deejeck Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, nbthree3 said: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/government-documents-show-how-close-20380518 The British government believed a decision on the Saudi funded Newcastle United takeover was just hours away in June 2020 - and had organised a top-level Whitehall meeting in anticipation. In emails sent to the Premier League, officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) stated several times that sources believed a decision was 'imminent.' What is "Grand Old Duke of York routing"? I hope it translates as "fuck about for best part of a year and put on a show, before eventually signing it off". Edited April 14, 2021 by deejeck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Shocking to read that. I'd like to know what really stopped the approval. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, deejeck said: What is "Grand Old Duke of York routing"? I hope it translates as "fuck about for best part of a year and put on a show, before eventually signing it off". So it basically means that someone can't decide what decision to make. So he marched them all up the hill, to then change his mind to bring them back down again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: Shocking to read that. I'd like to know what really stopped the approval. Same. We have pur suspicions, but I'd be intrigued to know the trigger that caused the sudden U-turn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I'd guess the arrival of the new EPL chairman, mid process, with his background in Barclays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Does anyone know what the timescale is for FOI requests? I presume that there is a requirement to respond within a certain timeframe? In the article, The Chronicle claim that they've been pursuing this for six months, so did the PL just buy as much time as possible? Odd timing in relation to arbitration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, morpeth mag said: I'd guess the arrival of the new EPL chairman, mid process, with his background in Barclays. This seems to be a good conclusion, it seems like he was also leaking info to Richards Keys as well, at least 6 clubs and Qatar didn't want it to happen and they got their wish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, deejeck said: Does anyone know what the timescale is for FOI requests? I presume that there is a requirement to respond within a certain timeframe? In the article, The Chronicle claim that they've been pursuing this for six months, so did the PL just buy as much time as possible? Odd timing in relation to arbitration. https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/how-to-make-an-foi-request 20 days, only applies to public entities. So not sure how this would apply here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 35 minutes ago, deejeck said: What is "Grand Old Duke of York routing"? I guess its the old march them up to the top of the hill and down a bit thing - just wasting time "neither up or down" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I can’t even be arsed to read that chronicle article. It’s just depressing myself for the sake of it. Oh we were this close to having a proper football club. Fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 hours ago, The Prophet said: Same. We have pur suspicions, but I'd be intrigued to know the trigger that caused the sudden U-turn. If proper procedure was followed, I'd imagine that this where possibly something from a legal perspective came into the equation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, deejeck said: Does anyone know what the timescale is for FOI requests? I presume that there is a requirement to respond within a certain timeframe? In the article, The Chronicle claim that they've been pursuing this for six months, so did the PL just buy as much time as possible? Odd timing in relation to arbitration. You can't ask for FOI from the PL. FOI only applies to anything public from government/local authority. So they've chased the government department. Edited April 14, 2021 by neesy111 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Shearergol said: So it basically means that someone can't decide what decision to make. So he marched them all up the hill, to then change his mind to bring them back down again. Either that or fiddling with minors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Some sort of reworking of The Grand Old Duke of York needs to be our new terrace chant when this gets passed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ameritoon Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 a crown prince every major western country bows to and the UK PM couldn't even get our takeover approved. what the fuck man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ketsbaia Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Impressive that we're on the front pages, considering the pandemic, royal death etc. Can't tell whether last summer's interference is good or bad news. It feels bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) The thought of our knacka of a Prime Minister just saying the club's name makes me feel ill. Edited April 14, 2021 by WarrenBartonCentrePartin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 My head spins at all of this. I have no idea what is good or bad news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I’d honestly rather not know all this murky political stuff tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 MBS blackmailing the government into getting involved probably isn’t the best way to go about proving he’s not ultimately in control like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Anderson said: MBS blackmailing the government into getting involved probably isn’t the best way to go about proving he’s not ultimately in control like. I am finding it hard to Believe that any of this is actually about separation. It’s way bigger than that. It’s bigger than the PLs is poxy little test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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