Who actually owns City?

[crazyg]

Who the hell says teacake?

;-)

Us FOC's from Ashton, Mossley, Ducky, etc - ie Tameside. Surprisingly, if they had currants in, they'd be (wait for it) currant teacakes! I've not lived in Ashton for 38 years now, so don't know if that's still the case. Perhaps someone currantly currently living there could enlighten me.

 

[jimharri]

Us FOC's from Ashton, Mossley, Ducky, etc - ie Tameside Surprisingly, if they had currants in, they'd be (wait for it) currant teacakes! I've not lived in Ashton for 38 years now, so don't know if that's still the case. Perhaps someone currantly currently living there could enlighten me.

Weirdos.

 

[crazyg]

Weirdos.

What do they call 'em in your area - with and without currants?

 

[jimharri]

What do they call 'em in your area - with and without currants?

Buns.



No sniggering at the back of class.

 

[crazyg]

Buns.



No sniggering at the back of class.

And I'm the weirdo?

;-)

 

[Chris in London]

That’s never been mentioned to me but it’s possible. I doubt they would’ve offered more than the overall package with City and as Petrusha mentioned Thaksin’s takeover had made it a relatively straightforward task which may not have been possible at Villa or the others. Having said that Thaksin wanted to retain some control and they had to give him a 10% stake (approx and from memory so forgive me if the percentage is different).

What they did which I think was genius was say to him ‘you can have your 10% but every shareholder will be expected to invest at the same rate as us, so if you can’t do that your percentage will reduce on a pro rata basis’ (I’m paraphrasing of course).

That meant that every time they spent £10m he was committed to spend £1m and if he couldn’t his shareholding would reduce accordingly. By the time they made the big investments he struggled to even buy a chip muffin/barm/bap/teacake (delete as applicable).

It says it all about the post takeover position of Thaksin that for the 2012 derby he was sat/stood in the South Stand level 1 because there were no places available to him in director/corporate areas.

IIRC he was also in the south stand for the QPR game. The last time he visited the stadium?

 

[Gordyola]

She left about a year or so ago. Done very much under the radar, with no official announcement or recognition of her many years of dedicated service.

I was assured it was her choice, wishing to spend more time with her younger daughter before she went to uni but, rather cynically, I have my doubts.

Vicky left on her own accord on good terms there is no need to be cynical about it Her role at City had been very demanding and took most of her working hours I believe her husband took up a new position in Yorkshire he’s a lawyer and as far as I’m aware she decided it was time to put his career first

Post in thread 'Vicky Kloss'
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/vicky-kloss.319119/post-15108745

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I agree - on the muffin. You’re possibly right on the Villa stuff too. They would’ve looked at most clubs but the real contenders were LFC, NUFC, EFC, AFC and us. There’s lots been said in the papers (and elsewhere) about that time and the involvement of various people (much of it wrong or a story put out to create a different narrative) but consistent messages came from Cook, Simon Pearce, Khaldoon, Vicky and others in interviews…. They all agreed it was a chip muffin!

Bloody Yonners!

 

[I'm Blue]

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Might help..

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Spurs away, generally.