October 18th, 2005, 12:56 AM
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Dream job turned nightmare?
Have you ever landed your "ideal" dream job.......only to find out that it was going to end up driving you crazy?
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October 18th, 2005, 03:49 AM
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I was Finance Director (Senior VP Finance ) of a Premier League Soccer club.
October 18th, 2005, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Lefty
I was Finance Director (Senior VP Finance ) of a Premier League Soccer club.
So you're the one who nearly took Chelsea to the wall!? Why didn't you stay and finish the job?
October 18th, 2005, 06:39 AM
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So you're the one who nearly took Chelsea to the wall!? Why didn't you stay and finish the job?
I kept them afloat long enough for the russians to walk in. I left three months before Roman turned up with his money printing press. Nobody knew how seriously broke they really were.
October 18th, 2005, 07:02 AM
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Nobody knew how seriously broke they really were.
they were close to doing a Leeds (still my fav club) yeah ? does nobody includes u ?
October 18th, 2005, 07:41 AM
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they were close to doing a Leeds
When times were bleak, Trevor Birch and I agreed ,things could be worse, we could be at Leeds........which is where he went twelve months later!
We knew exactly how bad it was, but the chairman never listened
October 18th, 2005, 08:26 AM
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Gonna have to threadjack here...
October 18th, 2005, 08:27 AM
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I kept them afloat long enough for the russians to walk in.
you meant to say "...for the Russians to walk in and destroy European club football", didn't you?
October 18th, 2005, 08:36 AM
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Bates and the Pharoah had a number of lunches on the subject. The deal was done , then the Pharoah dropped out over a trivial item. Had he known what he was doing, he could have bought the bond for about £50 mil and owned the ground outright. Craven Cottage would sell for more than that.
October 18th, 2005, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty
Bates and the Pharoah had a number of lunches on the subject. The deal was done , then the Pharoah dropped out over a trivial item. Had he known what he was doing, he could have bought the bond for about £50 mil and owned the ground outright. Craven Cottage would sell for more than that.
Sorry, which bond? A term of the deal or an existing bond that Bates needed to flog?
October 18th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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Chelsea borrowed £75 mil from the city with a debenture across the site.The interest rate was 8.875 %,payable in December. The bond was traded and could be bought for a discount. Bates famously said that the price was the same as a left back would be in 2007 ,when the bond had to be paid back. Whoever owned the bond, owned the ground.
October 18th, 2005, 03:17 PM
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Must be having one of those 'futbol' discussions I see. I'm going to have to run it by my "english" buddies here to translate.
October 19th, 2005, 08:51 PM
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so Lefty.. now that u're not dealing and rolling in roubles... wat are you doing then ???
October 19th, 2005, 09:40 PM
Don of the Canadian Mafia
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Have you ever landed your "ideal" dream job.......only to find out that it was going to end up driving you crazy?
Trying to get back to the original post...
Once I was Isabelle Bezeigel's caddy, working wholly on a cut of her wins... didn't go too well.
October 19th, 2005, 10:29 PM
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Trying to get back to the original post...
Once I was Isabelle Bezeigel's caddy, working wholly on a cut of her wins... didn't go too well.
Guess you didn't stay long enough to learn to spell her name, huh?
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