Charlie Chawke.

[Topboy]

Okay, how long before we start calling them Charlie Chaplin and Ella Fitzgerald then?

Charlie Chawke? Probably with a board made up of Colin Crayon, Billy Biro, Peter Pencil & Micky Marker (relative of ex-Argyle midfielder/Centre half! See what I did there?).

 

[The Doctor]

Wasn't there a kids TV character called Charlie Chalk?

 

[Iggy]

I bet it's not him.

 

[Half-Time-Pasty]

Wasn't there a kids TV character called Charlie Chalk?

Yup...they look similar!

 

[JRDub]

Apparently he's got a funny way of walking and a wacky way of talking, Charlie Chawke, Charlie Chawke.

 

[pilgrim_pete]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumaville_Consortium

 

[crownhill pilgrim]

Interesting speculation on this thread.

The Toon attempt

Publican Charlie Chawke has launched an audacious bid to buy English football club, Newcastle United. Chawke confirmed yesterday that he was putting together a consortium to purchase Newcastle from its present owner, Mike Ashley, for £100m (€116m).

"We're looking at it, alright," Chawke said. "It's a great club. He [Ashley] is looking for £100m. You could probably get it for less with a bit of luck. A year-and-a-half ago he was looking for £600m. The problem is to get the syndicate together. Our syndicate in Sunderland bust up last year so a few of us are interested again but others are not, so we will just have to look at trying to get a few people interested in it."

Chawke was part of the Drumaville consortium, an eight-man group that included fellow publican Louis Fitzgerald and a number of property developers, which purchased Sunderland Football Club for €12.65m in 2006.

Having reportedly invested between €60m and €80m in the club, they pulled out three years later when American businessman Ellis Short bought their stake.

From the kind of money, they were talking about with our Geordie friends they could get a bigger outfit easily.

My question - of all the clubs why would there be an interest in us?

0.77p in the pound

 

[The Doctor]

I know this isn't a good business reason, but if I was an Irishman wanting to buy an English football club I would be particularly interested in one that is entirely associated with the colour green. We're also in the Celtic fringe - there's more of a deep cultural/spiritual connection between the far southwest and Ireland than many areas.

 

[Laughter My Ploy]

Interesting speculation on this thread.

The Toon attempt

Publican Charlie Chawke has launched an audacious bid to buy English football club, Newcastle United. Chawke confirmed yesterday that he was putting together a consortium to purchase Newcastle from its present owner, Mike Ashley, for £100m (€116m).

"We're looking at it, alright," Chawke said. "It's a great club. He [Ashley] is looking for £100m. You could probably get it for less with a bit of luck. A year-and-a-half ago he was looking for £600m. The problem is to get the syndicate together. Our syndicate in Sunderland bust up last year so a few of us are interested again but others are not, so we will just have to look at trying to get a few people interested in it."

Chawke was part of the Drumaville consortium, an eight-man group that included fellow publican Louis Fitzgerald and a number of property developers, which purchased Sunderland Football Club for €12.65m in 2006.

Having reportedly invested between €60m and €80m in the club, they pulled out three years later when American businessman Ellis Short bought their stake.

From the kind of money, they were talking about with our Geordie friends they could get a bigger outfit easily.

My question - of all the clubs why would there be an interest in us?

I always think about your question....why does anyone thinks there is bundles of money to be made around property development in Home/Central Park especially with a football club weighing it down....there must be easier land to develop around the country

I just can't see much money coming the football clubs way anyways up

 

[crownhill pilgrim]

I always think about your question....why does anyone thinks there is bundles of money to be made around property development in Home/Central Park especially with a football club weighing it down....there must be easier land to develop around the country

I just can't see much money coming the football clubs way anyways up

I've always thought that too... the NWO only seemed interested in the World Cup bid - their property plans were always based around that.

 

[Leigh Rapson]

I reckon this may well have some legs.

 

[edengreen]

Could it be Reidy's Sunderland connections with Niall Quinn ??

Maybe when they were up there the other week Niall asked about and found these guys and put them in touch ??

 

[crownhill pilgrim]

Charlie Chuck

 

[pilgrim_pete]

Jeez, that scared the life out of me :lol:

 

[Sporting Lipson]

It's gaining momentum on various sites, ah the power of the interweb. Maybe we will get a decent Guiness at HP