Tell us about your clubs owners

[Embers]

With all the takeovers left right and centre I realised that apart from ours and Thaskin for Man City I actually know nothing about the Glazers/Lerners and co.

Okay, for West Ham. 95 percent of the club is owned by Björgólfur Guðmundsson, a Icelandic businessmen. He is the owner of Landsbank Bank which is Icelands main bank. According to Forbes he is the 750th richest man in the world and is worth 1.2 billion. With this club takeover he has a little help from his son Thor. His son owned a brewery which he sold to Heineken for 400 mill. Hes now worth 2.2 billion. Our clubs in good hands for a while yet it seems

Eggert Magnusson owns 5 percent. As most would already know he made his money from biscuits. Was apart of the UEFA and ran football in Iceland for a while so he has some connections. He runs West Ham. Gudmundsonn is 68 and really too old for it. Eggy is only worth about 300 mill or something. Most money comes from Gudmundssson and son

They set up a seperate company called West Ham PLTHC and that holds the records etc. The main plan is to one day move from Upton to a bigger stadium, selling the ground Upton is on for lets be honest a fair bit. Itd be land in high demand.

Thats about all ya need to know really

 

[Lowie01]

They set up a seperate company called West Ham PLTHC and that holds the records etc. The main plan is to one day move from Upton to a bigger stadium, selling the ground Upton is on for lets be honest a fair bit. Itd be land in high demand.

And the fact that West Ham are prime candidates to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games helps.

Anyway, why should I write a summary when Wikipedia can do it for me?

George Gillett
Tom Hicks

 

[Embers]

And the fact that West Ham are prime candidates to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games helps.

Anyway, why should I write a summary when Wikipedia can do it for me?

George Gillett
Tom Hicks

Who said I didnt copy and paste

Those links dont even tell you there worth. Boooooo

 

[Lowie01]

Who said I didnt copy and paste

Those links dont even tell you there worth. Boooooo

Um, a shitload?

 

[Kompany]

Barcelona is owned by 156.000 socios.

 

[DBAH0]

And the fact that West Ham are prime candidates to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games helps.

That was originally the plan, but I think they're going to actually build a new 60,000 stadium on some prime real estate, near where Alan Curbishley grew up actually.

 

[Embers]

That was originally the plan, but I think they're going to actually build a new 60,000 stadium on some prime real estate, near where Alan Curbishley grew up actually.

Curbs gave up his house for his job ey.

Plans have been put on hold it seems.

 

[Waite_30]

Abramovich isn't bad..

 

[ShearMagic9]

Michael James Wallace Ashley (born 1963) is an English billionaire retail entrepreneur, in the sporting goods market. He is also the largest shareholder in Newcastle United F.C after buying Sir John Hall's share in the club on 23 May 2007.

Ashley grew up in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, where his parents still live in a modest bungalow. He was educated at Burnham Grammar School.

Little is known of Ashley's private life, except that his former home was a 16-bedroom former hotel in Buckinghamshire. It is known that he prefers casual dress of shirt and chinos or a track suit over a suit, and often carries his essential business tool of a mobile phone in a plastic carrier bag over a brief case.

At 24 in 1988, Ashley married Swedish property developer Linda Jerlmyr, and they have three children. When she divorced him 14 years later, he quietly agreed one of the biggest settlements in British legal history, reportedly handing over the family home, property and assets with total worth of £50million.

According to Guardian newspaper: "The secretive billionaire is thought to live alone in a large house on the edge of a Hertfordshire village. The building is hidden by trees, and CCTV cameras keep watch over the locked gates at the entrance to the half-mile drive. Ashley's neighbours say they never see him. At the nearby pub, nobody has heard of him. When the local newspaper attempted to find out more about him a few months ago, they eventually resorted to placing an advert in their own pages appealing for information - No one responded

 

[Barts]

Our owner, Captain Birdseye himself, Ken Bates is a crooked old bugger that is universally hated and lives in Monaco because he specialises in tax evasion/fraud. Birdseye sited the takeover for Leeds as one last challenge so he can piss off a whole new set of fans. He can only visit the club for up to 90 days a year otherwise the UK plod will lock him up due to those tax offences.

 

[FrangaRoo]

Not an individual owner as much, more of a consortium which is headed by a certain individual loathed by Leeds fans who has the initials of PR.

This individual headed Leeds when they made their exciting adventures into europe around 2001, but big purchases and some questionable decisions suddenly made him unliked and he was chased out of Yorkshire (after dabbling in some Barnsley matters also)

The consortium has delivered on promises which where never followed through by the previous owner (another disliked individual of lebonese background who was loved by Bluebird fans until they realised he hadnt really done that much)

New stadium construction has begun...thanks Pr & co (hopefully he has changed for the better)

 

[moomba]

With all the takeovers left right and centre I realised that apart from ours and Thaskin for Man City I actually know nothing about the Glazers/Lerners and co.

I'm not sure you have much of a clue about Shinawatra either.

 

[Boro]

From Wikpedia.... Steve Gibson (everyone knows he is the best Chairman in the English game )


Steve Gibson
Occupation: entrepreneur, football club chairman

Steve Gibson (born 1958) is an entrepreneur and the chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club. He is acclaimed in Middlesbrough for being a local working class man who made good.

