Deepcut Cobbler
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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Manwork04
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The communist party lying, surely not
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Rule Britannia
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Melbourne Cobbler
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If they moved to Europe they would probably cease to be billionaires, anyone fancy having a crack at why?
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Not a real supporter but unelected chair of the Northampton Town Honorary Supporters Club. (Please note: any opinions given may not necessarily be shared by proper supporters. In incidents of conflict the views of real supporters shall take precedence).
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guest3086
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Depends on how you measure wealth. My neighbour hasn't a bean in the bank but owns a mint Tracy Island.
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Shoemaker
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He’s wrong.
In your opinion which is fine. Without being rude to you I very much doubt he will lose sleep worrying about your opinion He is a multi millionaire businessman who could buy the club with his loose change and he hasn’t got to that stage by being a bad businessman. He certainly hasn’t purchased the cobblers and racked up a large debt over the last few years... His own business ventures turn a large profit. The cobblers as a company have lost millions of pounds over the last few seasons. In an extraordinary parallel max Griggs was a very successful businessman. He would have been the best/most successful businessman that the club could ever have had.... They don’t have much luck with mega rich owners but they’ve had chances and there are still very rich local businessmen out there..... As my friend said last year... Either something is for sale or it is not. That is totally different to we are here to be spoken to... That means nothing in the eyes of real businessmen If it’s for sale there is a price to purchase Anything else is just twaddle Those are very wise words.
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Shoemaker
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I know of many billionaires who live in the U.K. but none are British. I know one multi billionaire personally and a few multi millionaires (British,Irish) I know of one who owns a £100M property but lives in it 3 months a year!!
There are lots more very wealthy people than you’d think
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everbrite
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The communist party lying, surely not
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2020 Grand National S/S 3rd Place
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Melbourne Cobbler
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In your opinion which is fine. Without being rude to you I very much doubt he will lose sleep worrying about your opinion He is a multi millionaire businessman who could buy the club with his loose change and he hasn’t got to that stage by being a bad businessman. He certainly hasn’t purchased the cobblers and racked up a large debt over the last few years... His own business ventures turn a large profit. The cobblers as a company have lost millions of pounds over the last few seasons. In an extraordinary parallel max Griggs was a very successful businessman. He would have been the best/most successful businessman that the club could ever have had....
They don’t have much luck with mega rich owners but they’ve had chances and there are still very rich local businessmen out there.....
As my friend said last year... Either something is for sale or it is not. That is totally different to we are here to be spoken to... That means nothing in the eyes of real businessmen If it’s for sale there is a price to purchase Anything else is just twaddle
Those are very wise words.
You’re not rude and he definitely won’t lose sleep. The fact is that he is a billionaire in spite of his wrong decisions. Every entrepreneur and business person makes mistakes and errors of judgment irrespective of the quality of their C.V. Opinion is opinion and no more and no less. The only way to establish the veracity of opinion is to act upon it? His C.V doesn’t offer any guarantee that he is correct in his assessment or devalue the relevance of an alternative view any more than mine? With regards to Max Griggs my understanding is that his business went through a challenging period? Had he been in charge of the cobblers it is possible that we could have been financially over extended as a result of those difficulties? I don’t know that as a fact I only raise it as a possibility? The fact is this, many clubs have had very rich benefactors who have promised a brighter future? These include Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton, Brighton and Bournemouth. The results have been mixed?
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Not a real supporter but unelected chair of the Northampton Town Honorary Supporters Club. (Please note: any opinions given may not necessarily be shared by proper supporters. In incidents of conflict the views of real supporters shall take precedence).
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Shoemaker
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That’s fair although I think that many of those you speak of have hit the buffers after overspending in the premiership in a desperate attempt to stay in it. Many successful businessmen have ups and downs. The owners of Ryanair have cut back on their bloodstock investments due to the COVID situation... They still have a company though and one that will be making major profits again soon.
I don’t mean to disrespect any owners that have been in charge during the 40 years I’ve been a fan but none would have had the financial clout to make the cobblers a championship club.
