Lets not forget people, no Knight, no stadium

[Behind Enemy Lines]

I wasn't having a pop at you SG.

As for Wilkins, perhaps both sides have agreed to say nothing more in public and have agreed that in writing.

Therefore no matter how much gnashing of teeth of those who claim to know a version of the truth is going to get the information they crave for whatever agenda they have (and again I am not aiming any criticism at you SG).

I think you're right about an agreement. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Brovion]

The big difference is that when he took over we were playing in Gillingham without a hope of a permenant home, and a return to brighton was just a pipedream. I'm sure most people wouldn't have been surprised if the club had gone to the wall.

We now have a new stadium being built and are fairly stable financially (in football terms anyway). We have spent a fair amount of our history in the bottom division, we've got out befor and we'll do it again, but next time we'll have the infastructure in place to be able to stay in the higher leagues once we get there.

If you'd offered me this senario ten years ago I would've snapped your hand off.

Agree. The achievements of the Knight era should never be forgotten or dismissed. Under his careful stewardship, aided by the much-underrated Martin Perry, he bought the club back to Brighton and then despite the fact that we play in a rented athletics ground that a decent Conference team would turn their noses up at he got us into the second tier of English football - twice! Yes he made the odd mistake on the way, but given that as well as trying to run a football club he was also fighting a major planning battle our overall achievements have been astounding.

So it's a thousand pities that the club is in such a shambolic state now. Knight is just a figurehead and the Bloom money is a double-edged sword as they seem (note 'seem', I have no knowledge) to want to make major decisions themselves, seemingly on whims, rather than let professionals run the club.

 

[FamilyGuy]

So people are talking about him moving on. In what way is this positive. Let's not forget the good times Knight has given this club, taking us to the championship due to the structure he put in place and also the stadium, which by the way is now being built.....

What he said.....

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Dick Knight - Still an Albion hero for me. Chairman for life.

 

[k2bluesky]

I don't know what Knight's worth lets say £5-10 million and by all accounts he's 'invested' maybe £3 million on the Albion, although the word invested for anyone in lower league football is unreal, 'given' is more realistic as barring a miracle of BHA reaching the sky premiership or a multi-millionaire buy out nobody will get their money back - for all the professed love of the Albion how many people would put their own money on such a large scale into such a lost cause, it's like backing a three legged horse.