PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Good question. I think probably we let them drop it for improved relations. If some of their people are at it again, though, could get messy.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
So many memories of the backseats at the Scala. Mostly positive ones.
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A quality venue. When I was at uni and living in Fallowfield I can still remember going there to the late night screening of Brannigan, a poor mans Dirty Harry-style cop film with John Wayne. Half way into the film there appeared this small black blob on the screen, which eventually got bigger and bigger and then turned red. The film had gone up in flames and melted before our eyes! Never did see the end of it.....
 
halfcenturyup said:
I think Damocles was suggesting a leaked UEFA document rather than a leak from CAS. I would hope CAS is secure. But it does highlight one of my concerns about the PL investigation. We stopped cooperating with UEFA because of the leaks, until we got to CAS presumably because of their trusted stewardship of information. But the PL process is managed by the PL completely. How can we trust the PL with confidential business information that has value to a competitor? Even the independent tribunal here at the end of the process is within the PL environment. There is no escape from providing sensitive information to them.
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I wasn't suggesting anything at all mate, particularly towards somebody who could be accused of being litigious.

All I'm pointing out, completely unconnected to any allegations of wrongdoing, is that Michael Bolingbroke was a former Chief Operating Officer at Manchester United then moved to Inter Milan where he helped with Inter Milan Qatar which also had some private individuals involved who could well be considering purchasing an English football club, and that he had a previous relationship with the City Football Group due to his leadership of a joint venture between CFG and Goals Soccer Centres USA that may have possibly soured a relationship due to some differences in strategic vision in the USA grassroots investment and that he was appointed in 2021 to sit on the UEFA Club Financial Control Body which oversees FFP compliance for UEFA and store all of the confidential documentary evidence.

I'm sure sitting at the intersection between powerbrokers of Manchester United, Qatar and the UEFA CFCB is unrelated to any leaking of documents to a law firm which he has allegedly has some cursory links with, to these completely anonymous documentarians that somehow happened to have their 37 subscriber Youtube channel with less than 150 views published as a primary source in The Times newspaper in a double page feature spread.

Nor am I suggesting that Piers Morgan, who helped popularise this story and had Matt Lawton write it, has any unofficial connections to Qatar and that his status as one of the only people who interviewed the Qatar Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in the run up to the World Cup and was authorised to ask questions on migrant deaths to him is any sort of evidence of this. Yes, Piers Morgan vivaciously defended the Qatar World Cup by every metric and was a guest of the Qatari World Cup Committee during the event (to which he tweeted a glowing review) and publicly and furiously criticised the BBC for failing to show the Opening Ceremony. And yes, Piers Morgan took upon the role of Defender of Qatar against Joe Lycett whom he accused of hypocrisy for his LGBT stance.

But you have to realise that these are all tenuous connections that are randomly strung together and we cannot fall into a conspiracy theory that suggests that this was in any way a co-ordinated attack upon the club. That would be libellous you see. Michael Bolingbroke and Piers Morgan are excellent and trustworthy professionals with spotless histories, and I wouldn't like anybody to take the wrong impression that I'm implying anything about them personally or professionally or that I'm accusing them of any impriority as that's certainly not my intention.
 
Damocles said:
I wasn't suggesting anything at all mate, particularly towards somebody who could be accused of being litigious.

All I'm pointing out, completely unconnected to any allegations of wrongdoing, is that Michael Bolingbroke was a former Chief Operating Officer at Manchester United then moved to Inter Milan where he helped with Inter Milan Qatar which also had some private individuals involved who could well be considering purchasing an English football club, and that he had a previous relationship with the City Football Group due to his leadership of a joint venture between CFG and Goals Soccer Centres USA that may have possibly soured a relationship due to some differences in strategic vision in the USA grassroots investment and that he was appointed in 2021 to sit on the UEFA Club Financial Control Body which oversees FFP compliance for UEFA and store all of the confidential documentary evidence.

I'm sure sitting at the intersection between powerbrokers of Manchester United, Qatar and the UEFA CFCB is unrelated to any leaking of documents to a law firm which he has allegedly has some cursory links with, to these completely anonymous documentarians that somehow happened to have their 37 subscriber Youtube channel with less than 150 views published as a primary source in The Times newspaper in a double page feature spread.

