But the best bit of business was to secure the loan return of midfielder Filip Kiss, the classy Cardiff City midfielder whose exploits in Dingwall last season led to a call-up to the Slovakia national side.
Fancy a classy capital-city tipple?
It wasn't classy, but for city residents it came to represent Auckland's bohemian subculture.
The 41-year-old could do nothing to prevent City's classy second as the break neared.
She wanted to start with Central Park North, then infiltrate the city with classier pedestrian designs.
These days, the chic space functions in the early evening as a 16-seat restaurant with a 41-course tasting menu, before transforming into one of the city's classiest cocktail bars.
Arguably the city's classiest hotel, the Park Hyatt Tokyo, 3-7-1-2 NiShinjuku-kuu, Shinjuku-ku, (81-3) 5323-1234, fax (81-3) 5322-1288, www.parkhastttokyo.com, has 178 rooms starting from the 41st floor that tower over the neon of Shinjuku.
Mike Ditka's Named for the famed Bears football player and coach (and now ex-coach of the New Orleans Saints), this restaurant is the city's classiest sports theme restaurant as well as a first-rate steakhouse.
Later, once you're done with the hotel's honesty bar, guests can head to Brody Studios – the hotel group's recently opened, private members' club near Oktogon (a five-minute taxi ride away), where you can enjoy a cocktail and a dance with the city's classier set.
