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Listed below are comments made by markbfc between Wednesday, 21st May 2008 and Wednesday, 15th July 2009.

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Has Arsenal borrowed too much? 11:54am on 15 Jul 2009 I think you are being a bit cowardly Robert. I thought blogs were all about opinion but you have simply reported the options open to the directors. Come on Mr Peston, should the Arsenal PLC board take Usmanov's advice and hold a share issue? Are Arsenal in too much debt?
Club ownership: The unsolvable debate 2:47pm on 12 Sep 2008 The horse has already bolted, and the government and FA know this so the Sports Minister’s comments ring pretty hollow.

Before the mid-1980s, FA legislation forbade clubs issuing dividends to shareholders and remuneration to directors. When Spurs floated the company they got round this by creating a fresh PLC and having the football club company as the subsidiary. It should have been dealt with there and then by the FA but they decided not to legislate against it.

I am a Brentford supporter and our club is majority (61%) owned by a Supporters Trust called Bees United. I sit on the board of that Trust and it ensures that supporters can become directly involved in the say of their club. In Germany’s top division, the Bundlesliga, all clubs are owned in this type of way, where 51% rests with supporters and the remaining shares sitting elsewhere.

Our motives are protect the long-term future of the club in its community, something that Manchester City’s new owners - or most of the top flight for that matter - could not care less about. Yet Premiership supporters outside the top four lap it up as they desperatly cling on to the dream of joining the Champions’ League elite.

It’s too late to cry foul now, the damage has been done, and the rush for gold has left the ownership structures of all out major football clubs far removed from the ordinary fan.
Police beat up defenceless woman 6:41pm on 21 May 2008 Never mind this, I've just clocked Nick down the Blackstock Road in Highbury in a Manchester United top in preparation for the final tonight!!!

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