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I'll hazard a guess that Mr Gibb believes that there's a distinct chance that 'we may fall on our arse'. He's attempting to ensure that the investment via his pension fund is stable and not under threat from people implementing risky strategies.

I find it interesting that this has happened now. He's either decided he wants to part own a football club again and he can make money through purchasing it. Or he believes that if he doesn't buy it then his investment is under threat. I don't believe someone as successful and shrewd as Gibb would go into something like this, and make it public, without there being a very good reason for doing so.

 

Hey hey! At least we'll own our own ground!

 

this would be brilliant for the club.


one can only hope.

 

If they were to take over, what realistically would change?

I doubt they’d pump millions into the transfer fund. Would they keep season tickets low and stand the shortfall to the budget?

Despite the upheaval we’ve had this year, I quite like the approach they’ve taken this season (even though I was sceptical earlier). If it works why would we want to change? The timings not right.

 

I'll agree we have certainly found ourselves in the easier group, but fluke, nah, in the games we've played we haven't looked in any danger, I believe we have a very good chance of beating Croatia, and then the Final is a one off game, France or Belgium would be favorites without doubt but I wouldn't right England off even in that situation.

 

I think everyone is confused here. The pension fund isn’t the gibb family pension fund.

It’s the pension fund for all employees of the flamingo land organisation and Gordon gibb has absolutely no say it its running.

Once he sold the ground to the fund he stopped having any influence and simply got his money back.

Don’t forget Rhodes and Lawn set up a separate company to hold the asset that was the shop and office block and made a personal profit when it was sold.

 

James felt he was being backed into a corner and the relationship with Edin at a point where he felt he had no other choice but to part company. He felt the need to quit and was gutted at having to make that decision.

If you don’t like the terminology I used, fair enough, but feeling like you have no choice but to resign, is ‘forced’ in my book

 

Bollocks! Would you say the same having supplied BCFC with goods/services and been rewarded with 1p for every £1 they owed you? Would you fook. BCFC screwed a lot of folk, for the second time in 2 years. There is not just 1 bad guy.

 

£500 can help you get £250m of Nigerian Royal Family gold - the King died 25 years ago and a solicitor has access to it - I’ll forward you the mail. No need to thank me.

 

Just seems like going backwards to me, does Gibb think there's more to be squeezed out of the club now it's in a more stable financial/infrastructure state.

 

Or light hearted sarcasm. It depends how much of a snowflake you are.

 

How many mentions of the stadium from Gibb in the T&A article!? Seems like Gibb is finally looking to cash in on his investment.

 

This new T and A article is wrong. They stated Gibb sold the ground for £5m which is incorrect.. A quick look in the archives shows he sold the ground for £2.5m (to his pension fund) and then the offices, and car park were sold independently for another £2.5m.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8011079.Valley_Parade_is_sold/

Despite his "love for the club" bravado, his game with Rhodes cost us badly. We paid an extortionate rent initially then he refused to discuss selling back, and made an incredibly bad decision when lawn tried to renegotiate the rent. Lawn wanted to pay less now and more rent the higher we got up the pyramid. Lawn said Gibb was stupid as we'd be in the premier league paying peppercorn rent.
And to think some people want this schiester back. Thats before we even get started on tordoff

 

Isn’t that exactly what Jack did? He sponsored us for years, then when we hit the buffers and needed the support, he walked away. We ended us signing up with Bradford & Bingley until they went bubble. Did Jack come back in to save us? No, it was left to Map to save the day.

It was only once we were earning profits again and the club were being successful that he came back and out-bid Map. Some like to put him on a pedestal but he’s just another businessman that looks after his own interests and has no loyalty to City

 

Please for the love of Bradford City be true!!

I'll never do a midget again. Just be true!!

 

In what ways do you feel the club would be better run? Do you honestly feel there would be better/more investment? Better players brought in, the potential in our recruits is better imo than it has been for a while, and yes it is only potential at the moment. Think the pitch work to the depth and quality of the work would have been carried out? Would services have been brought back in-house?

What sort of vision for the club do you think such a consortium would bring? Would you be happy running on a deficit? The bland and blank statement 'yes it would be better' is not debate merely contrarian.

 

You know that's a pretty standard practice among company owners. Put your wife on the payroll to spread your salary out so you pay less tax. A loophole the government could close but don't want to.

 

Fishing Bronco?, I assume you mean me. Sorry in detail terms the Lease content is confidential between the parties but it is a matter of record that:-
The Lease is 25 years from 1st July, 2003.
It is a standard repairing and insuring lease used in all commercial situations.
The rent is reviewed every 5 years on the anniversary of the start date.
The review in this case is NOT based on any indexation or a review of comparable properties (the normal way) but has each new rent agreed at the signing of the Lease, thus the rent at each stage to the end of the 25 year term was known on day one.
At the end of the term the Landlord is required by Statute Law to offer a new Lease in the same terms as the old Lease, save for the rent. The Tenant has the option to accept or walk away at that point.
As others have said the Lease is for the Stadium only and never included what is now the school and school play area, that was with another party.

Nothing confidential there, hope it helps.