Neil McNab
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Or his wig!scowy68 said:
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Peter Swales!
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piffy on a rock bun
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Swales did a lot of very stupid things while in charge at city although I do believe he meant well,
I thought the minutes silence at maine road after he died was incredibly well observed considering all the people who disliked/hated him at the club & I was very proud to be a blue that day.
I thought the minutes silence at maine road after he died was incredibly well observed considering all the people who disliked/hated him at the club & I was very proud to be a blue that day.
flb
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He was a blue and thats enough for me
There is a Light
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piffy on a rock bun said:Swales did a lot of very stupid things while in charge at city although I do believe he meant well,
I thought the minutes silence at maine road after he died was incredibly well observed considering all the people who disliked/hated him at the club & I was very proud to be a blue that day.
Yes, at the end of the day he was still a Blue. I remember an interview with him in his City bedecked room. It is quite sad how badly he fucked it up and how nasty it turned out in the end because he just wouldn't let go, but everyone knows he really wanted to succeed more than anything.
Perhaps the Skeikh Mansour era will make up for some of the misery endured under the Swales era, I'm sure he would be happy to see it.
I remember regular protests outside the Main Stand at the end of the Swales years. We lost legions of supporters in that era.
Nothing symbolised the Swales regime better than the demolition of the old 9,000 seat Platt Lane to be replaced by a 6,000 seat stand. That was progress under Swales
Nothing symbolised the Swales regime better than the demolition of the old 9,000 seat Platt Lane to be replaced by a 6,000 seat stand. That was progress under Swales
Haven't read the whole thread but.........I don't think he was originally a blue but became one as it synchronised with his ambition for self advancement. Can't remember the exact details but he was one of the first chairman to take a salary (substantial!). Never wished him ill personally and came the closest I've ever been to fighting with another blue about the "Swales lives here" photocopies passed around the Main stand, mind you I was flogging "Swales Out!' T-shirts outside at the time. He and Alan Ball remain the two people I should adult enough to forgive but......
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Soulboy said:While America and Russia had the Cuban Missile Crisis... Swales had the Cuban Heel Crisis!
Polyester suits, kipper ties... a shredded wheat on his head... the guy was made for the music and football business!
you nailed it!
what a eulogy, oh dear... that was funny
(and I'm still laughing)
waterloo blue
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Destroyed our club,very nearly.Sacked Tony Book when he had finished second in the league to arguably the best team Liverpool ever had.
Brought back big Mal who brought in some of the biggest garbage ever to pull on the shirt for millions,but who kept Book on a very tight rein financially.
Wasn't happy unless we were on the back pages,usually for all the wrong reasons.
An ego running wild
Brought back big Mal who brought in some of the biggest garbage ever to pull on the shirt for millions,but who kept Book on a very tight rein financially.
Wasn't happy unless we were on the back pages,usually for all the wrong reasons.
An ego running wild
I seem to remember that it got particularly nasty when he sacked Peter Reid (who wasn't doing badly) and brought in Brian Horton. Brave of Horton to take the job. Nobody had ever heard of him and it was getting nasty in the streets outside Maine Road.