The thing that makes me edgy is, if Reg is correct and Power owns Highworth and has a personal stake in the ground then if it all goes sour Power will have some rather substantial and long term fingers in the STFC pie which would not be an attractive proposition for any new potential chairman. It'd be like shagging your new bird whilst she's sucking off her ex.
Conversely it could be argued that if getting some real estate, a new buyer wouldn't be able to get the club for a quid for a laugh. It does of course, mean that proper pirates would be interested, as we've always managed to see these off because SBC own the ground.... here's what can happen on our very doorstep.... at the Abbey Stadium
More than 100 houses on the site have been built with many already occupied - there is outline permission for more than 120 more.
A Councillor said: “It’s been incredibly frustrating trying to get this stadium delivered.
“I don’t want to see another house constructed on the site until Gaming International deliver a new speedway stadium that is good for Swindon.
“It shows the esteem the developer shows this committee that they can’t be bothered to turn up tonight - it’s disgusting frankly.
“I don’t really trust them not to build more houses and then not deliver the stadium and just p*** off, basically.
“We need to put a line in the sand because the developer is still in breach of the previous section 106 agreement.
“We should say what enforcement we’re going to bring.”
Ward councillor Vera Tomlinson said the borough council needed to give a firm lead to the developers to get the stadium redeveloped.
She proposed approving the application with a condition that permission be granted as long as no more houses are built or occupied on the site until the stadium is rebuilt.
Gaming International, which runs Abbey Stadium, declined to comment on the matter.
Personally after an initial bout of enthusiasm.... I don't want Power anywhere near owning the CG