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RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - sloppyattheback - 06-01-2015
Deano would want nothing more I'm convinced than to off load his shareholding and become just a fan once again. Although he's publicly muted this/threatened, to the best of my (limited) knowledge, there is no-one on the horizon nor another local self made multi millionaire slaloming down the kilner bank dry ski slope to take over the reigns. Even Mr Sparkles from Ravensthorpe the 2nd richest bloke in kirkless is in the clink for money laundering n drugs at the car wash so that's dashed that till he's on a tag at least.
Our £4m loss per season probably equates to his 1.75% interest per annum on his junior cash isa with Northern Rock but he has other business interests, a family and the largest house in Upper Hopton to heat so why should he risk more of his hard earned, when to date he's sunk in excess of £20m into the club and its structure and he can expect to plough this amount in per season for the next 20+ forseeable years unless I win a triple Euro Million roll over ( though I'd fail the fit n proper persons checks from my youthful murky past).
Bad managers, bad signings have lead to this despondencey and disinterest reaching the current peak and I cant see a way out of it, except performances on the pitch improving steadily, preventing the types of recent norwich, Brum and Reading performances every 1 in 2 outings. Pricing for the floater / occasional has to be looked at for someone who just rocks up not having to pay out weeks in advance, the board want commitment thou the Take 10 is a move in the right direction. I just think there's too much TV footy on everywhere else, there's loads more in life in the 21st century to do at weekends than we had in the early 80's when I got hooked (bastards) and think we'll bump along with 10-12,000 crowds for the forseeable sadly and this debate will just be recycled again n again.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - ARTERRIER - 06-01-2015
Who the hell is Mr Sparkles?
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - Amelia Chaffinch - 07-01-2015
Owns a car washing business, sent to prison for money laundering i think, extended his house without planning permission, which is currently rotting away whilst kirklees decide if the extension should be pulled down provably and he languishes in prison.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/mr-sparkles-jailed-part-5m-7770189
The house isn't far from where Deano was living not so long ago.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - ARTERRIER - 07-01-2015
Funny name for the fella. Think I did see that about his house.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - Amelia Chaffinch - 07-01-2015
Correction - he got planning permission for an extension but virtually rebuilt it as a mansion nowhere near like the plans.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - ARTERRIER - 07-01-2015
Sloppy the only thing that will get bums on seats down at Town is a winning team built with brass. All Town are doing is penny pinching.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - Amelia Chaffinch - 07-01-2015
He is known locally as Mr Sparkles.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - Lord Snooty - 07-01-2015
Wasn't Mr Sparkles the name of his car wash business?
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - Amelia Chaffinch - 07-01-2015
Think so.
RE: Huddersfield Town v Reading (FA Cup) - WakeyTerrier - 07-01-2015
At least Mr Sparkles showed some ambition