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Ken Morrison was appointed to the board on 25/01/1974 (on the same day as Jack Tordoff, under the Chairmanship of Bob Martin). He was on the board longer than most people think, until his resignation on 29/10/1979.

 

As per usual with every thread about the club posters have an opinion on everything without having evidence to back it up.
It is great that so many local company’s are coming forward to sponsor the club, buying into the vision Ryan has for the club.
If you want the club to move forward just get behind it!!

 

Its a good partnership. I hazard a guess there will be little money in play more of deal where both parties use the influence of each other to their advantage. Like some of the improvements to the stadium where a build up of good relationships has seen work done to the cost effectiveness of both club and partner.

 

Those new seats in the main stand look great compared to the old faded ones and new dug outs in front, all power to Ryan & Davide and their backroom staff.

 

It would have been a massive gamble @Wolfysmith but you can see why Bob Martin considered it. At the time of 1974 City’s crowds were very low around the 3,500 mark and the football public of Bradford were split with a lot of the Avenue fans really hating us and wanting nothing to do with us. Some went to Leeds a lot went Bradford Northern but we did get some followers from Avenue. Martin felt that playing at Avenue with a new name of Bradford Metro would get the Avenue fans all on board and that City’s followers who were dwindling anyway would follow across the City. Wether it would have worked is debatable, would Avenue followers go back to Park Avenue to follow what would essentially be the City team with a different name? Would Citys followers have gone across the City to watch their team playing at Park Avenue? A huge gamble and history could have been so different.

 

Have you tried looking in the freezers next to the fish fingers..?

 

Morrisons board looking to increase the value to potential purchasers

 

That was one of many claims why he Ken & Jack didn't supposedly get on, I'd say @wetherbywhaler was closer to the action with regards his time at Morrisons and the two typical Yorkshire self made multi millionaires, shame Ken preferred the oval ball game.

 

Never beaten Avenue 5 nil for ages Donny always batter us and now Morrisons are selling pies and socks and undercrackers......and sponsoring us too .... things are on the up and up at my club I can feel it rumbling...... I bet we would even beat Harrogate now pre-season.

 

Bob Martin was nothing to do with the Pet products. He was a small time businessman with big ideas and had Martins bargain centre in Shipley.

 

How much wonga though ?

 

https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2021/july/bantams-strike-morrisons-partnership/

 

I believe Ken Morrison was involved at one time at Valley Parade in some capacity I wonder why a company like Morrisons was never an annual sponcor like JCT600.

 

Ken was a Director, I guess around the late 60’s early 70’s

And yes Morrison’s missed a big opportunity when City were in Div 1/2 a BIG opportunity!

 

No, it wasn’t that, we simply in those days weren’t like such as Waitrose, Tesco or Asda who had the finance to do multiple sponsorships.

 

Slow news day Broncs? No, myth.

 

When a business is sold, the buyer takes on the assets and the liabilities. An existing contract to pay money to a 3rd party (ie City) would be a liability passed onto the buyer to uphold.

When Morrison's bought Safeway in Scotland, they took over the responsibility of sponsoring the Scottish national football team on this basis and then did not renew the deal when it came to an end.

 

For the duration of , I believe so yes.

 

Please read the thread, I made the same mistake. That myth had been debunked. Ken was a RL fan.

 

Aye, a short lived regime from memory. Did Stafford take over after him? I can’t remember!