Cagey Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 9 hours ago, Aitchy said: Received an OBE earlier this year. Ta had a feeling he got something right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Wonder if the open wallet for Callum was tied to this, double insurance to try and stay up, keep the value. Harder to sell a lower division club. pezza70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 9:53 AM, pezza70 said: A statue is a great idea surely it would have the support of everyone within the local football community and even P&K Council Surely the statue should be of Steve who has seen us win 3 cups , in Europe and top 6 in most years of his tenure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnoull Kicker Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 Maybe an approach to Brian Souter? Not sure if he is interested in football - but sure knows how to run and grow businesses……plus it would be an investment in his his own community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 Maybe someone like Stuart Cosgrove will know wealthy people/investors/other club owners? Also, has there been any examples of large clubs buying smaller clubs as kind of a feeder team model, or is that not legal? Like an English premiership club etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Bakers rebel army Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 20 minutes ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Maybe someone like Stuart Cosgrove will know wealthy people/investors/other club owners? Also, has there been any examples of large clubs buying smaller clubs as kind of a feeder team model, or is that not legal? Like an English premiership club etc I think UEFA rules make it difficult as both teams could end up competing in the same UEFA competition, one of the problems of supporting such a successful team. Not a problem if you support Dundee, their players only need their passports for their holidays to Benidorm. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Maybe someone like Stuart Cosgrove will know wealthy people/investors/other club owners? Also, has there been any examples of large clubs buying smaller clubs as kind of a feeder team model, or is that not legal? Like an English premiership club etc I think Red Bull seem to be a organisation that have still to move into the UK . Man City are also a Club that own several others: Manchester City (England) New York City (USA) Melbourne City (Australia) Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) Club Atletico Torque (Uruguay) Girona (Spain) Sichuan Jiuniu (China) surely Ewan McGregor could get some of his pals together to buy the Club he could come in without a tie if he wanted then. Edited December 11, 2022 by mainstand dave mc, Cleveland-Saint and blueheaven 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezza70 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 2 hours ago, mainstand said: I think Red Bull seem to be a organisation that have still to move into the UK . Man City are also a Club that own several others: Manchester City (England) New York City (USA) Melbourne City (Australia) Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) Club Atletico Torque (Uruguay) Girona (Spain) Sichuan Jiuniu (China) surely Ewan McGregor could get some of his pals together to buy the Club he could come in without a tie if he wanted then. A Ewan McGregor/ Stuart Cosgrove / Leo Sayer led consortium can’t go wrong for the peoples club haha blueheaven, garydavidson and mainstand 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 hours ago, pezza70 said: A Ewan McGregor/ Stuart Cosgrove / Leo Sayer led consortium can’t go wrong for the peoples club haha Just a wee bit of a dash in hopes here. But Ewan isn’t actually a Saints fan so can’t see him being interested. But u never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, saintgscot said: Just a wee bit of a dash in hopes here. But Ewan isn’t actually a Saints fan so can’t see him being interested. But u never know. Recall him being an old firm glory hunter or English Premiership as many Crieff *ssholes were, not enough of us saints there. Some less relevant facts ... he was a bad goalie and his dad Jock was our gym teacher, a right b'stard. Agree not likely, he left Scotland also. Here's a target list for Broon.... keep it local. Step up Mohammed Mahdi Al Tajir, we may even let you put Highland Spring Water on our shirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Recall him being an old firm glory hunter or English Premiership as many Crieff *ssholes were, not enough of us saints there. Some less relevant facts ... he was a bad goalie and his dad Jock was our gym teacher, a right b'stard. Agree not likely, he left Scotland also. Here's a target list for Broon.... keep it local. Step up Mohammed Mahdi Al Tajir, we may even let you put Highland Spring Water on our shirts. And on that point and knowing Ewan himself and also many Saints fans fro Crieff. A few who were on the bus journey to Monaco. But yeah he is a Celtic fan and part time Saints fan. Also his parents are lovely people as well. It we do all hate ex teachers LAUGH OUT LOUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 48 minutes ago, saintgscot said: And on that point and knowing Ewan himself and also many Saints fans fro Crieff. A few who were on the bus journey to Monaco. But yeah he is a Celtic fan and part time Saints fan. Also his parents are lovely people as well. It we do all hate ex teachers LAUGH OUT LOUD Well I'm glad to hear all that, not my memory of school, except the celtic bit I wasn't local, bused in from boonies, but I recall being outnumbered by old firm at school. I also have a swimming incident forever imbedded in my nightmares! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 Does anyone know what percentage of the club's shares the Brown family actually own? And who the owners of other significant amounts of shares are? (I know there was a share issue many years ago so there are some fans out there with small numbers of shares.