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    Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    European Commission investigates Liberty Stadium funding deal


    A deal allowing Swansea City FC and the Ospreys rugby region to play at the Liberty Stadium is being investigated by the European Commission.

    Swansea council has been asked to give details over funding arrangements at the council-owned stadium.

    The commission is carrying out a Europe-wide investigation into state aid in sport.

    State aid rules, policed by the commission, limit how much public money can be given to private companies.

    The A?27m Liberty Stadium was built in 2005 with the Swans and the Ospreys both playing there.

    The clubs pay a peppercorn rent to the Swansea Stadium Management Company (SSMC) - a body running the stadium which is a partnership between the council and the two clubs.

    The clubs also contribute over A?1m a year to the running costs of the stadium with any profit made being returned to the teams and the local authority.

    However, it is understood so far that SSMC has failed to ever return a pr

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Why are pound signs coming up as question marks on here?

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Who gives a f vk about Swansea that's as far as I got

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Quote Originally Posted by 1995_Oh_My_Sides_
    Why are pound signs coming up as question marks on here?
    That's the way it always is with the buns, question marks where pound signs should be


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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Quote Originally Posted by Taintedice
    Why are pound signs coming up as question marks on here?
    That's the way it always is with the buns, question marks where pound signs should be

    [/quote]


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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Tims (apart from Tainted) avoiding this one, I see.

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Quote Originally Posted by Taintedice
    Why are pound signs coming up as question marks on here?
    That's the way it always is with the buns, question marks where pound signs should be

    [/quote]


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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Quote Originally Posted by BertrandRussell
    Tims (apart from Tainted) avoiding this one, I see.
    avoiding what? some article about Swansea

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Are you pretending to be unaware of the link with Celtic here, Jimmy?

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    re: Be afraid yahoos - it's getting a bit too close to home

    Quote Originally Posted by BertrandRussell
    Are you pretending to be unaware of the link with Celtic here, Jimmy?
    Ive not read anything that proves anything other than some clown wishing it did

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