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9:30am Thursday 11th March 2010 in
WHEN it comes to buying a house, the Sandbanks area is still top of the league for football managers.
Two of the top names in the game are set to become near-neighbours of Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp.
Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has just settled on his expensive new signing – a £4.2m mansion overlooking Poole Harbour.
And former Liverpool and Southampton boss Graeme Souness is on the verge of completing a £4.8m deal for another luxury pad.
Mr Pulis, a former Cherries player and manager, has splashed out on one of the most palatial properties in the area.
The huge home in Lilliput, set over several floors, has panoramic views of the harbour.
Its previous owners have included Paul Briant, former boss of Land of Leather.
Just down the road, Mr Souness will also enjoy stunning harbour views from his luxury house.
One of the so-called “superhomes” fashioned by Seven Developments, the property contains five en suite bedrooms and a cinema.
Mr Pulis spent five years at Dean Court in total.
He took over the manager’s role from Mr Redknapp in 1992 and spent two seasons in charge at Dean Court.
He later went on to manage Portsmouth.
The 52-year-old has since presided over Stoke’s ascent to the Premiership, guiding them to a mid-table finish last year and this season’s FA Cup quarter-finals.
Mr Souness’s last manager’s job was at Newcastle in 2006, but he is regularly linked with any vacant post that comes up.
He was also rumoured to be lining up a takeover bid for Southampton three years ago.
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In Absentia
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2:50pm Thu 11 Mar 10
contric
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7:14pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Yorkie Cherry
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8:29pm Thu 11 Mar 10
contric wrote:This is an excellent post and I agree with every word.
he was useless as a player and up unto the last year he was useless as a manager while the rest of us struggle to get by paying over the odds for everything these pampered cheating footballers and managers make obscene money old age pensioners living on a pittance of a pension hard working people struggling to pay bills and all you hear about is how much they earn how much property they own it is an absolute disgrace i have said it before on here there should be a revolution in this country look at portsmouth they are broke so they get rid of about 60 of the slaves that work for them earning a pittance and keep the ones on mega money some of their players come from africa where we send aid why dont they take a pay cut so they are helping people who have lost their jobs but as far as mr pulis is concerned i am sure when he was at bournemouth he didnt have that money so he has had mega money and probably compensation in quite a few short years money ordinary folks can only dream about everytime stoke kick off they should notify air traffic control but they are in the same league as politicians and people on the box and bankers sucking the working people dry with there cheating deceitful thirst for money i despise them all
Yorkie Cherry
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8:34pm Thu 11 Mar 10
contric
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8:43pm Thu 11 Mar 10
casperella
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7:05am Fri 12 Mar 10
Peggy Babcock
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8:36am Fri 12 Mar 10
rook
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9:45am Fri 12 Mar 10
contric wrote:I think football's one of the most boring games there is (and the reluctance to change rules to improve it shows the stupidity of the people 'running' the game). However, you can't blame the players and managers for making lots of money. They take what they're given because the public put so much money into the sport through TV deals and buying merchandise and attending games. Fans give their approval to a team by buying tickets and sitting through adverts during the TV coverage and until they boycott it, then the process will go on.
he was useless as a player and up unto the last year he was useless as a manager while the rest of us struggle to get by paying over the odds for everything these pampered cheating footballers and managers make obscene money old age pensioners living on a pittance of a pension hard working people struggling to pay bills and all you hear about is how much they earn how much property they own it is an absolute disgrace i have said it before on here there should be a revolution in this country look at portsmouth they are broke so they get rid of about 60 of the slaves that work for them earning a pittance and keep the ones on mega money some of their players come from africa where we send aid why dont they take a pay cut so they are helping people who have lost their jobs but as far as mr pulis is concerned i am sure when he was at bournemouth he didnt have that money so he has had mega money and probably compensation in quite a few short years money ordinary folks can only dream about everytime stoke kick off they should notify air traffic control but they are in the same league as politicians and people on the box and bankers sucking the working people dry with there cheating deceitful thirst for money i despise them all
contric
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10:29am Fri 12 Mar 10
seuthsayer
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10:42am Fri 12 Mar 10
harrythered
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11:03am Fri 12 Mar 10
The irate commuter
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11:25am Fri 12 Mar 10
contric wrote:jeez...a full stop would have have been nice.
