Is football run by dodgy geezers?

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Doggy Styles replied

26 May 2011, 11:27
Originally posted by BA to the Stars View Post

Jack Warner - never been the same since Dixon of Dock Green

He's changed colour too.
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BA to the Stars replied

26 May 2011, 10:13
Jack Warner - never been the same since Dixon of Dock Green
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Moose423956 replied

26 May 2011, 09:56
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Me too. Now they are run by Bernie Ecclestone, Lakshmi 'Super-Bob' Mittal and Flavio Briatore.

It looks like they want to sack Neil Warnock.

That's not too bad, at least they aren't Russian mafia types. Who'd be a football manager these days? Achieve promotion to the top flight then get sacked for your efforts.
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Doggy Styles replied

26 May 2011, 09:41
Originally posted by Moose423956 View Post

Not them as well!? I've always had a soft spot for QPR, since the days of Stan Bowles.

Me too. Now they are run by Bernie Ecclestone, Lakshmi 'Super-Bob' Mittal and Flavio Briatore.

It looks like they want to sack Neil Warnock.
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Doggy Styles replied

26 May 2011, 09:37
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

George Reynolds was at Darlington not Doncaster that was Ken Richardson

Aha, thanks. Richardson must have been the chairman who did time for the fire.
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Moose423956 replied

26 May 2011, 08:51
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

DThen there's QPR....

Not them as well!? I've always had a soft spot for QPR, since the days of Stan Bowles.
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TykeMerc replied

25 May 2011, 14:51
Of course football is run by dodgy types, it's a massive money business with a hell of a lot of associated gambling and not a little obsession. The sport is purely incidental and secondary.
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SimonMac replied

25 May 2011, 14:43
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Don't forget Doncaster. Their chairman had the main stand of the ground burnt down to collect on the insurance. I can't be bothered to look it up but I think his name was George Reynolds or some such.

Then there's QPR....

George Reynolds was at Darlington not Doncaster that was Ken Richardson

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Doggy Styles replied

25 May 2011, 14:38
Don't forget Doncaster. Their chairman had the main stand of the ground burnt down to collect on the insurance. I can't be bothered to look it up but I think his name was George Reynolds or some such.

Then there's QPR....
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SimonMac replied

25 May 2011, 13:41
Yes,

West Ham owned by p0rn barrons
Chelsea owned by russian mafia types
Arsenal 2nd largest investor is a russian mafia type
Darlington once owned by convicted safe robber
Fulham owner by Al-Faeyd who's tried to buy a UK Passport

Add in Ken Bates, all the past Portsmouth Managers, ex dictator Thaskin Sinawatra and more tax dodgers than I can list here and its safe to say you need to be dodgy to run a football club
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Doggy Styles replied

25 May 2011, 13:23
FIFA is a joke, and so is UEFA. I can't think of a good word to say about either.
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25 May 2011, 11:55
Is football run by dodgy geezers?

BBC Sport - Bin Hammam & Jack Warner face Fifa bribery probe

Or could it be political machinations to make Bin Hammam look bad on behalf of Mr Blatter?
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