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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... 22:05 - Aug 10 with 41413 views

.....to dump the shares in Rochdale Football Club that his clients Andrew Curran and Darrell Rose don't yet legally own at £6 a share!

Here's the thing folks.

Young Jarvis has set all of this up on a bit of a flyer.

Back in early May, Alexander Jarvis is claiming in leaked emails that Alexander Jarvis met with former CEO David Bottomley with regard to a takeover of the club.

David Bottomley openly admitted in public interveiws available on YouTube that he wanted an outside investor and a training ground for Dale and was prepared to compromise the integrity 100 years of league football to do that and so that he could be a part of a club that owned its own training ground.

Jarvis wanted to do a deal - any deal he could given quite a poor track record of failing with a number of football clubs where he was the nearly man.

Here's the first bit of humour. Jarvis reckoned he was so much brighter than most at the club he was bragging about it to quite a lot of people. Jarvis believed that those running the club doesn't really understand business and that he'd be able to be used and moulded to what Jarvis wanted and then tossed aside.

At the Swindon game on 13th April, the one with the protest, a secret behind closed doors beauty parade was held. Andy Curran was in the building that night.

Rochdale were relegated vs Doncaster and (as witnesses have noted) the champagne was opened. Relegated and hopeless under BBM a takeover would now be seen as a positive if Rochdale wanted to "survive"

Bottomley and Rawlinson were removed democratically at an EGM on 1 June 2021 by a Trust motion in line delivered in line with the Companies Act.

Jarvis persevered. Opportunists always do.

A deal was verbally done for Andrew Kilpatrick's shares. Jarvis arranged an Non Disclosure Agreement - "NDA" with Kilpatrick and a power of attorney so that he could control the 110,000 shares. Roughly 22% of the club.

Similarly Jarvis then reached across the pond to the United States of America and did the same trick with Dan Altman and Emre Marcelli. Two more NDAs, two more powers of attorney and hey presto another 74,685 shares. Roughly 14% of the club with that transaction and now 36% of the club all in.

This is easy pickings thought Jarvis and armed with both a list of shareholders and their contact details, David Bottomley's pre-AGM presentation and other information sourced from his relationship with the former CEO, he set about trying to secure a further 14% of shares. Alexander Jarvis has emailed David Bottomley's private shareholder presentation to external parties which does make you question how Alexander Jarvis got hold of it? I am sure that these emails from Alexander Jarvis could be reproduced in the public domain if required.

Curran and Rose were persuaded by Jarvis to then move their funds to a law firm; Gateley PLC and Gateley PLC were given the job of rounding up all of the documents for Kilpatrick, Altman and Marcelli and writing them in such a way that meant the payment was completely conditional on getting control of the club.

Gateley PLC were asked to advises on a range of corporate matters, including the acquisition and general corporate governance matters. The money still sits in their hands and hasn't move as the deal hasn't moved as Jarvis wanted.

Now, we all then know that Jarvis makes a big mistake and lets the cat out of the bag. His Blackbridge Sports email address is compromised and in the process he manages to loses a lot of his own data - ironic really that having been handed the private email addresses and phone numbers of certain shareholders, which he used to make emails as calls, he makes the rookie error of leaving his data unprotected.

The breach exposed Curran and Rose and all they had previously kept secret.

Meanwhile in London, Andrew Kilpatrick is saying "Where is my money Alex?"

In the USA, Dan Altman and Emre Marcelli are asking "When will we complete and get paid Alex?"

Jarvis tells them some cock and bull story about "the next few days" and from that bedlam ensues with the EFL. Rochdale fans are called "small minded" and "nancy boys" by one of the buying party and Jarvis has to backtrack in the Daily Telegraph.

The upshot is, the Curran and Rose have been committed to nearly £1m of purchases that they can't get out of but they don't want to make those purchases unless they can guarantee control.

They are exposed financially and they can't simply withdraw than money back out of Gateley PLC.

They've gone from being really keen to buy the club to being really keen to not buy the club.

Andy Curran isn't answering his phone anymore, Alex Jarvis has not go a lot of friends left as between people at the club, Curran and Rose no one has got what they have wanted.

So tonight, if you want to buy Rochdale shares from Jarvis you can do so for the sum of £6 a share.

Jarvis is now a seller not a buyer because, if he doesn't complete the purchases of Kilpatrick, Altman and Marcelli then they will sue him and sue Curran and Rose for what is known legally as "specific performance" or in English - pay me what I am owed.

The last thing that Darrell Rose and Andrew Curran want is to turn up in the High Court being sued by Kilpatrick, Altman and Marcelli.

