Bill Kenwright

Goat said:
If people are bored about reading about Bill Kenwright, might I suggest they stay away from the Bill Kenwright thread.

Let the other people vent.

Im "minded" (Thanks Premier League) to not speak ill of the dead, so I dont really comment in here much, but its up to others what they do.
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There's even an ignore button at the top of each page of each thread!
 
BullensRoad said:
Spot on. May have been a bad chairman but he was an extremely generous and charitable person.

Let the man rest.
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Well it's a pity he didn't resign his position as Everton chairman, and become chairman of the Salvation Army instead.

I'm sure the man had a lot of good qualities and characteristics. Being a football club owner and chairman was unfortuneatly not one of them however.
 
I said another version of this before, but if you close the thread then discussion about Kenwright will still be happening.

Let's say if a new fan of the club comes on here, says gee how did we get into this state etc? To answer that question you need to explain and identify the root causes of our plight.

In that scenario Kenwright's name will be around the top or in most people's cases at the top of that list.

Close the thread by all means, but whether on here or down the pub etc. Kenwright will be a topic of discussion amongst the fanbase for quite a considerable time to come yet.
 
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Del-boy said:
Paul Gregg just been interviewed on TalkSPORT. Explained the reason why Kings Dock stadium never happened. And who was responsible…
Said we would have had the equivalent of the Spurs stadium 20 years ago.
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Link?

Incredible to think we would have had a roof closing stadium 20 years ago like that.
 

Gregg said that he was friends with Bill due to both of them being independent theatre/entertainment business men. Bill had just bought Everton at this point.

Gregg then sold his entertainment business for millions and was looking for a new project to invest it. At the same time the EU had give Liverpool City council just under a billion quid for redevelopment projects in Liverpool.

Everton had been looking at a new stadium for some time. Gregg and LCC approached Bill with a view of building a new stadium. Gregg wanted to invest in this and was pushing for a 365 day stadium with concerts etc. LCC also wanted this.

The site (Kings Dock) was identified and all parties started putting the plans together. Gregg even said him and Bill visited a team in Germany to see a newly built stadium with a retractable pitch that was being used all year round.

The plans were made with the council funding some, along with Gregg and Bill. Gregg wanted a shareholding in the club for his investment going in…

Bill refused as he wanted full ownership. Gregg then spoke with the CEO of the City council who was waiting for the go ahead of the project. Gregg told him Bill had said no.

The City Council then told Bill that they will fund the WHOLE project for an equity share. Bill again refused this as he wanted full ownership.

The echo arena and other developments where then built instead. Gregg and the top executive at the council couldn’t believe Bill said no.

And the rest is history.
 
Del-boy said:
Gregg said that he was friends with Bill due to both of them being independent theatre/entertainment business men. Bill had just bought Everton at this point.

Gregg then sold his entertainment business for millions and was looking for a new project to invest it. At the same time the EU had give Liverpool City council just under a billion quid for redevelopment projects in Liverpool.

Everton had been looking at a new stadium for some time. Gregg and LCC approached Bill with a view of building a new stadium. Gregg wanted to invest in this and was pushing for a 365 day stadium with concerts etc. LCC also wanted this.

The site (Kings Dock) was identified and all parties started putting the plans together. Gregg even said him and Bill visited a team in Germany to see a newly built stadium with a retractable pitch that was being used all year round.

The plans were made with the council funding some, along with Gregg and Bill. Gregg wanted a shareholding in the club for his investment going in…

Bill refused as he wanted full ownership. Gregg then spoke with the CEO of the City council who was waiting for the go ahead of the project. Gregg told him Bill had said no.

The City Council then told Bill that they will fund the WHOLE project for an equity share. Bill again refused this as he wanted full ownership.

The echo arena and other developments where then built instead. Gregg and the top executive at the council couldn’t believe Bill said no.

And the rest is history.
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Thanks.
 

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