Ken Bates wins the battle to buy Leeds United

[sten_super]

BBC sport headline. More soon.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Disgrace.

 

[tip top]

f***ing HELL

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It truly is an unholy alliance.

 

[Silent Bob]

Strange.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Disturbing.

 

[The Large One]

Fixtures.

 

[sten_super]

Fixtures.

I know, but only by a minute. Yours wasn't up there when I went to post...

 

[tip top]

I'm logging in to waccoe now

 

[Starry]

It was hardly a battle in the true sense of the word. More a case of who got the back handers in first.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

People have been paid to post on either TLO's or sten_super's threads ? Blimey the amount of money in football is ridiculous.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

As I understand it, Leeds United may have been sold to Ken Bates, but the the Football League at their meeting today said that currently they would not pass on the football share (whatever that is) and so they cant as yet play in league 1.

I think there maybe another meeting tomorrow, but as they are monthly the one after would be inAugust (after the season starts).

Looks serious for Leeds, but maybe Starry can add more.

 

[Starry]

You are pretty much right, Diffbrook. The FL were the ones who actually saw KPMGs hand forced to sell to Bates because of the unconditionality of his bid.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

People have been paid to post on either TLO's or sten_super's threads ? Blimey the amount of money in football is ridiculous.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Leeds march back to the championship starts here then.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What is the function of the Office of Fair Trading?

 

[Silent Bob]

Leeds march back to the championship starts here then.

 

[Woodchip]

Wanker!

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

What is the function of the Office of Fair Trading?

From the OFT Website:

"The OFT is the UK's consumer and competition authority. Our mission is to make markets work well for consumers.

We pursue this goal by:

encouraging businesses to comply with competition and consumer law and to improve their trading practices through self-regulation
acting decisively to stop hardcore or flagrant offenders
studying markets and recommending action where required
empowering consumers with the knowledge and skills to make informed choices and get the best value from markets, and helping them resolve problems with suppliers through Consumer Direct.
The OFT is a non-ministerial government department established by statute in 1973."

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Joking aside I really can see it happening.

They will magically find funds for players again and a lot of them.