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Someone is going to be unpopular here.; (Wembley)
Topic Started: Apr 26 2018, 11:31 PM (158 Views)
Rich
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So, what is the most passionate sport in this country and around the globe?

I will leave the space blank as it is a no brainer....but,

Greg Clark and the FA have seen fit to consider the offer of £800 million to purchase our very own Wembley stadium built not once but twice with taxpayers money.

How to lose The confidence of any Tom Dick or Harry in the street in one easy lesson, the potential buyer already owns Fulham FC and the ground and an American football team (Jaguars) back home in the USA.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/wembley-for-sale-shahid-khan-wants-to-buy-stadium-as-fulham-us-billionaire-owner-makes-sensational-a3824171.html
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Curious Cdn
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So, what is the most passionate sport in this country and around the globe?

Darts?

Darts and a few pints?
Edited by Curious Cdn, Apr 27 2018, 02:04 AM.
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papasmurf
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Sex?
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johnofgwent
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well it wasn't football under that Swedish jerk was it...

dead ringers ran a sketch with him celebrating our winning the world cup with 'a small sherry'

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Steve K
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johnofgwent
Apr 27 2018, 07:21 AM
well it wasn't football under that Swedish jerk was it...

dead ringers ran a sketch with him celebrating our winning the world cup with 'a small sherry'

Swedish Jerk? :nono: he gave millions of us that most amazing evening with the other stunning event of September 2001

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And for that if I saw him in a bar I'd happily buy him a drink or 3 worthy:


PS he also got to 'entertain' Ulrika at her peak, the lucky sod



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Steve K
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Rich
Apr 26 2018, 11:31 PM
So, what is the most passionate sport in this country and around the globe?

I will leave the space blank as it is a no brainer....but,

Greg Clark and the FA have seen fit to consider the offer of £800 million to purchase our very own Wembley stadium built not once but twice with taxpayers money.

How to lose The confidence of any Tom Dick or Harry in the street in one easy lesson, the potential buyer already owns Fulham FC and the ground and an American football team (Jaguars) back home in the USA.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/wembley-for-sale-shahid-khan-wants-to-buy-stadium-as-fulham-us-billionaire-owner-makes-sensational-a3824171.html
Not really built with public money, most of it came from the FA who had to borrow and still have to pay back

Truth is once Spurs have their stadium back, Wembley becomes a bit of a white elephant unless it also hosts other sports and events. The FA are not experts at that sort of business. And England internationals should be hosted all over England esp now there are so many high grade club grounds around

So shoot the messenger Rich and make me the " Someone who is going to be unpopular here" but it make sense to me

(oh I'll add a thread subtitle or this thread will also go all over the place)
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Alberich
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But it WAS partly financed by a large donation from the lottery fund; which in a way is public money. Mind you, quite how they can equate building a sports stadium with "good causes" is open to debate. So can we expect them to refund that 160 million if the sale goes through; so that we can spend it on something really important. LIKE REPAIRING THJE BLOODY POTHOLES THAT ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
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Steve K
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Alberich
Apr 27 2018, 02:02 PM
But it WAS partly financed by a large donation from the lottery fund; which in a way is public money. Mind you, quite how they can equate building a sports stadium with "good causes" is open to debate. So can we expect them to refund that 160 million if the sale goes through; so that we can spend it on something really important. LIKE REPAIRING THJE BLOODY POTHOLES THAT ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest chunk was £121M from the Lottery funded Sport England and even in 2003 the NAO were expressing concern about what they got for it as it had been supposed to be to allow it to host the 2003 World Athletics Championship

What they got was a promise that it can be converted by adding a removable athletics track. A largely worthless promise but I'd assume any new owner will also have to honour that promise

With the London (formerly Olympic) stadium up and running there is less demand for an athletics track at Wembley than there is for snow ploughs in the desert


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johnofgwent
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is this a spinoff of the fallout over the Olympic stadium and who was supposed to buy it ?

I really dont "do" the round ball game. all I really know about Wembley is we had to loan you our stadium when yours wasnt vready
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johnofgwent
Apr 27 2018, 05:52 PM
is this a spinoff of the fallout over the Olympic stadium and who was supposed to buy it ?

I really dont "do" the round ball game. all I really know about Wembley is we had to loan you our stadium when yours wasnt vready
Big stadia the world over are struggling if they are not aligned with a football club
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