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7 more days to save Saints... and this time its serious
9:39am Saturday 27th June 2009 in
SAINTS administrator Mark Fry has issued a “grave” warning that he might have to start winding the club up if he can’t sell it by next Friday.
There have been numerous deadlines set in the last few months, but Fry told the Daily Echo: “The end of next week is a key tipping point in this.
“It’s the gravest its been in the period of administration.
“There was a very short timeframe from the point we got involved.
“We stretched that as far as we can possibly stretch it and a deal really needs to be completed.”
More in today's Daily Echo
Comments(86)
Snuggle saint
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9:43am Sat 27 Jun 09
Some one some where must want to buy this great club and facilities so why have they not done so?
Pinnacle have had their chance so time to let the others have a bash and keep us going
Cant believe MF let them give him the run around like this
sw rock join
kinkyboots70
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9:45am Sat 27 Jun 09
adam1981
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9:49am Sat 27 Jun 09
paulmsh
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9:50am Sat 27 Jun 09
rickyroyl
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9:51am Sat 27 Jun 09
Measaint
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9:51am Sat 27 Jun 09
weh8pompey
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9:53am Sat 27 Jun 09
kinkyboots70
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9:54am Sat 27 Jun 09
Measaint wrote:i have to agree with you im afraid...i hate to say it but marc jacksons bid looks quite good now...cant believe i just said that
we've totally had it
batterb
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10:01am Sat 27 Jun 09
adam1981
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10:02am Sat 27 Jun 09
Ken Hutchinson
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10:08am Sat 27 Jun 09
Fingers crossed it will be Toblerones all round!
Measaint
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10:08am Sat 27 Jun 09
We have just 7 days to save our beloved Saints, and what is happening as we worry; they are all (the ones that said trust us)having the weekend off.
Might as well say our last farewell to our Saints.
cpnhaddock
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10:11am Sat 27 Jun 09
rickyroyl
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10:19am Sat 27 Jun 09
sfc totton
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10:19am Sat 27 Jun 09
SFC Scott
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10:19am Sat 27 Jun 09
cpnhaddock wrote:Who is he? I've googled him and can find nothing at all.
Simon Davols is the real money behind ther pinnacle bid.....
rickyroyl
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10:21am Sat 27 Jun 09
SFC Scott wrote:same...
cpnhaddock wrote: Simon Davols is the real money behind ther pinnacle bid.....Who is he? I've googled him and can find nothing at all.
WhatNext
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10:36am Sat 27 Jun 09
TGRWorzel
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10:40am Sat 27 Jun 09
How much of Southamptons past do we still wish that we had today?
The Football club simply cannot be allowed to go the same way as the Floating Bridge, or the Trams, or the bits of the old walls that were knocked down, or the Royal Pier, or the Ocean Terminal, or the Terminus station, or the bird aviary, or....
We tend to focus too much on how much it all costs and not enough on the qualitiative things that would make the City great..
No wonder Southampton hasn't got a WOW factor - we're continually demolishing it or letting it fail...
Measaint
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10:40am Sat 27 Jun 09
WhatNext wrote:100% in agreement
Really cant believe it has come to this, 1st class stadium and facilities but no takers. Mandaric just bought Leics just like that, where is our saviour?? I now fear the worse, 7 days to do a deal with a new buyer isnt going to happen unless we get a stay of execution. THANKS PINNACLE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THIS BUT YOU HAVE DONE MORE DAMAGE THAN LOWE!!!
mgprobert
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10:43am Sat 27 Jun 09
How many more final deadlines will we see?
heinz57
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10:44am Sat 27 Jun 09
pawnsacrifice
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10:45am Sat 27 Jun 09
pawnsacrifice
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10:46am Sat 27 Jun 09
heinz57 wrote:does this backer live with his mummy?
just been on talksport and they are saying that the 'Barnacle' bid does not have the required funds and that the Swiss are looking the better option, all the required funds available with a very rich backer.
mrmenontour
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10:46am Sat 27 Jun 09
pitbull
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10:54am Sat 27 Jun 09
If the Pinnacle deal is a wind-up it would have to be done by a very clever person with a bit of money behind them to pay £500,000 deposit.And who would want to discredit MLT,the biggest hero of the Saints in recent years.Anyone think of someone with a huge grudge against the club and supporters.
