Stewart Donald anyone.....

[chuckbert]

good piece here my uncle (sunderland fan) sent me

A PLEA TO THE OWNERS. REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A FAN?

A football club run badly is a horrible thing to watch. Even when it isn’t your club it’s awful. The situation at Bury and Bolton gave me that ‘what if that happened to us’ sadness. Fans have to stand up for their own club because no one else will. I don’t regret holding up a red card to Bob...

www.a-love-supreme.com

When I read “Good luck to them in the playoffs. They’re the least objectionable of all four clubs in there.” I thought “patronising c**t”
Am I a bad person?

 

[Scotchegg]

When I read “Good luck to them in the playoffs. They’re the least objectionable of all four clubs in there.” I thought “patronising c**t”
Am I a bad person?

To be fair, the other 3 are fairly objectionable.

 

[AbbeyOx]

When did Oxford fans visit the Chairman's home and smash up his car? I genuinely have no recollection of that although I do remember the Boardroom getting broken into?

yeah i was uncertain of that bit

 

[Sarge]

yeah i was uncertain of that bit

maybe, after finishing his kit washing duties, it was carried out by Chaz and his team of moonshiners? ?

 

[AbbeyOx]

maybe, after finishing his kit washing duties, it was carried out by Chaz and his team of moonshiners? ?

Methvens Moonshine Army

 

[m]

When did Oxford fans visit the Chairman's home and smash up his car? I genuinely have no recollection of that although I do remember the Boardroom getting broken into?

Sssh!

It adds to the rep.

 

[Cass63]

Kassam did say he would be pleased he didn’t have to get his car repaired every week after a home game, perhaps they picked that out.

 

[Scotchegg]

'Sunderland fans no longer believe a single word that is uttered by the current regime' - the breakdown in trust that is proving so damaging to the Black Cats

SUNDERLAND have lost a lot of things over the last four or five years. Matches, obviously. Plenty of them. They’ve waved goodbye to four permanent…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

 

[bazzer9461]

'Sunderland fans no longer believe a single word that is uttered by the current regime' - the breakdown in trust that is proving so damaging to the Black Cats

SUNDERLAND have lost a lot of things over the last four or five years. Matches, obviously. Plenty of them. They’ve waved goodbye to four permanent…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

The Mackems need their refunds, why can’t waive the refund like I think all Oxford fans did for the sake of the club.

 

[Essexyellows]

"A breakdown IN trust.................."

Northern Monkeys.

 

[AbbeyOx]

The key players linked with Mark Campbell’s alleged Sunderland takeover

News has emerged in the last several days that Mark Campbell has renewed his interest in Sunderland AFC. But who are the key players linked with the alleged takeover bid?

rokerreport.sbnation.com

 

[mooro]

The key players linked with Mark Campbell’s alleged Sunderland takeover

News has emerged in the last several days that Mark Campbell has renewed his interest in Sunderland AFC. But who are the key players linked with the alleged takeover bid?

rokerreport.sbnation.com

Mmmm, sounds perfect

 

[Dilla]

Summary of informal meeting with SAFC - 16th July 2020

Earlier this week Red and White Army (RAWA), alongside fellow supporter groups; The Branch Liaison Council and The Supporter’s Liaison Group, were invited by the club to a meeting at the Stadium of Light on Thursday afternoon. Attending the meeting on behalf of SAFC were Stewart Donald, Jim...

www.redandwhitearmy.co.uk

Sunderland fans not happy with the latest meeting comments.

SD took a gamble and it has not paid off.

 

[Essexyellows]

Campbell will sail through the fit and proper test with this CV.

"Companies House recorded over 20 dissolved businesses, several with compulsory strike-off orders. None of his six current UK companies were more than fifteen months old, so none had yet filed accounts. "

 

[Wallop]

Donald and Campbell - I foresee a mighty crash.

thank you.

 

[mooro]

SD put the question to the fans meeting - if Campbell or someone similar (ie potentially dodgy) makes an offer, should I sell to him or not? Unsurprisingly, no answer was reported.
This seems to be a common situation, where owners are put under so much pressure to go, that they end up handing over the reigns to someone else who they know will not be good for the club, just to get out, yet people wonder why so many dodgy owners exist in the game.
I hope he gets out and the fans get someone they deserve

 

[ZeroTheHero]

That's it. SD might not have made a success of it, but there is no doubt that he is a 'football person' and went into it with the best of intentions. If the supporters take an 'anyone but Donald' line, they might well end up with someone not quite so straightforward.

 

[AbbeyOx]

i read all that to mean keep giving me and my family abuse and i’ll sell to someone like Campbell

 

[Scotchegg]

Sunderland AFC’s finances explained: What’s a fair price for the purchase of our club?

Experienced accountant Giles Mooney looks at the facts and figures to give a breakdown of what Sunderland AFC could potentially be worth in the event of a sale. Is Stewart Donald’s £37m asking price reasonable?

rokerreport.sbnation.com

So basically, SD agreed to buy Sunderland for £37m but only used £5m of his money (alongside CM and JS) initially with a further payment of £9.6m coming from money lent to him by the club, this money was then covered by a loan from the Americans. A further £20.5m was leant to SD by the club (parachute payments?) to make the final payment for the club with £2.4m coming from SD/CM/JS to meet the £37m price. SD then wrote off the £20m loan but said that it will be repaid.

So SD currently has a club that is stuck in league one, with decreasing player asset values, a huge drop in season ticket sales, potentially huge additional drop in income from covid, and around £30m in debt to the Americans and the club plus a few quid more to JS.

No wonder he's keen to sell up.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Total Sport - Colin White sits in (17/07/2020) - BBC Sounds

Colin White sits in alongside former players from Newcastle and Sunderland for Total Sport.

www.bbc.co.uk

Stewart Donald's exclusive BBC Radio Newcastle interview from last night.

OUFC is referenced a couple of times in what i s a fascinating listen.