Mike Turl a friend of Eales, who has a mysterious realtiosnhip with Solihull Moors has also been
suspended for an alleged attempted betting scam
Did anyone back Oxford to lose seven nil?
Fromthe non-league paper
"Moors chairman Trevor Stevens last week confirmed Turl had been the club’s chief executive for “three or four years”, a spell that would have overlapped with his BHA ban, but Hawker offered a very different account in an exclusive with
The NLP.
“Mike has been a volunteer for some years. He was asked by the then board to help them get out of a hole they were in,” said Hawker, who politely declined to comment on the FA investigation itself.
“He always called himself a volunteer and never held formal office. He only ever worked via the board. Mike never had control of money, nor did he have his name on the chequebook.
“Most of his time was spent developing our community operations with our community manager – that’s where his heart is.
Hawker added: “Mike has been involved in many respects, mostly to do with keeping our finances in order. He has been a major contributor to the club financially with unencumbered loans and having works done at the ground by his own company at his own cost.
“That has been his major contribution, bringing infinancial stability and funds through sponsorship.
“He is pretty much the most honourable guy I know, so much so he has lent money to the football club without a written agreement and done things for the club without any prospect of being paid back.”"
Because that's what business men do. " lent money to the football club without a written agreement and done things for the club without any prospect of being paid back.”