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In 3 today.... lucky first guess

Doesn't the mighty John Hickton live in Chesterfield these days?

And now in the BBC : "The key issues are establishing a preferred bidder and from that, to have meaningful dialogue with Middlesbrough and Wycombe over their outstanding compensation claims that threaten to land Derby with another £60m bill."

There were some fearsome gadgies back in the day .... there was one patrolling Acklam woods was a right ogre. I'm back in the Boro next week... I'll see what I can discover about the football (y)

Needed an extra go so an unimpressive 5 today

And the amount being claimed is again.... "Boro, whose owner, Steve Gibson, has branded Derby cheats, are seeking about £45m after being pipped to a Championship play-off place by Derby in 2019"... But much worse, if true... "Crucially, the club are thought to have had positive conversations...

Got it in 4 today.... but was just about to give up when dawned on me... previous 3 attempts weren't the best tbf

An interesting quote "Derby's administrators said in a statement on Thursday: "There have been some player exits but our position has always been that we would like to maintain the integrity and quality of the squad as best we can. That is still our intention."" I think that SG must be concerned...

That Derby County ?? :)

Another view, from yesterday about 25 min in... the finance bloke Kieran Maguire reckons Derby are on the hook for 28m (HMRC+VAT) + 20m MSD Holdings + 8m Arsenal (all at 100%) + other suppliers (pies, buses and so on) @ 25%... +3m (Administrators) and heading towards a total of 60 million...

Before my time but I'm surprised I've not heard of them .... will ask family and older mates (if I've still got any :rolleyes: )

"MFC has made clear that it does not wish to see Derby County fall into liquidation, and that MFC is happy to be realistic in its expectations in order for Derby County to exit administration." (y)(y)

Some "opinions" here....