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+x+xIn what might just be one of sport’s biggest surprises of the year, a former All Black has been confirmed as a bidder for the new Auckland A-League football franchise. Ali Williams is leading a local consortium trying to secure the new expansion licence for the team, which will join the trans-Tasman football competition in October 24. These days a property developer, Williams' bid is also thought to involve the Mowbray family, best known for their mega-success with the Zuru toys brand. Local football identities are also tipped to be on board.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/07/former-all-black-confirmed-as-bidder-for-auckland-a-league-team/ And they're gonna build a new stadium, crikey ! Yeah but is it "shovel ready"?
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This guy would be better He's into growing cannabis a Life member of the Council on Foreign Relations (dust off your favourite conspiracies) and sponsoring unproven Brain surgery
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+xThis guy would be better He's into growing cannabis a Life member of the Council of Foreign Relations (dust off your favourite conspiracies) and sponsoring unproven Brain surgery At least its not the "Aussie" Mark Mitchell 
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Auckland testicles ? Agent A-League so might be bollocks 
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+xAuckland testicles ? Agent A-League so might be bollocks Hahahahahahaahah hope there is nothing discriminatory in there with the "spades" symbol.
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+x[quoteAgent A-League so might be bollocks Agent A-League is always bollocks, he's only ever right by accident, you'd think people would understand that after "Glover to Wrexham"
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Auckland Aces is an existing team... from flashscore 
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+xSouthend United have been docked 10 points by the National League following a High Court decision to grant a final 42-day deadline to the club to avoid being wound up.
Owner Ron Martin said the sale of the club to an unnamed Australian buyer should be finalised next month..
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On the sale of the club, a statement said: "Negotiations are at an advanced stage with a consortium led by an Australian national, and comprising of a group of local businessmen. Completion is targeted before 1 October.".
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but Martin is now "confident" the interest from Australia will prove concrete and secure the Shrimpers' future. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66591344 Justin Rees is the Australian leading a consortium to buy Southend United, the Echo understands.
Mr Rees is listed as the co-founder of Eighty20 Solutions on his LinkedIn page having studied at the University of Technology in Sydney.
Mr Rees has previously worked for Liquid Capital Group Derivatives Trading where he was a trainee trader before becoming program manager at Westpac.
Mr Rees was then also program manager at Transport for NSW before setting up Eighty20 Solutions in March 2018.
He has since stepped away from the company and has his sights sets on the Shrimpers, heading up a consortium made up of local businessmen.
Mr Rees has met with members of Blues staff and has also spoken to MP Anna Firth.
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23742571.australian-leading-consortium-buy-southend-united/
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Billionaire Premier League owner Bill Foley now favoured for Auckland A-Leagues clubThe new Auckland A-Leagues club could be part of a multi-club ownership strategy driven by an American billionaire who is chair of AFC Bournemouth in the English Premier League and a significant player in the local wine industry. Bill Foley, 78, is understood to be exploring adding a football club to his existing business interests in New Zealand. He has become Australian Professional Leagues' preferred bidder for the expansion rights within the past fortnight, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/133012152/billionaire-premier-league-owner-bill-foley-now-favoured-for-auckland-aleagues-club
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If these Auckland media reports turn out to be true, plus media reports pertaining to Perth and I have heard Canberra is also a near done deal, then just maybe there is some hope..
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+xIf these Auckland media reports turn out to be true, plus media reports pertaining to Perth and I have heard Canberra is also a near done deal, then just maybe there is some hope.. I’ve been hearing Canberra is far from a done deal…
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Cool, once this thing has finished counting down it starts counting up. 
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Spooky - Most of Foleys teams are named xxxxxx Knights
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+x+xIf these Auckland media reports turn out to be true, plus media reports pertaining to Perth and I have heard Canberra is also a near done deal, then just maybe there is some hope.. I’ve been hearing Canberra is far from a done deal… There have no news stories or “leaks”. Literally fark all in several months. I highly doubt it eventuates. Only thing ive seen reported is the revolving list of supposed interested parties for Auckland. Makes you wonder why the first ones mentioned no longer seemed to be in the running.
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+x+x+xIf these Auckland media reports turn out to be true, plus media reports pertaining to Perth and I have heard Canberra is also a near done deal, then just maybe there is some hope.. I’ve been hearing Canberra is far from a done deal… There have no news stories or “leaks”. Literally fark all in several months. I highly doubt it eventuates. Only thing ive seen reported is the revolving list of supposed interested parties for Auckland. Makes you wonder why the first ones mentioned no longer seemed to be in the running. Yep, exactly my point. All the people in the know here in Canberra know nothing..
