andy rhodes fancy watch Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 I'm a Saints fan, lapsed season ticket holder but have been in more than 10 of the last 20 years. I go to at least 75% of games a season, have more than one Saints tattoo, have brought my kids up to be St Johnstone fans, BUT and it's a big but, if I won 150M on the lottery tomorrow I would not buy the club, **** THAT. I would invest a bit, would build a training complex. Overhaul the marketing etc but would I **** want to have day to day running of a football club. I'd be too busy trying to spend 100M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 35 minutes ago, jhq said: I assume he means Paul Wright. Don't think Geoff personally funded that one. That's the first time I've heard that one! Dodds is famously the only time Geoff put any money in after buying the club. It's unreal how the myth he's funded Saints is still believed. Interestingly, we always talk about '£400k for the Dodds transfer' but let's not forget it was really the Dodds/McMartin transfer and the fee was £500k. I was told at the time that the whole half million was for Dodds but Grant McMartin was included and given a price to help keep down a sell on fee Dundee had to pay to Chelsea for Dodds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byebyedundee Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, andy rhodes fancy watch said: I'm a Saints fan, lapsed season ticket holder but have been in more than 10 of the last 20 years. I go to at least 75% of games a season, have more than one Saints tattoo, have brought my kids up to be St Johnstone fans, BUT and it's a big but, if I won 150M on the lottery tomorrow I would not buy the club, **** THAT. I would invest a bit, would build a training complex. Overhaul the marketing etc but would I **** want to have day to day running of a football club. I'd be too busy trying to spend 100M. you can always get more tattoos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, ScottMann said: That's the first time I've heard that one! Dodds is famously the only time Geoff put any money in after buying the club. It's unreal how the myth he's funded Saints is still believed. Interestingly, we always talk about '£400k for the Dodds transfer' but let's not forget it was really the Dodds/McMartin transfer and the fee was £500k. I was told at the time that the whole half million was for Dodds but Grant McMartin was included and given a price to help keep down a sell on fee Dundee had to pay to Chelsea for Dodds. Was McMartin any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldPoster Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 hours ago, jhq said: I assume he means Paul Wright. Don't think Geoff personally funded that one. Yup £200,000 was funded by him - He told Paul when he was showing him about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gort Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Prob ably £2 million, the ground is barely worth anything and the players are basically all journeymen. Hamilton would be worth more. sleepless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 13 hours ago, TheMarkChristie said: Yup £200,000 was funded by him - He told Paul when he was showing him about Never heard that story before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Gort said: Prob ably £2 million, the ground is barely worth anything and the players are basically all journeymen. Hamilton would be worth more. Did your American owners have to pay a penny to buy Dundee? Sure I seen £650k was the reported figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Gort said: Prob ably £2 million, the ground is barely worth anything and the players are basically all journeymen. Hamilton would be worth more. At least we own the stadium to be able to sell it Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 20 hours ago, RandomGuy said: Was McMartin any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him before I seem to remember him being a journeyman midfielder who never really set the heather on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibbydoo Posted March 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 22/03/2018 at 4:43 PM, jhq said: Its not lack of money that precludes you buying Saints. It's being ginger. Not much ginger left these days! Who's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYellowBox Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 24/03/2018 at 2:21 PM, ScottMann said: That's the first time I've heard that one! Dodds is famously the only time Geoff put any money in after buying the club. It's unreal how the myth he's funded Saints is still believed. Interestingly, we always talk about '£400k for the Dodds transfer' but let's not forget it was really the Dodds/McMartin transfer and the fee was £500k. I was told at the time that the whole half million was for Dodds but Grant McMartin was included and given a price to help keep down a sell on fee Dundee had to pay to Chelsea for Dodds. Yip. I think the split was c£300k for Dodds and £200k for McMartin. Crazy to think now, but seem to recall that Chelsea werent too happy about it. Remember being really happy about the Dodds signing