Verbal Posted 1 October, 2009 Share Posted 1 October, 2009 Mawhinney, that is – not Markus. No one knows who owns Notts County – not even Sven. And yet these mystery figures, have presumably passed a fit-and-proper-person test. How is that even possible? You just know this is going to end in tears, with some deeply unpleasant revelations expected in the coming days. Leeds United, supposedly part-owned by Ken Bates, are also actually owned by persons unknown, somewhere in the Caymans. Ken apparently mis-spoke when making his declarations to the FL. How unfortunate. And so good to see that the FL under Mawhinney took due diligence seriously. QPR is part-owned by someone who, under the Football League’s own rules, should be banned immediately on the specific and unambiguous grounds that he’s been issued with a life ban in another sport. And the word from Mawhinney – the idiot who had to bend the FL’s own rules to create a special stand-alone penalty for Southampton? Well, there isn’t one. Not a peep. Brilliant. Mawhinney should resign – or at least find a rock to crawl under in sheer embarrassment. He’s not a fit and proper person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 1 October, 2009 Share Posted 1 October, 2009 The same company/consortium who own Notts County recently took ownership of the BMW Sauber F1 team. No one in F1 has a clue who they are either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 1 October, 2009 Share Posted 1 October, 2009 Two interesting links in the Guardian yesterday and today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/01/russell-king-notts-county http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/30/notts-county-nathan-willett-peter-trembling http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/sep/30/notts-county-takeover-questions Apparently the FAPP test doesn't apply to FL clubs :smt102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 1 October, 2009 Share Posted 1 October, 2009 Markus isn't our chairman, Cortese is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 1 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 1 October, 2009 Two interesting links in the Guardian yesterday and today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/01/russell-king-notts-county http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/30/notts-county-nathan-willett-peter-trembling http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/sep/30/notts-county-takeover-questions Apparently the FAPP test doesn't apply to FL clubs :smt102 Good grief, can that be true? So the FL takes no meaningful interest in who owns clubs under its jurisdiction? The worrying thing (well, one of many) about the Notts County deal is that the club had been majority-owned by a supporters' trust. But in the face of an offer of overwhelming funding and a future in the Prem, the trust simply handed over the keys to the club - they offered Qadbak their shares for nothing and immediately resigned their positions on the board. From the way this has been going - and there's surely more to the Sol Campbell resignation story than is hitting the newspapers - the oldest club in the league (I think) is under severe threat. And still Mawhinney says nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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