The second last thing they want is to sink a cool million quid into a minority shareholding of a well organised, well run and well mobilised club where virtually every supporter knows forensic details about them that are in the public domain. Supporters invariably have long memories.

So too do the folks at HMRC, various landlords of rental properties that have rent owning and anyone who wants to type their names into Google, including the EFL and quite a lot of Swindon Town fans!

Add into that a sprinkling of a cast of characters, Kelly Curran, Taylor Curran, Denise Valarie Courtnell, Oliver Rose, Faical Safouane, Mark Farrugia and many more and the whole thing is completely in the public domain.

At £6 a share Jarvis is trying to save face and his skin and make his clients a 20% return in order to pay Gateley PLC's not insubstantial legal fees.

Practically those shares are all worthless because there is no market for them.

And the best bit - Alex Jarvis is the one who has breached his own NDA's. Andrew Kilpatrick and Dan Altman will be FUMING to find out that that we know that they would sell the club down the river.

You really could not make this up! Or could you?!

Next up for Dale - Scunthorpe United (H).
Next up for Jarvis - Essex (A)

[Post edited 13 Aug 2021 19:55]

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 15:03 - Oct 2 with 7923 views

MoonyDale

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 14:34 - Oct 2 by DorkingDale
I don't buy this Southall v Jarvis/Morton House at all. I believe Morton House & Southall are working together to obtain a majority shareholding whilst each party remains below the EFL regularity 30%. The sooner we can get that share release to dilute their percentage the better.

Exactly this.....it's blindingly obvious..

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 23:07 - Oct 2 with 7578 views

R17ALE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 15:03 - Oct 2 by MoonyDale
Exactly this.....it's blindingly obvious..

And to prevent it happening they will have to turn up to the EGM. If they don't, the club's motion will sail through. Will they dare show their faces?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 08:17 - Oct 3 with 7388 views

RippDale

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 23:07 - Oct 2 by R17ALE
And to prevent it happening they will have to turn up to the EGM. If they don't, the club's motion will sail through. Will they dare show their faces?

Definitely a collaboration between all the crooks.

Not sure how the club screens the potential purchasers of the new shares though? What stops people on behalf of the conmen buying them or heads being turned by future lucrative offers for shares? We might be diluting their percentage but are we also going to dilute the percentage of the diehards?

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 08:30 - Oct 3 with 7370 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 23:07 - Oct 2 by R17ALE
And to prevent it happening they will have to turn up to the EGM. If they don't, the club's motion will sail through. Will they dare show their faces?

Alexander Jarvis can't get into the meeting on Wednesday - he's not a shareholder.

Matthew Southall can't get into the meeting on Wednesday - he's not a shareholder.

Morton House need to go to the EFL to complete their applications AND comply in full with the disciplinary proceedings IF they have actually bought the shares from the infamous five.

In the event that Morton House do all of those things then it might be Morton House vs over 300 other shareholders.

Will Morton House show up at the meeting on Wednesday?

And will the Rolls Royce Cullinan be seen on the club car park again? There's a few lads who've seen the soaring price of scrap metal in these inflationary time who hope so!

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 11:42 - Oct 7 with 6863 views

UpTheDaleNotForSale

Interestingly, Mr Jarvis has seemingly blocked as many Dale fans as he can find on twitter (@AJarvis8) whilst opening his account back up to the public with the message,

"I’m going to start tweeting again after a long break from it. Missed it. We are certainly living in interesting times!"

Anybody got popcorn?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 13:11 - Oct 7 with 6628 views

49thseason

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 11:42 - Oct 7 by UpTheDaleNotForSale
Interestingly, Mr Jarvis has seemingly blocked as many Dale fans as he can find on twitter (@AJarvis8) whilst opening his account back up to the public with the message, "I’m going to start tweeting again after a long break from it. Missed it. We are certainly living in interesting times!" Anybody got popcorn?

Newcastle or Derby? You can guarantee he will claim to be involved.

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:20 - Oct 7 with 6229 views

UpTheDaleNotForSale

aaaaaaand away.

Mr Jarvis has once again hidden his twitter account, maybe after being bombarded by Dale fans and Charlton fans (now they know of his involvement with ESI via Southall).

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:31 - Oct 7 with 6183 views

James1980

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:20 - Oct 7 by UpTheDaleNotForSale
aaaaaaand away. Mr Jarvis has once again hidden his twitter account, maybe after being bombarded by Dale fans and Charlton fans (now they know of his involvement with ESI via Southall).

Are people being mean to him awwww diddums

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:13 - Oct 28 with 5438 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:20 - Oct 7 by UpTheDaleNotForSale
aaaaaaand away. Mr Jarvis has once again hidden his twitter account, maybe after being bombarded by Dale fans and Charlton fans (now they know of his involvement with ESI via Southall).