he was useless as a player and up unto the last year he was useless as a manager while the rest of us struggle to get by paying over the odds for everything these pampered cheating footballers and managers make obscene money old age pensioners living on a pittance of a pension hard working people struggling to pay bills and all you hear about is how much they earn how much property they own it is an absolute disgrace i have said it before on here there should be a revolution in this country look at portsmouth they are broke so they get rid of about 60 of the slaves that work for them earning a pittance and keep the ones on mega money some of their players come from africa where we send aid why dont they take a pay cut so they are helping people who have lost their jobs but as far as mr pulis is concerned i am sure when he was at bournemouth he didnt have that money so he has had mega money and probably compensation in quite a few short years money ordinary folks can only dream about everytime stoke kick off they should notify air traffic control but they are in the same league as politicians and people on the box and bankers sucking the working people dry with there cheating deceitful thirst for money i despise them all
Laurie H Marsh
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11:58am Fri 12 Mar 10
contric wrote:I have heard that Elvis is alive and well but I thought that Lenin had died years ago!
he was useless as a player and up unto the last year he was useless as a manager while the rest of us struggle to get by paying over the odds for everything these pampered cheating footballers and managers make obscene money old age pensioners living on a pittance of a pension hard working people struggling to pay bills and all you hear about is how much they earn how much property they own it is an absolute disgrace i have said it before on here there should be a revolution in this country look at portsmouth they are broke so they get rid of about 60 of the slaves that work for them earning a pittance and keep the ones on mega money some of their players come from africa where we send aid why dont they take a pay cut so they are helping people who have lost their jobs but as far as mr pulis is concerned i am sure when he was at bournemouth he didnt have that money so he has had mega money and probably compensation in quite a few short years money ordinary folks can only dream about everytime stoke kick off they should notify air traffic control but they are in the same league as politicians and people on the box and bankers sucking the working people dry with there cheating deceitful thirst for money i despise them all
Merleyman
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12:16pm Fri 12 Mar 10
contric
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12:56pm Fri 12 Mar 10
harrythered
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1:30pm Fri 12 Mar 10
peter beneather benifit cheater
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3:33pm Fri 12 Mar 10
Laurie H Marsh
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10:51am Sat 13 Mar 10
contric wrote:If you didn't like Lenin's record why is it an honour?
to answer a few questions i dont know what a full stop looks like and my laptop has run out f them i am not sean brooks and i didnt rate pulis as a player either his first touch was so bad his second touch was a sliding tackle and to laurie marsh i live in a mortgage free lovely place in a conservation area i have more money than i could possibly spend in my lifetime bt that will never stop me fighting for the working class people and a fairer society to mention lenin was an honour for me but i didnt like his record imagine i will leave it to you all to judge whether what i have written is the truth or a load of bullshine
Laurie H Marsh
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12:58pm Sat 13 Mar 10
contric wrote:One last point, if you have more money than you could possibly spend in your lifetime why dont you give some of it to the working class that you obviously love so much?
to answer a few questions i dont know what a full stop looks like and my laptop has run out f them i am not sean brooks and i didnt rate pulis as a player either his first touch was so bad his second touch was a sliding tackle and to laurie marsh i live in a mortgage free lovely place in a conservation area i have more money than i could possibly spend in my lifetime bt that will never stop me fighting for the working class people and a fairer society to mention lenin was an honour for me but i didnt like his record imagine i will leave it to you all to judge whether what i have written is the truth or a load of bullshine
Mike Pickering
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2:47am Wed 17 Mar 10
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Slem_1990 says...
1:32pm Thu 11 Mar 10