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  • Thread starter ccfctommy
  • Start date Oct 13, 2019
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ccfctommy

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  • Oct 13, 2019
  • #1
...was at the game today. Sat with the Tranmere directors and officials.
 

pastythegreat

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  • Oct 13, 2019
  • #2
ccfctommy said:
...was at the game today. Sat with the Tranmere directors and officials.
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3rd time this season I've seen him. Wouldn't read any more in to it other than he no longer runs a rival club so has more time to watch his boyhood team. Wasnt quite sat with them either. Was actually sat on his own, the 3 tranmere (take your word they were directors, 2 bald 1 not) were sat on the same row but with about 5 empty seats between them.

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Hobo

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  • Oct 13, 2019
  • #3
He left Port Vale in a right state.
 

oucho

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  • Oct 15, 2019
  • #4
Hobo said:
He left Port Vale in a right state.
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Same as everyone else who has run them since the 1970s then
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Oct 15, 2019
  • #5
oucho said:
Same as everyone else who has run them since the 1970s then
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Ouch (o) !
 
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stevefloyd

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #6
And to think they could have had Robbie Williams
 

Otis

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #7
Yup. Now they're chasing angels instead.
 
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ccfc1234

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #8
Looked at his Wikipedia page when he took over the league club asked Kyle oysten to be his mentor. Explains a lot.
Some people have hate for SISU but looking around there are many more dubious financially reckless owners in the leagues.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #9
ccfc1234 said:
Looked at his Wikipedia page when he took over the league asked Kyle oysten to be his mentor. Explains a lot.
Some people have hate for SISU but looking around there are many more dubious financially reckless owners in the leagues.
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Some questions...
Did Smurthwaite take over the league? Who is Kyle Oysten? Why are you using Wikipedia as a reputable source for citing information?
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #10
Skybluefaz said:
Some questions...
Did Smurthwaite take over the league? Who is Kyle Oysten? Why are you using Wikipedia as a reputable source for citing information?
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Clearly he means Karl Oysten
 

Skybluefaz

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #11
Grendel said:
Clearly he means Karl Oysten
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Brilliant. It all makes sense now
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 19, 2019
  • #12
Skybluefaz said:
Brilliant. It all makes sense now
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well it does as Oysten was the EFL approved mentor for him when he took over at Port Vale and he admitted he was very keen to adopt the Blackpool model
 
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oucho

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  • Oct 20, 2019
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stevefloyd said:
And to think they could have had Robbie Williams
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I am sure that about 10-12 years ago Robbie Williams bought into the Vale, paid about 200k to become a shareholder.
 

stevefloyd

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  • Oct 20, 2019
  • #14
oucho said:
I am sure that about 10-12 years ago Robbie Williams bought into the Vale, paid about 200k to become a shareholder.
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I think he was asked to become a major shareholder but politely declined
 

oucho

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  • Oct 20, 2019
  • #15
stevefloyd said:
I think he was asked to become a major shareholder but politely declined
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Robbie Williams buys Port Vale shares
 

stevefloyd

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  • Oct 20, 2019
  • #16
oucho said:
Robbie Williams buys Port Vale shares
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Ahhh not the story i heard
 

oucho

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  • Oct 20, 2019
  • #17
stevefloyd said:
Ahhh not the story i heard
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I think that new owners arrived not long later, and took on all of the shares including Williams's. Then 5 years later the new owner was in strife and asked RW to invest at which point he politely said no - that would be the instance you remember.
 

stevefloyd

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  • Oct 20, 2019
  • #18
oucho said:
I think that new owners arrived not long later, and took on all of the shares including Williams's. Then 5 years later the new owner was in strife and asked RW to invest at which point he politely said no - that would be the instance you remember.
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Ahhh that may be it then... They probably asked Phil Taylor but he was probably up his own arse too far to hear
 
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