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Post by stone6 on Aug 13, 2010 11:20:48 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8910840.stmSomeone please correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm bloody sure he used to be a Stoke season ticket holder. He always caught the bus to home games from the Shell garage at Walton with his Mother to watch all the home games. Is he trying to buy the Vale to ruin them as he's a Stokie. Or is he just a fooking turncoat?!? Anyone help on this?
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Post by diaoshairyballs on Aug 13, 2010 11:24:39 GMT
A New York businessman with enough financial clout to make a £500k offer for a football club would doubtful be hopping on a bus with his mother to watch a game of football. If I am wrong, then I will have to say that this guy has to be the most well grounded millionaire (?) in the entire universe!!!!! Hope it is true actually!  |
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Post by SA_78 on Aug 13, 2010 11:27:19 GMT
If you listen to the interview he says that he was a Stoke fan but thinks Port Vale has potential. Personally, I hope Port Vale get promotion this year as it is so good for the area.
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Post by stone6 on Aug 13, 2010 11:27:56 GMT
A New York businessman with enough financial clout to make a £500k offer for a football club would doubtful be hopping on a bus with his mother to watch a game of football. If I am wrong, then I will have to say that this guy has to be the most well grounded millionaire (?) in the entire universe!!!!! Hope it is true actually! Sorry I should have said I don't think he's done that recently but I was wondering if any other people from Stone knew him. |
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Post by peepin on Aug 13, 2010 11:33:31 GMT
How can a person be 'trying' to buy Vale? In my own experience, i walk into the local Sainsburys pick up my selected item, and view the offer's on the end of the aisles, like 'buy one get one free', '3 for the price of 2' and 'buy Toy Story 2 and get Port Vale for £3.99'.
You would obviously just take the item to the till and the offer would be deducted at the end of the transaction ;D
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Post by diaoshairyballs on Aug 13, 2010 11:33:34 GMT
Mate, I hope some fucker comes on here and says it is true!
Would be a pisser - a millionaire Norman Bates character who supports Stoke, is trying to buy Vale and has a penchant for public transport!
Fuckin move over Hitcock - this is a box office winner!
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Post by knowles on Aug 13, 2010 11:38:16 GMT
Spot on stone6  When I say spot on, I mean he is a Walton boy. He is serious about turning Vale around though- I think it can only be a good thing for the area. |
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Post by stone6 on Aug 13, 2010 11:45:33 GMT
Spot on stone6 When I say spot on, I mean he is a Walton boy. He is serious about turning Vale around though- I think it can only be a good thing for the area. Knowlsey, do you ever get to meet these characters in the circles of your journalism? If you meet him can you ask him if he still gets the bus to Stoke games from Walton Corner or if he has since he became a multi-millionairre!? |
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Post by knowles on Aug 13, 2010 11:46:52 GMT
He's my cousin pal  He has now gone up in the world and catches a lift with me if he goes to Stoke!! |
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Post by mistersausage on Aug 13, 2010 11:48:31 GMT
I hope Vale go out of business so I can piss on Vale Park Oh I forgot, I've already done that ;D
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Post by pday1982 on Aug 13, 2010 11:49:40 GMT
He's my cousin pal He has now gone up in the world and catches a lift with me if he goes to Stoke!! Ha ha awesome, bus pass Stokie buys Vale. |
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Aug 13, 2010 11:51:37 GMT
He's offering to put in £500k, the maximum permissible stake. That's 1/16th of what we've just paid for one player. Shows the gulf in finances Vale would have to close to ever compete with us again on equal terms.
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Post by knowles on Aug 13, 2010 11:53:31 GMT
Spot on KS. The difference in clubs is absolutely staggering.
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Post by pday1982 on Aug 13, 2010 11:55:31 GMT
Spot on KS. The difference in clubs is absolutely staggering. It made me laugh the other day when he was offering to BUY the club for 500k, that's 2 Andy Griffins. Think it says more about how ridiculous the premier league rather than how small time league 2/Port Vale are. |
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Post by Gods on Aug 13, 2010 12:02:51 GMT
I was curious as to how he made his money.
A quick look on Google suggests he is a New York base hedge-fund manager.
I suppose in the cesspit of hedge fund management he is probably no more immoral than anyone else.
Also seems he was previously a Director at Oldham Athletic so I guess any loyalty he had to the club it is alleged he supports was ditched a while ago anyway.
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Post by Pedropotter on Aug 13, 2010 13:35:27 GMT
If hes a millionare how come hes sitting on a DFS sofa, backed up by woodchip wallpaper in a Primark sweater? Oh, hang on, I get it, hes a 'Port Vale' millionaire. |
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Post by padders01 on Aug 13, 2010 13:53:40 GMT
He is 100% a Stoke fan
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