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Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #990 on: June 20, 2018, 08:01:47 PM »
It's interesting in that when we last finished in the top four, only the top three teams could  qualify for the Champs League (they extended it to four the following year, I think).  Likewise, when we were consistently finishing top six under O'Neill, the only thing the press talked about was the "Top Four"...and now, when we are nowhere near the top six of the Premier League, the "Top Six" has become the place to be for an "elite" club. 

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #991 on: June 20, 2018, 09:17:30 PM »
I'd say I could write the book on our failure to take the final step so often during that period, but I have. Several times.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #992 on: June 20, 2018, 09:28:18 PM »
We also nearly got relegated twice in the 90s, I remember it as a period of if onlys.


As well as winning the League, European Cup and Super Cup and getting relegated and promoted in the eighties we also nearly got relegated on two other occasions in that decade. In the eighties we had only three mid table seasons. Other than that it was feast or famine.

Offline garyshawsknee

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #993 on: June 20, 2018, 10:08:24 PM »
We also nearly got relegated twice in the 90s, I remember it as a period of if onlys.


As well as winning the League, European Cup and Super Cup and getting relegated and promoted in the eighties we also nearly got relegated on two other occasions in that decade. In the eighties we had only three mid table seasons. Other than that it was feast or famine.

Feast or famine has a good ring to it for a club motto.

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #994 on: June 21, 2018, 08:46:14 AM »
Gareth, yes any sale or investment negotiations would be kept secret, although I think investment leaving Tony in control is extremely unlikely.
Portsmouth had built up a huge HMRC debt and one of the reasons why HMRC are less lenient with Football Clubs.
Yes all non Secured and non Football Creditors  can get wiped.
The sale of the club will take time, probably several weeks.
If there is a genuine sale process in place  it is often the case that HMRC will hold off.

All of which has flipped me from being one of the first calling for a statement from the top in the days after Wembley to reassure - now wanting the silence to be worth something in terms of new ownership.

Offline TaxDodger

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #995 on: June 21, 2018, 08:57:58 AM »
It's interesting in that when we last finished in the top four, only the top three teams could  qualify for the Champs League (they extended it to four the following year, I think).  Likewise, when we were consistently finishing top six under O'Neill, the only thing the press talked about was the "Top Four"...and now, when we are nowhere near the top six of the Premier League, the "Top Six" has become the place to be for an "elite" club. 

It was only the top 2 that qualified for the Champions League when we last came 4th (95/96). Not that that nullifies your broader point, I'm just a pedantic git.

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #996 on: June 21, 2018, 09:03:44 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind

Offline john e

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #997 on: June 21, 2018, 09:33:59 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind


Yaaaaay

Offline Fred Crump

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #998 on: June 21, 2018, 09:39:22 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind
I may have missed something, but do we definitely know this as fact ?

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #999 on: June 21, 2018, 11:14:23 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind

Was it more than one month's PAYE we owed then?  What's the plan for after Christmas then, I assume desperately trying to sell the club?

Offline Jon Crofts

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #1000 on: June 21, 2018, 11:20:31 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind

Was it more than one month's PAYE we owed then?  What's the plan for after Christmas then, I assume desperately trying to sell the club?




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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #1001 on: June 21, 2018, 11:29:57 AM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind

Was it more than one month's PAYE we owed then?  What's the plan for after Christmas then, I assume desperately trying to sell the club?
The worry is, what has he done to get the money.
Sold future transfer payments, future revenue streams?
Hope it’s not  a Glasgow Rangers situation.
Oh dear
« Last Edit: June 25, 2018, 03:27:08 PM by ChicagoLion »

Offline Holte132

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #1002 on: June 21, 2018, 03:25:57 PM »
According to The Telegraph today:

Villa are facing another Ł5million bill in the latest challenge for owner Dr Tony Xia. Villa have this month's pay-roll and tax to fund by the end of June and are under pressure to find the amount having recently settled a dispute with HMRC to avoid the threat of a winding-up order.

It just goes on and on and on.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #1003 on: June 21, 2018, 04:04:05 PM »
We have paid the tax bill in full and have enough working capital to last until Christmas. Doesn't mean our position financially is still not perilous mind

Was it more than one month's PAYE we owed then?  What's the plan for after Christmas then, I assume desperately trying to sell the club?

A Christmas miracle.

Offline Des Little

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #1004 on: June 21, 2018, 04:05:12 PM »
Merry Christmas, one and all!

 


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