Whilst most of you might have felt the no1 issue at Chelsea FC was how to keep John Terry away from Mrs Abramovich, it turns out what is concentrating the minds of the fans is a little spat in an obscure organisation that was originally set up by our old mucker Mr K W Bates. [...]

The following extract taken from the Croydon Guardian makes for interesting reading. It basically classifies a administration stitch-up as “doing a Bates”
“Ron Noades reckons going into administration will be a blessing in disguise for Crystal Palace.
The Eagles were placed under the control of Brendan Guilfoyle, Chris White and John Russell of the P&A Partnership last [...]

and as they say “I quote”:
Quote of the week
“When I went to Leeds they were losing £120,000 a week: there were too many freebies, too many freeloaders, too many people having a jolly good time at the club’s expense. It had to change.”
Ken Bates, attacking freeloaders for taking money out without contributing anything in return. [...]