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Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Batch on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:25:16 Saw this posted by KR on MOS
http://www.bertsblog.co.uk/horses/come-on-you-robins.html Betfair’s Andrew Black Blog, Fake or real? Quote I made my first move in a new direction over the Christmas period when I effectively took a piece of Swindon Town FC. Jeremy Wray (Ed’s brother) is a long time friend, and he was working on the deal alongside his business partner, Andrew Fitton. Andrew takes the lead (and is chairman) with Jeremy playing a strong supporting role. The other two members of the consortium are me and Sir Martyn Arbib, but we are for the most part just putting cash up. For a club to thrive in the long term it needs to be extremely well run, and Andrew is an incredibly good businessman - I have no doubt that he’ll do the club proud. The plan is to steady the ship and slowly build the club up from there. We have a new CEO, a new manager, four new players and a decent run of recent results – I think we’ve got a very respectable chance of making the play-offs. On to more mundane matters, and I signed up with Weightwatchers on Tuesday. I turn up to weigh in and stand in a queue for ten minutes. Suddenly I hear a booming voice; “Ladies, we have a man with us today!” followed by a lot of sniggering. The weightwatchers group consisted of about thirty overweight middle-aged women and me. Oh well. Later I had to go and meet “the leader”, a 20 year old girl who gave me a little lecture on counting points as I eat. I smiled and thanked her. After that we all sat round in a big circle (I sat out the back) and had a chat about who was happy and who was unhappy that week. Not the high point of my week, but maybe the embarassment of it all will spur me on to greater heights. Not much horse racing action, but I have one going tomorrow – Shepherds Warning goes for a hatrick of claimers tomorrow at Wolver. On the face of it she has a tough job to beat Rich Kid, but we know she’ll go well in the conditions and she has a great attitude. She’ll have a very respectable chance. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: suttonred on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:32:25 You do realise KR is a martian?
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Batch on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:33:36 Quote from: "suttonred" You do realise KR is a martian? On closer inspection he nicked it off thisis... I'm not sure if that makes it more credible or less credible??? Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: leefer on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:35:48 Very interesting,if its spoof then its a good one,lets hope his horse wins a few more races!
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: pauld on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:40:06 The blog's pukka apparently. But KR is a spoof.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Batch on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:46:47 Quote from: "pauld" The blog's pukka apparently. But KR is a spoof. Interesting, I guess they were ready to reveal Andrew Black. Probably waiting for him to lose a bit of cristmas podge at weightwatchers :) KR can't be made up, there is a 78% chance of that. Though I did read it in the Adver so it's probably just rumour. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: magic8ball on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:49:29 Looks like the real deal to me.
I love the way he just drops in that him and Arbib are just putting the cash up. These rich people are awesome. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: pauld on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 23:59:30 Quote from: "Batch" Quote from: "pauld" The blog's pukka apparently. But KR is a spoof. Interesting, I guess they were ready to reveal Andrew Black. Probably waiting for him to lose a bit of cristmas podge at weightwatchers :) KR can't be made up, there is a 78% chance of that. Though I did read it in the Adver so it's probably just rumour. Have you ever noticed no-one's ever seen him and Leroy at the same game? Coincidence? I think not. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: sonic youth on Friday, February 1, 2008, 00:38:11 i know a couple of people who work at betfair HQ, i shall see if they know anything.
if it's true that's about £750m we're worth innit? Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Summerof69 on Friday, February 1, 2008, 00:43:45 So more money than you can shake a stick at, then !!!
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: pauld on Friday, February 1, 2008, 00:45:57 Quote from: "sonic youth" i know a couple of people who work at betfair HQ, i shall see if they know anything. if it's true that's about £750m we're worth innit? No, it's about £umpty million our owners are worth. Different thing altogether. But reassuring nonetheless Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: sonic youth on Friday, February 1, 2008, 00:49:50 they=us
ergo we qed WE'RE MINTED Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: suttonred on Friday, February 1, 2008, 00:51:12 Quote Have you ever noticed no-one's ever seen him and Leroy at the same game? Coincidence? I think not. which one do you think is Latoya? I,ve met KR but never leroy, even though he's the worlds biggest stfc fan Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Sussex on Friday, February 1, 2008, 01:03:20 Quote from: "suttonred" Quote Have you ever noticed no-one's ever seen him and Leroy at the same game? Coincidence? I think not. which one do you think is Latoya? I,ve met KR but never leroy, even though he's the worlds biggest stfc fan I'd be lost without KRs matchday comment based on the radio commentary. CG Saturday it is then.. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Ardiles on Friday, February 1, 2008, 09:57:27 Quote from: "suttonred" Quote Have you ever noticed no-one's ever seen him and Leroy at the same game? Coincidence? I think not. which one do you think is Latoya? I,ve met KR but never leroy, even though he's the worlds biggest stfc fan If you saw Leroy, I think you'd recognise him straight away. He's a regular, home and away. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Barry Scott on Friday, February 1, 2008, 10:07:50 Who's Leroy and who's KR?
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Sussex on Friday, February 1, 2008, 10:32:32 Quote from: "Barry Scott" Who's Leroy and who's KR? Leave it Barry, you're setting yourself up for a world of pain. Glos Robin could probably fill you in on KR.. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: dell boy on Friday, February 1, 2008, 11:06:55 ENTREPRENEUR Andrew Black, co-founder of online betting exchange Betfair, has confirmed he is a member of the consortium that now controls Swindon Town.
