley is willing to accept a bid of £300million to sell Newcastle and has held lengthy discussions - through his lawyers - with two potential buyers.
One name that has been doing the rounds is Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank but his camp have moved quickly to deny such reports.
What is certain, though, is that the takeover saga has once again ramped up a notch and it has attracted attention on a national scale.
Arthur Blank is an Atlanta man and not the youngest. Great owner for the Falcons though but highly doubt he'd want any involvement in Newcastle.
Arthur Blank but his camp have moved quickly to deny such reports.
That is already a given but the point is Ashley himself has stated Newcastle are currently in discussions regarding a takeover. Which partly dispels @BigRedEvil comment.
If, let's say, a few years ago...we just told him how great he was and gently asked if he wouldn't mind selling the club ....but thanks for all the "effort"
The club would have been sold a while ago and we probably already would have forgotten about him and his disastrous ownership of Charlton.
That's not me hinting what we should have or shouldn't have done.
Its mostly just a guess...based on the freaks behavioural pattern.
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Mike Ashley buying Charlton would certainly be an out of frying pan, straight in to fire scenario as far as I'm concerned.
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11336951
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11522664
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/saudi-tycoon-owned-portsmouth-probably-didnt-exist--soccer.html
However, the only officer of the more recently registered one is a Katherine Wallace described as an accountant - but I can't find any other links to an accountant of that name?
Anyone can call themself an accountant anyway, so she's not necessarily qualified.
Article dated 4 Dec 2018
Mike Ashley revealed on Monday that talks to sell Newcastle United are at an 'advanced stage'.
The Magpies owner says he is in talks with at least one party over the sale of the club and he hopes to conclude a deal before the January transfer window.
It is our understanding that Ashley is willing to accept a bid of £300million to sell Newcastle and has held lengthy discussions - through his lawyers - with two potential buyers.
One name that has been doing the rounds is Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank but his camp have moved quickly to deny such reports.
What is certain, though, is that the takeover saga has once again ramped up a notch and it has attracted attention on a national scale.
That is already a given but the point is Ashley himself has stated Newcastle are currently in discussions regarding a takeover. Which partly dispels @BigRedEvil comment.
If, let's say, a few years ago...we just told him how great he was and gently asked if he wouldn't mind selling the club ....but thanks for all the "effort"
The club would have been sold a while ago and we probably already would have forgotten about him and his disastrous ownership of Charlton.
That's not me hinting what we should have or shouldn't have done.
Its mostly just a guess...based on the freaks behavioural pattern.
"Charlton are just 1.5% of my business interests"
Remember that quote.
The deflector. The defensive. The liar.