Poor little Alexander is still trying to find a second fool to sell on Morton Houses £1.2m of shares to so that he can afford to pay Andrew Curran back.

To be fair, I'd imagine owing Andrew Curran overdue money is not a pleasant experience and the interest rate on that money must be higher than the normal lending rate from a high street bank!

Remember that secondary sale process has been attempted by Jarvo since 10th August which is just before the EFL noted they were formally investigating Morton House. If you need a reminder of the EFL's announcement into investigating "multiple individuals" it can be found here:

https://www.efl.com/news/2021/august/efl-statement-rochdale-afc2/

Jarvo's bizarrely is taking to hidden Twitter accounts each night to criticise what is calling a "strange little club" and complaining that Rochdale are being "precious over where the seemingly much needed investment comes from.

Poor Alexander, he might never recover from this episode. Here are the options:

1. He never repays Andrew Curran and that £1.2m is lost forever. I'd not want to be in Alexander's shoes for brokering that deal.
2. Alexander finds another party to pay £1.2m for those shares. I can't see how that is ever likely as we all know that Alexander overpaid for those shares and a minority stake in Rochdale is actually worthless - ask over 300 fan shareholders!
3. Morton House stay with their shares and comply in full with the EFL investigation and be a small minority shareholder for their £1.2m but Alexander is trying to sell, sell, sell. It's obvious now they want out and are stuck.

It's really funny how only those seeking to trade shares are stating "much needed investment" - when actually the BBC article confirms some significant funds went directly into the club in July and August at around the exact time old Jarvo was massively overpaying those who had seen Curran and Rose's money as an easy dollar and getting an EFL investigation launched for doing so.

According to the BBC that money is:

1. Money earned from the sale of Stephen Humphrys to Wigan in July
2. Money earned from the sale of Ollie Rathbone to Rotherham in August
3. Money from the second tranche of the the sell-on from Craig Dawson's move from West Brom to Watford

But who would pay £1.2m for a tiny minority stake in a North West League 2 club?

Only an absolute tool.

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:33 - Oct 28 with 5358 views

boromat

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:13 - Oct 28 by RAFCBLUE

If there was someone willing to invest £1.2m in Rochdale AFC I think it would be someone who'd want that investment going to Rochdale AFC and not to some private seller.

It's game over for me. The share offer should mean we have full control and those lost shares become worthless.

What is the process with these shares if the sale isn't authorised by the club? So when it's the time of year again to issue the list of shareholders those that have sold the shares as it stands would still appear? Do those that have sold their shares have to inform the club? If the shares aren't registered in a new name can they revert back to club ownership or be written off?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:54 - Oct 28 with 5302 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:33 - Oct 28 by boromat

I'd agree that they are completely worthless as has been the case for years with Rochdale shares. It's not like buying shares in Apple or Tesco where they have a resale value.

Mark Hodkinson did a really good series of articles on the subject earlier in the Summer:

Mark Hodkinson: Inside the Boardroom 21st Mar 2021 13:03
Vital reading for all Dale fans — in a bid to help better understand the inner workings of football clubs, and Rochdale AFC in particular, we’ve asked journalist, author and Dale supporter, Mark Hodkinson, to write a short series of articles on the subject. He starts today with a general outlining of how clubs are run.

On the authorisation point, remember it is the EFL have to do that given the level of shareholding passed the levels of their OADT threshold.

Rochdale and no other league club can do anything that would leave them in breach of EFL rules.

The EFL need to close off their disciplinary investigations and confirm what actions they are / are not taking before anything else would move forward here.

[Post edited 28 Oct 2021 9:57]

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:08 - Oct 28 with 5257 views

James1980

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:54 - Oct 28 by RAFCBLUE

[Post edited 28 Oct 2021 9:57]

Could the 5 turncoats divvy their shares between the individuals rather than MHFFC?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:19 - Oct 28 with 5235 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:08 - Oct 28 by James1980
Could the 5 turncoats divvy their shares between the individuals rather than MHFFC?

Impossible IMO to undo what has been done given two things, the EFL investigation and the published Morton House accounts of 31st July 2021 which show the breach had occured by then.

Dan Altman said definitively in a public LinkedIn statement that he and Emre Marcelli had sold.

Once you've sold, you've sold. The EFL will have the relevant transaction(s) under their review for the disciplinary sanctions against multiple individuals.

I'm not completely expert with the EFL rules but those disciplinary sanctions might extend to selling shareholders - if you've sold outside of the EFL rules that's as bad I presume as buying outside of the EFL rules.

