Plymouth going straight to League Two?

Kiss of Death = Ridsdale!!

 

Had we got the 2018 World Cup, Mawhinney's decision to award Plymouth a host city spot would look even more stupid now.

 

So they spent the £2.5 million gift we gave them for Halmosi?

 

There is a God...I don't like Plymouth. Not after one of theirs was giving it large after they knocked a City reserve side out of the FA Cup a couple of seasons ago at their place. I hope they do a Grimsby....Horrible little club at the end of the rainbow. Bye...bye Plymouth

 

Unless part of the reason they're in troubles is the expense that was involved in getting together the stadium plans and campaigning for the World Cup to go there. Had we then been given the World Cup there'd be funding being provided to them for various parts of the project which could have helped them through things now.

 

yeah along side, bristol, sheffield, sunderland and milton ****ing keynes!!!!!! the world cup committee were more corrupt than fifa. that is why we lost!!!

 

Yep. Whatever's the opposite of the Midas Touch is what Publicity Pete's got.

 

****e-ass Touch?

 

Yes!

 

How any club can use Ridsdale's expertise in all things football, and pay him is beyond me, after the damage he has done to other clubs

 

These things make you wonder what the proceedures are when they appoint these people. I mean Risdale, Duffen, Guidamac (sp) just to name a recent few, who've all nearly ruined their football clubs.

 

Just out of interest,does The Fit and Proper Rule apply outside the PL?

 

Yes to owners, directors, and similar.

As far as I'm aware Ridsdale was an unpaid consultant at Plymouth so wouldn't be covered (or was that when he was at Sheff Wed?).

Prior to taking over the clubs Bartlett had significant assets in property and Duffen was a successful chairman/ceo of a company that dealt with online sports streaming and that kind of thing. What would have been the grounds for preventing it? All I can think is lack of involvement in football, in which case what about the Allams?

 

Does the fit and proper person test actually have any teeth?

I can't recall any time when I've seen someone stopped from taking over a club due to it.

Even so, surely only criminal activity could stop someone buying, if not it would be an infringement of their rights, wouldn't it?

 

I could be wrong, but I recall that Alexandre "Sacha" Gaydamak actually bought Portsmouth thereby appointing himself.

 

Ricardo, I am sure I read somewhere that he was paid a fee of £1 million pounds (chuffing Austin Powers film in my head now) by Plymouth as an advisor/director. I may have read it on their board here, or, on the Devil spawn 606.

 

Yeah, but they put them in a glass at night, though

 

Surely if they were that corrupt they would have just bribed fifa like Abramovich did and we would of won instead?