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Rich

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  1. Perhaps I haven't explained myself very well. If the monthly returns given to HMRC are not lodged in time and the payments made are not on time, then penalties are issued by HMRC in the form of fines, they are issued on an automated system. From personnel experience, I have made returns and payments by the due date but, that due date has fallen after 5pm on a Friday evening. It then doesn't get registered until Monday morning and an automatic penalty is issued, you then have to appeal this within a certain time limit. If DCFC were so poor in their administrative duties that they never appealed these penalties, then it could possibly be disputed by any prospective buyer that either It's not owed to HMRC or they won't pick up the tab for those failings by the previous administration. There's also the personal liability to HMRC if as a company, they haven't completed their returns in a legally required way. Meaning someone within the DCFC admin is liable to prosecution.
  2. Same story I read I expect and the next morning, messing up my exclusive.
  3. Agreed but, they are easy to remember. Fortunately none of them was a girl, or your reply might have been different and inappropriate.
  4. As you say, built up over a period of time but, would HMRC and the collector of taxes have allowed that to happen over a period of time, as penalties are added automatically for late payment of taxes and tax returns. That's what I mean by disputable, any interested buyer might want to dispute those figures and possibly find a scapegoat, these are the legal side of things to consider. I thought, possibly wrongly, that the directors, or their bookeeper/accountants are legally obliged personally, to run the business properly and pay taxes on time and on demand?
  5. Excuse me if this has been covered before but I haven't seen it. There's lot's of talk about how much is owed to HMRC, with possible agreements to pay less over a period of time. How do we know the exact figure? HMRC won't have released it, Quantuma might have but, is it the correct figure? £36m sounds an awful lot in terms of PAYE, NI and VAT. Are players paid on a PAYE basis, or self employed? I only ask as whenever I've dealt with the collector of taxes, there is no leeway in the total, just an agreed payment plan. But, if the figures demanded are wrong from the outset, which is often the case, demands are issued for the incorrect figure. Automated late payment fines are then issued, along interest charged and totaled, yet the original demand was incorrect. I've made payments directly to the HMPO which is supposedly attributed instantly, only for it to be not registered until after the due date. I've then received fines for late payment and when disputing it, additional charges. So, how can we be sure this is not a disputed figure?
  6. Thought I'd share an experience. While in Majorca last Monday evening I met our former manager Dean Holden and had a little chat. I have to say that he was brilliant and a very nice fella. He'd obviously been relaxing with a few but spent time to talk and pose for a photo, though my wife didn't put the flash on. He was there with a mate, his brother and father who was not present at the time. We spoke about his time here and I thanked him for his hard work and efforts with the team. He stated that he was stitched up here, so I asked if M A was behind that, don't think he understood initially then it clicked what I'd meant by M A, oh yes, definitely came the response. We also spoke while in the loo, as he was blocking my exit, I said this is where all the big knobs hang out which seemed to tickle him, not literally. Then one of his party (not Dean Holden) told me that he has an interview for the Blackpool job this coming Monday. The next morning I read online that he was under consideration for this job, I thought I was going to get an exclusive and maybe have a few bob on him. After that nice chance meeting, I had the displeasure of going to Palma airport the following evening with my direct family which included my three young Grandsons, 8, 6 and two. Our flight at 12,30pm was cancelled and we were effectively abandoned in Majorca with no flights back to Bristol until Friday, bastards. Eventually got one back last night to East Mildlands with Jet 2, brilliant company. After two extra nights accommodation, and all the rest of the expenses that go with it, like £300 minibus fare back to Bristol, we arrived home at 5am today.
  7. I honestly don't know what the Robin denotes. Or the confused emoji, I consider that an insult, wish they'd get rid of that one.
  8. Answer 1. To increase the price. Answer 2. Definitely not. ?
  9. The pitch, or your team?? Closest I ever got was Keynsham Towns pitch, as a youth.
  10. This is getting silly now, "stop it". ?
  11. Hornets live in a nest, nests are in trees, Oakwell is a reference to a tree, so he's signing for Barnsley. Real Ted Rogers 321 moment there.
  12. Wigan were similar to Bournemouth, found their level again now without the wealth behind them and they missed out on the real riches. There was a time when clubs had to have a reasonably large supporter base to be able to compete, now as with Bournemouth and similar clubs, it's no longer the case.
  13. Is it? I've driven around lot's of the main routes and been suitably impressed by the scale and amount of large housing, possibly retirement flats now. It is renowned for being a wealthy area.
  14. Birds and the Bees. Robins are birds, so he's signing for Swindon then.
  15. As well as the financial advantage Bournemouth currently have over us, because they splashed out, well above their weight and reaped the benefits. Big catchment area but, large ageing population of London retirees.
  16. The "Robins" have tweeted for years.
  17. Fair play to you, was that in a professional capacity? I remember seeing games where the opposition were really struggling with the surface speed and bounce. Ok if you're used to playing on hard surfaces but the likes of Dave Rodgers had no chance.
  18. Even better performance then. I shouldn't laugh really, but, what the hell.
  19. He only played about 119 games due to the WW2. Joe Payne (footballer, born 1914) - Wikipedia I note in the picture of him scoring one of "those goals" Bristol Rovers aren't wearing their famous quarters, perhaps they hadn't stolen them at that time.
  20. You may well think that description is harsh, sadly it is a tactic well used and, such is the dedication of some fans that, they will do anything possible to get to see their team. Liverpool being very successful have had more opportunities over the decades to expand on their knowledge. I well remember the events of Hillsborough, yet not too long after, Liverpool fans were breaking open the gates at Wembley to gain access and I'll never forget seeing both Liverpool and Everton fans scaling walls and using scarves as ropes while climbing walls and squeezing through toilet windows to get into Wembley. The recent Wembley final in the Euros is testament to what football supporters will do to gain entry, along with the MUFC protest.
  21. This tends to happen quite a bit with teams in and around London, no matter how small they are. There is an excess of top class footballers looking for a team and pay packet, without having to move home. Stands to reason that the smaller clubs in and around London pick up those excess players and actually perform above what would be their their natural status, based on attendances and local population. Given Luton and also QPR both had an unfair advantage by allowing a plastic pitch, which most probably assisted them in being more successful than they would otherwise have been, during the 70's and 80's, their most recent successful period, since which time they've spent in the 3rd 4th and 5th tiers of English football. Purely hypothetical I know but, if we were that bit closer to the capital, I'm pretty confident we'd have surpassed the likes of Fulham, Palace, QPR, let alone those on the periphery like Watford and Reading. There is however one success Luton have had over us, which I don't think we could ever come near. That is, the most goals scored against one team in a football league match. Stand up and take a bow MR Joe Payne, for scoring 10 goals against Bristol Rovers in 1936. Luton Town and Joe Payne I salute you.
  22. Someone who knows what they're talking about. Were you a number one?
  23. We've regularly been put in the relegation frame by bookies, for as long as I can remember. If not, not fancied for promotion. It's how the rest of the football world sees us as well.
  24. Am I correct in thinking we lost a penalty shoot out at Walsall, to decide where the play off replay was to be held?
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