The fact is IF the cobblers were purchased by a wealthy owner they could be turned around quicker than you’d imagine. They are an attractive proposition as a one county football club but would need starting from scratch There is no reason whatsoever that the cobblers couldn’t have an MK dons style stadium and we would have more chance of filling it regularly than MK
We only seem to have aspirations to be a league two club in a small ground. I feel that’s a shame as there is scope for so much more...
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Deepcut Cobbler
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Is he a multi million or billionaire? You keep changing your description of him.
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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Gazman
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I don’t mean to disrespect any owners that have been in charge during the 40 years I’ve been a fan but none would have had the financial clout to make the cobblers a championship club.
Cardozo almost did
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Tabasco Kid
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Interestingly one of the people I know is a brother who works in property renovation in London. Could be the same chap.... Are they local???
Nope. Swedish. On another note, when I was 16 I went to college with a lad, who told us all that he was going to be a millionaire. At the time, he was an apprentice panel beater at Dutton Forshaw in Kettering. And drove around in an old mini van. He recently sold his business empire for 110 million. This is all pointless though, as none of them are going to invest in us.
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Were in the pipe 5 by 5.
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Melbourne Cobbler
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Is he a multi million or billionaire? You keep changing your description of him.
Depends which country he’s in? Is anyone getting involved in this trivia challenge or am I wasting my time?
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Not a real supporter but unelected chair of the Northampton Town Honorary Supporters Club. (Please note: any opinions given may not necessarily be shared by proper supporters. In incidents of conflict the views of real supporters shall take precedence).
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Manwork04
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Depends which country he’s in? Is anyone getting involved in this trivia challenge or am I wasting my time?
We are all billionaires in Venezuela
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Rule Britannia
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Melbourne Cobbler
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We are all billionaires in Venezuela No you’re not!
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Not a real supporter but unelected chair of the Northampton Town Honorary Supporters Club. (Please note: any opinions given may not necessarily be shared by proper supporters. In incidents of conflict the views of real supporters shall take precedence).
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Melbourne Cobbler
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Right, since no one is taking it seriously I’ll tell you. It’s because generally speaking English speaking countries use the short scale numerical system. This means that a billion is a thousand million, a trillion is a thousand billion, a quadrillion is a thousand trillion and so on. Non English speaking countries generally (although not always) use the long scale system. In this format a billion is a million million, a trillion is a million billion and so on. Hence as a general rule billionaires only exist in English speaking countries. Sorry for boring everyone?
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Not a real supporter but unelected chair of the Northampton Town Honorary Supporters Club. (Please note: any opinions given may not necessarily be shared by proper supporters. In incidents of conflict the views of real supporters shall take precedence).
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Tabasco Kid
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At the risk of extending this, we had a Venezualan painter on site. It was like the United Nations at times. He told us that you could fill your car up for about a pound, but there was no food on the shelves. And due to hyper inflation, you had to carry a rucksack full of worthless currency around, in order to purchase anything. He was lucky, as his parents were diplomats, and he was able to travel around Europe. He liked London a lot. That opened his eyes.
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Were in the pipe 5 by 5.
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Shoemaker
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Nope. Swedish. On another note, when I was 16 I went to college with a lad, who told us all that he was going to be a millionaire. At the time, he was an apprentice panel beater at Dutton Forshaw in Kettering. And drove around in an old mini van. He recently sold his business empire for 110 million. This is all pointless though, as none of them are going to invest in us.
I knew a bloke who every year claimed that this time next year il be a millionaire. It never came to pass until one day when he found a very valuable watch in his garage and it sold for millions at auction. He won’t be investing in the cobblers either.
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Tabasco Kid
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I knew a bloke who every year claimed that this time next year il be a millionaire. It never came to pass until one day when he found a very valuable watch in his garage and it sold for millions at auction. He won’t be investing in the cobblers either.
He didnt start saying that at sixteen though. But to be fair, they both had dodgy vans.
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Were in the pipe 5 by 5.
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Shoemaker
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He didnt start saying that at sixteen though. But to be fair, they both had dodgy vans.
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