PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

moggymoz said:
I specifically logged in tonight instead of lurking to 'like' this, absolutely superb, can't wait to watch the Documentary in the near future, if and I mean a big if Panorama have got the balls to do it...
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Cheers, I ended up sending it off last night. I enjoyed writing it too, either way someone has to read it and respond to me from the BBC.
 
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M18CTID said:
I work in Trafford Park about 10 minutes walk from The Swamp and between the stadium and where I am there is - somewhat worryingly - a fair bit of unused land. There's also a huge chunk of land owned by them right opposite our works that is currently used for match-day parking. I think they could conceivably slap a new stadium on there and while that's being built they could keep playing at The Swamp. I suppose it all depends on how much they're prepared to spend but that would seem to be the most realistic and least disruptive option.
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It's that loss of parking that I struggle to see them dealing with, if they use the same site to build a new stadium whilst remaining at the scaffold. They are already lazy buggers who park everywhere around the stadium (peel Moat,is it?) causing chaos, before heading towards the M60/M56/M6 to get back to London.
They'd have to instigate some sort of park n ride to deal with the chaos, a specific club bus service from the suburbs... I wonder where that idea comes from...
But I can't see the concept of sharing personal space on a bus would go down well with the prawn sandwich brigade.
The logistics of safely marshalling 74000 supporters through a further reduced set of narrowed approaches, with a large adjoining section out of bounds as it's a massive building/storage site? We appear to be doing quite well with the work around our stadium, I suppose, but its a far more open area in general?

Unless the additional space (less stadium building+works), is capable of being a massive car park with walking access to the scaffold, it's difficult to see how the already cramped stadium can further deal with being squeezed?
 
bluenova said:
Let's hope they follow the shining example of Barcelona.

They've moved out of their 99,000 capacity stadium to build a new bigger one.

The temporary stadium has a capacity about half that, and they've only sold out one game this season. Against Atletico Madrid they had less than 35,000 fans - 15k empty seats!
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Barca fans copying City’s……..oops.
 
bluenova said:
Let's hope they follow the shining example of Barcelona.

They've moved out of their 99,000 capacity stadium to build a new bigger one.

The temporary stadium has a capacity about half that, and they've only sold out one game this season. Against Atletico Madrid they had less than 35,000 fans - 15k empty seats!
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Maybe it goes to prove that more tourists go to watch Barcelona @ the Nou Camp than Barcelona itself
 
Keith Moon said:
The difference between Sir Rat and Lord Mansour is that Sir Rat needs the bank and Lord Mansour is the bank.
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Which is why he won’t say a bad word about City. Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Jim came cap n hand looking Abu Dhabi to fund the refurb? At one point Mansour was happy to help Real Madrid until it turned toxic.

The rags fanbase would never live it down. Cheating city ruined your sporting achievements and built your stadium. Hahaha it’s too funny.
 
M18CTID said:
I work in Trafford Park about 10 minutes walk from The Swamp and between the stadium and where I am there is - somewhat worryingly - a fair bit of unused land. There's also a huge chunk of land owned by them right opposite our works that is currently used for match-day parking. I think they could conceivably slap a new stadium on there and while that's being built they could keep playing at The Swamp. I suppose it all depends on how much they're prepared to spend but that would seem to be the most realistic and least disruptive option.
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That’s the obvious plan but it’ll come
With a price tag of more than £2 billion. Let’s see if Scuffy Jim or the Glazers are prepared to borrow that and put the Rags £3billion plus in debt ? I think we know this will end in a much hyped refurbished.
 
chaddblue said:
Bolton or Wigan are the obvious options
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Absolutely. Both clubs would benefit from a cash injection for us of the ground. Before they say the stadiums are not big enough restrict ticket sales to Greater Manchester residents only and see if they can fill it without their Irish
and Cockny tourists!
 
hammocity said:
As a proper socialist young fella (Thatcher was voted as Prime Minister on my 20th birthday) I was proper left wing, attended Rock against Racism rallies, Anti Nazi Lesgue against the National Front, wore the badges, loved the punk scene. However to complete the “lefty” persona reading the “Ragged Trousered Philanthropist” was essential.

That book has clear parallels with society today, not turning this into politics as there’s a thread for that but it’s a very good, informative story for anyone interested in history, especially the struggle the working class endured.
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Brilliant book. Everyone should read.
 
nmc said:
That’s the obvious plan but it’ll come
With a price tag of more than £2 billion. Let’s see if Scuffy Jim or the Glazers are prepared to borrow that and put the Rags £3billion plus in debt ? I think we know this will end in a much hyped refurbished.
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Aka.... fixing the roof
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
What has United's fantasies about a new stadium to do with the PL's 115 charges aimed at City?
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Exactly. Talk about fulfilling our own stereotype. Can someone alter the title to tell everyone to not bother reading the last dozen or so pages? Or freeze the thread until there's some relevant updates on our club? Fuck united.
 
United fan at my workplace was telling me that Jim ratcliffe has taken on the glaziers debt as part of his deal and saddled it onto his ineos group!!! He was getting giddy just like they all are! They were slating the fella a few weeks ago for getting into bed with the glaziers, Now he can’t do no wrong for them lol,
 
Joe Donachie said:
United fan at my workplace was telling me that Jim ratcliffe has taken on the glaziers debt as part of his deal and saddled it onto his ineos group!!! He was getting giddy just like they all are! They were slating the fella a few weeks ago for getting into bed with the glaziers, Now he can’t do no wrong for them lol,
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To be fair the media giddiness would have you believe Scruffy Jim’s cash (ie tax dodging funds) have gone into the club coffers whereas the reality is it’s gone into the Glazers back pockets. The Rags cash position is largely unchanged as a result of Scruffy Jim buying a few of the Glazer families shares.
 
nmc said:
To be fair the media giddiness would have you believe Scruffy Jim’s cash (ie tax dodging funds) have gone into the club coffers whereas the reality is it’s gone into the Glazers back pockets. The Rags cash position is largely unchanged as a result of Scruffy Jim buying a few of the Glazer families shares.
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Yes, and all the daft fans think they're in for some sort of game changing revolutionary overhaul of the club as well. Silly bleeders.
 
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