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get in!

yes yes yes yes YES!

what you on about? :-))(

he is part of the fans consortium apprently  :D

I stand corrected... and extremely fucking delighted!

Not that cunt again. Probably means we'll get that jew boy Devlin back again. cunts.

Diamandis in!!!!

have you got any proof?

I've had my suspicions....but I'm a Swindon fan so I dont count my chickens, untill they hatch, grow up and peck me in the eyes

Erm... Mike Wilkes just said it on BBC Radio Swindon

mike wilks just announced it on the radio

seems I'm well behind today...

wow!

what else was said?

I hope that means Mark D will be back on board as well

:bow1:  :dance:  :\/  :clap:  :advercool:  :thumbs:

:beers:

Why dont you ask him at the Walsall game !!!

fucking lying cheating cunts on our board.

SHAMBLES.

YAY!!!  :mrgreen:

I'll buy him a pint or two as well!

Ha. the board must feel like right mugs. ace.
Egg on the face!  :soapy tit wank:

Sorry we could not say anything earlier chaps !!!!!!

The board are getting a right slating on the radio at the moment. If they have any decency, they'll walk.

i'm sure we can forgive you. can i kiss you tomorrow?

presumably the financial credentials are no longer an issue...

mint!

I had my suspicions

Not unless they fancy paying back his £1.2m

Bill Powers American??


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH  :D

Just get to me before Yeovil does  :wink:

Absolutely brilliant news. I loved the way Wilkes answered/corrected Starnes lack of understanding.

I can imagine a substantial amount of diarrhoea has just been deposited on a floor somewhere in Newbury...

Can you upload a transcript of all this, Chris K?  :D

This news is ace!!  :D

Can we hear the Mike W's interview anywhere online??

Power to and for the people!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  :D

I expect plenty of Bill Power chants tomorrow at the game. As well as gettin behind the team, obviously  :wink:

he has a pretty american name

the interviews will be up in full tomorrow by lunch time apparently

Well, what can you say?  Apart from Ha ha ha ha ha YES!!! :D

interviews will be up on bbc.co.uk/wiltshire by lunch time tomorrow.

Wonder what Martyn Starnes thought when he heard the name Bill Power.

Would've loved to see his face.

Bring on the Power !!!

No doubt it will all be replayed before the game on the radio too ...

I suspect the current board had their suspisions of who was behind it and used the PR to flush them out. That or they didn't think they would go public.

Big risk that, because I'd imagine fan power will be 80% behind a takover.

Mike Diamandis is still a stumbling block though. Good job there was no rift then :)

If not more, Batch. I can't see there being many who are not behind a change in board right now.

rift? what rift?

if anyone can get their hands on the interview before tomorrow morning i'll write up a full transcript of it.

I should have recorded it on my computer.

It's not often you make me laugh out loud Ben, but you did there son!!  "Jew Boy Devlin" class.

Comrade Power is on board!!!  Fucking great news!!!!

and i had Power to the People as my avatar for a while yesterday .. did anyone notice? no .. i thought not

ANYWAY

FANTASTIC BLOODY NEWS !! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :bow1:  :bow1:  :bow1:  :bow1:

I wonder what those fucking stupid Oxford wankers on Thisis will make of this news, sad non league wankers!!!

This proves the board talk  floghorse, all that crap about power leaving because of his health, we all knew it was crap!!

Come on power and trustSTFC let's get this board out now!!!!

Sing power's name all through the game tomorrow then do a protest against the board after the game, that will really feck them off!!!!!!

BILL POWER  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

Pure class on the beeb tonight. Mike Wilkes showed Starnes exactly why the consortium should be in the boardroom. To say he pissed all over Starnes would be a severe understatement. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Starnes and the cuckoo crew from Newbury must have fair shit themselves at the announcement of Power and his mate backing the consortium. I don't doubt that they already knew about Power, but I don't think they expected anyone to announce it.

Premier league entertainment that will surely go down in this great clubs folklore for centuries to come.

Well done to everyone concerned with the consortium - you're now giving the cunts from Newbury and Ramsbury a real live rodeo for once. I love you ALL!!!  :beers:

Let's start singing Bill Power's name tomorrow, keep it going throughout the whole game!!! that will really feck the board off  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Kind of pisses all over the clubs statement today.

