[Football] Some things money can't buy (Ipswich)

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I wonder how their fans feel now that Ipswich is owned by an American VC group and an American pension fund.

Gamechanger 20 Ltd took over the club in April 2021 with funds from the Arizona state pension fund. Bright Path Sports Partners, a US-based private equity firm, bought 44% in March 2024.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...zsoNegQICxAK&usg=AOvVaw3f9RHhG7_yj6p6PhA6dlz9

 

[Sussax]

That banner still perplexes me to this day

 

[Shaktarman]

That banner still perplexes me to this day

Yep - still the most bizarre uncalled for thing. Can only assume it was youngsters who don’t understand our journey. Oddballs.

 

[brighton_tom]

That banner always makes me laugh. The confusing incorrect grammar, the strange message behind it, and the fact it came from a club we had no prior issue with You can even see the front rows of their fans turning round to read it & obviously being equally confused. Were they having a pop at us for building a new stadium? Given our history and lack of a permanent home ground its such an odd thing to make issue with. Were we meant to stay homeless forever?

 

[Pondicherry]

Would you want your pension fund savings (effectively your deferred wages) invested in an overseas football club you have probably never heard of? I presume its an investment so they will want to recover the £140 million they spent on Ipswich.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

To be fair, the Ipswich fans, well the vast majority, pilloried that sign and gave it the short shrift it deserved.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Some banners don’t make sense.

That isn’t one: whibble.

 

[British Bulldog]

I think the "some things money can't buy" came from the old Mastercard advert?

 

[Dick Swiveller]

To be fair, the Ipswich fans, well the vast majority, pilloried that sign and have it the short shift it deserved.

Yep - to be filed along with the morons with the Albion Farage stickers

 

[doogie004]

Some things money can’t buy
Ipswich staying in the prem !

 

[Eeyore]

Some banners don’t make sense.

That isn’t one: whibble.

That's equally confusing.

 

[Originunknown]

Where's your banner gone

 

[Beanstalk]

I’d genuinely love to hear the real story behind the banner. It’s such a bizarre moment.

 

[Cheggers]

When we play them at The Amex, we should throw them a curve ball. As the teams walk out, we unravel a huge banner that reads: 'There are some things money can buy: Pack of five jam ball doughnuts, Asda - £1.15. Bosh.'

 

[Weststander]

That banner still perplexes me to this day

Jealous that our owner had bankrolled a stadium. We'd risen like a phoenix.

 

[Professor Plum]

When we play them at The Amex, we should throw them a curve ball. As the teams walk out, we unravel a huge banner that reads: 'There are some things money can buy: Pack of five jam ball doughnuts, Asda - £1.15. Bosh.'

I’m too old for all these baffling banners.

 

[Brovion]

That banner always makes me laugh. The confusing incorrect grammar, the strange message behind it, and the fact it came from a club we had no prior issue with You can even see the front rows of their fans turning round to read it & obviously being equally confused. Were they having a pop at us for building a new stadium? Given our history and lack of a permanent home ground its such an odd thing to make issue with. Were we meant to stay homeless forever?

Exactly. Initially because of the poor grammar no one could understand it. Where they saying "Well done!" to us for getting from near-oblivion to a lovely new ground? Or were they having a snide dig because the stadium name was sponsored?

Eventually I think we decided they were having a dig - although we couldn't understand why as it seemed a stupid thing to get worked up about, and also we'd had no previous history with them. Anyway, the boot is definitely on the other foot now. They're yet another club being used as an American vanity project and/or cash cow; sort of like Wrexham but without the Hollywood romance.

 

[B-right-on]

I wonder how their fans feel now that Ipswich is owned by an American VC group and an American pension fund.

Gamechanger 20 Ltd took over the club in April 2021 with funds from the Arizona state pension fund. Bright Path Sports Partners, a US-based private equity firm, bought 44% in March 2024.

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Oh silly me. I thought it was Tony Bloom who paid for the majority of the stadium build. Now I feel enlightened that it was paid for by an American Credit Card Company without letting anyone else know. At least that banner brought out the truth.

Jeez, puts us right up there with the Head Choppers in terms of crimes against humanity.

 

[Nobby]

Suggestions for a banner from the North Stand at our home game with them


Some things football can’t buy

Tolley Cobbold isn't one

 

[A mex eyecan]

Somethings Ipswich Owners USA pension fund can’t buy
= success in the Premier League is one