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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Filo on April 07, 2014, 04:37:41 pm

Title: We are top of the league!
Post by: Filo on April 07, 2014, 04:37:41 pm
http://www.ftbpro.com/posts/sam.sank/838613/10-football-club-owners-who-were-so-dodgy-you-can-t-help-but-hate-them/douglas-craig-york-city
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: BigColSutherland on April 07, 2014, 06:02:31 pm
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: Dagenham Rover on April 07, 2014, 06:05:48 pm
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.

Yes I'm sure he was but can't remember in what  capacity!   Somebody will remember
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: Filo on April 07, 2014, 06:08:04 pm
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.


He certainly was, and we were all hailing him as our potential saviour, it just shows you have to be careful what you wish for
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: The Red Baron on April 07, 2014, 06:15:41 pm
Johnson was certainly a dodgy character, but I thought his involvement in Scarborough had ended long before they went belly-up.

The photo they use for us makes it look as though Uncle Ken was successful in his plan to burn down the stand. I take it they've got one from when the stand was accidentally blown up after we moved out.
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: roversdude on April 07, 2014, 06:29:09 pm
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.
Was Anton Johnson sniffing around us at some point? Seems to ring a bell.

Surprised Haslam at Mansfield isn't on there as well.

Didn't he have a meeting with us at ??? Earl of Doncaster ?? Promised us the world along with a manager who took two teams down in same season
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: roversontheup on April 07, 2014, 06:52:55 pm
I remember meetings at the Earl of Doncaster.  Think most of us thought he was going to be our knight in shining armour during those dark, dark days.  Wasn't Dave Cusack going to be the manager?

Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: The Red Baron on April 07, 2014, 06:58:08 pm
I remember meetings at the Earl of Doncaster.  Think most of us thought he was going to be our knight in shining armour during those dark, dark days.  Wasn't Dave Cusack going to be the manager?


Thinking of the present situation at Leeds, I'm sure a sizeable number of their fans will be happy to see Cellino take over the club if it means farewell to GFH and Ken Bates. That was the situation we were in back in 1998 when anyone seemed better than Richardson. 
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on April 07, 2014, 08:31:58 pm
I said the same thing myself last week.

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=245587.msg432531#msg432531
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: Filo on April 07, 2014, 08:34:58 pm
I said the same thing myself last week.

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=245587.msg432531#msg432531

I had to check the date of that edit :D
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: silent majority on April 07, 2014, 09:46:43 pm
I remember meetings at the Earl of Doncaster.  Think most of us thought he was going to be our knight in shining armour during those dark, dark days.  Wasn't Dave Cusack going to be the manager?


Thinking of the present situation at Leeds, I'm sure a sizeable number of their fans will be happy to see Cellino take over the club if it means farewell to GFH and Ken Bates. That was the situation we were in back in 1998 when anyone seemed better than Richardson. 

As the Leeds Trust mentioned to me on a few occasions that they needed a 'Dragonslayer' to get rid of Uncle Ken, but would you put your long term faith in a dragonslayer? It now looks like they needed a dragonslayer to get rid of the dragonslayer and will be needing another one shortly. Is there that many to go around?
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on April 07, 2014, 10:37:15 pm
I said the same thing myself last week.

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=245587.msg432531#msg432531

I had to check the date of that edit :D

Red handed...
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: Rios on April 08, 2014, 08:25:39 am
The Brighton owners didn't make the list?  Really?  What about the owners of Meadowbank Thistle?  MK Dons and Chester's owners are/were pretty detestable too?  All of those were worse than two or three foreign owners with fraud convictions.
Title: Re: We are top of the league!
Post by: Muttley on April 08, 2014, 08:30:47 am
I remember meetings at the Earl of Doncaster.  Think most of us thought he was going to be our knight in shining armour during those dark, dark days.  Wasn't Dave Cusack going to be the manager?


Thinking of the present situation at Leeds, I'm sure a sizeable number of their fans will be happy to see Cellino take over the club if it means farewell to GFH and Ken Bates. That was the situation we were in back in 1998 when anyone seemed better than Richardson. 

As the Leeds Trust mentioned to me on a few occasions that they needed a 'Dragonslayer' to get rid of Uncle Ken, but would you put your long term faith in a dragonslayer? It now looks like they needed a dragonslayer to get rid of the dragonslayer and will be needing another one shortly. Is there that many to go around?

Surely you'd need a dragonslayerslayer to get rid of a dragonslayer? And a dragonslayerslayerslayer to get rid of the dragonslayerslayer?

Carry on...