Peter Swales

[bernabias home shirt]

Exactly Twinkletoes , no doubt the freeloaders/Swales sycophants at the time had their noses in the trough while Lakey was in economy class crossing the Atlantic trying to sort his knee out

There are three people in this world I actually did have or still do have hatred for and Swales is in there somewhere.

Your 2nd is thatcher
So come on twinkle who's the 3rd?

 

[twinkletoes]

Exactly Twinkletoes , no doubt the freeloaders/Swales sycophants at the time had their noses in the trough while Lakey was in economy class crossing the Atlantic trying to sort his knee out

There are three people in this world I actually did have or still do have hatred for and Swales is in there somewhere.

Your 2nd is thatcher
So come on twinkle who's the 3rd?

I thought it was obvious, Sir Alex Ferguson.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

This bloke was are chairmen for 20 years .this bloke liked sacking managers.This bloke helped manchester city get relegated twice in the 80s.This bloke made maine road look a dump.Not a lot of nice things to say about swales he was a bit like bates at leeds not liked by the fans

You can't compare Bates with Swales at all! Bates saved Chelsea in the early 1980s and helped put Leeds back on an even keel.

Swales turned what was the most successful club in the country in the previous few years, into an absolute joke via countless fuck ups.

What did Rodney Marsh say of Swales back in the day something about turning a silk purse into a sows ear I seem to recall.

 

[inglebert]

how do you say dont think so ? the ground was packed and the capacity at the time was the attendance given ??

Maine Rd's capacity was officially about 52,500 at the time and the ground was overpacked. There were people sitting on the steps in the Main Stand and North Stand and the Kippax was uncomfortably packed. This was in the days of pack them in, no matter what: "Never mind, they'll never be a disaster at a football ground will there?"

When City scored their first that day it was the most squashed i ever had been on the Kippax (and I wasnt anywhere near the front). Was so crushed I couldnt get a breath out to cheer

it was a standing joke or common knowledge, that city's official attendances were a lot lot lower than what was actually in the ground, i always assumed it was a tax fiddle

 

[stan bowles]

"Loved City" Ah ah! The only thing he loved was himself. He was an incompetent chairman from start to finish running City to suit himself, only cronies were on the board and he never had a board meeting. He stole from the club to support his external failing business. This balony about being a City fan makes my blood boil, we were just unlucky he saw an oppotunity with the Joe Smith t/o and wormed his way in buying shares on the cheap supported for some reason by Boler. IF he loved City then why did he do so much to destoy any hope FHL had of running the club Have a read of Paul Lake's book to discover the real Swales who's penny pinching had a large part to play in Paul's lack of proper treatment The guy was a tw*t and if i saw his grave I would dance on it

Didn't City also renege on testimonial matches for Nelly and Dave Connor (who each had over 10 years service with the club) while Swales was in charge ?<br /><br />-- Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:27 pm --<br /><br />To write a balanced article on Swales' time in charge would take about 2 pages. It wasn't all bad by any means but from 1979 when he re-hired Allison it went steadily and progressively downhill.

 

[bernabias home shirt]

"Loved City" Ah ah! The only thing he loved was himself. He was an incompetent chairman from start to finish running City to suit himself, only cronies were on the board and he never had a board meeting. He stole from the club to support his external failing business. This balony about being a City fan makes my blood boil, we were just unlucky he saw an oppotunity with the Joe Smith t/o and wormed his way in buying shares on the cheap supported for some reason by Boler. IF he loved City then why did he do so much to destoy any hope FHL had of running the club Have a read of Paul Lake's book to discover the real Swales who's penny pinching had a large part to play in Paul's lack of proper treatment The guy was a tw*t and if i saw his grave I would dance on it

Can you put me on to a link that says he stole from the club.
Cheers pal.

 

[baildon blue]

Yeah i didnt agree with halford getting rewarded 4 doing not a lot.I think the reason city ended up in third tier of english football was coz of swales not francis lee

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

What an appropriate time to reflect upon a man who is welded into our club's history.

