[SaltergateBorn]

Thanks for that, St Charles. I knew that DA was involved with the Owls in the past and that the parting of the ways was acrimonious to put it mildly, but I didn`t know the details. It would be interesting to go into WHY successful businessmen go into football ownership, given the trail of destruction that such enterprises have usually left in their wake. I have my own thoughts, but that`s for another time and another thread, maybe.

The one thing you say that I might take issue with, however, is the idea that the fans `own` the clubs. From my experience, in this world the power usually sits where the money sits and the fans as a rule don`t have any say in the running of the club. Unless it`s actually run by a Supporters` Trust of some sort, that is, and from what I can recall these are usually set up to get the club out of a specific hole and pretty short-lived. That being the case, I think it`s unlikely that `we` (the supporters) will ever be in a position to decide to `get rid` of DA. I think it`s almost inevitable that he will be the one who decides how, when and on what terms HE decides to get rid of US - just as it apparently was with SWFC.

Unless one of us wins the Euromillions, that is. I keep trying, but sadly the odd £3.80 now and then doesn`t cut it.