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Published Date: 04 September 2008
ARBROATH have told Hearts they will reluctantly accept the lesser fee of £16,000 that they are due from Andy Webster's move to Wigan in summer 2006.
The Gayfield side, who had negotiated a 17.5 per cent sell on clause when they sold the Scotland defender to Hearts for £67,500 in 2001, had been holding out for £26,000.

The full article contains 65 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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4-0 Oops! Hartley Hat-trick,

04/09/2008 00:08:35
Andy who ?

sorry we don't know anybody by that name, goodbye.
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Hobo Harry,

04/09/2008 00:52:11
2 Gorgie's Finest, If Arbroath don't have a leg to stand on, why is Romanov giving them anything at all? Or is he just giving away the money out of kindness?
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4-0 Oops! Hartley Hat-trick,

04/09/2008 01:32:06
#9 plum t1t wipe the diarrhoea its dribbling down your chin

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4-0 Oops! Hartley Hat-trick,

04/09/2008 01:49:18
he was decent - under pressley's guidance. and if it seems like a long time ago, thats because it was. andy who ?

and dont talk about money well spent i could roll call about 100... im sure you know what im saying.

nice to see you change your name upon my arrival, i've always been an influential person.

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DekNZ,

04/09/2008 01:59:28
I don't usually post on these things but been reading a few posts over the last few days and even from down here in NZ you can tell the pundit is a f3kin 3rse!!!!!!!!!
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4-0 Oops! Hartley Hat-trick,

04/09/2008 02:12:15
#13 your post is as accurate as a pilibaitis header -
its right on the money !!!

plumt1t theres a carlos cuellar thread. you can go there and reminisce ?? :-(

right im off i have a meeting in russia...
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4-0 Oops! Hartley Hat-trick,

04/09/2008 02:15:24
oh my god plum t1t

i know you talk utter guff. we all do.

BUT even you must surely know you are havering like a deranged baboon by attempting to say webster has ever been a better player than pressley was ???

i think i will stop even reading your posts they are so uneducated, and badly thought out.
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Scotland Uber Unionists,

04/09/2008 08:17:07
Gorgies finest. Arbroath were not obliged to pay to get money out of Rangers/Wigan as it was a contract with Hearts that he broke/ended.

Your club is a shambles by the way.
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Scotland Uber Unionists,

04/09/2008 08:21:30
Oh, and Gorgons Filthiest, your team is rank.
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LionheartFodithman,

04/09/2008 08:47:43
Arbroath get their dosh,everybody happy then.
Apart from the rioters of course.
2 years paying Webster a conservative(guess on my part)5k a week wages works out
about 3/4 million smackeroonies doon the pan for a non playing player.
Not a very clever bit of business from the big team.
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Jambo-ree,

04/09/2008 08:57:35
Let's hope that's the last we hear of this story. "The Gayfield side, who had negotiated a 17.5 per cent sell on clause" - there was no sell-on and the money Hearts fought for and got was compensation from a player for ducking out of his contract.

#23 Spot on.

Pundit - you're an eejit. In all the Rankers postings yesterday discussing possible team formations there was no mention whatsoever of Webster's name. He is now a non-event at Ibrox in the same way this is now a non-story.

End of chapter.
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We love fitba,

google! 04/09/2008 09:57:38
Is this what the Jambos are reduced to these days, crowing about screwing 10 grand out of a Second Division club?

You must be so proud...
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LionheartFodithman,

04/09/2008 10:14:27
#27 Was it a Jambo that wrote the article ?
Are you suggesting we don't comment on it ?

Why are you commenting on it ?

3 easy questions for you.