Ace.

:surrender:

One word:

ACENESS!!!! :cheers:  :dance:

You can say that again.

When Mike Wilks said to Ed Hadwin :

'I am happy to tell you Ed that the main backers of the Consortium is Bill Power and Phil Emmell' , was music to my ears.

Now is time to get the Greek out

who is Phil Emmell?? :?

BP's business partner/advisor.

coolio :mrgreen:

What are people's views on whether they can oust the current board?

The board will continue blocking the takeover i feel, we may have to force them out of town!!!

I back Bill Power and the consortium all the way and i sincerely hope that he gets control of this club in the very near future!!!

This current board have screwed this club up completley and they need to go now so we can move forward with a new board and no debts and maybe even some money to spend on players!!!!

Oi, Eastenders is on! :D

soapy tit wank don't be sad  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Well BP's got £1.2m in the club.

The club said at the time it was to buy shares, so he might have a shareholding in the club....but then again, I wouldn't put it past them to have lied about that as well.

Enders is fucking shit, but I can' t help automatically turning the tv over to it at 7.30 whenever it starts.

Agreed, Power probably hasn't got any shares in the club and the board made that crap up as well but we will see!!!

I think I'd have celebrated that comment like a goal being scored if I was listening to that radio article.

Watch as the board piss on our parade.

The current board MUST go ASAP.

mex phoned me when i was on the lash  :beers:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Fuck me dreams do come true.

lalalalalalalala power

theres only one bill power

walking in a power wonderland.

Me too

 :beers:

how could you not love the guy - http://www.thetownend.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=17&pos=4

he looks so happy with supporter of the year and some random pisshead  :mrgreen:

credit to him for being willing to come back after that   :D

Them photos are fucking genius!

you can hear the radio interview on the web now -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/11/30/stfc_301106_feature.shtml

good on 'em, but it sounds like there is going to be a long battle to get this sorted.

aahhhhhhhhh  happy days !!!!

You are absoloutly right Gent, make no mistake about it !

But if you start dissecting the scenario;

They hold the club, but we the fans now hold the cards in my belief.

We have now got a massive sway of public opinion and the Trust is growing in numbers by the hour.

The boards stance of questioning the credentials, finance and business accumen of the Consortium does not now wash.

Basically the hard work begins now, and if things o a little quiet over the next couple of weeks please do not worry, as I have said in other threads that, obviously we are now entering hopefully a period of non-disclosure, however rest assured any information that falls outside of that framework and can be passed to the fans WILL be passed to the fans.

There isn't any mention of BP on that

The silence from the official site is deafening!

word bro', my trust application is going in the post today !

Thankyou Gent

Just joined for life - POWER IN!

I'm officially a POWER FAN!

im joining the trust today if i see anyone with paper

Do it online - it's a lot quicker - you can pay by PayPal usin your credit card

http://www.truststfc.co.uk/join.php

i joined last night after i heard all this.

i can't fucking believe it.

walking in a POWER wonderland  :beers:

well done guys

and where is the rest of that interview. doesn't say anything about Bill Power

How was the responce today Trust guys? Were more fans supportive etc after the Power news?

Pretty good, we signed up nearly 70 new members - we had people queueing to sign up where we were outside the Winners, even with four clipboards going. And of course everyone wanted to ask what was happening, was Bill Power really behind the consortium etc. Certainly I didn't hear any negative feedback, apart from one lady who seemed to think Bill Power walked out on the club  :?

was it s-s-s-s-ssandy gray?

No she went past us with her husband - thought about asking if she wanted to sign up, but I never like to hear ladies swear so decided not to.  :D

It's all here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/12/02/stfc_021206_feature.shtml

Is it just me or have they stuck a halo around his head?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2006/04/27/bill_power_203_203x152.jpg

Its an aura (sp?....................... sorry pissed)

Its because he is deemed as the chosen one

Can somone slip the PA a couple of quid against Rovers to stick this on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmzmEQkUpm4

Cheesey as my dirty bell end but worth a smirk

Woooo - I'm in.

