Re: Manchester City Owners Spoof video
On 5 Sep, 18:02, scoopex wrote:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I9bQs2t-3P0
>
> faftbh. :)
LOL.
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Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
Where there is error, may we bring truth.
Where there is doubt, may we bring faith.
And where there is despair, may we bring hope.
Margaret Thatcher, 3rd May 1979.
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date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
author: Darth Simian
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Re: Start a new club
On 5 Sep, 22:20, Andy wrote:
> Here's a crazy idea...
>
> Start a new club. Call it "Newcastle Football Club (NFC)".
>
> Create a grass roots constitution. Everybody who buys a season ticket
> gets an equal, non-transferable share, which lasts until the next
> season starts. So the current ticket holders are the only shareholders
> and they can hold general and extraordinary meetings, vote on issues,
> decide on salaries and hirings, etc.
>
> So the club has to start nowhere, right at the bottom of the ladder.
> But with the money from the fans, it won't take long to get decent
> players and climb back into the Conference, and then into the Football
> League. And we'd be winning all the time, so it'd be worth the few
> years of low-league activity to rise to the top.
>
> Gradually the team becomes more and more successful, until it's
> attracted most of the fans from NUFC, and NUFC is on the verge of
> bankruptcy. That's when NFC steps in, buys St James' Park, rebrands
> itself as NUFC, but with the same grass roots constitution, and
> finally the fans will have permanent control of the club.
>
> So now tell me why it will never work!
It is like setting up a display terminal under FC4. It will never
work.
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Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
Where there is error, may we bring truth.
Where there is doubt, may we bring faith.
And where there is despair, may we bring hope.
Margaret Thatcher, 3rd May 1979.
http://www.conservatives.com
date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
author: Darth Simian
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