Mad Eyed Screamer
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Now I know there have been a few spoofs on the theme that has appeared on BM over the past week, but this one is legit and @Gary James will (hopefully) back me up!
Peter Donoghue was my mum's first cousin (her mother and Peter's father were brother and sister).
Peter was a local Moss Side businessman who owned a string of laundrettes in and around south Manchester as well as few other properties.
He organised a consortium to challenge the then City board in the mid 1960's (Albert Alexander) which included a rally at the Free Trade Hall.
As a result, Alexander went along with a few recommendations put forward by the consortium, took Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison on as the managerial team - and the rest is history!
But I do like to think that the club could have been owned by a laundrette magnet rather than a TV salesman..... and if the club was still owned today by the Donaghue family, (Peter passed away in the 80's) that The Smiths would be booming out before the kick off to each game and I'd have a free Tunnel Club season ticket.....
Peter Donoghue was my mum's first cousin (her mother and Peter's father were brother and sister).
Peter was a local Moss Side businessman who owned a string of laundrettes in and around south Manchester as well as few other properties.
He organised a consortium to challenge the then City board in the mid 1960's (Albert Alexander) which included a rally at the Free Trade Hall.
As a result, Alexander went along with a few recommendations put forward by the consortium, took Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison on as the managerial team - and the rest is history!
But I do like to think that the club could have been owned by a laundrette magnet rather than a TV salesman..... and if the club was still owned today by the Donaghue family, (Peter passed away in the 80's) that The Smiths would be booming out before the kick off to each game and I'd have a free Tunnel Club season ticket.....