#25 GF
I think the one to blame is Webster himself.
There are easier ways of getting a transfer than the path he chose.
The rioters deserve to have shelled out so much dosh because of the underhand way in which the deal was done.
It hasn't stopped a repeat performance though (Velicka).
All in all and in hindsight with the injuries Webster has had and the alleged amount Vlad offered him to stay then its a good job he went.
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Chas Niceass,

04/09/2008 10:15:46
#27 What do you think we are? The Sally Army? Charity begins at home.
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Chas Niceass,

04/09/2008 10:19:29
#28 There will be an endless stream of them from now to the end of time. Like Muttley they all chase the medals and the money.
On the one hand you cant really blame them, we all want whats best for ourselves and our family, generally dirty moula pays for it, but as a career move it has to be questioned in terms of ambition.
I was never happy being a sub for a decent team, I needed to be on the park, if you love football at any level I cant understand anyone happy to be a sub or reserve but at the end of the day this is a job for these guys and they have to make hay while the sun shines.
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Jambo-ree,

04/09/2008 10:23:39
#27 You can lay the blame for this firmly at the door of A.Webster Esq pal. Had he not decided to screw the system then Arbroath would have got a damn sight more than the £26k they said they wanted.
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We love fitba,

google! 04/09/2008 10:41:42
#28, You've missed my point.

#31, Perhaps, but the bragging about making Abroath back down on here this morning hardly paints Hearts or its supporters in a good light.
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busbyfh,

04/09/2008 10:48:29
FOR THE LAST TIME VLAD COULD HAVE PAID ARBROATH NOTHING

Note the words "sell on clause" - HEARTS NEVER SOLD HIM.

Webster the gawk basically resigned - He bought out his own contract. The "compensation" he was ordered by UEFA to pay Hearts was the amount of money that he would have earned had he stayed. UEFA thought this would be "fitting".

Shame for Arbroath , but the money they could have got should morally come from the masonic bigots out west. They manufactuured the whole nefarious situation with dealings that would make many of us ashamed.

Personally I would have paid Arbroath sod all as "sell on" actually means selling something strangely enough.

If Rangers had paid the £2m plus that he WAS worth , Arbroath would have received at least £350,000 - And that is a whole lot of money to any club never mind a small club.
Arbroath MUST know they have been shafted AND BY WHOM , but the only way they can get any money at all is by playing their sob card. Vlad paid them this ex gratia payment to be decent (for once) - he did not have to - AT LEAST HE SHOWED SOME MORALS (this time) Rangers showed their dark side - AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please look into the actual goings on before posting - That's for any non-Jambo eejits on here.
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busbyfh,

04/09/2008 10:53:15
# 19

Hoist by your own petard (look it up)
You state that Webster broke his contract - THEREFORE HE WAS NOT SOLD
THEREFORE HEARTS WERE DUE ARBROATH FVCK ALL MONEY AS THERE WAS NO SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hence , the words "sell on" were deemed obsolete.
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LionheartFodithman,

04/09/2008 10:53:45
#32
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LionheartFodithman,

04/09/2008 10:55:15
#32 May i refer you to the post at #34 which has been so eloquently put and is correct in its content.
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Lion-O "Lord Of The ThunderCats,

04/09/2008 12:27:08
I'm at a loss to comprehend why the Rangers fans think they will get millions for Andy Webster, who has been loaned out to Bristol City and can't get a game for them either.

Do Rangers fans expect Bristol City to pay millions for a sub defender?

I would like FIFA to bring in a ruling where the PLAYER has to pay his agent a fee for a transfer. The player should also be responsible for paying any sell on fee when he goes down the route Webster took.

At least Boyd & Anderson gave their cash to Killie & Aberdeen for youth development when they left for bigger clubs. What has Webster done for Arbroath with his signing on fees from Wigan and Rangers?
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victorian of gorgie ,

04/09/2008 12:29:06
tommytommytonkatoy might shut his face about this now.

might... being the operative word.

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The Gorgie Boys Are In Town,

04/09/2008 12:42:06
Webster is a prat and deserves all the bad luck he has since. Nice to see Vlad give the wee maroons a bit of the scandelous amount we got in compensation for him beaking a contract. Although he didn't have too give them anything i would have given them eLiott instead
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Jamtastik,

04/09/2008 15:05:52
Pundit keep the 10 grand..after all your team lost out on 10mill.

Nevermind huh lol
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Jamtastik,

04/09/2008 15:16:56
oh yeh lol - after 4 games..

You are truly the 'mighty' glasgow rangers lol..