It also wouldn't surprise me if a certain ex-chairman came back to "save the club"at the last moment.
All cloak'n'dagger stuff I know,but the situation at the club has been like it for years.
Lets just hope it all gets sorted for the best outcome for the Saints and our supporters.
adam1981
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10:54am Sat 27 Jun 09
heinz57 wrote:on talksport website or actually listened to them?
just been on talksport and they are saying that the 'Barnacle' bid does not have the required funds and that the Swiss are looking the better option, all the required funds available with a very rich backer.
redsaints106
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10:55am Sat 27 Jun 09
kinkyboots70
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10:56am Sat 27 Jun 09
jandat44
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10:58am Sat 27 Jun 09
adam1981
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10:59am Sat 27 Jun 09
Propercynic
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11:07am Sat 27 Jun 09
adam1981 wrote:A fictional Swiss girl in a book by Johanna Spiegl.
heidi?
This Saints crisis is going from bad to worse. The Swiss group looks like the best deal, if they've got the money then please Fry, take it and get our once-respected club back on its feet again. Don't let it die.
workshy_1
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11:18am Sat 27 Jun 09
Security word: fail-team
Says it all
LeC7
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11:19am Sat 27 Jun 09
adam1981 wrote:of the mountains. Classic children's TV.
heidi?
montecristosaint
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11:29am Sat 27 Jun 09
Question is have any of the other bidders put forward a list of directors for league acreditation or not.There is not much time left according to Fry so if they do not submit that list by Monday we are going out of existence.
normsted
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11:30am Sat 27 Jun 09
Hope we dont now get sucked into a Von Trapp.
Got a feeling this is still boardroon posturing,poker players playing their last hands.
saintsfan25
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11:35am Sat 27 Jun 09
This is affecting everyone! Old, young, families, friends, jobs! Really have almost given up hope! :-(
SW thus-onto .... What i wonder?
aliscan66
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11:42am Sat 27 Jun 09
robhythe
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11:44am Sat 27 Jun 09
forever a saint
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11:45am Sat 27 Jun 09
C O Y R
forcaster
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11:48am Sat 27 Jun 09
saintsfan25
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11:51am Sat 27 Jun 09
Now, I have just wrote what could be a fair well message to Saints... But is there anyone out there who would know how much it would cost fans if we were to put money into the club,
I know a lot of fans have already, and it is "the recession" , but how much and how many would it take to bail us out, wipe of most the debts? It may sound stupid to some people but I can't see much else to do to save our club!
Lone Ranger
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11:52am Sat 27 Jun 09
kinkyboots70 wrote:No its not
just tell me the swiss backer isnt heidi
But how about Toblerone FC if the Swiss do take over.
I think we will be playing a lot more triangles in midfield
LeC7
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11:54am Sat 27 Jun 09
Lone Ranger wrote:That's good. Although our defence was a lot like a piece of swiss cheese at times this season...
kinkyboots70 wrote: just tell me the swiss backer isnt heidiNo its not But how about Toblerone FC if the Swiss do take over. I think we will be playing a lot more triangles in midfield
LeC7
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11:56am Sat 27 Jun 09
robhythe wrote:You're so right, the club IS a bargain - there must be something seriously wrong if no-one wants it for that money.
There must be a big increase in depression in Southampton! What are 20000 saints supporters going to do on Saturday afternoons if this fails?? If the Pinnacle bid is a wind up and they have taken us for a ride then i dont think they should get any peace ! Cant get over the fact that the club can sell for a little over 12 million! This includes stadium, players, marchwood facilities, big fanbase, etc!! We might go out of business when other clubs owe hundreds of millions! What happened with the idea of the council buying the stadium???
season ticket holder
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12:00pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Balders76
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12:03pm Sat 27 Jun 09
truelysaints
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12:09pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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12:10pm Sat 27 Jun 09
cpnhaddock wrote:Who is this? ? ?