If Harry Enfield was creating a character who ran a dysfunctional football club it is difficult to imagine him conceiving of a more absurd creation than Peter Swales. The comb-over, the Cuban Heels, the endless sackings and his Captain Ahab style pursuit of united all lend themselves to high comedy. It's just a shame that we had to endure the end product, the legacy of which we never really shook off until September 1st 2008.

Success in life is usually about recognising when your big opportunity has arrived and grabbing it with both hands and that is what Swales did when he took control of the club. I'm sure he loved us in his own way; like an abusive husband 'loves' the wife he beats every night. He mismanaged the club from top to bottom; the questionable attendance figures and the shameful treatment of Paul Lake are stand out examples of this. He was the living embodiment of a club that was transformed from a powerhouse to national joke on his watch.

I wonder what he would have made of the events of this week. He would have stood next to me in the Plaza Mayor and looked upon with mild amusement at the choir of Mary D's, many of whom were barely out of nappies when he departed this world, singing about doing something unpleasant to Lou Macari, and concluded that in an ever changing world, certain things endure for a reason. Or he could have stood among the City fans at the game, who did themselves so proud, and felt pleased for them, up to a point. The most overriding emotion he would have felt, however, was disappointment. Crushing disappointment at the sea of money now washing around the game. Not because he would have felt the game had lost its soul or that ticket prices were now beyond the reach of many traditional supporters, but disappointment for himself that he missed out on the bonanza when it came along.

 

[Vienna_70]

Yeah i didnt agree with halford getting rewarded 4 doing not a lot.I think the reason city ended up in third tier of english football was coz of swales not francis lee

Exactly!

I believe the club was in a much worse state than even Frannie and Colin Barlow ever imagined.

How can one of the leading football clubs in England NOT own the rights to its own crest or its own club shop.

Under Swales, it was jobs for the boys.

Absolutely scandalous!

 

[MCFCinUSA]

What an appropriate time to reflect upon a man who is welded into our club's history.

If Harry Enfield was creating a character who ran a dysfunctional football club it is difficult to imagine him conceiving of a more absurd creation than Peter Swales. The comb-over, the Cuban Heels, the endless sackings and his Captain Ahab style pursuit of united all lend themselves to high comedy. It's just a shame that we had to endure the end product, the legacy of which we never really shook off until September 1st 2008.

Success in life is usually about recognising when your big opportunity has arrived and grabbing it with both hands and that is what Swales did when he took control of the club. I'm sure he loved us in his own way; like an abusive husband 'loves' the wife he beats every night. He mismanaged the club from top to bottom; the questionable attendance figures and the shameful treatment of Paul Lake are stand out examples of this. He was the living embodiment of a club that was transformed from a powerhouse to national joke on his watch.

I wonder what he would have made of the events of this week. He would have stood next to me in the Plaza Mayor and looked upon with mild amusement at the choir of Mary D's, many of whom were barely out of nappies when he departed this world, singing about doing something unpleasant to Lou Macari, and concluded that in an ever changing world, certain things endure for a reason. Or he could have stood among the City fans at the game, who did themselves so proud, and felt pleased for them, up to a point. The most overriding emotion he would have felt, however, was disappointment. Crushing disappointment at the sea of money now washing around the game. Not because he would have felt the game had lost its soul or that ticket prices were now beyond the reach of many traditional supporters, but disappointment for himself that he missed out on the bonanza when it came along.

ehehe

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I was never that keen on Swales, and looking back at the documentary (filmed in 1981) when I was there watching those games it makes you cringe at times, although I'm not a hater and don't wish ill on anyone, but he was never that popular. Compared to what's going on at some other clubs though, for example Blackburn & Leeds, we didn't have it that bad.

as they say "all's well that ends well"

for this, and where we are now, for better or for worse, our club has its history and its characters, and it's all part and parcel of what we are and where we are.

I'd not change any of it, would you?