How exciting!

 :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:

Fuck me !!

At last !!!!

WoooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooo

 :beers:  :beers:  :beers:

Quality tune!!


Should be our new anthem.

Who are you, anyway?  :roll:

I'm your Welsh arm of the trust Frederick.

So treat me kindly please :\/

Off to bed now to watch the rest of MOTD. Wonder if our goal will be on? Probably not.

You have my full support Taff  :wink:

And thanks mate !

Now you have told me who you are I feel free to spout off.

FUCK OFF DICKHEAD

Don't ever be disparaging about Birdy again or I will rip your head off and shit down your neck.

Fuck off yourself. You are obviously a sad twat. If you don't like what I say, say something back, but don't try and threaten me.

So much for wanting to meet but not talking bollocks on a forum.

Alright Talk Talk! Jeeeeez!
Whats with the threats? We're all Town fans here.

Whoa

For a start Talk Talk is not a sad twat, he is a good friend of mine

and from when I have spoken to you Hertha nor are you !, in fact quite the opposite !

Things that are communicated in text are so open to interpretation that it is sometimes difficult to realise the intention behind the comments without being there and judgeing the situation, mood, tone of voice etc.

You are both good blokes

No need to fall out on an internet forum, believe me

However, Birdy is a friend of both mine and Talk Talk's and sometimes the envelope of banter gets pushed a little too far.

We should realise that.

Now behave the pair of you !  :wink:

If Birdie take offence at my JOKEY comment then I will apologise to HER.

Not to you Alan.....

as much as i'd loathe to wade into verbal sparring on here i don't think it's all that nice to comment on other people (eg-birdy) in such a way, regardless of whether it's meant in jest or not

anyone who threatens alan will have an army of kids (l&p) to deal with anyway, however i'd quite to defend alan as well. so alan is ace, everyone (pretty much) else can fuck off

Hell's teeth I know it was a crap game today guys but is all the dick-waving really necessary? Blimey, everyone does a bit of banter here and there, it's all a bit knockabout at times, end of. Can we get back to focusing on the real problem?

Can I just clear the handbags from the area that you guys have been swinging at eachother and ask a little question? (Gonna display some of my naievety here...)

What happens if SSW refuses to sell up his share of Swindon? Yes, it would go against everything that has been said (burning leather etc) and he is so bitter about the whole situation, he'd rather see the club die with him that flourish without him?

Just curious. Is there a legal way he, and the rest of the board could be ousted?

Good question magic. Although no-one is looking to oust Sir Seton, I think everyone hopes that he will continue to play a role in the football club. Some of the board are a different matter :D

If by "legal way" you mean are there legal mechanisms which could be used to force the major shareholder of a private company to sell up, then the short answer is no there isn't. If you mean "any way that isn't illegal" then look at what's been done at other clubs where fans have lost confidence in the board - there's dozens if not hundreds of ways fans can apply pressure. And clearly in any retail business which depends on the millions of pounds its customers put in, a board that those customers openly want rid of cannot last for long, when there is a viable and more attractive alternative the customers are actively asking for.

Cheers Paolo.

Hopefully it would never come to that, and of course, I have nothing against Sir Seton after what he has done in the past for the football club.

He just chooses to take his advice from questionable sources.

:mrgreen:

Its a pissing competion.

Hahaha That was the gayest thing I've ever read. Forum handbags. You all need a good kicking.

And Miss Bird had a penis, she showed it to me.

Talk Talk, what a fucking tit.

This aint your little loud and proud family here old man! Defending someones honour on the internet, oh dear.  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

you're all fucking spastics and i hate the lot of you

cunts

dave you're only saying that cos you're drunk, you let me put my arm round you last weekend  :mrgreen:

gay

john your habits whilst out are as follows

perm hair
drink lots and other substances maybe
run amock
kiss men
go home to wife and continue living in denial

 :wink:

I've apologised to Herthab for last night's outburst.

Crap game, oodles of beer and a late night are a great combination for getting a bit lairy.  :roll:

But he shouldn't have made a comment about Birdy like that when he doesn't know her.

Anyway, I've PM'd him and thanked him for his offer of driving one of the MKD minibuses .