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+xOh I had forgetten about APLs pro/rel model. hahahahahahahaha thanks for the laugh. Yes because promotion and relegation will save this poxy league lol
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+xSpooky - Most of Foleys teams are named xxxxxx Knights https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/133097794/american-billionaire-bill-foley-confirmed-as-preferred-bidder-for-auckland-aleagues-club?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterAmerican billionaire and English Premier League club owner Bill Foley has set his sights on building “a winning organisation” in Auckland after being confirmed as the preferred bidder for the city’s new A-Leagues football club. Foley, 78, is the managing general partner of Black Knight Football Club, a partnership that bought EPL club AFC Bournemouth late last year and also holds a minority stake in French Ligue 1 club FC Lorient. The new Auckland club, which will play in A-League Men and A-League Women, will form part of a multi-club strategy, with Foley actively exploring other investment opportunities in Europe.
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Sage still claiming ownership of Glory somehow ?
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/ex-perth-glory-boss-tony-sage-s-company-hit-with-wind-up-bid-as-club-sale-looms-20231010-p5eb4o.html
The company of Perth businessman Tony Sage, which still counts embattled A-Leagues club Perth Glory among its key assets, has been hit with a wind-up application as the club’s sale looms.
A bid to have liquidators appointed to Sage’s company Okewood Pty Ltd was launched late on Monday, according to Supreme Court documents obtained by WAtoday.
It’s not yet clear how the proposed wind-up bid could affect the proposed sale of the club, which could be finalised in a matter of weeks, but it is understood the receivership process would take priority.At the time it was revealed APL had been bankrolling the club’s player and staff wages via secured loans for five months. And a receiver’s report lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in August and obtained by this masthead reveals it did so to the tune of $4.4 million, making it the entity’s second-largest creditor behind Okewood itself – which is said to have loaned the club $33 million.
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+x+xOh I had forgetten about APLs pro/rel model. hahahahahahahaha thanks for the laugh. Yes because promotion and relegation will save this poxy league lol Never fear, looks like "promotion" is coming to one of these clubs in New Zealand... wonder which one? 
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+x+x+xOh I had forgetten about APLs pro/rel model. hahahahahahahaha thanks for the laugh. Yes because promotion and relegation will save this poxy league lol Never fear, looks like "promotion" is coming to one of these clubs in New Zealand... wonder which one? None, because all the biggest NZ clubs rely on pokies money, which can't be paid out for professional sport (ACFC is clearly paying players full-time under the table but no-one's been able to *prove* that)
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+x+x+x+xOh I had forgetten about APLs pro/rel model. hahahahahahahaha thanks for the laugh. Yes because promotion and relegation will save this poxy league lol Never fear, looks like "promotion" is coming to one of these clubs in New Zealand... wonder which one? None, because all the biggest NZ clubs rely on pokies money, which can't be paid out for professional sport (ACFC is clearly paying players full-time under the table but no-one's been able to *prove* that) Oh I see, so we are going to now "moralise" where the funds come from in the Aleague??? hahahahahaha good luck with that.
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 Dave Lewis yet again the only one to report rumours that are totally different from the last rumours he reported https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/singapore-bidder-aiming-to-snap-up-perth-glory-601220Auckland looking the best bet now, but will they just bring in 1 at a time ?
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Perth Glory sold conditionally to a Melbourne based property developer. Property group Primeland, chaired by Robert Brij All staff and players will be retained in the deal https://twitter.com/ScubaStvLong standing partners of Pelligra, apparantly.......... https://www.urban.com.au/news/vic/primeland-and-pelligra-partner-for-80-million-east-melbourne-apartment-development
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https://aleagues.com.au/news/perth-glory-ownership-confirmed-primeland-group-consortium-australian-developers/Primeland Group-led consortium headed by Robert Brij and John Nekic Apparantly they're Australian, just a bit Singaporian Well done you smarty pants 
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Why didn't they buy it from Sage ?
WA govt chucking a heap in now, but told Sage they're not into that ?
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So to answer the poll:
1. Perth (done deal)
2. Auckland (to be announced soon, with ownership already public knowledge)
3. Canberra (behind the eight-ball, probably still need to scrabble around to find enough start-up capital)
4. Newcastle (nothing but crickets)
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