Merton don't uphold covenants [Link]

And they have not paid it back yet

Trigger-yes though Wales will be at home in the potential final. Mind you Bosnia were 12 mins from qualifying directly with Edin Dzeko once of Man City still playing at nearly 40

…. though, in fairness, that maybe reflects my disillusionment with all aspects of our governance (and my view that the problems we have are not a consequence of the letter of the constitution, but more about the way that it is applied).

Trebor- on the constitution maybe you are right (I haven’t given it any attention at all), but my point remains that the DTB spending any time and effort at all at this point on updating the constitution is a diversion of effort and attention when the sole focus should be on our financial problems and how we either avoid administration or find a way to most effectively protect our interests ahead of it happening.

So does that mean that however unlikely there is a possibility of a Northern Ireland v Wales World Cup decider?

Bates lent CPO £10 Mn

I think the DT are down to around 77% OF AFCW PLC voting rights after the 3.7% equity stake issued to Across The Pond LLC after the year end accounts to 30/06/25. it is not essential to sell the remaining 2% above 75% key threshold now, as the equivalent amount, say £750k would not stretch far in months. so i expect the DT to continue with seeking material %age investment that would allow 50.01% to be essential for raising cash, providing options. how much would 25% of issued shares raise?

RIP Mark Kaylor 64, former British boxer.

Italy v Northern Ireland in the semis and Czech Republic v Eire

Wales v Bosnia in the WC Play offs but they could have to travel to Italy if they win that

Interesting Dazzer. I wonder what the amounts he was dangling were like!

Nick: I thought the constitution was mostly just a copy and paste job of the pro forma one?

WTID - Chelsea pitch owners was in the Bates era - he helped set it up and lent them the money to buy the pitch and trademarks - Abramovich didn’t know it existed when he bought the club and was trying to pay them off all the time he was owner

Well i didn't see a happy international men's day post from the club yesterday:-)

And for the Thursday morning hattrick if TinTin still lurks I went to see Stewart Lee vs The Man Wulf last night and wombles got a mention during the Man Wulf segment of the show.

Will the club be selling Christmas trees in the fan zone at Saturday's game?

Yes sorry WTID my post was misleading - I meant that (as far as I know) they managed to keep it during the Russian's reign.

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Pretty sure the Chelsea pitch owners thing was set up well before Abramovich, got a feeling it was more the Ken Bates era or even before him.

Makes sense Stu but in the same breath I agree it's a tricky one to solve.

What has always frustrated me is our members model. You pay for 12 months and can make massive decisions during that period if a RA vote comes up. I love that we have international members, but I will be blunt here, I don’t like them having a vote on what my matchday experience is like or the future of our ownership model. On the tour I have many international fans and had a couple from Dallas who found us via JG. Lovely, lovely couple and great company. Coming to the game on Saturday and first time at PL and they spoke of the love that we are fan-owned. It’s great but they are symbolic of international fans that are unlikely to vote against fan ownership. I have for a while felt that you should only be able to vote on RA’s if you have had membership for a certain number of years [something like 3-5 years] and some other metric as to how many home/away games you have been to in that period.

I am not as hung up about PL remaining out of reach for a new owner. We restrict our reach of investment without making it part of the deal. The clever move would be for Merton to keep the sporting infrastructure as a rule which will provide that sort of protection.

Yeah too many stories of people getting burned out by the way the club has treated them and ending up finding it easier just to walk away or lessen their engagement. Whether former board members, long-serving volunteers or election nominees, it's a shadow on the club and trust.

OTD is the late Charlie Strutton