NormandyVillan Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Don't mock them. I just typed "bcfc" into AltaVista and saw that "Birmingham City Football Club" gets a very creditable third place behind Bristol City FC and the Belgian Coarse Fishing Committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 14, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2009 But that means that sha has a higher profile in the USA than does Bristol... US google search Birmingham City Football Club The official Birmingham City FC website with news, transfer rumours, online ticket sales, live match commentary, video highlights, player profiles, ... News - Tickets - Player Profiles - Find us/directions www.bcfc.com/ - Cached - Similar - Bristol City | BCFC Scores, News, Transfers, Fixtures The official Bristol City website with news, transfer rumours, online ticket sales, live match commentary, video highlights, player profiles, mobile content ... Fixtures - Latest - Tickets - News www.bcfc.co.uk/ - Cached - Similar - Home | Baltimore Christian Faith Center At Baltimore Christian Faith Center (BCFC). PEOPLE come SEEKING JESUS and they RECEIVE their MIRACLE! Come and receive the anointing of oil, the prayer of ... www.bcfc.org/ - Cached - Similar - Vowles the Green in Knowle: Green BCFC stadium design planned for ... Nov 2, 2009 ... Copy of my objection to the new BCFC stadium plans, sent in just over a week ago . .... Who supports a new BCFC stadium if funded by selli. ... vowlesthegreen.blogspot.com/.../green-bcfc-stadium-design-planned-for.html - Cached - YouTube - bcfc's Channel Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. www.youtube.com/user/bcfc - Cached - Similar - Dawn Bcfc Farrington - West Midlands | Facebook Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) and others you may know. www.facebook.com/cheekibiatch - Cached - Bahrain Commercial Facilities Co. (BCFC): Stock Quote & Company ... Get Bahrain Commercial Facilities Co. (BCFC) stock research & investing information. Find historical stock quotes, key competitors, stock data, ... investing.businessweek.com/research/.../snapshot.asp?...BCFC... - Cached - Similar - BCFC - Bahrain Commercial Facilities Co. BCFC rights issue well received (Bahrain Tribune - 30/10/2008) ... BCFC's BD25m rights issue to close on Oct. 22 (Bahrain Tribune - 20/10/2008) ... www.gulfbase.com/site/.../CompanyProfileSummary.aspx?c... - Cached - Similar - Birmingham City Football Club | Fanzine | BCFC | Birmingham City ... An unofficial Birmingham City Football Club fanzine designed by a lifelong Bluenose. www.bcfcfanzine.com/ - Cached - Similar - The real BCFC pro-forma letter … « The Bristol Blogger Sep 24, 2009 ... The real BCFC pro-forma letter … September 24, 2009 · 1 Comment · View this document on Scribd. Categories: Ashton Vale · Bedminster ... thebristolblogger.wordpress.com/.../the-real-bcfc-pro-forma-letter/ - Cached - Perhaps it's because USA Google gives greater weight to .com domain names while UK Google gives greater weight to .co,uk domain names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 14, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2009 Japan - sha Germany - sha France - sha Spain - sha Greece - sha Argentina - sha Ecuador - sha Mexico - sha Portugal - sha Poland - sha Australia - sha Ireland - sha Norway - sha Italy - sha Brazil - Bristol It's actually interesting that it seems that the only two countries where BCFC means Bristol and not sha are the UK and Brazil... not sure what to make of that, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 who the hell from greece and portugual would want to type up bcfc?? uk is where its improtant for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Dawn Bcfc Farrington - West Midlands | Facebook Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) and others you may know. www.facebook.com/cheekibiatch Good lord, don't click on that link!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Good lord, don't click on that link!!! sick sick sick Imagine the parents though.. calling your little lad "dawn" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojskovoda Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Dawn of the Dead... has a nice ring to it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 14, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2009 Dawn Bcfc Farrington - West Midlands | Facebook Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) and others you may know. www.facebook.com/cheekibiatch Good lord, don't click on that link!!! Hahahaha. "Are you local?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojskovoda Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Heathens genuinely think they've got a chance of signing Huntelaar in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 It's actually interesting that it seems that the only two countries where BCFC means Bristol and not sha are the UK and Brazil... not sure what to make of that, though. That the country that invented football and the most successful ever footballing country know best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Dawn Bcfc Farrington - West Midlands | Facebook Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Dawn Bcfc Farrington (West Midlands) and others you may know. www.facebook.com/cheekibiatch Good lord, don't click on that link!!! Hahahaha. "Are you local?" Her face is rougher than sandpaper to the balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Posted by atomicjam on H&V - thought I would copy it and it & post it here From Forbes The Invisible Hand Behind Birmingham City Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, 11.16.09, 03:00 AM EST Unknown Chinese investors will soon control the Premier League football team. HONG KONG -- Mysterious mainland Chinese investors will soon take over English Premier League football club Birmingham City. The current majority shareholder of Birmingham City, Hong Kong-listed Grandtop International, said Sunday that it had agreed to buy a company called Peace International Creation Ltd. for 800 million yuan ($117.6 million). The consideration will be settled by allotment of new shares and