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Getting away from semantics. How would that work. Would there be an extra team relegated from Conf South?

That's what I mean by selective editing. You interpret "go and support" as "stealing the identity". I think that's a far-fetched interpretation. If they pitched up at H&W wearing Portsmouth shirts, singing Portsmouth songs - yes, absolutely unacceptable. If they turned up to get behind H&W I...

I don't think it's all that arrogant. Saying get the fans to support another team may be ascribing himself with extraordinary powers so, yes, that's a bit egotistical. But I don't think forming an AFC Portsmouth and dreaming of the Championship is - I'm sure it's what all fans would do. Don't...

Yes. HKFC did a bit of selective editing. Here's what was originally written. "Next, either start up an "AFC Portsmouth" selling them the now worthless land or get the fans to support Havant and Waterlooville Hawks, who, not being based on the island, will have much more room to grow and...

No. You haven't read the whole thread. The Portsmouth supporter said that there were two choices: become a phoenix club and start at the bottom of the football pyramid and take 10 to 15 years to get back to the Championship; or go and support H&W. HKFC says that a few thousand fans starting to...

Eh? H&W are in Conference South - that's nowhere near the bottom of the pyramid. You seem to be unaware that there's quite a bit of football played below this level. I know that some of their fans are totally deluded and think that they'll just pitch up there but the one just quoted has his...

I think that's a bit of a selective interpretation. He quite clearly says "or get the fans to support Havant and Waterlooville Hawks, who, not being based on the island, will have much more room to grow and develop". I don't see how "get the fans to support" can really be interpreted as meaning...

That's as maybe but the SE is short of brownfield sites and I bet it would be worth quite a bit. He's not saying that. He's saying fans could go and support them. Sounds like a reasonable statement to me - not dissimilar to ones that were being made by Brighton fans in 1997.

It's not football clubs though, it's businesses generally. PFC are part of an environment where businesses believe they don't have to pay all the taxes owing to them. The HMRC take a big part of the blame for this as they're perfectly happy to write off millions of pounds in revenue from...

Won't we get back if they survive as we'd be a football creditor? of course, that does assume they'll pull out of this mess - something that does look increasingly unlikely

Exactly - Dr Faustus got a better deal, he got 25 years of glory

They all seem to be mad. People are suggesting that they if they're liquidated the phoenix club will have to be in the conference as they're too big to be any lower - totally deluded. Did like this though. "No way will I support an AFC Portsmouth, sorry !! I'd sooner watch a 'local' kick and...

It might even be the fourth time - they were in some trouble in the 80s. I'm not sure that it got to an administration stage but it's possible that it did.

Yes, don't forget that Pompey went into administration in the late 90s when the chairman was Harry Redknapp's spiritual cousin, Terry Venables (I wonder how many clubs who have had financial difficulties have had either Redknapp or Venables there). May I just say that Severnside Gull and NAN's...

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