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Trouble At The Top
Posted by The Slug on 8/6/2023, 21:17:25
Just rewatched the Trouble At The Top documentary for the first time in probably over a decade. I was only a kid at the time so I don't really remember too much at the time, did anything come out about who the "consortium" was or anyone remember anything about John Gurney trying to get back at the club?
It's infuriating to think that someone could take over a football club with so much mystery surrounding it, and the fact the the FA/FL were so easily assured by one meeting with Gurney. Something that fans of plenty of clubs since have had to deal with.
Mad to think that it was only 20 years and to see the rise we've been on, with huge bumps in that road, makes me incredibly proud to be a Hatter, and also feel lucky that we had such a dedicated fan base back then that saw through the bullshit and managed to rid the club of bloodsuckers.
Late night postings on the official website about F1 tracks, superbowl etc and renaming us London Luton FC.
MWC had spent so much of his wife's fortune financing Joe Kinnear's reign he couldn't get rid of us fast enough. But a bit of due diligence from him would have been nice.
And then, Jayten took over. Out of the pan and into the fire...
Re: Trouble At The Top
Posted by EastEnder on 8/6/2023, 22:31:48, in reply to "Trouble At The Top"
There was no consortium it was all made uo.
Gurney did have some Chinese triad mates though.
Gary Sweet and his Army ran him out of town after 55 days.
Such a long time ago. I was part of GS’s Army and had great pleasure of handing Cherry Newbury the letter on the Monday Morning putting the club in administrative receivership ( if I’ve got that right lol old age memory lol) and ridding Gurney out of our club. COYH.
The whole thing was a short term get rich quick project. Forget all the noise, the imaginary consortium, the stadium plans, the nonsense, the smoke and mirrors and the phone vote…
Buy debt for a couple it quid Don’t spend any of your own cash Piss off a loyal fan base And step 4, that failed, sell the debt for ££££ to annoyed fan base
Worked at Bedford rugby, failed at Luton
The consortium were never revealed because there never needed to be one to buy the club from the WCs for a couple of quid
Re: Occam’s scam
Posted by Hitchin Hatter on 9/6/2023, 11:55:54, in reply to "Occam’s scam"
Excellent summary eaten. I'm still intrigued to know how many of our fan base actually rang the premium rate number to vote for the new manager. Too many I would estimate.
Re: Occam’s scam
Posted by EastEnder on 8/6/2023, 22:35:21, in reply to "Occam’s scam"
He met Eric Hood, Watson-Challis son-in-law in a pub one night and 'Robinn' Hood did a deal to sell him LTFC for 4 quid, which was 3 quid more than Gurney had paid for Bedford Blues 4 years previously.
Re: Trouble At The Top
Posted by Fred Arnold on 8/6/2023, 22:07:36, in reply to "Trouble At The Top"
Think we can safely say the consortium was about as real as the one which has just driven London Irish rugby club into the ground.
Re: Trouble At The Top
Posted by Music Critic on 8/6/2023, 21:53:37, in reply to "Trouble At The Top"
Obviously biased but, from the mid-50s onwards, I reckon we have had the most interesting, chequered history in the whole of English football - on and off the pitch
I'd say that's doubtless! By the time I was 31 years old I'd seen us play in 5 different divisions, 2 league cup finals, 2 FA cup semi finals. Plus plastic pitch, away fan ban, all of the ownership tribulations. And that's only 1986-2009. My old man's first game was the last game of the 62-63 relegation season. Followed them down and then back up, crowds of 20000+ at KR, V&G Insurance crash, sold Super Mac. Selling Peter Anderson to Antwerp in the mid-70s to save the club. Many of us will have similar stories to tell. Not to mention the upsurge since 2014. For me, that promotion was for my old fella. I guess many of us will feel the same about older relatives or those who are not here to enjoy.
Re: Trouble At The Top
Posted by The Outsider on 8/6/2023, 21:38:27, in reply to "Trouble At The Top"
I think that the "consortium" was just Gurney and Esther Chan. He claimed that there were many others but...
Ah yes I remember Tony Cooper - but did he actually exist ?
And what about the bizarre involvement of that Miller bloke (Peter ?) who supposedly wrote and signed Kinnear and Harfords dismissal letters which Gurney claimed he had done without any apparent authority and while employed by Northampton.
There was a definite Northampron connection. With whole thing as rumoured Terry Fenwick was going to be appointed Manager.
Lee Powerended up at Swindon in a court battle with Jed McCrory, who sent me a threatening message on Facebook the other week about hoping he would bump into me at Wembley v Coventry.
If it actually wasn’t for gurney we probably wouldnt be where we are today. we’d have presumably stumbled along as we had for years with reasonable intentioned but savvy-less owners unable to push the club to where it needed to be. Gurney unwittingly created 2020, and set us along the right path.
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