Crayola Kid Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 From a recent article in The Mag, but borrowed by them from elsewhere: “When Mike Ashley purchased Newcastle United FC it was said to be a spur of the moment deal, done so not for business but to allow the billionaire to “have some fun”. At the time it was made out that the deal was literally carried out in a couple of days. “The deal was put to me on a Saturday. By the Monday, in advance of speaking to Sir John, I’d deposited the equivalent of money we hoped he would accept for his shares at the lawyers and on the Tuesday the deal was effectively done. By Wednesday (May 23, 2007) the announcement was public and that was the first anyone, including the media, knew about it. Once I was told about it, it was done very quickly. Sir John was ready to act if I was and it was a very straightforward process.” If that is the case then why did Sports Direct register the domain name nufcdirect.com 6 months earlier?“ Seems to suggest this wasn’t as spur of the moment as we’d been led to believe. https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/08/must-read-why-mike-ashley-bought-newcastle-united-and-why-he-wont-be-selling-reprised/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 TBH our relegations have taught me that it doesn't matter too much what division your team is in, not compared to other things anyway. I would much rather be a respectable club that competes in League 1 than a ghost of a PL club with Mike Ashley eating it away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The fat mess could offer a quarter of million pounds for Rafa to spend and I would still hate his guts and want him out. There is nothing he can do to appease, change opinion or gain any trust whatsoever, i just want him to fuck off back to cuntsville. You mean a quarter of a billion pounds. Even Ashley is known to spend a quarter of million pounds (when he isn't looking to run a profit on transfers). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The fat mess could offer a quarter of million pounds for Rafa to spend and I would still hate his guts and want him out. There is nothing he can do to appease, change opinion or gain any trust whatsoever, i just want him to fuck off back to cuntsville. You mean a quarter of a billion pounds. Even Ashley is known to spend a quarter of million pounds (when he isn't looking to run a profit on transfers). Nah I think I got right Yes billion ta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. was literally thinking about this today in my van, and imagined myself running down Northumberland street bollock naked cheering and singing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 No jury would convict. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. Would make for a happy ending to the story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The day this cunt sells Reckon I'll just full on wank in the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 From a recent article in The Mag, but borrowed by them from elsewhere: “When Mike Ashley purchased Newcastle United FC it was said to be a spur of the moment deal, done so not for business but to allow the billionaire to “have some fun”. At the time it was made out that the deal was literally carried out in a couple of days. “The deal was put to me on a Saturday. By the Monday, in advance of speaking to Sir John, I’d deposited the equivalent of money we hoped he would accept for his shares at the lawyers and on the Tuesday the deal was effectively done. By Wednesday (May 23, 2007) the announcement was public and that was the first anyone, including the media, knew about it. Once I was told about it, it was done very quickly. Sir John was ready to act if I was and it was a very straightforward process.” If that is the case then why did Sports Direct register the domain name nufcdirect.com 6 months earlier?“ Seems to suggest this wasn’t as spur of the moment as we’d been led to believe. https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/08/must-read-why-mike-ashley-bought-newcastle-united-and-why-he-wont-be-selling-reprised/ Was Polygon, not Sports Direct, that registered nufcdirect.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayola Kid Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 From a recent article in The Mag, but borrowed by them from elsewhere: “When Mike Ashley purchased Newcastle United FC it was said to be a spur of the moment deal, done so not for business but to allow the billionaire to “have some fun”. At the time it was made out that the deal was literally carried out in a couple of days. “The deal was put to me on a Saturday. By the Monday, in advance of speaking to Sir John, I’d deposited the equivalent of money we hoped he would accept for his shares at the lawyers and on the Tuesday the deal was effectively done. By Wednesday (May 23, 2007) the announcement was public and that was the first anyone, including the media, knew about it. Once I was told about it, it was done very quickly. Sir John was ready to act if I was and it was a very straightforward process.” If that is the case then why did Sports Direct register the domain name nufcdirect.com 6 months earlier?“ Seems to suggest this wasn’t as spur of the moment as we’d been led to believe. https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/08/must-read-why-mike-ashley-bought-newcastle-united-and-why-he-wont-be-selling-reprised/ Was Polygon, not Sports Direct, that registered nufcdirect.com Is this guy barking up the wrong tree then? Poor fella definitely thinks he’s onto something! Who are Polygon, and is he right that the domain was registered months before the club was sold? