New Training Ground.!!

Quoted from RonMariner

Why would anyone without a love for the club and a ton of cash to spare invest in us? It’s hardly likely to generate a rerun on investment.

It doesn’t usually end well when wealthy investors with no prior link to the club or the community start getting involved.

Exactly! I never see it as an "investment" , where lower league teams are concerned, because that implies that they will get a return on their " investment" which is highly unlikely. Wasn't it Alan Sugar who said that he had a large fortune when he bought Spurs and after her sold the club he had a smaller fortune - and that's one of the " big six" clubs playing at the highest English level!
The community aspect is the path that JS and AP want to pursue but it also needs incoming funds from wealthy individuals or consortiums to cover any unforeseen hiccups. Ideally we need a very wealthy local businessman ( or consortium of such) with a love for the club and a willingness to leave a lasting legacy e.g a new stand (s) at BP , a new up to date training facility or even a new ground. Wether such an individual or group of individuals exists remains to be seen.

Quoted from rancido

Ideally we need a very wealthy local businessman ( or consortium of such) with a love for the club and a willingness to leave a lasting legacy e.g a new stand (s) at BP , a new up to date training facility or even a new ground. Wether such an individual or group of individuals exists remains to be seen.

I know a local millionaire with links to the building trade and council, who’d love to leave a legacy and a new stadium. Ladies and gentleman I give you John Fen…..…. Oh

Quoted from rancido

Exactly! I never see it as an "investment" , where lower league teams are concerned, because that implies that they will get a return on their " investment" which is highly unlikely. Wasn't it Alan Sugar who said that he had a large fortune when he bought Spurs and after her sold the club he had a smaller fortune - and that's one of the " big six" clubs playing at the highest English level!

Alan Sugar’s investment in Spurs got him a seat at the table when Sky and ITV were battling it out for the Premier League tv rights.

Spurs were the only “big 5” club to vote for Sky ahead of ITV and Sugar subsequently convinced Sky to submit a much improved bid which was then accepted and led us to where we are today with Sky’s shaping of the game.

Guess which firm were manufacturing Sky’s satellite dishes at the time? That’s right, Amstrad owned by Alan Sugar!

A deeply corrupt and vile individual.

Quoted from ska face

Alan Sugar’s investment in Spurs got him a seat at the table when Sky and ITV were battling it out for the Premier League tv rights.

Spurs were the only “big 5” club to vote for Sky ahead of ITV and Sugar subsequently convinced Sky to submit a much improved bid which was then accepted and led us to where we are today with Sky’s shaping of the game.

Guess which firm were manufacturing Sky’s satellite dishes at the time? That’s right, Amstrad owned by Alan Sugar!

A deeply corrupt and vile individual.

As if.

Quoted from DB

As if.

“ ITV thought they were in the driving seat. Trevor East, then Dyke’s deputy and later to become head of Sky Sports, believed he and Parry had come to an understanding while watching Nigel Benn fight Hector Abel Lescano in December 1991. But Parry denied this had happened. By 18 May 1992, however, at the meeting where the Premier League were to select a TV partner, only one bid was up for voting on and that was Sky’s. What happened that day slipped into Premier League folklore almost immediately. East had arrived early at the Royal Lancaster Hotel with envelopes under his arm. A deadline for bids had been set for the previous midnight, but East chose to ignore it. He presented the clubs with a proposal that would yield £262m over five years for 30 live games a season. When Parry found out he immediately called Chisholm, who woke up Murdoch in New York, who authorised another bid.

Less effective, but certainly as dramatic, was the performance of Alan Sugar. Along with Terry Venables, Sugar had recently acquired control of Spurs. He also had a deal to manufacture Sky’s satellite dishes. With Venables suddenly called from the meeting, Sugar held Spurs’ once solid ITV vote in his hands. After seeing East’s revised bid he tore into the lobby of the hotel, got Chisholm on the phone and demanded he “get your fúcking ǎrse round here and blow them out of the water”. Dyke says: “We said: ‘Who are you speaking to?’ and he said: ‘I’m talking to my girlfriend!’” Parry recalls: “Sam was saying to him: ‘Get off the bloody phone, I’m trying to get this thing sorted!’”

Sky came back with a vastly improved deal worth £42m more over the five years than ITV were willing to pay. They would show 60 games a season and promised a return for Match of the Day, with the BBC paying for highlights. This was the deal that was put to Premier League clubs. It was passed 14 to 6.”

https://www.theguardian.com/fo.....mier-league-was-born

Amstrad was bankrupt until the sky deal was done.

The Amstrad CPC464 was a good computer though