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Mostly agree Hayee, very well written - clear and passionate. One point i have to make is about Lord Granchester, he may be part of the Moores family but doesnt necessarily have access to the full fortune of that family, also in the past he has offered to fund big money purchaces of players but the board (Kenwright) refused his money. Now obviously you can only go by what you read so i cant qualify this with solid evidence, but to me it does appear that he has been shuffled off into the quiet board member area by Earl and Kenwright. Also i cant find him listed as having any shares of significance in the club? Kenwright and Earl have 8,500 each (kenwright slightly more than Earl)
I do think it worth mentioning Sir Philip Green is a complete basket to everyone, and as a life president anyone buying would have to associate at some level with him, which i assure you is very unpleasant.
Again as you said Hayee- this is my opinion and you may disagree
granchesters mum holds the sway over there money i believe,she isnt in the kenwright fan club.
nice piece off nsno http://fixoffootball.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-writer-stephen-maunder-on.html
The Kenwright backers sadden me the most, and although this seems a blanket statement, possibly bear some resemblance to those who cheer Hibbert as he hoofs a harmless ball out of play, or shout “get in there” as he hacks someone down, whilst yelling at Bilyaletdinov as his through-ball is cut out. I don’t mean this to be a criticism of Hibbert, he’s been much improved lately, but it’s simply an illustration of the mentality of the Moyes era, or “new” Everton fans. Those who shout about “The People’s Club”, yearn for an eighth place finish, invent words such as Moyesiah and called Pienaar “peanuts” whilst berating “fancy dans” and shouting “[Poor language removed] off Bily” before the Russian attacking central-midfielder (who has never been played in central midfield at Everton) has even touched the ball. The worst are the ones who chant “Phil Neville, superstar, he’s got more medals than Steve Gerrard”. Yes boys, for Manchester United. Zero for us. Is that how small-time poor financial management has made us? Celebrating players winning medals for other teams? And I don’t like Gerrard either, but he’d walk in our team, and Phil Neville wouldn’t get in to theirs.
Seems like every Kenwright character assassination these days comes with the obligatory snotty rant against fellow fans.
God forbid we should cheer the last of the one-team-players eh. And whats this "new Everton fans"?
As for Stevie Me, he isn't walking anywhere right now, let alone into our team. Prat.
When Johnson left the club there was not a penny of debt on the books... just saying.
One thing though we didnt pay £3m fr Steve Simmonsen.
Lord Granchester owns nothing like 25% of the club and its only rumour but I'm told he will not sanction any investment into the club whilst Kenwright is in charge . I cannot ever forgive Kenwright for the Kirkby fiasco , which not only wasted 4 years on a fruitless project that was doomed to fail from the start but cost millions to so called " expert advisors " who were torn to pieces and humiliated at the Public Enquiry . I cannot forgive him for his failure to secure the Kings Dock stadium because it would have meant his loss of control . The bullshine that was the Fortress Sport fund and the so called lifelong Evertonian Samuelson who was tongue tied at an AGM ... Oh yes , AGM's ... remember them ? Another one of his ruses along with the stagemanaged ' Fans Forums '
Need I go on ?
AGAIN as i said, the words i have written come from memory or seeing/hearing and reading things!
i have found the official shareholders details
http://www.evertonfc.com/club/everton-shareholders.html
Name No. of Shares Owned % Owned (of total issued shares) Comments
W Kenwright CBE (Chairman) 9,044 25.84% Significant Interest
J V Woods (Deputy Chairman) 6,622 18.92% Significant Interest
R I Earl 8,146 23.27% Significant Interest
Other Shareholders 11,188 31.97%
Total 35,000 100%
So this Jon Woods who owns 18.92% - where's his input? and, as the above figures show, 31.97% of our club is owned by "others", fans presumably! Yet Bill is the only one people ever seem to hold accountable and blame! GET A GRIP