Then again, no other team in EPL for example claim to be winners yet, you see thats what seperates Real world beaters from pretenders like yourselves.
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Eddie,

Edinburgh 04/09/2008 16:23:13
It seems every Hearts supporter on here is ready to blame Webster - obviously the whole saga is his fault.
But wait a minute.. why did he want to leave? Why was he so desperate to get away?
Can any of the maroon faithful enlighten me?

Obviously Rangers were at the back of it and Wigan were in on the scam - I suspect the Norgegian team were in cahoots with Rangers as well with the Vellicka deal (how long did he stay there?)
No doubt the impartial overseers at SFA and SPL will be conducting an enquiry into Rangers' actions in due course.
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busbyfh,

04/09/2008 17:18:39
# 44

It pleases me to enlighten you.

Rangers had been after Webster for over a year and tried to entice him away BEFORE Burley and Vlad took the reigns. That same Summer Webster said to Burley that he could not go on tour to Ireland as he had had his head turned by Rangers and was in no mentally fit state to travel with Hearts. He wanted to be sold if and when Rangers put an offer in - RANGERS DID NOT PUT IN AN OFFER - they wanted to unsettle him so that the following year they would get him at cut price. Does that remind you of how they got Boyd from Killie ? or how Celtic got Deek the Geek ? (to name but two)

Owner of Wigan owns/owned JJB Sports - Remember the David Murray sell off of the Rangers owned JJB Sports to him ?
Business colleagues.

Your comment about Velicka and the Norwegians is naive to say the least - The head of the Norwegians is Egil Ogensdadt (spellin ?) EX RANGERS PLAYER and friend of - yes you have guessed it - David Murray.

We don't need Mulder and Scully quite yet as Rangers are pompous enough to hardly even bother to disguise matters due to the SFA not daring to do Fvck all.



Your welcome
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LionheartFodithman,

04/09/2008 17:55:50
#44 May i refer you to the post at #45 which has been so eloquently put and is correct in its content.

Nice one Busby and spot on as usual.
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victorian of gorgie ,

04/09/2008 18:05:20
#45 busby, absolutely old bean, absolutely.

perhaps in a society which has a truly free press we could expect such underhand operations to be exposed, however we don't have that here and that's why the likes of rangers are empowered to do what they damn well please, because they are hand-in-glove with the mainstream sports media who act as a 'scandal-shield' for them. the football authorities simply don't want to know.

this represents an iluminati network which runs scottish football for their own benefit.

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busbyfh,

04/09/2008 21:10:17
Thanks LF , VoG , 1874

I'm just glad that as there are no more posts from some of the tumshies that come on here , it might mean that a few might now realise that Hearts were not to blame for this particular episode.
At least it diversified my frustration at the fever that the Scotsman publications are whipping up amongst the denizons of darkest Leith with reference to the return of Rat Boy.
It boils down to FFFHibs have signed a £250,000 player that has hardly played top flight football for two years and left them in the lurch for more cash when taking the huff a couple of years earlier. Grant Stott amongst many on radio , television and writing in papers is getting to me big style. I could see that smug , chubby face beeming as he played a number of tracks to welcome home "the prodigal son". Two that woke me up when my alarm went off a couple of times this week.
I could honestly understand it when George Best signed for them - but I cannot comprehend why there is this outpouring of euphoria over the sleekit little cvnt that is Ratboy.
This is the last throw of the dice by Petrie - Do not under-estimate the pressure that has been heaped on the bleach headed thug. Surely DR is not daft enough to continue going out socialising with his nutter pals as this is also HIS last throw.
Rant over - Might need to contact Jack Nicholson from the film Anger Management

No it's not over - I STILL DETEST THE PAROXIDE WRAITH.
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LyonHearts,

le teil 12/09/2008 08:21:37
Sorry Arbroath but Hearts need the extra £10k to pay the SFA fine for Roman's rant at the AGM!

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LyonHearts,

le teil 12/09/2008 08:29:37
Post #31 makes references to post #32? While posts #39 & # 40 refer to post number #44??? and post #44 was made by me 8 days after posts #'s 39 & 40 ???

...and that's not all, post # 39 makes reference to Mulder & Scully! I think there must be some kind of X-Files time and space dimension warp going on on this thread! If so could anyone tell me the Jambos result at Falkirk next Saturday?

 

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