peanuts Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 copied from another forum It was stated in court that BFC should be regarded as a "property business with a football club attached". It has been on record for some time that somewhere around £30 million has been transferred out of the "football side of the business" into other parts of the Oyston empire, often as unsecured, interest-free loans to be paid back "at the sole discretion of the loanee". These transfers included a payment of around £11 million to a company wholly-owned by Owen for services provided to BFC. The only slight problem here is that the company in question was, and had been for some time, dormant! Perhaps the most telling comment, from a fan's point of view, was the Oystons' QC's assertion that it was "safer to take the money out of BFC and put it into Segesta etc rather than "squandering" it on investments for BFC such as "buying players" ". Says it all, really. Within 24 hours of beating Cardiff in the Championship play-off final - reportedly the most valuable football "prize" of all - there were internal memos between father (Owen - owner) & son (Karl - chairman) discussing how they could remove money from the club without other shareholders/backers being involved and how much they could take. Incredible! despicable behavior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy b Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 One bad chairman doesn't make corney a saint does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittles left foot Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 And 'WE' don't all complain about Corney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 41 minutes ago, Andy b said: One bad chairman doesn't make corney a saint does it Must. not. get. involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw65 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 18 minutes ago, whittles left foot said: And 'WE' don't all complain about Corney. Correct... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeroyboy Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 You normally have to be dead 5yrs to be nominated for sainthood. Mother Theresa managed it in 2yrs. St. Bede waited 1,164yrs. Corney, is just a bloke keeping a bunch of skint football fans a club to support. Guys like him are two a penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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