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Zabeel Investments to buy Charlton Athletic (Seven Years ago today)

shirty5
shirty5 Posts: 19,386
edited October 2015 in General Charlton
Seven years ago today. A what if moment which did not come to fruition. Pardew thought all his Christmas's had come early, but within a month the deal collapsed and he got the sack.

http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/19886/the-official-charlton-takeover-thread-for-johnny-come-latelys/p1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1076323/Charlton-receive-indicative-offer-Dubai-based-Zabeel-Investments.html
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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,622
    Another iconic Charlton nil failure.
    Thanks for that.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,299
    Don't time fly when you're knocking around League One!

    :-/
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,670
    I still haven't got over the disappointment of that.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,308
    Cheer up ShootersHillGuru, if they had come in, we would never have met RD, and would'nt have the lovely new pitch and sofá, not to mention JBG, Mak,.....er....... ...er...... plans for Sparrows Lane.. er and new seats in the ground...... help me someone here?
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,053
    Didnt they soon get into alot of financial trouble after the deal falling through? If so arent we lucky that didnt happen?
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,299
    ken_shabby said:

    Cheer up ShootersHillGuru, if they had come in, we would never have met RD, and would'nt have the lovely new pitch and sofá, not to mention JBG, Mak,.....er....... ...er...... plans for Sparrows Lane.. er and new seats in the ground...... help me someone here?

    Pulled pork on the menu?
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,349
    How depressing
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,404
    ken_shabby said:

    Cheer up ShootersHillGuru, if they had come in, we would never have met RD, and would'nt have the lovely new pitch and sofá, not to mention JBG, Mak,.....er....... ...er...... plans for Sparrows Lane.. er and new seats in the ground...... help me someone here?

    And a new right back/striker/midfielder/CEO if we look like we are knocking on the big time.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,690
    A tale of what might have Beene eh, we could have been kings of Europe, with Jurgen Klopp as our new manager.
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,943
    Didn't Pardew tell the players who he wanted. Which created a massive rift and helped us spiral down the league.

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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,169
    We're coming out of the recession now, save usZabeel!
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,141
    Cost me a bloody fortune! I was on holiday in Cyprus and trying to follow developments on my phone. Had no idea how much I was downloading by refreshing that thread every few minutes!! Damn you Zabeel :(
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,004
    TelMc32 said:

    Cost me a bloody fortune! I was on holiday in Cyprus and trying to follow developments on my phone. Had no idea how much I was downloading by refreshing that thread every few minutes!! Damn you Zabeel :(

    I was in New York, trying to check how much my shares were worth, turned out they didn't cover the cost of my data usage.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,075
    edited October 2015
    Few things stood out from that attached thread.

    1. Pages and pages of non-bickering. No snidey, trolling, arsehole posts, days before socia media properly kicked in and people started routinely behaving online like twats.

    2. @Ollywozere seemed to know more what was going on at the club then than he does now :-)

    3. 'Gonna be a long weekend i think. Statement of intent, but nothing signed. Won't get too carried away until it is' - it was this kind of form that saw me go on and win the Sidcup Voice of Reason award 2009, 2011 and 2012.
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    I know how many things could have gone wrong but i am still gutted about this falling through.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,151
    Feels like an age ago, life has taken its toll!!!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,075
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    Feels like an age ago, life has taken its toll!!!

    Amen
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,272
    I always found it odd the club announced it as soon as they did.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    The Red Robin said:

    I always found it odd the club announced it as soon as they did.

    because they had to, the club was owned by a publicly traded company and had a duty to announce to shareholders (the fans) that they had been approached by zabeel and if they are offered then the club recommends shareholders accept the offer from zabeel.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,153
    Didn't they go bust soon after ?

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  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,938
    deal's done xxx
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,912
    edited October 2015
    @se9addick No, that was us!
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,812
    AFKABartram said:

    Few things stood out from that attached thread.

    1. Pages and pages of non-bickering. No snidey, trolling, arsehole posts, days before socia media properly kicked in and people started routinely behaving online like twats.

    2. @Ollywozere seemed to know more what was going on at the club then than he does now :-)

    3. 'Gonna be a long weekend i think. Statement of intent, but nothing signed. Won't get too carried away until it is' - it was this kind of form that saw me go on and win the Sidcup Voice of Reason award 2009, 2011 and 2012.

    You need to look at the positives more often chunk
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,440
    ANOTHER stella highlight of supporting the Addicks... still i guess i prefer a quick stiff kick in the goolies to the slow torture of a Charlton transfer window as it stretches painfully to deadline day.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,388
    Are they even still in business? Their Website doesn't work for me and the Wiki page is somewhat out of date. Was an exciting moment, but as bad as things have been since I do wonder if this would in fact have been worse!
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,392
    Move on
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,296
    AFKABartram said:

    Few things stood out from that attached thread.

    1. Pages and pages of non-bickering. No snidey, trolling, arsehole posts, days before socia media properly kicked in and people started routinely behaving online like twats.

    2. @Ollywozere seemed to know more what was going on at the club then than he does now :-)

    3. 'Gonna be a long weekend i think. Statement of intent, but nothing signed. Won't get too carried away until it is' - it was this kind of form that saw me go on and win the Sidcup Voice of Reason award 2009, 2011 and 2012.

    This makes me sad as I joined in 2010. Am I responsible for this hell that is now Charlton Life, the bickering, the snidey comments, the trolling.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,075
    You @cabbles are the M&S sandwich platter in a bag full of Lidl produce
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,296
    It's an honour to hear that from Sidcup's voice of reason for 09' 11' & 12
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,179
    What happened to Zabeel?

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