issuance of convertible bonds. Peace International Creation is a shell company that has not commenced business since its incorporation in early January last year in the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven whose regulation doesn't require offshore companies to disclose ownership. In mid-August this year, Peace International Creation acquired a Chinese company, which is now developing an electronic media platform for airports and aircrafts to provide passengers access to movies, TV programs and e-magazines. Grandtop didn't reveal the name of this Chinese company. From its statement filed to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Grandtop only said the Chinese company had lost more than 90 million yuan ($13.2 million) in the past two years and just had entered into an agreement with Tianjian Airlines to install the aviation media platform for its flights. It's hard to calculate the potential synergy value--if any--for Grandtop from combining an aviation media service provider with its present major businesses of apparel trading and sourcing. Even more absurd, the deal is going to transfer the controlling stake of Grandtop from its present chairman, Carson Yeung, to two mysterious companies registered in British Virgin Islands. Based on the agreement, Grandtop is going to issue new shares and convertible bonds to Winning Top International Overseas Ltd. and Genuine Ocean International Trading Ltd., the holding companies of Grandtop's acquisition target Peace International Creation. Upon completion of the deal, Yeung's stakes in Grandtop will drop to 9.2% from his present 16.01% stake in the company, while Winning Top and Genuine Ocean, with no details disclosed on their ownership, would hold a combined 42.37% stake in Grandtop (if they fully exercise the convertible bonds issued by Grandtop). Birmingham City will fall into the hands of some phantom investors because Grandtop International bought a 29.9% [RRR-this figure is incorrect] controlling stake in the team last month for 81.5 million pounds ($136.3 million). Grandtop International was little known to Hong Kong investors and fund managers before its sudden and high-profile acquisition of Birmingham City. In fact, the chairman might have been more popular in the gambling city of Macau than in the financial center in Hong Kong. Although he promised to channel about 80 million pounds ($83.7 million) to back the football team, Yeung's rise has been a mystery and a speculated upon in the Hong Kong financial market. Yeung has been reluctant to talk about his career path. The latest annual report of Grandtop only unveiled that the 49-year-old was the chairman of the Hong Kong Rangers Football Club from 2005 to 2006 and has other interests in energy, property and water companies. Unconfirmed media reports said Yeung was a hairstylist until only 10 years ago. One sure thing is that Yeung has a good relationship with Pollyana Chu, chief executive of Golden Resorts casino in Macau and Kingston Securities, which financially backed Yeung's deal to buy Birmingham City. Chu has influence among penny stocks in Hong Kong and is a close friend of Angela Leong, wife number four of Casino King Stanley Ho. From Yeung to two BVI companies, the future of Birmingham City still rests on Chinese investors whose source of income is difficult to divine. Basically they're buying a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands but the company they are going to buy will then hold a 40% stake in Grandtop, making them the biggest shareholder (by far) and their new owners could remain completely anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Oh I hope this all goes tits up, I don't think I'll ever stop laughing :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 17, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2009 It just gets better and better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 "Unconfirmed media reports said Yeung was a hairstylist until only 10 years ago." He must've been bloomin' good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hev Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 What if the unknown people have untold wealth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 What if the unknown people have untold wealth? then they wouldnt be buying SHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 17, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2009 It really wouldn't surprise me if this was a money laundering front for the Triads. I know it's been proposed earlier, but it just seems more and more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 18, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 18, 2009 Well, it seems the new lot are very worried that the old lot may have done a bit of book cooking. The Beeb"]The new owners of Birmingham City FC have contacted police over their concerns about possible irregularities in the Premier League club's accounts. West Midlands Police said officers from its economic crime team met club bosses yesterday to discuss "a number of allegations put forward by the club". It said officers were considering if there were grounds for an inquiry. Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung took over the club last month from David and Ralph Gold and David Sullivan. The previous owners were unavailable for comment. West Midlands Police said in a statement: "Following the meeting, officers are now assessing a number of allegations that have been put forward by Birmingham City FC to try and determine whether there are any grounds for a formal police inquiry. "The force would stress that at this early stage this is not a criminal investigation, merely a preliminary assessment of some information supplied by the club." A Birmingham FC spokesman confirmed the club had met with police, adding: "As the matter is now in the hands of the police it is not suitable to comment further about this." Well, someone had to pay for Karen's inch of make up everyday! The previous owners were unavailable for comment. That's a first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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