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 10 years ago today KK told this fat wanker where to go - how on earth have we put up with him for so long? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 From a recent article in The Mag, but borrowed by them from elsewhere: “When Mike Ashley purchased Newcastle United FC it was said to be a spur of the moment deal, done so not for business but to allow the billionaire to “have some fun”. At the time it was made out that the deal was literally carried out in a couple of days. “The deal was put to me on a Saturday. By the Monday, in advance of speaking to Sir John, I’d deposited the equivalent of money we hoped he would accept for his shares at the lawyers and on the Tuesday the deal was effectively done. By Wednesday (May 23, 2007) the announcement was public and that was the first anyone, including the media, knew about it. Once I was told about it, it was done very quickly. Sir John was ready to act if I was and it was a very straightforward process.” If that is the case then why did Sports Direct register the domain name nufcdirect.com 6 months earlier?“ Seems to suggest this wasn’t as spur of the moment as we’d been led to believe. https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/08/must-read-why-mike-ashley-bought-newcastle-united-and-why-he-wont-be-selling-reprised/ Was Polygon, not Sports Direct, that registered nufcdirect.com Is this guy barking up the wrong tree then? Poor fella definitely thinks he’s onto something! Who are Polygon, and is he right that the domain was registered months before the club was sold? Seems they were part of a consortium who were looking to take over in Jan 2007, can't say I remember much about that though..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6229885.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonjam88 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 From a recent article in The Mag, but borrowed by them from elsewhere: “When Mike Ashley purchased Newcastle United FC it was said to be a spur of the moment deal, done so not for business but to allow the billionaire to “have some fun”. At the time it was made out that the deal was literally carried out in a couple of days. “The deal was put to me on a Saturday. By the Monday, in advance of speaking to Sir John, I’d deposited the equivalent of money we hoped he would accept for his shares at the lawyers and on the Tuesday the deal was effectively done. By Wednesday (May 23, 2007) the announcement was public and that was the first anyone, including the media, knew about it. Once I was told about it, it was done very quickly. Sir John was ready to act if I was and it was a very straightforward process.” If that is the case then why did Sports Direct register the domain name nufcdirect.com 6 months earlier?“ Seems to suggest this wasn’t as spur of the moment as we’d been led to believe. https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/08/must-read-why-mike-ashley-bought-newcastle-united-and-why-he-wont-be-selling-reprised/ Was Polygon, not Sports Direct, that registered nufcdirect.com Is this guy barking up the wrong tree then? Poor fella definitely thinks he’s onto something! Who are Polygon, and is he right that the domain was registered months before the club was sold? Seems they were part of a consortium who were looking to take over in Jan 2007, can't say I remember much about that though..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6229885.stm Where they the ones fronted by a ex Liverpool player and they were a Asian communications company or was that later they were interested? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayola Kid Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Well, it isn’t just in the part I copied and pasted, he gives reasons in his article for believing it was in preparation for sports direct taking over the retailing for nufc. Possibly just a coincidence, using ‘direct’ like that. May be nothing in it, but it would support those writing a page or two back who said the buyout was planned for longer than the three days commonly stated by the owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The club shop website was trading under the name "NUFC Direct" for many years before Ashley bought the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayola Kid Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Fair enough! Registered in Dec 07, or earlier? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 HOF website still redirecting to flannels, let's give them shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Been spamming their facebook with sportsredirect and ashley out, banned me from posting it now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Now perma banned from posting on sports direct and flannels fb pages , who's next? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy2Sheds Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 https://thatsliquidfootball.com/2018/09/02/smarm-offensive-how-mike-ashley-is-losing-the-propaganda-war-against-the-toon-army/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Cracking Chris Holt article https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/09/ramsays-football-nightmares-starring-mike-ashleys-newcastle-united/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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