Leeds United + Crystal Palace: Is Simon Jordan “doing a 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 [...]
Leeds United: Bates makes The Guardian quote of the week.
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. [...]
Heard that one before…
Just pay the bill!
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/important-telephone-fault-20100125_2247585_1943440
As much as we’d love to think Mr K W Bates wasn’t paying bills (and you never know with him) not even his tightfistedness and incompetence stretches to stopping people buying tickets!
Leeds United: Club in backtrack shocker.
They changed it.
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/tottenham-replay-full-ticket-details-20100124_2247585_1942354
Perhaps if they had thought it through in the first place….
Leeds United fans taken advantage of again.
One of the more controversial aspects of the chairmanship of Mr K W Bates (one of many) is the Members Club and specifically the annual cost, a stonking £30 for something the club could choose to charge an nominal fee to run. It is a mute point whether we need a priority scheme or even [...]
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