General The Board & Senior Management

[jaybeachjump]

Or the Singapore Stock Exchange, where Oxford Investment Holding Pte is registered.

Colin, do you mean keep an eye on ACRA, Singapore's version of Companies House, where Oxford Investment Holding is currently registered as a private company, or do you mean that the private holding company Oxford Investment Holding is about to go public on the Singapore Exchange?!

 

[Paul Cannell]

How do you know we won't be?

I don't know we won't be. I was expressing mild abhorrence of the notion.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Seems odd to be fussy about future owners when the club's owned by members of a genocidal (West Papua) oligarchy funded largely on mineral extraction, though. Whose initial purchase was influenced by the opportunity to oust Benny Wenda from the 'freedom of Oxford' conferred on him by the city council.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

I'd imagine any new investment will be towards funding the stadium but we need to be careful that doesn't hand a large chunk of the stadium ownership to a third party unrelated to the club.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

I'd imagine any new investment will be towards funding the stadium but we need to be careful that doesn't hand a large chunk of the stadium ownership to a third party unrelated to the club.

Is the lease not drawn up in a way where the stadium and club can’t ever be separated again like the Kassam was?

 

[Colin B]

Colin, do you mean keep an eye on ACRA, Singapore's version of Companies House, where Oxford Investment Holding is currently registered as a private company, or do you mean that the private holding company Oxford Investment Holding is about to go public on the Singapore Exchange?!

Yes, this. I was in a hurry, as I was going out, so just used a generic term, but look out for changes on the listing on ACRA, as there may be some in the next week or so.

 

[Bornyellow]

I'd imagine any new investment will be towards funding the stadium but we need to be careful that doesn't hand a large chunk of the stadium ownership to a third party unrelated to the club.

Personally I see the most likely scenario being, initial investment being just below controlling stake in the club and naming rights for the new stadium. However I think they’re may well be options/clauses for said investor to eventually complete a full takeover.

I must say though @Colin B seems to be making a lot of grown men rather excited with his …

 

[Fanatica]

Or the Singapore Stock Exchange, where Oxford Investment Holding Pte is registered.

I’m there on business in two weeks, I’ll ask them myself

 

[OX14]

Is the lease not drawn up in a way where the stadium and club can’t ever be separated again like the Kassam was?

Of course it is , that's why it took the county council so bloody long to agree the lease on the triangle.

If I remember right Orkney was constantly claiming the Lib Dems and Cherwell were trying to kill the club and were all against the stadium beford planning was granted. Obviously he was proved very wrong on that.

He is not alone though, we do have a minority of fans who are very negative on every aspect and believe Kassam mark 2 is just round the corner.

Maybe just maybe it's our time to hit the big time following Brentford's and Brighton's model.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Of course it is , that's why it took the county council so bloody long to agree the lease on the triangle.

If I remember right Orkney was constantly claiming the Lib Dems and Cherwell were trying to kill the club and were all against the stadium beford planning was granted. Obviously he was proved very wrong on that.

He is not alone though, we do have a minority of fans who are very negative on every aspect and believe Kassam mark 2 is just round the corner.

Maybe just maybe it's our time to hit the big time following Brentford's and Brighton's model.

I have very mixed fews about ‘hitting the big time’ but right now I’m enjoying the journey we are on and excited about getting into our new stadium which we can finally call home, the first time since leaving the Manor.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Of course it is , that's why it took the county council so bloody long to agree the lease on the triangle.

If I remember right Orkney was constantly claiming the Lib Dems and Cherwell were trying to kill the club and were all against the stadium beford planning was granted. Obviously he was proved very wrong on that.

He is not alone though, we do have a minority of fans who are very negative on every aspect and believe Kassam mark 2 is just round the corner.

Maybe just maybe it's our time to hit the big time following Brentford's and Brighton's model.

Personally, I'll always be wary of football club owners and Liberal Democrats.

There are some good owners out there and we have some here but football has a habit of attracting spivs and speculators as we and other clubs have seen several times.

 

[uptheus]

Yes, this. I was in a hurry, as I was going out, so just used a generic term, but look out for changes on the listing on ACRA, as there may be some in the next week or so.

