| From Bridgey 21:34 - Jan 21 with 1544 views | stu |
A Football Club spokesman released the following statement:-
This is another example of Fake News. No “opening offer to Oyston was tabled last Wednesday” by Paul Stewart as stated on the Mirror website yesterday, Saturday 19 January 2019. Sadly the Mirror has obviously been misinformed. This alleged offer is one of many fake or alleged offers that have been circulating in relation to Blackpool Football Club in recent times and the Club felt it was time to respond.
The Club can categorically state that Paul Stewart has not tabled any offer to the Oystons or the Chairman of Blackpool Football Club.
The Mirror’s website was followed by an article in the Sunday Mirror today. However it might be helpful to correct another inaccuracy. The Sunday Mirror article stated that “Karl Oyston, who was the Clubs Chairman, paid himself an annual salary of £11 million that year”. The fact is that Blackpool Football Club paid this £8.3 million, £11 million before tax, to an Oyston Group Company and not to Karl Oyston in recognition and for the services of Owen Oyston, in his 32nd year of ownership and the services of the Oyston Group Companies because for a quarter of a century Owen and his Group worked without salary, dividends or any retainers to keep the Club afloat. In fact Owen and the Group Companies poured multi-millions into the Club interest free and by April 2006 had already put in over £17.5 million mostly to build the North, North West and West Stands. Owen and his Group are today still paying the wages and sustaining the Club. The accounts show that £25 million over the years has been spent on building the football stadium at cost. This money was loaned interest free and without security and at risk and but for the good fortune of getting into the Premier League, this money would have been lost.
Owen and the Group also funded large tax losses over these 25 years culminating in a total of £21 million by the time Blackpool Football Club achieved Premier League Status, and this achievement surprised most people. The Group Companies under Owen’s ownership saved the Club from bankruptcy and the football stadium from demolition.
At the time of Owen’s purchase of the Club, the County Council had condemned large parts of the Ground and if the wind blew over 40 miles per hour, the Club had to abandon the game.
The vast majority of other payments made to the Group from Blackpool Football Club when in the Premier League were to fund the completion of the Stadium to the specifications of the Football Association and to build other assets to produce revenue to support and benefit the Football Club. It was the Oyston Group of Companies that funded the Football Club over 25 years to get into the Premier League so it does not seem unreasonable that the Club would reciprocate and give some of these monies back to the Group.
It beggars belief that anyone who would work for nothing for 25 years for the Club and pour multi-millions into it at risk would wish to harm the Club in any way. The whole rationale of the management is to support the Club by creating a long-term plan to secure the future of the Club, the staff and all those associated with it.
The Club will very soon be launching a Charter 2019 to set the commitment and policy for the future. |  |
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| From Bridgey on 21:42 - Jan 21 with 1530 views | ROTTWEILERS |
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Belokon needs to shit or get off the pot. This saga is tedious in the extreme !! [Post edited 21 Jan 2019 21:46]
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| From Bridgey on 21:47 - Jan 21 with 1520 views | spell_chekker |
The opening sentence "This is another example of Fake News" - Is this AVFTB's opinion on an OO statement? |  |
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| From Bridgey on 21:49 - Jan 21 with 1514 views | spell_chekker |
| From Bridgey on 21:47 - Jan 21 by spell_chekker |
The opening sentence "This is another example of Fake News" - Is this AVFTB's opinion on an OO statement? |
Yes Rotts. Too many ins and outs to it all. It's best to wait until the court make a decision mid Feb. | |
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| From Bridgey on 21:49 - Jan 21 with 1513 views | basilrobbiereborn |
| From Bridgey on 21:42 - Jan 21 by ROTTWEILERS |
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Belokon needs to shit or get off the pot. This saga is tedious in the extreme !! [Post edited 21 Jan 2019 21:46]
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Rott, he's petitioning for Receivership. What more do you want him to do? |  |
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| From Bridgey on 21:53 - Jan 21 with 1506 views | ROTTWEILERS |
| From Bridgey on 21:49 - Jan 21 by basilrobbiereborn |
Rott, he's petitioning for Receivership. What more do you want him to do? |
Do it quicker!
Would OO have had the confidence to publish a charter three months ago? No. | |
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| From Bridgey on 22:07 - Jan 21 with 1492 views | TwelveAngryMen |
| From Bridgey on 21:53 - Jan 21 by ROTTWEILERS |
Do it quicker!
Would OO have had the confidence to publish a charter three months ago? No. |
Owen is a modern day Nero ' fiddling whilst his empire burns ' [Post edited 21 Jan 2019 22:37]
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