Nor am I suggesting that Piers Morgan, who helped popularise this story and had Matt Lawton write it, has any unofficial connections to Qatar and that his status as one of the only people who interviewed the Qatar Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in the run up to the World Cup and was authorised to ask questions on migrant deaths to him is any sort of evidence of this. Yes, Piers Morgan vivaciously defended the Qatar World Cup by every metric and was a guest of the Qatari World Cup Committee during the event (to which he tweeted a glowing review) and publicly and furiously criticised the BBC for failing to show the Opening Ceremony. And yes, Piers Morgan took upon the role of Defender of Qatar against Joe Lycett whom he accused of hypocrisy for his LGBT stance.

But you have to realise that these are all tenuous connections that are randomly strung together and we cannot fall into a conspiracy theory that suggests that this was in any way a co-ordinated attack upon the club. That would be libellous you see. Michael Bolingbroke and Piers Morgan are excellent and trustworthy professionals with spotless histories, and I wouldn't like anybody to take the wrong impression that I'm implying anything about them personally or professionally or that I'm accusing them of any impriority as that's certainly not my intention.
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Oh I see, apologies for misrepresenting your thoughts.



;)
 
MrsBanks said:
My concern is that our legal team are going to war using established legal principles when, just like the Privileges Committee, the PL are singing “We’ll do what we want …”

Perhaps someone better informed than me can put my mind at rest.
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They risk undermining themselves in the long run. As we've seen with Boris - another proponent of shifting the pitch, changing the game - it works for a while, but ultimately proves their undoing. It could well be that various parties have already lost the long game, by applying pressure unwisely.
 
M18CTID said:
Incidentally, who do people think are behind this YouTube account? A mate of mine reckons it's Qatar sticking their oar in but I'm not so sure as I was under the impression that the UAE and Qatar have recently agreed a truce of sorts. For me it's more likely to lead back to one of the American-owned clubs - Liverpool would be top of my list with United and possibly Arsenal not far behind - or failing that, Levy and Tottenham. Or it's some City-hating journalist, ie: Nick Harris, as it's the kind of sensationalist re-hashed bollocks that a complete and utter unhinged lunatic like him would get involved in.

For anyone browsing who is connected to any of the above, please note that I'm not outright accusing anyone as such. I'm just speculating which is nowhere near as bad as what all you cunts do regarding us every single fucking day!
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Absolutely this
I notice that the WhatsApp wankers Delooney, Harris and McGeehan have been unusually silent about it all as well
Especially as they are usually all over anything slagging us like a tramp on chips
Wasn’t the latter even featured in the video?
If he’s involved then doubt it would be Qatar. That was a deliberate attempt at deflection/distraction imo by the Times, to try and hide the true identities of the culprits
Strange indeed the WhatsApp group silence. Almost like they are all collectively trying not to draw attention to themselves all of a sudden….
 
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Damocles said:
People are missing the wood from the trees here.

The real story is - how did a completely anonymous documentary firm working through a London based law firm who refuse to disclose their identity manage to get hold of top secret documents from the UEFA CFCB?

And what role if any did Micheal Bolingbroke play in this? There's a fun name for you to start Googling connections and positions of. I know people might concentrate on his work between 2007 and 2014 but I'd suggest looking at 2015-16 and what other "clubs" he set up to start putting these points together in terms of opportunity and perhaps his work in 2019 that led to a somewhat failed venture in terms of motive. One day I'll write a book on all these fun little connections inside these types of organisations.

But that's all speculation, I'm not accusing him of any wrongdoing of course. That would be libellous.
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Michael James BOLINGBROKE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

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LongsightM13 said:

Michael James BOLINGBROKE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

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See also Gill’s shill…
www.thesun.co.uk

Man United's director of communications leaves post after 14 years to join Uefa

MANCHESTER UNITED’S director of communications has left to join Uefa. Phil Townsend, 48, leaves his post as director of communications at Old Trafford after dedicating 14 years to the club. B…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
 
LongsightM13 said:
See also Gill’s shill…
www.thesun.co.uk

Man United's director of communications leaves post after 14 years to join Uefa

MANCHESTER UNITED’S director of communications has left to join Uefa. Phil Townsend, 48, leaves his post as director of communications at Old Trafford after dedicating 14 years to the club. B…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
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And don’t forget Parry conveniently skipped away from UEFA once we were charged and took up a post as the cult’s trojan horse at the EFL, just in time to try and push through their and united’s ‘Project Big Picture’
In between directly briefing Tony Evans
 
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