Simon Davols is the real money behind ther pinnacle bid.....
ben86
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12:11pm Sat 27 Jun 09
LeopardsSpots
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12:18pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Me pedantic?
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12:24pm Sat 27 Jun 09
9:49am Sat 27 Jun 09
...cannot put up with much more of this ****!!!
Me pedantic? cannot put up with this useless journalism and poor poor writing.
st.thomas
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12:24pm Sat 27 Jun 09
buffalosoldier
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12:38pm Sat 27 Jun 09
i cant believe MLT dropped himself into this fiasco
robhythe
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12:49pm Sat 27 Jun 09
buffalosoldier wrote:Now how the hell would you know that?? Let us know your source!!!
looking very much like the swiss team are pulling out! they wont be rail-roaded into completing a quick deal that they might repent at leisure. they definetly wont sign in the next seven days, only after a complete period of due dilligence. and the administrator and creditors want to recoup what they can via the clubs assets. i cant believe MLT dropped himself into this fiasco
swisssaint
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1:06pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Hopp Schwiiz..Hopp Saints!!
The Exiled Saint
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1:14pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Any organisation, whether it’s a darts club or religious body, that’s been as divided as Southampton Football Club these last dozen years contains the seeds of its own destruction.
As a relatively new Saint’s supporter (20 years) I have never ceased to be amazed at the sheer bile and vitriol expended, especially at the boardroom level. Left unchecked it was inevitable this was bound to infect the rest of club, from background staff, through the management & playing staff and eventually onto the terraces.
Everyone will pick their favourite scapegoat, and there plenty from which to chose, but we (yes, we supporters, must share some of the blame) continuously ignored the warning signs that were there for all to see, preferring instead to entertain unrealistic aspirations.
It would also be easy to blame the “media”, though I fear the Daily Echo, like all regional newspapers currently facing grave circulation difficulties, allowed itself to be become too closely involved and at times appeared to be far from being an unbiased source of information. (e.g. having as a columnist one of the protagonists seems hardly impartial).
For all this to take place during a period of global financial recession has really been unfortunate. At any other time the purchase of the Saint’s would be an attractive financial speculation. However, with a projected 50Million unemployed across Europe with the next year, investing in a professional sports club may not seem an attractive proposition.
However, a lot can happen in a week and as Saint’s supporter I will not give up hope even as the “clock strikes midnight”!
Come On You Saints!
rickyroyl
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1:17pm Sat 27 Jun 09
famtongs
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1:23pm Sat 27 Jun 09
dj scooternick
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1:38pm Sat 27 Jun 09
seedhouse
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2:06pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Not all wealthy people feel the need to drive around in Ferraris to display their wealth to others but it seems very strange that the family live in such modest circumstances when they are that wealthy, very eccentric.
This club is cheap, there are far less attractive propositions around at far greater prices and with much larger debt yet they seem to be attracting more interest, like the skaters.
THEKILLER
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2:47pm Sat 27 Jun 09
seedhouse
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2:51pm Sat 27 Jun 09
THEKILLER wrote:That's pants mate we're all fed up with this but you don't give up.
As a season ticket holder for 30 years i am fed up with the whole thing and will not be going back to St. Marys next year (I was going to renew )I know others who have just given up on the club
InThatNumber
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2:52pm Sat 27 Jun 09
THEKILLER
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2:58pm Sat 27 Jun 09
InThatNumber
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3:25pm Sat 27 Jun 09
SomersetSaint
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3:26pm Sat 27 Jun 09
milton road
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3:31pm Sat 27 Jun 09
they have stirred alot of trouble and now we see the result.
too many of you ahve not even given the guy the right to respond ref Pinnacle. The people in the know Fry etc say he has the money. Even if it is indirect.
yet there has been a load of character assassination on here by a minority.
There should have been a response by MLT and TL WHAT A TIME TO GO HIDINg.
So now he is talking about ditching the deal, don't read into that he hasn't the money, just take on board that he is well p***** off with the reaction.
we can't afford to lose anyone one at this point.
