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| News | News Archive | Elstone On Clear Mandate |
Elstone On Clear Mandate
by Scott McLeod | Thursday 4 September 2008, 11:53
Everton have pledged to continue to be open with fans after 97.7% of shareholders defeated a resolution calling for an end to the exclusivity agreement over Destination Kirkby.
The unanimous outcome of the ballot provided the Club with a clear mandate to continue with the exclusivity agreement with Tesco and Knowsley Borough Council.
The vote took place at Wednesday's General Meeting at Goodison Park - a meeting called by a group of shareholders to address the issue of the proposed ground move to Kirkby. Kirkby remains the Club's number one choice for a new home.
Speaking exclusively to evertonTV, acting CEO Robert Elstone said: "We knew it was going to be an emotional evening – the whole Kirkby Project and the issue around Goodison is full of emotion and it’s emotion we can understand and respect. We knew feelings were going to be high, we tried to present the case for Kirkby in a balanced way we tried to genuinely look for other options and we still believe that the Kirkby project is the right one.
"I think that where we sit today that we don’t believe that there are any other viable stadium options and we believe that the development of Goodison may be possible, but possible with some monumental hurdles to overcome – probably the biggest of all is cost.
"What we showed tonight is that those cost are huge and that’s even making the assumption that we can do something with the Goodison site, because on the existing site it is just no go. We did a lot of work looking at other options and I think we believe that there aren’t any, but if there are, the message is talk to us.
"The presentation talked about the billionaires in football. We don’t have a billionaire owner, but there are football clubs out there that are facility led. The Emirates is a good example of a facility that is generating a lot of cash. Old Trafford makes a phenomenal amount of money on a match-day and we have an opportunity now to try and close that gap.
"It will be a big challenge for us to get our case prepared before that day and that’s going to take a lot of hard work. That’s not something we’re scared of and we will do it."
The ballot of shareholders followed an extensive question and answer session, during which a number of individuals attending by proxy took the opportunity to address the gathered shareholders, whilst there were also questions from proxy attendees and shareholders aimed at the board.
Mr Elstone added: "I think a couple of things that came out loud and clear is that the door is open at this Club. If there is a proposal out there and the Chairman said that the door is open to future investment. So I think there were three key messages – yes we will continue to support the Kirkby project but if there is a site out there we are happy to look at that and if there is an investor out there we will have a look at that.
"We’ve had some good feedback on the presentation. It was absolutely a team effort, not just from Everton employees, but also our advisors. It was important that we tried to put it across in a way that people could understand and appreciate and in a way that explained that we were absolutely aware of the issues and emotions. It was an attempt to be very straight and very open and I think we did that.
so it seems that the door is open for other ideas, or is it just to keep the masses calm ? i dont think any 1/2 arsed sketches will constitute genuine ideas though, a start would be to graft other stadiums onto the available site to show what could go there and then from that our own stadium could begin to take shape from the proof that would be then in the pudding. some of the ideas on the other forums tbh are ****, crap looking stadia just to squeeze anything on there. i want a big shiney dome with a roof that opens like a camera, the acoustic capabilities of the sydney opera house and a tilt thingy like pinball machines have that would work in the opposite way to create a tremor to make accurate opposition shots come back off the post.