You also have to imagine after what has happened at Bury and Macclesfield the EFL will be throwing the book at individuals responsible so as to look as strong as possible in the eyes of politicians (e.g. Andy Burnham) and the press.

Bury being expelled changed the EFL landscape for good. They won't be soft anymore I imagine - its not in their interests to be.

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:25 - Oct 28 with 5213 views

HullDale

Looks like he has fans in Hull too...

Iykyk. Wonder what he's upto these days #hcafc pic.twitter.com/Ye1nqFQWfK
— Danny (@DannyBoyQ) October 27, 2021

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 11:23 - Oct 28 with 5082 views

James1980

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:19 - Oct 28 by RAFCBLUE

I expect and also hope you are right.
The paper trail digital or hard copy should show the funds coming from MH going to The Infamous Five.(I guess) and therefore wouldn't be able to claim they had come from Curran, Rose, Soufane and Courtnell's personal accounts. Is that why the shares couldn't be transferred to them as individuals?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 13:42 - Oct 28 with 4868 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 11:23 - Oct 28 by James1980
I expect and also hope you are right. The paper trail digital or hard copy should show the funds coming from MH going to The Infamous Five.(I guess) and therefore wouldn't be able to claim they had come from Curran, Rose, Soufane and Courtnell's personal accounts. Is that why the shares couldn't be transferred to them as individuals?

Until Morton House fully comply with the EFL investigation we will have no idea.

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:39 - Oct 31 with 4206 views

HullDale

From Mr Jarvis' (freely available in public on the internet blah blah blah) LinkedIn:

'Alexander’s views on Football Club M&A have been covered globally by the media; Alexander has been quoted in publications worldwide, including the Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Die Zeit, China Daily, BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, and the Financial Times.

Good to see he mentions the BBC. I think he may have forgotten the Telegraph, The MEN & The Athletic.

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 22:08 - Oct 31 with 4130 views

RAFCBLUE

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 21:39 - Oct 31 by HullDale

He's an enigma feeding news organisations is young Jarvo:

BBC: 12th October 2021 (revised on 26th October):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58883213

Talks involving former board members triggered what has been regarded by some as a hostile takeover attempt.
Quote attributed to Simon Stone (BBC Journalist)

Daily Telegraph: 5th August 2021
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/05/efl-investigating-homophobic-slu

The call nevertheless prompted a WhatsApp message from Alexander Jarvis, who described himself as an adviser to what he admitted was a “hostile takeover” and said that Curran was “a bit of a recluse”.

a "HOSTILE TAKEOVER" - copyright Alexander Jarvis; 5th August 2021

Strange how the BBC couldn't name that source because if it's me, I'm naming Alexander Jarvis given he actually said it to a broadsheet newspaper!

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 22:29 - Oct 31 with 4088 views

UpTheDaleNotForSale

Another interesting quote here from Alexander Jarvis, freely available etc:

'Some football types will sell their granny to do a deal,” he says. “So there’s a risk of the clubs and the Chinese investors getting duped.'

Sounds familiar to some of our (in)famous five.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/china-s-2bn-football-buy

[Post edited 31 Oct 2021 22:35]

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 22:33 - Oct 31 with 4076 views

UpTheDaleNotForSale

The freely available allegation referenced here sounds very familiar too:

'He says accusations of leaking information about the sale of the club to the media are untrue and no evidence was ever shown to his lawyers.

https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38260834

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:18 - Nov 1 with 3706 views

electricblue

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 10:25 - Oct 28 by HullDale
Looks like he has fans in Hull too... Iykyk. Wonder what he's upto these days #hcafc pic.twitter.com/Ye1nqFQWfK — Danny (@DannyBoyQ) October 27, 2021

Looks dressed for a funeral.

His own perhaps.

My all time favourite Dale player Mr Lyndon Symmonds

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 20:33 - Nov 29 with 2856 views

RAFCBLUE

We particularly enjoyed your thoughtful shout-out to Alexander Jarvis for his help 🤣🤣
— The Charlton Dossier (@CharltonDossier) November 29, 2021

You know you have made it when Charlton fans are trolling you in a response to Kieran Maguire.

What do Alexander Jarvis and an advent calendar have in common?

Their days are numbered!

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 00:06 - May 13 with 1713 views

RAFCBLUE

Has anyone seen Captain Sabotage?

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ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 06:01 - May 13 with 1583 views

Dale_4_Life

This idiot is finished with football.

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 09:05 - May 13 with 1453 views

Zac_B

ALEXANDER JARVIS IS NOW TRYING...... on 00:06 - May 13 by RAFCBLUE
Has anyone seen Captain Sabotage?

Just on Instagram, waffling on about his 'BIGGEST YEAR AHEAD' whilst posting random old photos of him with people.

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