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Kinnoull Kicker said: Maybe an approach to Brian Souter? Not sure if he is interested in football - but sure knows how to run and grow businesses……plus it would be an investment in his his own community. Not someone I'd be pleased to see leading our club, given the nature of some of the political campaigning he's backed in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Here's a target list for Broon.... keep it local. Step up Mohammed Mahdi Al Tajir, we may even let you put Highland Spring Water on our shirts. Was it the guy that runs Highland Spring that started the new golf course development at Gleneagles and built the clubhouse which is now derelict. They must have written off millions on that deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 hours ago, blueheaven said: Does anyone know what percentage of the club's shares the Brown family actually own? And who the owners of other significant amounts of shares are? (I know there was a share issue many years ago so there are some fans out there with small numbers of shares.) According to the Jim Spence article Brown owns 75%: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/3964003/jim-spence-st-johnstone-will-be-out-of-local-hands-for-the-first-time-in-their-history-and-another-stadium-move-could-be-on-the-cards/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 53 minutes ago, garydavidson said: According to the Jim Spence article Brown owns 75%: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/3964003/jim-spence-st-johnstone-will-be-out-of-local-hands-for-the-first-time-in-their-history-and-another-stadium-move-could-be-on-the-cards/ Yeah but Jim Spence ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 That's a very strange piece from Jim Spence. It basically looks like a whole article of him plucking stuff from his imagination and saying it might happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchy Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, blueheaven said: That's a very strange piece from Jim Spence. It basically looks like a whole article of him plucking stuff from his imagination and saying it might happen. Jim Spence has been very strange for a number of years. Had to unfollow him on Twitter due to a number of his bizarre views. I am not 100% sure of the breakdown of the shares. Usually about 30/40 others at shareholder meetings. Personally I hope the club is sold sooner rather than later. Whilst I would never questions the Browns commitment to the club, it does nobody any favours having a potential sale hanging over the heads of the club for months if not years. blueheaven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 hours ago, mainstand said: Was it the guy that runs Highland Spring that started the new golf course development at Gleneagles and built the clubhouse which is now derelict. They must have written off millions on that deal. Yeah it was him and I don’t believe it’s derelict. It still seems to be a well kept golf course and has people play now and again. Also has security or had chasing away passers by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Bullshit article from Spence Edited December 12, 2022 by Melbourne Saint MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crieffsaintandy Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, Cleveland-Saint said: Recall him being an old firm glory hunter or English Premiership as many Crieff *ssholes were, not enough of us saints there. Some less relevant facts ... he was a bad goalie and his dad Jock was our gym teacher, a right b'stard. Agree not likely, he left Scotland also. Here's a target list for Broon.... keep it local. Step up Mohammed Mahdi Al Tajir, we may even let you put Highland Spring Water on our shirts. Crieff is full of bigot glory hunters from both cheeks, most of them get as near to any games by reading the daily record or their one game when they turn up at Perth. Think I was about the only saints supporter in my year at Crieff high in the eighties, hopefully a few more these days as saints weren’t exactly setting it alight in that era, but with recent success etc. as for McGreegor my mum worked for them and I don’t think he had much interest in football, more a thespian and rugger guy from Morrisons Academy. Edited December 12, 2022 by crieffsaintandy MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 13 hours ago, garydavidson said: According to the Jim Spence article Brown owns 75%: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/3964003/jim-spence-st-johnstone-will-be-out-of-local-hands-for-the-first-time-in-their-history-and-another-stadium-move-could-be-on-the-cards/ As I was saying: The ground will be sold, the club will move again to a better stadium which has some sort of corporate element, and perhaps a bar that's not a dungeon! Saints have prospered at McD, but it's the one thing that could hold them back. Who wants a 30 year old ground with all those costs, and a boggy pitch..... American owners? The cynical US sports biz of monetising everything, is not what saints are about....yet! Really sad to see the Brown family sell up. We've been spoiled.... Melbourne Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 11 hours ago, blueheaven said: That's a very strange piece from Jim Spence. It basically looks like a whole article of him plucking stuff from his imagination and saying it might happen. WHich bits, i think he is saying what Brown has said to him..... in the long chat, so i'd not be too dismissive of the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 2:00 PM, Sergei said: I also don't think sponsoring an existing stadium really works, only when it's a new build. They're too established under their existing name that most fans would still just call it that no matter what it was officially changed to Good point, what's the Emirates Stadium really called! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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