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charon-the-ferryman said:
there was a guy in the office I worked in Paternoster Square in London in the 80s and every morning at about 9 he would put his paper under his arm, walk by the desks and say EMC - which stood for Early Morning Crap
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In one of our offices there was a bloke that went for an EMC around 09:30 with his newspaper under arm. The company installed PIR lighting, and one morning as he was having his constitutional read, the lights went out & due to no windows, it was pitch black. So he waved his newspaper, unsuccessfully before remembering the sensor was near to door, so, trousers round his ankles he hoped to the door & waved at it, whereupon the door opened and a group of Business visitors walked in
 
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Urika Peece. said:
Good story that. John Cooper was the groundsman at the time. He called a game off just after Christmas at that time, could have been on New Years Day, but a decent crowd was expected. The game was called off two days earlier on the pre text of 'a frozen pitch' The day the match should have taken place was one of the mildest days in winter for years, bright sunshine, no coat weather. But the game was called off to stop the Sheffield Mafia getting their hands on some decent gate money.
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Think it was a game against Blackpool . The rearranged game was on a Tuesday night . It was colder that night than on the 1 st. January .
 
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Howdentiger2 said:
Unless acun has paid cash out his own back pocket then there's obviously a debt somewhere BUT it may not be attached to the club and if it isn't the club would be DEBT FREE
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I agree with the techicality that it is debt free especially if Acun doesn't add the purchase fee to the club (which is unlikely) but ...

Is there any difference in real terms between a club sold for £0 with £20m of debt repaid and paying £20m for a club with £0 debt. I don't see any difference other than potential ability to repay. Especially in our circumstances where we were paying interest on our £0 debt at several million pounds a year.
 
Is it so common for a club to be in debt to its new owner to the amount of the purchase price? I thought that was the controversial move employed by some club owners, such as the Glazers, rather than the norm?
 
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TonyNormansGloves said:
In one of our offices there was a bloke that went for an EMC around 09:30 with his newspaper under arm. The company installed PIR lighting, and one morning as he was having his constitutional read, the lights went out & due to no windows, it was pitch black. So he waved his newspaper, unsuccessfully before remembering the sensor was near to door, so, trousers round his ankles he hoped to the door & waved at it, whereupon the door opened and a group of Business visitors walked in
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My old manager delighted in telling the whole office 'too much information' about his ablutions and the dayly state he found the factory khazi in, they involved sitting on broom handles, touching cloth, pebble dashing, dead otters and birds nests?
 
Urika Peece. said:
Sue Cracknell has been a staunch Hull City supporter for as long as I can remember. I remember her when she was a lot younger at Boothferry Park. She even went on pre season tours with the club.
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Think her mum used to work at the club and she followed suit in the hospitality suites early doors
 
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Urika Peece. said:
Sue Cracknell has been a staunch Hull City supporter for as long as I can remember. I remember her when she was a lot younger at Boothferry Park. She even went on pre season tours with the club.
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Do you remember Angie Rowe? She was a nice lass, just wondering what became of her.
 
PLT said:
Is it so common for a club to be in debt to its new owner to the amount of the purchase price? I thought that was the controversial move employed by some club owners, such as the Glazers, rather than the norm?
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... and The Allams (who then charged 5%, later 4% interest on it)!! Yes, common
 
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