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Southampton in dire straits

nth_london_addick
nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
edited April 2008 in Other Football and Sports
I just heard on Talk Sport that Southampton have gone into administration this can not be correct surely.

That is a disgrace if they have the fans must be gutted looking at Pompey now
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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,372
    how quickly things change ... scary ....fingers crossed it never happens to us
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Your not wrong that is a true reflection of how not to run a footie club.

    They even said Rupert Lowe is going back in to try to save them I didnt even Know Rupert the bear left
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,718
    Wasn't this the first season without the parachute money?
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    does the 10 point deduction apply?
    if so there are a few teams that have just had the pressure eased on them.
  • WhenIwasLittleBoy
    WhenIwasLittleBoy Posts: 5,430
    got a soton fan at work their share prices are dropping like a stone and he reckons its nailed on they are going down
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,372
    [cite]Posted By: paulbaconsarnie[/cite]does the 10 point deduction apply?
    if so there are a few teams that have just had the pressure eased on them.

    hopefully they were only 11 points behind us
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    oohaah you must have been shocked by wolves crap support saturday,going for promotion as well
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,372
    [cite]Posted By: nolly[/cite]oohaah you must have been shocked by wolves crap support saturday,going for promotion as well

    live on the box , not a new ground for many, same home crowds as us and they brought 2-3 times what we'd have brought to them in the same situation , not great but not bad either
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    no they didnt,i thought what they brought for a six pointer tale end of season,london wolves fans etc was truly shit,also much better supported home wise,well naturally
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,372
    1500-1800 is a reasonable turnout....
    i'm going to barnsley how many do you think we'll bring up there, i'll count em for ya

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  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,926
    You're actually going on an away day? ;-)
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    i would say about 1000,are away support this year has been better than most,and we hardly set the world alight,great fans great board,shit manager.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,372
    edited April 2008
    yep miracles do happen lookout !
    if we bring over 600 to barnsley i'll be surprised nolly
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    bringing good numbers to plymouth on a shit run,doubt palace or qpr would
  • palcafc
    palcafc Posts: 394
    last game of the season over 1000
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    i cant see any info on the net to collaberate what talk sport said earlier.

    no news must be good news for all them saints fans i really wouldnt like to see a club like that go into administration they didnt seem to risk it all like leeds.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    i blame chris perry. hasn't he just gone there............from luton.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I think it's widely accepted that southampton are in trouble - their revenue sank by £5m last year and that was after they sold Kenwyne Jones to Sunderland and Chris Baird to Fulham. The rumour is that they have accepted an early payment from Arsenal for the remainder of the transfer fee for Theo Walcott.
  • pete_tong1
    pete_tong1 Posts: 2,653
    Very sad for Southampton :-( I hope things will turn around for them.
  • Ledge
    Ledge Posts: 7,179
    already in the bottom 3 why the feck couldn't they wait before this administration nonsense

    Another club where the question is where has all the money gone.

    Look at the amount of the decent players they have sold for decent money

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  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    This is what the reality of leaving the distortion known as the Premier League can mean.

    Aren't there new rules for clubs going into admin late in the season to be deducted points the following season?
  • matt896
    matt896 Posts: 557
    they havent gone into administration
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,870
    [cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]yep miracles do happen lookout !
    if we bring over 600 to barnsley i'll be surprised nolly


    Yawn
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,363
    nope what they have done is re-negotiated the walcott deal,as they needed the money now.They couldn't wait for all the clauses to be reached which would have taken the deal to £12m I think they settled on £9m.I didn't hear them say they went into administration i reckon NLA was on the guiness again.Just shows though doesn't it after next year this could be us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,640
    [cite]Posted By: northstandsteve[/cite]nope what they have done is re-negotiated the walcott deal,as they needed the money now.They couldn't wait for all the clauses to be reached which would have taken the deal to £12m I think they settled on £9m.I didn't hear them say they went into administration i reckon NLA was on the guiness again.Just shows though doesn't it after next year this could be us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    We did that a few years ago with the Bowyer deal with Leeds, although we kept the sell on clause, but the git peed off Houllier and our percentage of £9 mill, got reduced to a percentage of a free transfer :-(
  • T
    T Posts: 1,349
    Do we have a Walcott that we can sell on if it all goes pear shaped?
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,363
    Southampton had a couple of years ago one hell of a youth team,Bale,Walcott with over youngsters Jones Surman and look what has happened they have nearly all gone and for very good money and still they are in the smelly stuff.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,869
    Stadium to pay for innit
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,363
    i thought that was done and dusted by now?
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,869
    [cite]Posted By: northstandsteve[/cite]i thought that was done and dusted by now?

    Think it's still kicking about.

    Here's what Southampton themselves are saying

    http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=9963

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