15 years ago today..

[TravisBickle]

It became official :)

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwill577pbyBAxVrVKQEHaTvCA4QFnoECB0QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Feng_prem%2F7613925.stm&usg=AOvVaw1JPgO7vWFzq2_9Qt5C4Thj&opi=89978449

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiOze-Qp7yBAxWYVaQEHczcB4MQFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityfootballgroup.com%2Finformation-resource%2Fhh-sheikh-mansour-2008-letter%2F&usg=AOvVaw2zNzk05kHqJ9wgu4lO_77J&opi=89978449

 

[Goatmeal]

Was there an initial embarrassing Arab mouth piece I seem to Remember?
Saying we were going to be the best team in the world.
He was quickly shuffled away from the PR
He knew!!

 

[TravisBickle]

Well the 23rd to be exact, but this was when we all breathed a sigh of relief ;)

 

[vincent]

23rd September will always be a special day….5-1

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Was there an initial embarrassing Arab mouth piece I seem to Remember?
Saying we were going to be the best team in the world.
He was quickly shuffled away from the PR
He knew!!

Yes. We were going to sign everybody, win everything, etc. Like you say, he was sidelined pretty quickly in favour of Khaldoon. Thank fuck.

 

[Corky]

They announced due diligence had been completed at that game. No one was waiting for the news as it wasn't know what stage they were at.

 

[Mike N]

It became official :)

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwill577pbyBAxVrVKQEHaTvCA4QFnoECB0QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Feng_prem%2F7613925.stm&usg=AOvVaw1JPgO7vWFzq2_9Qt5C4Thj&opi=89978449

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiOze-Qp7yBAxWYVaQEHczcB4MQFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityfootballgroup.com%2Finformation-resource%2Fhh-sheikh-mansour-2008-letter%2F&usg=AOvVaw2zNzk05kHqJ9wgu4lO_77J&opi=89978449

Different tone from the BBC towards us in those days.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

23rd September will always be a special day….5-1

I'll settle for that tomorrow!

 

[blue b4 the moon]

23rd September will always be a special day….5-1

2309 was always the code for my house alarm...wasn't happy for a big chunk of time in the area we lived but keying in the number always gave me a warm feeling.

 

[Blueboy73]

Yes. We were going to sign everybody, win everything, etc. Like you say, he was sidelined pretty quickly in favour of Khaldoon. Thank fuck.

He surfaced at Portsmouth soon after IIRC?
I don't think he was running the show as that was Gaydamark but he was around for a while.
Proper embarrassing gobshite, announcing we were signing every Tom, Dick and Harry.
A bit like your average Rag really.