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I purchased the eBook Kindle version for £3.50. it is interesting reading about events on and off the field.
The first part of the book deals with his childhood and early days as a Dale fan.
There is a detailed account about dealing with the stadium company, unpaid bills by the rugby club, broken promises by the council, and why he thought it necessary to bring the stadium back into club ownership.
Just one quote from the book.
"I remember a meeting with their financial director, Mr Ashworth. He sat back in his seat and smirked as he told me that the rugby were just going to sit back and wait, as it would only be a matter of time before the football club would be bankrupt and with the help of the council they would inherit the ground."
Something else I was not aware of was that in preseason under Coleman the club went to Austria. On leaving the hotel Mr Dunphy was shocked when he was presented with a bill for 7000 euros for cleaning and repairs to damage caused by the team.
The last chapter deals with why he "retired" and how he felt he was undermined by the board members at the time. Having read this part he seems to be more circumspect and whilst he names people and describes what they said and did he leaves it to the reader to draw conclusions.
He does briefly deal with the aftermath of him leaving and more recent events.
For me the only thing missing from the book is why he decided to sell his shares in the club.
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Ooh, another book on 15:37 - Apr 1 with 9420 views
Just ordered my copy from Amazon. If the story recounted above is about Tommy Ashworth who spent a lot of time running Mayfield as well as becoming a director at Hornets then I can just imagine it. Tommy could be a very abrasive character.
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Ooh, another book on 16:39 - Apr 1 with 9309 views
As for selling shares - sounds like he was very bruised by the way he was handled. Kilpatrick doesn't apppear to be the mild mannered absent Chairman we thought he would be.
Hadn't appreciated that Bottomley had been using an office at the club 5 days a week whilst a Director to run his toy company. That meant he was active every day and undermining the running of the club. He expected to become CEO and his agenda was clear. The fact that he burst into tears when Dunphy told him he was resigning showed that he really did go to RADA at some point.
Chris will forever be a hero in our minds for all the good work he did. His one failure in hindsight was not broadening the Board and allowing a small group to scheme against him. But it is still disappointing that he was never formally offered a Vice President role and I suspect that hurt as much as anything.
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Ooh, another book on 11:11 - Apr 3 with 8434 views
It's a great idea and something I'd love to see. The new board have done a superb job of showing appreciation where it's due.
With Graham Morris helping facilitate the new board, rather than backing the return of Dunphy, there may still be some water left to go under the bridge before we see this happen.
That the ineptitude of his business management was being played out 5 days a week in plain sight yet he was still engaged via a non-competitive recruitment process to run the club as Chief Executive, speaks volumes of the scandalous way he was allowed to misconduct himself.
Having use of an office area/space, and also perhaps possibly office equipment etc do we know if Bottomley actually paid any rental etc. to the Stadium Company for those facilities of which he took advantage?
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Ooh, another book on 16:09 - Apr 4 with 7737 views
According to the below, Roger and his son “are co-owners” of the company, yet according to companies house that’s not quite true. I’m no expert on stuff like this but it piqued my interest.
Kel. Trends UK Limited is a Science focussed toy company. Bottomley founded it with two other partners in 2002. He used to talk about it when he was sat in the mainstand before he joined the Board. Not sure his son was ever involved.
Looks like he sold out his share of the business in 2012. Was that the time he moved back north? Not sure. But whilst Bottomley became a Board member, then CEO, I haven't seen his son at Spotland since.
I see that Trends UK is still trading and his original business partner from 2002 is still running it. Did they have a falling out? Or did David want to move on and pay for an expensive divorce and a move back North? No idea
Note: Judd beat me to it
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Ooh, another book on 20:26 - Apr 4 with 7427 views
Just bought the book today. The first 3 chapters could be me. Loving every word and recommend Dale fans to have a read, you won't be disappointed. With his obvious love of Dale from the Sandy to the boardroom it's a pity the present board haven't approached him with a view to using his experiences and knowledge about running a football club. Not that there is anything wrong with the present board but surely there must be a place to use that experience.
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Ooh, another book on 15:39 - Apr 17 with 6314 views
If I remember it didn't Chris Dunphy's company at one time have a office under the away stand? I'm sure knowing about him he would have kept everything separate from football matters.
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Ooh, another book on 23:05 - Apr 17 with 6015 views
You'll enjoy the end 3 chapters more. Virtually every director of that era gets stick, deservedly, and Roger comes out of it looking like a right tvvat.
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