The administrator should of announced open house a week ago
SomersetSaint
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3:31pm Sat 27 Jun 09
wraggster
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3:32pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Has anybody seen sky sports news just been on MLT has said
pinnacle conceeded in the appeal for 10 points deal should go through monday or tuesday
Pedant
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3:32pm Sat 27 Jun 09
SomersetSaint
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3:37pm Sat 27 Jun 09
milton road wrote:The Echo is fully justified in exposing these time wasters! Isn't this the kind of investigative journalism we should all want before it's too late?!!
Well I think the echo has a lot to answer for in this situation. they have stirred alot of trouble and now we see the result. too many of you ahve not even given the guy the right to respond ref Pinnacle. The people in the know Fry etc say he has the money. Even if it is indirect. yet there has been a load of character assassination on here by a minority. There should have been a response by MLT and TL WHAT A TIME TO GO HIDINg. So now he is talking about ditching the deal, don't read into that he hasn't the money, just take on board that he is well p***** off with the reaction. we can't afford to lose anyone one at this point. The administrator should of announced open house a week ago
dj scooternick
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3:42pm Sat 27 Jun 09
steveyot
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3:48pm Sat 27 Jun 09
ntil I see the done deal this could just be the next stage of a very sick wind up. Don't get the hopes raised too high just yet.
milton road
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4:08pm Sat 27 Jun 09
it is fair enough to investigate, yet some of what has been said is out of order on this site. Asking for a reply and answers fair enough, but the way the guy has been slagged without the right of reply is not on.
Mlt and TL should have answered straight away as they are dealing with the publicity.
I am just so pigged off with everything Ijust want my club saved. All i ask is for people to cut out the slagging and keep an open mind.
OMG word code News Fear
ken j
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4:12pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Saintan
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4:23pm Sat 27 Jun 09
"The Pinnacle consortium leading the chase to gain control of League One outfit Southampton is now prepared to accept a 10-point penalty in order for the deal to go ahead.
The process of the takeover had been delayed by the Football League's insistence that Southampton's new owners do not appeal the 10-point penalty placed upon them for legal irregularities.
However, it now looks as though they are resigned to the terms as they look to push through with the deal which has become an on-running saga.
Prospective owner Michael Fialka, who is heading the takeover bid, has shown unquestionable desire to take over and the property tycoon is adamant that a 10-point deduction would not hamper their promotion chances.
Fialka has previously promised there will be money made available should he take control and the group, backed by Saints legend Matt Le Tissier, hope to bankroll their plans to get the club back up into the Premier League."
Let's get the deal done so we can have some football=>
KED
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4:23pm Sat 27 Jun 09
Des/Isle of Wight/SFC
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4:40pm Sat 27 Jun 09
buffalosoldier
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10:18pm Sat 27 Jun 09
i'll give anyone her 10-1 that pinnacle do not have a deal by 23.59pm tuesday.
any takers?
Stafford Saint
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2:12am Sun 28 Jun 09
pawnsacrifice wrote:err no
Well done Rupes...this is all your fault now you've scuttled off back into a whole somewhere
The club was on the slide from whenever you want to date it, NOT just Lowe's return. I ask, who recklessly put the club in debt by last summer? Where was the rescue plan for Saints this winter/spring? Fans or these parties that the administrators are courting now could have helped the club out then. We should have pulled together then. Of course then you would not have got rid of Lowe so swiftly as administration did, but then again we would have a club and could find away to transfer ownership more smoothly, legitimately and with dignity later should you wish.
jedisaint
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6:56am Sun 28 Jun 09
weh8pompey wrote:Sit down mate, i've got some bad news.....
Hi guys.I've been on an island since 2003.they don't have news.have I missed anything with saints?I bet nothings changed.
BertCatt
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11:56pm Sun 28 Jun 09
SW None-sell. How true!
realistic lover
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8:57am Mon 29 Jun 09
nothing surprises anymore
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12:35pm Mon 29 Jun 09
Businessmen are only interested in something that earns them money and Southampton Football Club Ltd is obviously not viable. If the sentimental are true supporters, why not club together as a co-operative & risk their own savings, pensions, or monies raised by mortgaging their properties. Perhaps they do not have that much faith after all.
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rickyroyl says...
9:42am Sat 27 Jun 09
first :)
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