ChutneyStirrer said:Question for Berkshire - are you certain Fat Boy put 2.50 million quid into the Club??
The Great Cornholio said:I think we went through this one the Ernest One Trick Pony thread. I'm pretty sure it was £500,000 used to buy out Archer. No idea where this £2.5m figure came from.
Yes 500k lump sum and his shares and are you not forgetting years of SKINT which means sponsorship money and not small amounts dear o dear.The Great Cornholio said:I think we went through this one the Ernest One Trick Pony thread. I'm pretty sure it was £500,000 used to buy out Archer. No idea where this £2.5m figure came from.
berkshire seagull said:Yes 500k lump sum and his shares and are you not forgetting years of SKINT which means sponsorship money and not small amounts dear o dear.![]()
Do you honestly think we get £50 a season for sponsership![]()
Lord Bracknell said:I would guess that it was for several reasons -
DK had already got the feel for the market place, having spent weeks looking for someone;
The Press Conference had already been announced;
To tell everyone that things had fallen apart would damage his credibility at a time when he was feeling generally beleaguered anyway - and make it even more difficult to find a suitable candidate;
Coppell wasn't prepared to step in at such short notice, but would take a few weeks to bring on board;
Hinsh might just have made a good job of it.
With hindsight, we can all say it was a mistake. I think at the time he had his doubts too. But what chairman doesn't?
Charlies Shinpad said:Lord Bracknell said:I would guess that it was for several reasons -
DK had already got the feel for the market place, having spent weeks looking for someone;
The Press Conference had already been announced;
To tell everyone that things had fallen apart would damage his credibility at a time when he was feeling generally beleaguered anyway - and make it even more difficult to find a suitable candidate;
Coppell wasn't prepared to step in at such short notice, but would take a few weeks to bring on board;
Hinsh might just have made a good job of it.
With hindsight, we can all say it was a mistake. I think at the time he had his doubts too. But what chairman doesn't?
So for the sake of a few weeks ,instead of the months of MH being in charge and a press conference , and losing a bit of his credability ,we might still be in Div 1 now then?
Say no more![]()
berkshire seagull said:I clearly heard 1 million for the 1st 2 seasons and without norman we wouldn't get skint.![]()
Ernest said:And people still think this vain old skinflint is fit to run our club![]()
Me struggleThe Great Cornholio said:What part of this are you struggling with?
It wasn't my idea that Skint, the record label I'm signed to, should sponsor the Albion but I was well up for it. Skint are a local company and the vanguard of the Brighton music scene, so it's a good fit. And the irony of having Skint on your shirt when you're short of cash wasn't lost on people. I remember we played Barnet, who were sponsored by Loaded at the time - has there ever been a better clash of shirt sponsors?
Yes, Ernest.Ernest said:And people still think this vain old skinflint is fit to run our club![]()
berkshire seagull said:I clearly heard 1 million for the 1st 2 seasons and without norman we wouldn't get skint.![]()