Fair comment from Alan...

Apologies to EVERYONE I may have upset with my comment last night.

Bet I was more drunk than you Alan :wink:

 :soapy tit wank:

was your make up cyberring good?

Not bad. I climaxed first.

where?

The board will never let this take over bid go through quickly ther try and drag it out as long as possible cos there a bunch of wankers! If they had any good will for the club they will let it happen as quickly and easy as possible but Mike Dimandis will try and fuck it up im shaw!

Lets just hope the board see sense and let Power and the trust take the club forward

cheers old bean

No problem  :thumbs:

Don't be ridiculous. It was back combed.

One thing on the takeover, Sturrock is staying out of it but said he was "very happy" with the working relationship of the current board.

Now personally I don't know if the takeover would upset him, but I assume he won't allowed to be used by the board to scare fans into thinking he will leave should the club change hands.

A lot of what ifs there.

I am absolutely delighted Sturrock is here, but the takeover must happen come what may.

To be fair, he's hardly going to come out and say "They're all a bunch of monkeys and the sooner they go, the happier I'll be" is he? I think any manager would be happy with a proposed new direction that included financial stability, possibly money for players (shock, horror), an end to the increasing rift with the fanbase and proper business management, rather than a bunch who can't pay the bills, including a CVA that will put us under if not paid in just over 6 months, and seem incapable of treating their own fanbase (that's your customers by the way!) with anything other than contempt.

But I've no doubt that that's the next thing they'll try now that it appears the "If you don't all sit down and shut up, SSW will go" line doesn't seem to hold its customary magic. And when they do Batch is right - it should be treated with the same degree of respect and credibility as, say, financial statements at the AGM.

I had a thought earlier, thanks to FM2007 and the little tips box thingy.

If the board agree to start talks and nothing is completed before January, won't we have an enforced transfer embargo? I don't think Sturrock would be too happy about that.

i don't see why sturrock would have any reason to have a problem with the board. they've given him a nice contract, allowed him to bring his own staff in, given him room to send players out and bring others in.

he's not going to have a clue about the previous problems, ongoing troubles or the bill power "saga".

Article from todays WDP:-

http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145787&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145780&contentPK=16101650&folderPk=100269&pNodeId=145803

By "development potential" I assume Starnes means are the consortium looking to buy out the holding company or the football club or both? Is that right? I assume the holding company is structured such that it retains 'development potential'?????

Can't see how the club is worth 1p given there isn't as far as I know even an application for redevelopment made yet, let alone alone approval for it??

I'm with you Batch.  The club does not own the land and were given a quick slap around the ear when they hinted at proposals giving them the freehold by the Council.  Also, as no planning submission is currently held or on the horizon I can't see that they can actually attach any value to the business for it.

It would seem by that article talk is now of a "Power" take over and not of a fans consortium.Is this just lazy journalism or a sign of the way things are going?Are Power and his advisor  the only backers of the consortium?

All us fans back the trust and the consortium but i am wondering about a few things:-

1.Is there any other backers involved in the consortium apart from Power and Emmell?

2.Are they looking to completley buy the club?

3.What are their plans for the ground/money for players etc?

Us fans need to know things like this but hopefully this current board won't be around much longer!!

"It should be emphasised that the Wills family are not actively looking to sell the Club" - Martin Starnes 4/12/06

Ummm this sounds very different to the 'this board is an interim solution and we will step aside the moment an investor is prepared to inject funds into the club' or similar that did the rounds a few weeks or months back.

Funny that now there is an investor in place, the club aren't necessarily wanting to sell. Seems to stink of this board/club lying and deceiving its fans again.

Power in!

and Bob Holt at a meeting saying they'd snap someones hand off if they had the money to buy the club, plus his comments about being able to smell the burning leather if they received an offer, and SSW saying he couldn't afford to keep going unless the ground was developed.

This is horrible now - sat here waiting for a press release on the official site to say they board have packed their bags and are on the way out, BP currently swilling some red wine with Paul Sturrock discussing a few transfers in Jan...

Just hanging on, waiting....and waiting...

But then thats better than the nightmare prospect of Diamandis et al being there for eternity.