What will this ultimately mean in layman’s terms ?

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

What will this ultimately mean in layman’s terms ?

Shareholding and/or directorship changes at the parent company.

 

[Carlislehotdog]

If they're looking to raise external equity for the stadium rather than just debt then presumably that would mean new investors taking on a slice of the club, as the covenants and rent limitations on the stadium will (hopefully) mean it's not much of an asset on its own, right?

 

[isibuko]

*Would we prefer a Saudi investment group or American investment group?

Do people have particularly strong feelings on it? Personally, I couldn’t really give a monkeys as long as they’re fully invested in OUFC and safeguard the future of our football club.

*I’m not suggesting that any investment is limited to just coming from Saudi or USA.

I'd struggle hugely with Saudi investment. Would genuinely test my loyalty to the club, I think.

 

[Chippy]

I'd struggle hugely with Saudi investment. Would genuinely test my loyalty to the club, I think.

Doesn’t seem to have affected the Geordies!

Your club is your club, owners come and go, supporters remain 24/7, 365 days.

 

[LeftSideBoy]

Would genuinely test my loyalty to the club, I think.

We have been bankrolled by a Mossad spy with extensive ties to child sex trafficking rings. Cant imagine anyone was complaining about all of that while we were winning the Milk Cup...

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

All eyes on the executive box tonight then?!

 

[holdsteady]

Taking binoculars.

 

[Colin B]

All eyes on the executive box tonight then?!

Erick and Tiger will be there again. Not sure who else?

 

[isibuko]

We have been bankrolled by a Mossad spy with extensive ties to child sex trafficking rings. Cant imagine anyone was complaining about all of that while we were winning the Milk Cup...

I wasn't watching then

 

[isibuko]

Doesn’t seem to have affected the Geordies!

Your club is your club, owners come and go, supporters remain 24/7, 365 days.

Yes and no - I'd still find it hard.

 

[Followtheox1]

We have been bankrolled by a Mossad spy with extensive ties to child sex trafficking rings. Cant imagine anyone was complaining about all of that while we were winning the Milk Cup...

Not sure it was exactly public knowledge at the time we won the Milk Cup and you forgot about the stealing of pension funds too!

 

[Stranger]

Erick and Tiger will be there again. Not sure who else?

Grant, presumably

 

[TobyDavis34]

Here's a radical thought for some of you to ponder.

Over the years Jerome has had the inside track on much of the inner workings of the club. Many of the people who gave Jerome that inside track are no longer at the club.

Jerome may know more than the man in the street, but he doesn't know everything......................

I mean we are at a higher level now too.

When I was a mascot in 2006 I was part of a rondo with some of the players pre-match, for example. Can you imagine that happening now?

So he may have known more 15 years ago but now we are in tier 2 of the football league, I’d imagine it’s more hush hush

 

[Emilio]

I mean we are at a higher level now too.

When I was a mascot in 2006 I was part of a rondo with some of the players pre-match, for example. Can you imagine that happening now?

So he may have known more 15 years ago but now we are in tier 2 of the football league, I’d imagine it’s more hush hush

Was that a way of saving money on scouting?

 

[Beckdale16Bicester]

We have been bankrolled by a Mossad spy with extensive ties to child sex trafficking rings. Cant imagine anyone was complaining about all of that while we were winning the Milk Cup...

We knew nothing of that when he took over. We know plenty about the Saudi’s and their human rights.

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

Not sure it was exactly public knowledge at the time we won the Milk Cup and you forgot about the stealing of pension funds too!

What an all round great guy!

 

[Emilio]

What an all round great guy!

A common indicator of an "all round great guy" is whether or not the official story of their "death by falling off the side of his yacht while taking a nighttime p**s" is considered as a suspicious assassination cover-up.

 

[psquared]

A common indicator of an "all round great guy" is whether or not the official story of their "death by falling off the side of his yacht while taking a nighttime p**s" is considered as a suspicious assassination cover-up.

I’ll be the 34th anniversary of that unfortunate call of nature tomorrow.