Perry wasn't a major shareholder/chairman, removed in a brief power struggle. Egos for the rest.
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[Albion] New fan zone - "The Terrace"
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Perry wasn't a major shareholder/chairman, removed in a brief power struggle. Egos for the rest.
Was it really a power struggle? By all accounts, TB was funding the team even when DK was at the helm. DK was an excellent figurehead but why should he continue in that role once TB was bankrolling the club to the tune that he did. Many former owners of clubs have moved on and taken roles up as lifetime presidents and the like but that wasn't enough for DK. And then he soiled his copybook with the stupid antics with his book. Had he accepted the situation then I'm sure he would be getting far more recognition from the current board. As I see it, and I'm sure his fanbase will disagree, DK is the author of his own misfortune.
I knew DK throughout, yes it was, short and unsweet. In company law, equity shareholding percentages are everything. He accepted the reality, but was immediately not allowed to remain a director and was made aware at that time that he wouldn't be key to an August 2011 stadium ceremony.
Personalities and egos are very much part of these things, on all sides, it's human nature .... perhaps more so with males? Overnight DK no longer got invites to global football fora and gatherings e.g. in Marbella. It hurt.
Hotchilidog
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Sadly this is how I read it. It's more Dick's antipathy to the situation he found himself in when he had to cede the decision making at the Albion to Tony rather than any hostility from Tony.
Understandably I guess you were only hearing one side of the story.
Hotchilidog
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At least as fans we are all agreed on the legendary status of all concerned.
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Shorehamkid
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I’ve been thinking of taking it up the bullet DF, advice?
We all have a different take on it, my take is that TB and the Bloom family were very supportive of DK and, the harsh reality of business is, if you have a stake in a club that's worth next to nothing and someone pumps £300m+ of their own cash into it, your dilution is going to be catastrophic. If I were putting my money in I think I'd want what that money was worth in the open market. Let's face it, whilst at Withdean and no stadium, do you think anyone else would've said there you go, have £100m and build your stadium?
Nothing wrong with that I do however remember when planning went in PB saying one of reasons for the need for the facility was to ease congestion after games.
Dick Swiveller
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My first visit to St Marys in 19 years put a lot of the moans on here in context. Boy is it looking its age. The same as the Emirates, the red seats are very faded now. The "big screen" in the fan zone was unwatchable for me and seemed to be a smaller screen in a box. The fan zone was an uncovered car park with a few burger vans. The "big screen" in the away end was 4 screens stuck together with different levels of contrast and brightness. The roof leaked. The big screen in the ground despite being wide screen was difficult to read and didn't show much useful information. The PA system was inaudible a lot of the time and the live feed from the pitchside guy had glitches.
By no means terrible but it showed what happens if you don't reinvest in a new stadium to keep it fresh. We are VERY lucky that Bloom keeps refreshing and improving the stadium and its surrounds.
By no means terrible but it showed what happens if you don't reinvest in a new stadium to keep it fresh. We are VERY lucky that Bloom keeps refreshing and improving the stadium and its surrounds.
Nobby Cybergoat
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Improves the stadium, improves the training facilities, improves the team!
World of Sport
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You didn't go to the Dell then!
Dick Swiveller
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I did. But at 90 years old, I wasn't expecting much.
Bob!
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So, how old are you now then?
Back in the day, I remember being jealous of Millwall's shiny new ground.
We should definitely be VERY grateful.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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The screens and shutters have gone in now.
Dick Swiveller
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After my second (and probably last) experience of safe standing, my back feels about 130! Why have room to stand or sit when you can have facilities to stand or sit with no space to do either?
Wardy's twin
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What about better toilets in WSU....