that tatty name all over the club

[TheOtherTerryMac]

10 million? That's about what he would be getting if he charged 7% interest on the money he lent to the club.

As he owns the Club outright I think you will find that it is money that he loaned himself. Ask yourself if he hadn't loaned the Club money what would have happened to the Club he owns

[pboromag]

As he owns the Club outright I think you will find that it is money that he loaned himself. Ask yourself if he hadn't loaned the Club money what would have happened to the Club he owns

under the norther numpties who had it before they were spending the advertising and sponsorship money on the likes of owen etc etc
they had spent the advertising money and were still running the club into the ground

becase of ash we have a club

some want to be thank full for that

i didnt see to many geordies step up with the money to buy their club

and i havent seen to many since get the money together

i think all this its in your blood sh1t3 is a myth
the fans only come out when the sun is out and things are fine

i rememeber watching in crowds of 16-18 thousand
where was the great geordie nation then ??

it wasnt in there blood then

[sherwoodmag]

under the norther numpties who had it before they were spending the advertising and sponsorship money on the likes of owen etc etc
they had spent the advertising money and were still running the club into the ground

becase of ash we have a club

some want to be thank full for that

i didnt see to many geordies step up with the money to buy their club

and i havent seen to many since get the money together

i think all this its in your blood sh1t3 is a myth
the fans only come out when the sun is out and things are fine

i rememeber watching in crowds of 16-18 thousand
where was the great geordie nation then ??

it wasnt in there blood then

Gates of 50,000 in the Championship is not to be sneezed at,just look at the gates at the SOL even though they have low prices for kids.The Sun hasn't shone at SJP since Robson was here but the gates haven't really dropped.You talk about the low gates at a time when the ground was shabby after the Leazes stand was pulled down and McKeag sold our best players like Waddle,Pedro and Gazza, but before that I was in a 60,000 crowd for a Derby game and as a kid SJP held the post war record for average attendance only overtaken by Man U in 1968.

[toonlegend]

Gates of 50,000 in the Championship is not to be sneezed at,just look at the gates at the SOL even though they have low prices for kids.The Sun hasn't shone at SJP since Robson was here but the gates haven't really dropped.You talk about the low gates at a time when the ground was shabby after the Leazes stand was pulled down and McKeag sold our best players like Waddle,Pedro and Gazza, but before that I was in a 60,000 crowd for a Derby game and as a kid SJP held the post war record for average attendance only overtaken by Man U in 1968.

gates of 60,000 plus were normal in the late 60's early 70's

[toptoon]

As he owns the Club outright I think you will find that it is money that he loaned himself. Ask yourself if he hadn't loaned the Club money what would have happened to the Club he owns

It would be in debt to the bank to the tune of around 140 million pounds and paying about 10 million in interest payments annually.

[Kal]

It would be in debt to the bank to the tune of around 140 million pounds and paying about 10 million in interest payments annually.

He did increase the debt from £80 to £140 million though !

[toptoon]

He did increase the debt from £80 to £140 million though !

I don´t think he did. There were a lot of player payments that the previous regime hadn´t paid for yet. Just because the debt increased with Ashley at the helm doesn´t mean it was due to him. Anyway, everyone criticises him for not investing in the club - are you disagreeing with that?

[Kal]

I don´t think he did. There were a lot of player payments that the previous regime hadn´t paid for yet. Just because the debt increased with Ashley at the helm doesn´t mean it was due to him. Anyway, everyone criticises him for not investing in the club - are you disagreeing with that?

He bought the club with assets as well as debts. He got £35 million for Andy Carroll (who was a club asset). We could go round in circles with this, but what we do know, is that the club had about £80 million debt when he bought it and it now has about £140 million debt.

Whether you choose to believe that or not is up to you.

[waalsendmick]

will people stop quoting him?

it deems the ignore option completely useless!!!

[toonlegend]

as far as his incompoetence and not maximising income - it isn';t just the advertising

he also farmed out all the inhouse catering matchdays, functions etc = a former lucrative earner - why because he couldn't be bothered, sports direct didn't benefit from it.