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February 26, 2020, 11:11am
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This sounds to me like progress on the stadium front (I hope). JF would not relinquish control while maintaining his majority shareholding without a very good reason. I guess that could be related to conflict of interest, etc and his council role.
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Quoted from KingstonMariner
I agree Bigdog. It does nothing to end the conflict of interest issue - he still owns the club so could still benefit from any decision he takes in council that affects the club.

Still, the role he has on the council is a demanding job so I can understand it from that point of view. I hope for the sake of people in NE Lincs he makes a better job of that than he has at the football club.

It’s a step in the right direction though. He’ll be less involved in running the club. He did his best but.....


He couldn’t figure out the coffee machine the other day so...



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He couldn’t figure out the coffee machine the other day so...



Those things can be unnecessarily complicated though. 😕


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Who's going to change the light bulbs now?


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I’m sure this has nothing to do with the stadium development. John Fenty will always be regarded as a conflict of interest with regards to planning etc whether as a non-chairman, non non chairman or plain ole supporter.
Personally, I believe the role of deputy leader and his associated responsibilities is too much together with his GTFC and family responsibilities. I guess something had to give.
But for those of you who feel a glimmer of excitement, hope or relief nothing much has changed and as dapperz pointed out he's made similar claims before.
His tenure has been frustrating at best, although the club appear financially stable. He states the club will be making the clubs largest investment (at this level) on new players during the close season. I wonder how much of this was his decision and how much he was in agreement? Personally, I think Ian Holloway has tipped the balance of power on the board, Fenty realising THIS has led him to step back.
Interesting times ahead.
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Hmm, I'm always conflicted about Fenty. There's no doubt he kept us afloat financially when it might have been easier to go to the wall and we have to be grateful for that.

But, under his 'leadership' we have been to the lowest point the club has ever known. He's made some poor decisions about managers (Newell, Bignot) that looked to have been driven by money (or lack of it) and his sheer bloody mindedness has been difficult to get round. His PR is awful as well, he often threw his toys out of the pram when the general consensus didn't agree with him - big fish in a small pond.

And he remains the largest shareholder - he has the final yes or no.

I'd like to say that I'm pleased to see him go, but he hasn't.


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Quoted from chicaneuk
https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/club-statement---john-fenty/

No doubt this will be celebrated by some. For me whilst he's divided opinion (and certainly he's done some questionable things over the years) he has kept the ship fairly steady in otherwise difficult times for a lot of clubs. Thanks for all your hard work John.


Have to agree with you. Thank you John. Noone is perfect, noone gets everything right but you're a true fan of GTFC and that we cannot fault.
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