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Baird finally signs Jordan
8:00am Friday 20th June 2008
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EASTLEIGH'S long and bitter battle to sign towering defender Tom Jordan from Havant & Waterlooville is finally over.
Some nine months after Eastleigh's ex-Havant boss Ian Baird first declared his interest in the 26-year-old, the Blue Square South rivals have put their differences behind them and finally agreed two-year deal - for an undisclosed fee.
To say the Jordan saga stirred up a lot of ill feeling between the clubs would be an understatement. Baird's pursuit of the centre-back so soon after his bombshell departure from Westleigh Park last October met with a defiant not for sale' message from the Hawks who accused their south coast neighbours of offering "Mini money for a Rolls Royce."
Jordan himself cranked up the tension by resigning the Havant captaincy and publicly declaring he wanted to leave the Portsmouth outfit.
Havant, though, stubbornly stuck by their guns, rejecting a flurry of offers from Eastleigh and eventually leaving the under-contract Jordan to kick his heels in the stands.
Eastleigh subsequently withdrew their interest and signed Ashley Vickers from Weymouth instead.
But with defenders Karim El Salahi, Chris Collins, Warren Goodhind and Adam Everitt all leaving the Silverlake this summer and freeing up some cash, Baird went back for Jordan two weeks ago - and he has finally got his man.
Full story in today's Daily Echo
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Mike Andrews, Seaton, Devon says...
8:44am Fri 20 Jun 08
Here's to a great and successful new season.
All the best.
Mr Man, says...
9:11am Fri 20 Jun 08
Spitfire, Soton says...
9:24am Fri 20 Jun 08
As for large fee I very much doubt its as much as we offered several months ago. Why the hell didn't you just sell him several months ago? You didn't play him for the last god knows how long anyway. You just completely wasted several K and made youself look like complete idiots.
Moronic and selfish Havant directors and their "principled stand" eh? I wouldn't trust them with a tenner.
RendelFC, Soton says...
9:58am Fri 20 Jun 08
As for the Kerching well you could have had that several months ago and saved a fair bit of Kerching on wasted wages for someone hasn't played for many months.
"Principled stands" are all well and good but when they cost a club several K I'd rather do the sensible and financially prudent thing and save the money. I suspect most Havant fans think this too (though obviously they wouldn't dare admit it). Shame for them they've got a couple of arrogant directors with massive egos who don't give a sh!t about doing what's best for the club. I wouldn't trust them with a tenner of mine.
mark the hawk, hawksville says...
11:47am Fri 20 Jun 08
and trust me as of yesterday he WAS our 5th choice centre back behind Simpemba, Smith, Elphick and Butters.
RendelFC, Soton says...
12:11pm Fri 20 Jun 08
We'd have given you a better price then than you eventually got.
If a player really wants to go you either: sort it out with him and play the player or you sell him.
mark the hawk, hawksville says...
1:00pm Fri 20 Jun 08
object achieved
Loud & Proud EFC, Bishopstoke says...
11:08pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Havant had their reasons for doing what they did?
I think you could be right also Mark.
But please don't be so smug about it:-)
Started to be a bit like saints/Pompey and i for one don't want that stuff between our two clubs.
RendelFC, Soton says...
11:25pm Fri 20 Jun 08
So now we all know people at Havant are more concerned with trying to screw up Eastleigh rather than looking after their own clubs coffers.
Indeed good that is over and looking forward to next season. Lets hope their is less off the pitch crap in this one.
ossiesaint, at the bar says...
6:15am Sat 21 Jun 08
mark the hawk, hawksville says...
8:39am Sat 21 Jun 08
RendelFC wrote:don't big yourself up to much Rendel , it wasn't because it was Eastleigh ,it was just a ploy to try and knock out one of our rivals for a play off place.
Thank you Mark. After several months we finally have the real reason Havant did it (tho we\'ll never know if your assertion is correct). So now we all know people at Havant are more concerned with trying to screw up Eastleigh rather than looking after their own clubs coffers. Indeed good that is over and looking forward to next season. Lets hope their is less off the pitch crap in this one.
it might come as a bit of a suprise to you the whole football world doesn't revolve around Eastleigh FC.
it revolves around Havant and Waterlooville :-D
JOS EFC, says...
10:32am Sat 21 Jun 08
Jordon wouldn't have changed the out come of last season for Eastleigh.but he might have changed yours.Did you get to the play off.???
End of conversation realy.
mark the hawk, hawksville says...
11:29am Sat 21 Jun 08
I think you need to ask your manager that question , as i'm led to beleive that he thinks that was the case.
Scouser, Toxteth says...
5:02pm Sat 21 Jun 08
Mr Man wrote:NOT a Liverpool shirt, but a 'one off' sponsorship deal for that match. TW Clark, the regular sponsor of H&W was for league matches only, although they were worn in earlier rounds.
Why is he wearing a Liverpool shirt?
Jack Sparrow, Southampton says...
5:14pm Sat 21 Jun 08
JOS EFC, says...
5:32pm Sat 21 Jun 08
mark the hawk, hawks ville says...
7:43am Mon 23 Jun 08
JOS EFC wrote:Your last posting on here had a snivelling apology to him.
kindly explain the Dos comment Mark
Toxteth O'Grady, Carlsberg have sponsoed the Hawks as shirt sponsors for the last three seasons.
Teacher, School says...
9:23am Mon 23 Jun 08
Will you please learn to spell? Buy a spell checker or dictionary?
JOS EFC, says...
6:51pm Mon 23 Jun 08
Snivelling apology not at all but just a apology because i went over the top on him leaving Eastleigh FC.I'm man enougth to admit that Mark.
Ric Flair, says...
1:07pm Tue 24 Jun 08
Eastleigh are fcking crap!
Eastleigh are fcking crap!
Eastleigh are fcking crap!
Eastleigh are fcking crap!
their sh!t, their rubbish,Eastleigh are fcking crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap!crap! crap! crap! crap! crap!crap! crap! crap! crap! crap!
Ric Flair, says...
1:11pm Tue 24 Jun 08
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JOS EFC, says...
8:18pm Tue 24 Jun 08
Nonleaguer, says...
1:48pm Wed 25 Jun 08
JOS EFC wrote:What gave it away Jos?
I take it you don't like Eastleigh
JOS EFC, says...
9:34pm Wed 25 Jun 08
???????????/
don't realy know how i worked that one out.
TOM JORDAN
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mark the hawk, here says...
8:40am Fri 20 Jun 08
KERCHING
interesting to see that they had to get rid of at least to players to be able to afford him.
makes some of the comments about lower wages etc seem rather incongruous.