Not a problem - a lot of people think I'm employed by MCFC but I have never been an employee of the club. When I set up the museum it was on a temporary consultancy basis for 2 days work a week for 6 months. It was never extended but I stayed on that basis for a few years but was only ever a contractor. I've provided support to City (and other clubs) on a consultancy basis several times sometimes paid, often unpaid.
I agree that time would make a good book. Maybe one day I'll resurrect The Journey - the story of 2005 to 2011 I'd drafted but never published.
thanks
just that season alone would be a top top book. from thaksin shinawatra buying the club and Thailand frozen his money and the fit and proper test by the premier league ? the 6 or 7 big players signed in a rush and sven goran eriksson ? and then to the downfall in 12 months and close to liquidation the old chairman leading the club money to pay the wages. then on end of transfer day city becoming the richest club in the world with new owners
crazy crazy indeed
or old kippers!When he told those of us in the room at the time we all looked at each other. Person next to me whispered 'Is he thinking about the smell of the old Kippax?'
Who bought Jo then? It doesn't add up if we were struggling that much but could afford Jo and Kompany and pay for Hughes and his staff who were contracted to Blackburn.
Oldham. It's positively Arctic.
Boro's molten compared to Oldham.Boro's like Malta compared to Oldham.
on the drip and empty promises ? and believe me when i say thaksin shinawatra was spending money he really did not have and was locked up in Thailand and there courts and was frozen. so thaksin was loaning money from people and believing him on saying he will get the money back from Thailand but it never did ? the story and maybe little truth in it ? was that some or most of the money he loaned was from sheikh mansour and the abu dhabi backers. and in the take our they just took the debt and loan they used to buy the club of the final price they paid ?? that's why gary cook was sent in to clear the mess and sort out the new take over
sheikh mansour and the abu dhabi backers was in the market for a club and everbody knew the liverpool deal was dead in the water and manchester city was in a right mess. so the best way into getting football was opened. and even better they knew the trouble thaksin shinawatra was in and he was deep in shit because of the loaned money was not going to be paid back
the old chairman did loan the club money to pay the wages and city was in a mess ? everybody and i mean everybody knew it and players down tools and the manager was off and did not want any part of this mess and walked ?? but little did they know that gary cook was already part of the abu dhabi backers they sent in to look at the books. and get all the paper stuff sorted out and the fit and proper test and due diligence was already in place
but like i said many jumped ship and panic set in long before the new take over was headlining the media outlets and sven goran eriksson was first and the players panic and down tools and the crazy 8.1 was a show of warning something was not right at city and trouble was close
Cook was Thaksin's man and the players just took a beating in an end of season game like the Everton one in 1993 or we did to Oldham a year or 2 earlier , or Everton in 2004, it just happens.
Cook explains things here, the £25m loan against future TV money did not suggest the 2nd takeover was a banker.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/aug/27/manchestercity.premierleague1
Do you mean the museum wasn't extended or your contract?Not a problem - a lot of people think I'm employed by MCFC but I have never been an employee of the club. When I set up the museum it was on a temporary consultancy basis for 2 days work a week for 6 months. It was never extended but I stayed on that basis for a few years but was only ever a contractor. I've provided support to City (and other clubs) on a consultancy basis several times sometimes paid, often unpaid.
I agree that time would make a good book. Maybe one day I'll resurrect The Journey - the story of 2005 to 2011 I'd drafted but never published.