What you missed while sampling Shackleton’s whisky…
Posts Tagged ‘Tom Hicks’
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Landon Donovan, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, AC Milan, USMNT, Carling Cup, Wigan, West Ham, Everton, Galatasaray, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Cesc Fabregas, Tom Hicks, Colorado Rapids, Toronto FC, FC Schalke, Elano, Zlatan Ibrahimović, George Gillett, Jermaine Jones, Wolverhampton, Arsenal Victimes, Irish National Team, Ray Wilkins, Giovanni Trapattoni, Santos FC, Bayern München, Marcus Hahnemann, Carlton Cole, Gerard Houllier, Nicky Butt, South China FC, Fun With Alcohol, Jonathan Spector, Joseph Nane on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while saying goodbye to Four Loko and saying hello to 30-proof whipped cream…
All ‘Pool’s Exes Live In Texas
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on October 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Fun little international legal note: apparently, Texas has jurisdiction over England. I was certainly unaware of this, but sadly the legal team representing Tom Hicks was not. Yesterday at something like 3:25 PM EST (which is something like 8:25 PM in England), Hicks put a stop to all that nonsense about Liverpool celebrating the end [...]
Liverpool’s Board 1-0 Liverpool’s Owners
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Martin Broughton, Tom Hicks on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We’d be remiss to not mention this today, but there really isn’t much to say that other, more informed sources haven’t already said. All told, Liverpool’s board was today granted a pretty decisive win over Liverpool owner Tom Hicks in high court by judge Mr. Justice Floyd. Essentially, the issue came down to exactly what [...]
About Last Night
Posted in General, tagged Ben Foster, Cristiano Ronaldo, Danish National Team, Edwin van der Sar, English National Team, Eric Steele, Euro 2012 Qualification, Federico Macheda, George Gillett, Harry Redknapp, Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, Lithuanian National Team, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portuguese National Team, Ray Clemence, Roy Hodgson, Scottish National Team, Space Nostalgia, Spanish National Team, Tom Hicks, Wayne Rooney on October 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while reviewing the failed Russian lunar program’s spacecraft…
Is this the Golden Sky at the End of the Storm?
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, George Gillett, John Henry, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Note: This is mostly just a “the story thus far”; if you’ve been following this all day, there’s not much new stuff here.) A storied franchise. A classic stadium. Iconic players. A rabid fanbase with deep ties to tradition. Yesterday, these were the only things that Liverpool had in common with the Boston Red Sox; [...]
Tom Hicks: Putting Soccer on the Front Page
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged English Premier League, Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on September 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Dear Sirs,
If your company agrees a £280million refinancing deal with Tom Hicks to retain his share in Liverpool Football Club, then the only return that you will see on your investment is bad publicity and a severe backlash from Liverpool supporters worldwide.
As you are aware, Hicks is trying to refinance his debt to the Royal Bank of Scotland before October 6th so that he can continue his disastrous ownership of Liverpool Football Club.
You are facing an energized, well-informed mass of Liverpool fans from around the world. We are tapped into a constant stream of information on the ownership situation. Every day, dozens of web forums buzz with the latest news. Protest marches, newspaper ads, boycotts and billboards are organized. Every move Hicks makes is scrutinized. And every associate of his is warned.
Refinancing is our nightmare scenario. Anybody who helps Tom Hicks refinance will become our primary target. Just ask the Blackstone Group / GSO Capital Partners who received approximately 7,000 emails in the space of a few days from disgruntled Liverpool fans following refinancing talks with Hicks. They soon saw sense and ended negotiations with Hicks after Liverpool supporters bombarded them with emails and phone calls.
The Sun Newspaper is another organisation who have felt the wrath of Liverpool fans following their disgraceful coverage of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989. The boycott of the newspaper by Liverpool fans is said to have cost News International an estimated £10 million a year.
If you join Tom Hicks in raping and pillaging Liverpool Football Club, then you will be making a very powerful enemy.
You have been warned.
Yours faithfully,
KOP FAITHFUL
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andres Iniesta, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Bayern München, Bébé, Birmingham City, Bolton, Brentford, Burnley, Carling Cup, Carlos Vela, Chelsea, Chris Pontius, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Champions League, Corinthians, Cruz Azul, DC United, Dirk Kuyt, Dorival Junior, Efrain Suarez, English National Team, Everton, Fabio Capello, Franck Ribéry, Fulham, George Gillett, Ipswich Town, Kieran Gibbs, Leicester City, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester United, Mexican National Team, Millwall, MK Dons, MLS, New York Red Bulls, Newcastle, Neymar, Notts County, Paulo Bento, People with Too Much Free Time, Peterborough, Players Behaving Badly, Portsmouth, Portuguese National Team, Samir Nasri, Santos, Santos Laguna, Scunthorpe United, Sir Trevor Brooking, Sol Campbell, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Titus Bramble?, Tom Hicks, Toronto FC, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Wolverhampton on September 22, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What you missed while trashing household items with your homemade coil gun…
Hicks and Gillett: Out by October 6th?
Posted in English Premier League, tagged English Premier League, Financial Disasters, George Gillett, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lot of hand-wringing around the red half of Merseyside lately regarding the club’s inability to find new owners; a couple of prospective buyers have teased that they might be interested, but nobody who actually can prove that they have money seems to be for real. With an October 6th payment deadline looming, [...]