A self-made millionaire, Gibson was born in Middlesbrough and was raised in the tough Park End area of the town. In 1981 he founded Bulkhaul Limited, a company dedicated to the global transportation of bulk liquids, powders and gasses. He set up the company by borrowing £1,000 from his father.

Relationship with Middlesbrough F.C.

He joined the board as the clubs youngest ever director at the tender age of 26 while Willie Maddren was manager. He was instrumental in saving the club from liquidation in by forming a consortium in 1986. In 1994 he somewhat reluctantly succeeded Colin Henderson as club chairman. It was his vision that made the club leave Ayresome Park for an all new seater stadium in 1995 the Riverside Stadium and making money available for the purchase of big-name players. As a result of this investment the club was able to win its first trophy in 128 years, the English League Cup. His tenure as chairman has also seen the club reach the UEFA Cup final, Europe's second biggest club cup competition. Steve's appointment of Bryan Robson as manager in May 1994 helped launch the riverside revolution that saw boro leave behind 100 years of mediocrity and achieve three Wembley cup final appearances within 12 months during 1997 and 1998.

Such is his popularity in Middlesbrough, he has been given the freedom of the town. He is probably the only chairman in English football that regularly has his name chanted by the clubs fans. For many years his aim for the club was for to win its first major trophy, after doing this it is believed that his aim for the club is to see it play Champions League football.[citation needed]. Gibson has also been praised by the local council for his contribution to the football club as well as to the region as a whole.

Gibson is widely regarded as one the best chairmen in the Premiership and is seen by many to be a fan fueling his passion rather than a business man funding for profit.[citation needed]. As a result of this, the fans of Middlesbrough FC have nicknamed him the "King of Teesside".[3].

Trivia

* Steve, his wife Vicky and daughter Katie have two pet poodles one named poo and one named dles.

* He has appeared in a local TV advert.

* He has never had a row with a manager.

* He owns 90% of middlesbrough F.C's shares.

 

[drewie_rama]

ken bates is a crook and a w***er

 

[Embers]

I'm not sure you have much of a clue about Shinawatra either.

I do know. Zero tolerance on drugs. Not sure what women and children have to do with drugs but a kills a kill I guess

 

[moomba]

I do know. Zero tolerance on drugs. Not sure what women and children have to do with drugs but a kills a kill I guess

Point proven.

 

[Embers]

Point proven.

I do know he has money.... Look ill admit Thai people like him. But international law isnt a popularity contenst. If it isnt good enough for Amnesty International it isnt good enough for me either nor should it be for the EPL.

 

[DB10]

They're a bunch of Old Etonians farts who inherited their money and position on the board from their parents and want to run the club like it's 1956.

 

[moomba]

I do know he has money.... Look ill admit Thai people like him. But international law isnt a popularity contenst. If it isnt good enough for Amnesty International it isnt good enough for me either nor should it be for the EPL.

What international law has he broken?

I have no problem with people that don't like him, I don't even have a problem with people that think he shouldn't be allowed to take over the club. But if you going to have a discussion on him, at least try and be a bit informed about it.

 

[Embers]

They're a bunch of Old Etonians farts who inherited their money and position on the board from their parents and want to run the club like it's 1956.

Theres nothing wrong with 1956.

 

[Embers]

What international law has he broken?

I have no problem with people that don't like him, I don't even have a problem with people that think he shouldn't be allowed to take over the club. But if you going to have a discussion on him, at least try and be a bit informed about it.

I am informed. I listen to Amnesty International, the real authority on such issues for mine. All I need to know is Amnesty International have problems and disagree with it. Im not going to argue against the opinion of such a fine upstanding organisation like AI

 

[DB10]

Theres nothing wrong with 1956.

There is when in 2007 everyone has rich sugar daddy owners willing to spend £50m every summer and we're still going about it like it's the 50s.

 

[Embers]

There is when in 2007 everyone has rich sugar daddy owners willing to spend £50m every summer and we're still going about it like it's the 50s.

I imagine that big big stadium your playing in might of taken a chunk out of that transfer kitty. The stadium was a good move but it was always going to bring short term pain

 

[Mr P@H]

I'd agree with Boro about Gibbo, good chap

Sacha
Alexandre "Sacha" Gaydamak (Russian: Александр Гайдамак, Hebrew: אלכסנדר גאידמק‎, born May 1976 in France) is a French businessman of Russian descent, and also holds an Israeli passport. A member of the wealthy Gaydamak family, he is the son of Arcadi Gaydamak.

In January 2006 he announced he was following his father into association football club ownership by becoming co-owner of English Premier League club Portsmouth F.C. with Milan Mandarić.[1] His father is the owner of Israeli side Beitar Jerusalem. In July 2006 Alexandre Gaydamak became the sole owner of Portsmouth, although Mandaric remained at the club as non-executive chairman until later that year.[2][3]

Gaydamak is also a patron of several Jewish charities.

I'm more a Milan man myself... Although Sacha can take this club far.

 

[CrowBoi]

I am informed. I listen to Amnesty International, the real authority on such issues for mine. All I need to know is Amnesty International have problems and disagree with it. Im not going to argue against the opinion of such a fine upstanding organisation like AI

Such a well balanced view you have there. So because Amnesty say his government was responsible for immoral deaths, Thaksin then becomes guilty of signing off on it all without any investigation whatsoever in to who was responsible?

I'd feel so sorry for anyone if they were in court if you ever happened to be called up for jury duty....