Michael chapman

Quoted from pen penfras

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

Contributed less than that? Jeez…and we wonder why the club has been on life support…

Quoted from pen penfras

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

Quoted from forza ivano

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

I don't know what he did, but I do know that he had his own opinion and it often wasn't in line with Fenty. Don't think he turned up to many board meetings in the later years, so he probably had little influence on anything for a while.

Quoted from forza ivano

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

Seems to me that Mr/Mrs Penfras has to be very careful not to incriminate themselves with their replies!  

Quoted from pen penfras

I don't know what he did, but I do know that he had his own opinion and it often wasn't in line with Fenty. Don't think he turned up to many board meetings in the later years, so he probably had little influence on anything for a while.

So literally served zero purpose…challenged Fenty so much he didn’t turn up. Not come out, publicly and resign highlighting what many of us knew but instead, sat on the board and did nothing…

as someone else said i think the brevity of the announcement, after 19 years on the Board, speaks volumes

non-runner, move on

Quoted from GrimRob

non-runner, move on

Winner…… something he avoided like board meetings evidently.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I heard a while back that he loaned the club £50k years ago and that's why he stayed on the board because if he left, he wasn't entitled to it back in a hurry due to the rules that the club changed having got burned by Ramsden I think it was.

Looks like that got paid when 1878 rolled in as the Directors loans were £1,550,000 in 2020, nil in 2021 with £1,500,000 being owed to Fenty.

Either way, I don't actually know what he did or brought to the table.

Interesting that not one of those knowledgeable posters have commented or corrected this.

In the last couple of decades, most board members have been visible in some way, even if for a dispute with our former principal funder, or an infamous incident at a fans forum, or for winning money, investing  and ending up at Alfreton.   But this guy, wow, I have no idea who he is. I mean I heard he is involved in horses but to my knowledge I've never met him.  No proper explanation as to why he was involved.

I would have rather have had 19 fans on the board for a year each instead than him for 19 years.

If it say getyourfactsright three times does he emerge and explain all?

There was another sentence on the original report.

Michael will be sadly missed by all board members as he made a lovely cup of tea when he did attend.