at the time, but ultimately didn’t help. Cannot stand him now. Pretty much the only ex saint I dislike so much. He’s horrific on the radio and despite playing for half the teams in the league is just another OF loving clone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 I think he missed a sitter at Motherwell that would have kept us up. I am sure Geoff paid for him but made a profit when he sold him to Aberdeen. Not sure if it was him or Saints that profited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 15 hours ago, Gort said: Prob ably £2 million, the ground is barely worth anything and the players are basically all journeymen. Hamilton would be worth more. nice trolling. Glad to see you back. Haven't seen you for a while Bev Callard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 On 25/03/2018 at 8:04 AM, jhq said: Never heard that story before. And I doubt we'll hear it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 On 24/03/2018 at 5:11 PM, RandomGuy said: Was McMartin any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him before McMartin was an OK squad player but never really a regular starter, from what I remember. Dodds was a cracking player for us. In that summer after we went down Geoff could easily have made his money back on that transfer - we received £800,00 and £500,000 from Aberdeen for Dodds and John Inglis, and not long after that we got £340,000 from Kilmarnock for Paul Wright and I believe we may have also got a decent fee from Airdrie for Andy Rhodes. Incredible to think of the money that was flying around between Scottish clubs of our size in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, blueheaven said: McMartin was an OK squad player but never really a regular starter, from what I remember. Dodds was a cracking player for us. In that summer after we went down Geoff could easily have made his money back on that transfer - we received £800,00 and £500,000 from Aberdeen for Dodds and John Inglis, and not long after that we got £340,000 from Kilmarnock for Paul Wright and I believe we may have also got a decent fee from Airdrie for Andy Rhodes. Incredible to think of the money that was flying around between Scottish clubs of our size in those days. He was repaid his loan when Dodds was sold. He recognised the timing was right to pull off such a deal thanks to Dundee's financial situation...no change there then!...and basically got him cut price for a cash sale. I don't know what would have happened if we'd stayed up though. I suppose it would depend on Geoff's full motives, buying Dodd's to keep us up or to make Saints a healthy profit when sold. Maybe a mixture of both. I remember watching Scotsport on the Sunday afternoon when Arthur started the programme with news just in of a sensational transfer deal and couldn't believe it when it ended with Saints as the buying club. The Courier had a special readers comments page on the Monday with Dundee fans going ballistic about diddy little Saints buying their star player. Happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferg Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) ......and Dodds remains the only player (as far as I know) to play for both sides relegated from the top flight in one season. Ironically, but for a technicality, he would have "earned" an unenviable hat-trick with Aberdeen nearly going down the following season. ps Billy doesn't like being reminded of this..... Edited March 26, 2018 by Dave Ferg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gort Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Was being serious, Dens and Tannadice aren't in good areas and pretty worthless. Christ knows where thever Yanks are getting £20 million to move to Dryburgh. Ludicrous idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Fleming Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 On 24/03/2018 at 1:53 PM, andy rhodes fancy watch said: I'm a Saints fan, lapsed season ticket holder but have been in more than 10 of the last 20 years. I go to at least 75% of games a season, have more than one Saints tattoo, have brought my kids up to be St Johnstone fans, BUT and it's a big but, if I won 150M on the lottery tomorrow I would not buy the club, **** THAT. I would invest a bit, would build a training complex. Overhaul the marketing etc but would I **** want to have day to day running of a football club. I'd be too busy trying to spend 100M. Does having a Saints tattoo make you an uber fan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Fleming Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 On 22/03/2018 at 12:42 PM, byebyedundee said: I reckon you can get it for 10 million max Be lucky if it was anywhere near half that amount mate. No one is really interested in investing in Scottish football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy rhodes fancy watch Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 19 minutes ago, Jimmy Fleming said: Does having a Saints tattoo make you an uber fan ? No I'm definitely not that but it does show I obviously care about the club. Each to their own and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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