Regeneration £££

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Does anyone know which Grimsby council estate? I mean there's council estates and there's estates that have a few council houses on them. Was Fenty from a council estate?

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Lads been on that Twitter and could anyone answer does harry Clifton for our with jason stockwoods daughter or relation ?

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John Fenty..,
Genuinely has a love and passion for the club, John Fenty


Ian Holloway:
Another disastrous appointment by John Fenty

Alex May:
Con man who John Fenty introduced to the Club and N E Lincs Council



I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Interesting times. i want Johns babies

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Regeneration seems to be the buzz word around Grimsby at the moment. There’s absolutely no doubt that the Town is going to be receiving a lot of investment and improvement over the coming years. The catalyst for much of this is the renewable energy industry that has, and is, making its home along the banks of the Humber. It’s a very positive time for the town, and as always, where there are development opportunities, money making scope exists for those that have money already, those that understand how to tap into development potential, and for those that are well connected.

The football club is also central to the regeneration programme. Community projects, especially sports based ones that tick the health and well being boxes, are superb vehicles for attracting investment and grants. So it’s blatantly obvious that there is profit making opportunity for anyone that can get involved with the football club and it’s activities centred around the regeneration programme.

I think it’s vitally important that we understand that nobody that takes the football club forward as part of the Towns regeneration programme, is doing this solely for the love of the club and/or the community. Some you might say aren’t interested at all in the community or the football club, and are totally fixed with their eyes on the prize of profit.

I’ve been thinking about all of the characters that have been involved over recent weeks, and what their motivation has been:

John Fenty..,
Genuinely has a love and passion for the club, in that there is no doubt. He’s an astute businessman, although he hasn’t really profited from his investment in Grimsby Town to date. In fact, apart from the gift of Mariners Trust shares, which he can only ever profit from once sold, practically everything else he has done has been give not take. And certainly not profit.

In John’s case, his involvement with GTFC has been a drain on his wealth. Certainly not a big drain in comparison to his overall accumulated wealth, but certainly not an exciting profit making venture that his other business investments have provided him with over the years.

But, I have no doubt that his end game has always been to eventually benefit from his involvement with the club through the many efforts he has led on to deliver a new stadium and the allied developments that he has endeavoured to have running alongside this. He’s probably endured years of frustration that the likes of Great Coates and Peaks Parkway have not been deliverable. Frustration both for his love of the club and his desire for it to have the best home and facilities, and also frustration that he’s continually been thwarted in obtaining any real meat on the bone profit from his involvement in the club, the likes as he has in the fish industry.

Ian Holloway:
Definitely came to Grimsby chasing profit. Had absolute no affinity with the Town or club at all. Never ever has he taken up a board appointment at any other football club. Never ever has he committed to investing money into a club. I have no doubt that in attracting Holloway to Grimsby, that the bait on the hook was the regeneration taking place in the Town and the football clubs proposed involvement in that. He saw the pound signs and jumped onboard in order to make money.

Alex May:
Nothing other than an investor, both for himself and others. A person who saw the opportunity to profit from the regeneration taking place in the Town and the football clubs proposed involvement in it. Has zero love  or affinity for the club.

Schutes Consortium:
The three businessmen involved in this consortium have a fondness for GTFC and some fondness for the town. So we won’t be passing over to people who don’t care at all about Grimsby.

I think that care and regard is pretty thin, but enough that they will or should do right by the club. Let’s not pretend though that these guys are Grimsby through and through like John Fenty is. To me they are a bit like the local lads that’s done well, left the town, explored the world, and created their success away from Grimsby. They aren’t deeply rooted in Grimsby with a desire to be living here, homers so to speak. They aren’t people that over the years you’d find sat at Blundell Park year in and year out. They’ve probably spent more time at Premier League grounds enjoying hospitality than they have their hometown ground. But for me, their background of being from Grimsby is enough for them to be safe hands and custodians.

In the case of the consortium though, I do not pretend for a minute that their motivation is the love of the club and the town. I think the regeneration programme, the club’s involvement in it, and the profit they can make, is the key driver in them wanting to invest in the club. In the case of Tom Schutes, this is very definitively already in process, since he’s already involved in development in the town, right at the coal face.

Summary:
Personally I think it’s wrong to cast scorn on anyone that seeks to be involved in the club who has more than one glancing eye on profiting from their investment. Because if that’s the driver, in small part or large part, for success for the football club, then so be it. However, the ones to be weary of are the investors that are looking to profit and then run. For me, Holloway and May fit firmly into that category. John Fenty absolutely doesn’t and I’m confident he was content with a long cycle at the club that see’s him make loss, break even, then profit, but without running away. He’s not running away now really is he, he’s simply bowing out to fan pressure if the sale completes. The consortium I hope will continue John’s work and more, make a success of it and I have no problem with them profiting from this whilst doing so.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Interesting times.

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Lads been on that Twitter and could anyone answer does harry Clifton for our with jason stockwoods daughter or relation ?