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The Annual Report says (p72): "During September 2022 MA ...purchased a minority interest in the club. The transaction included the purchase of all shares held by MF along with some other minority holdings... MA was appointed as a Director ...effective from 12 September 2022" So around end of August 2023 seems logical (transfer window closes on Sept 1st) Taken literally "all shares held by MF" could be those held in his name only, while "other minority holdings" could be shares held by member of the Foulger family who are not called Michael!

Maybe some facts might be useful?

Not sure why "Norfolk" has got anything to do with it. Do you think you are the only poster that lives outside the county? As the Power Court project has already slipped by at least two years (see below) then I have no reason to believe that July 2026 is a trustworthy date for completion. We will see. https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2021/march/power-court/ Late 2021 – Commencement of initial works at Power Court. 2022 – Initial phases of development at Newlands Park and Power Court complete.

"... groundworks for the new stadium should begin by the turn of the year with the construction period for the stadium itself estimated at around 24-30 months." So, best case scenario is Jan 2025, July 2025 is still within their projection, and any slippage could see that closer to 2026. So not within 2-3 years at all.

Conceived in 2015/16, initial planning permisson given in 2016 to '2020 Developments (Luton)', scheme running at least two years late. They won't be moving on out any time soon.

Luton Town are still in a stadium that is unsuitable for Champs football, let alone the level above. If they get promoted around ten per cent of their PL TV income will be spent just bringing the ground up to minimum requirements. Eight years after the first planning application for their new stadium no actual building has even taken place, while "detailed design" of the development was only completed in March 2023. They don't own their training ground and their Academy - despite the clear, historic potential - is not Cat One. Is their Board performing better than ours? I too can make subjective & out-of-context comparisons.

Capital Canaries.

That is an entirely loaded comparison as the clubs were in different divisions. Luton spent over 100% of their Turnover on wages - for the second season running - something which the current Board of NCFC have always managed to avoid (Promotion bonuses excepted).

The 2002 Prospectus p21: "It is unlikely that dividends will be declared on the Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future" The 2002 Prospectus p44: "...the Directors do not anticipate paying dividends to holders of Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future" The 2002 Prospectus p8: "You are strongly urged to support your Club by subscribing generously" LIke I said, virtually all fans Subscribing did so to help the Club and not to line their own pockets, then or in the future. .

"A Club Developed Player is a player who has been registered with the relevant club for a minimum of 12 months prior to the end of his Under-19 season" That's the rule for all football clubs, whether you like it or not.

Virtually all fans who have ever purchased NCFC shares have done so with no thought of financial benefit. Indeed, the prospectus usually made it CRYSTAL CLEAR that these shares were not likely to produce a return. Of course, there are always one or two who think only of themselves and what benefit they can squeeze out of the deal.

The defeat vs Swansea saw the drummer fall silent at the end of the first half, not to be heard again. Meanwhile many other, younger, fans chose to leave a long time before the match finished. Please explain how these fans are preferable to the "coffin dodgers" who stayed for the full 95 mins to offer support to the team?

Liam Gibbs left Ipswich in July 2021, to play a better standard of football and - I expect - to earn a bigger wage. If he had stayed at Ipswich how many PL squads would he have been part of? If he had stayed at Ipswich how many Champs appearances would he have made? If he had stayed at Ipswich would he have earned more or less money?

So the Turners never happened?

Here is Ian Crook, at Arnhem, wearing the shirt that was apparently a "later version" Beware of Facebook experts.

The first-ever NCFC third shirt, needed to avoid a kit clash when playing Vitesse in Arnhem https://www.pinkun.com/news/22703285.canaries-plenty-history-blue-away-kits/ Only worn for that one game, I believe. https://museumofjerseys.com/2019/01/28/great-one-offs-norwich-city-1993/ The sponsor-free version has a club crest that looks waaaaay too small, but that is just my opinion.

You say "seeking offers" yet the site states an asking price of £73 per share. Whch is it?

Young Player of the Year.

You know neither the offer / trade price.

Can any of the 'truth seekers' answer these two simple Qs? 1) If S&J wanted to "further cement their family control" then why not just buy Foulger's shares? 2) Why go to the trouble & expense of creating brand new shares when you already have full & total control?

I am not sure that loans from Arsenal & Villa are ever going to be cheap! but it does seem that the torrent of contract-renewals has slowed (only 4 first-teamers given new deals this season, with 3 from the DS getting improved terms). We'll see when the accounts are released next autumn It is massively disappointing to me that NCFC (and football, overall) is incapable of making a direct link between income & wages.

Please outline why you believe there will be a 50% drop in wages after relegation? If it helps, here are the figures from previous seasons (when the club was similarly keen to let it be known that "big wage cuts" were in place) After relegation of 2005: wages cut by c. 9% After relegation of 2016: wages cut by c. 18% After relegation of 2020: wages cut by c 35% Also please bear in mind that at least one player (Pukki) is still receiving his full PL wage (as per Bailey).

If we were in a vacuum I assume our midfield maestro would be Wes Hooverhan? Playing alongside Henry Lansbury, with a speculative bid in for Kevin Carpet-Beattie? [It's been a long & tiring day]

Maddison was sold for £21m [market value £10m] Josh Murphey was sold for £10.5m [market value £1.5m] Gunn was shortly after sold for £13m [market value £2m] Transfermarkt's data is mostly socially-generated. Yep, kidz in bedrooms plucking numbers outta their a**

Which is why I deliberately used the impersonal pronoun.