As first mentioned in the Swindon Advertiser on January 12, 44-year-old Black is one of four consortium members of Swindon Town Holdings Limited, with the others being chairman Andrew Fitton, Jeremy Wray and Sir Martyn Arbib. Black, who co-founded Betfair with Wray's brother Ed, told his online blog: "Andrew Fitton takes the lead with Jeremy Wray playing a strong supporting role. advertisement"The other two members of the consortium are myself and Sir Martyn Arbib, but we are for the most part just putting up the cash. "The team has had a decent run of results of late and I think we've got a very respectable chance of making the play-offs." Black has been reluctant to have his identity revealed over the last few weeks but the confirmation of his involvement was revealed on the Swindon Advertiser's fans forum late last night. Black is worth an estimated two hundred million pounds after turning his company into the country's leading online betting firm. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, February 1, 2008, 11:13:03 I dont want to say I told you so...but I did! :D
Can I be the official forum Sherlock Holmes now please? Lick my Arse Orifice On an asside, many thanks to Andrew Black for being another backer of our club....thanks. Quote Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was sooooooooo bored, I wanted to spend some time doing a bit of investigation about the other member of the takeover. Mr Fitton has already stated that it is made up of at least 3 individuals.... Mr Fitton himself Mr Jeremy Wray and at least one other....last week he said one of the members of the consortium was a local man, with sports connections and worth several hundred million pounds. Mr Fitton denied vehemently that Edward Wray (co founder of betfair) was involved in any way. So I had a search (as one does!) and have put several clues together and am sure that I know who he is. Mr Jeremy Wray's best friend is a man called Andrew Black, this Andrew Black lives locally in Gloucestershire, this Andrew Black is worth in excess of £200,000,000 and Mr Andrew Black is the other co-founder of none other than Betfair! Mr Fitton only said that Edward Wray was not involved in the takeover. I may be wide of the mark but hey, I was bored and putting several 2 and 2's together. Well it took my mind off the club for an hour or so and kept me out of the way of the missus while she was cooking Sunday dinner! _________________ See the little Goblin, See his little feet, See his nosey wosey, Isn't the Goblin sweet. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: fatbury on Friday, February 1, 2008, 11:22:24 more good news!
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: janaage on Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:03:41 This is starting to feel like some quality dream, please, if you see me, do not pinch me, I don't want to wake up!!
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:05:50 it is like a dream and I love it too.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:28:32 aceness. :mrgreen: Finally we can look forward to being a properly run club for a change!
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Barry Scott on Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:59:19 Quote from: "Sussex" Quote from: "Barry Scott" Who's Leroy and who's KR? Leave it Barry, you're setting yourself up for a world of pain. Glos Robin could probably fill you in on KR.. Oh. I'll leave it then. I don't like pain. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Colin Todd on Friday, February 1, 2008, 16:09:28 On the OS, Black has been appionted a director whos main duties will be looking at sales & marketing and t'internet.
A good starting point for the internet would be a club shop that actually sold stuff online in a coherant, professional manner Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, February 1, 2008, 18:03:47 Quote from: "jjedmunds" Can I be the official forum Sherlock Holmes now please? Lick my Arse Orifice I believe the official position of TEF Sherlock Manatee is yet to be filled. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: flammableBen on Friday, February 1, 2008, 18:19:07 http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/flammableben/sherlock.jpg
RIP Old Sherlock Manatee. Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, February 1, 2008, 18:21:09 Never.... I don't think JJ is fit to tamp Sherlock's pipe.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: PetsWinPrizes on Friday, February 1, 2008, 18:46:29 I'm emotionally torn, I'm delighted that the club is seemingly being run in a correct way, we are richer than several African nations and we got our cox in. However I've just been reminded that Sutton's met KR and I haven't, despite being in the same boozer on one occasion, it's a regret I'll take to my grave..
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Friday, February 1, 2008, 19:22:08 Quote from: "Colin Todd" On the OS, Black has been appionted a director whos main duties will be looking at sales & marketing and t'internet. A good starting point for the internet would be a club shop that actually sold stuff online in a coherant, professional manner Does that mean he will monitor all of us lot :D 8) The internet thing is a good idea with Black though. After all he was the man who helped co found online betting wasn't he? Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: sonic youth on Friday, February 1, 2008, 19:24:05 Quote from: "Colin Todd" On the OS, Black has been appionted a director whos main duties will be looking at sales & marketing and t'internet. they should employ me.A good starting point for the internet would be a club shop that actually sold stuff online in a coherant, professional manner Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: flammableBen on Friday, February 1, 2008, 19:25:59 and me
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: donkey on Friday, February 1, 2008, 20:36:11 fuck it, me too...
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: STFC_Chris on Monday, February 4, 2008, 15:40:37 http://www.bertsblog.co.uk/horse-racing/vs-northampton.html
Another entry on his blog, about the game on saturday. It's hard to get your head round how open this lot are, after the secrecy of the last board, I like it. :o Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: pauld on Monday, February 4, 2008, 15:48:55 All good stuff, except for this:
Quote a lot of Swindon residents head off to the Majedski stadium on a Saturday Is there any evidence for this at all? Or just another boardroom myth? Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: yeo on Monday, February 4, 2008, 17:01:34 Its bollocks ive never met anyone who admits to that.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Power to people on Monday, February 4, 2008, 17:08:32 The bit that worried me is that he said he sat down beside James & Seton Wills.....I suspect he will nto return having been bored to death by them two :soapy tit wank:
At least with all these race horse owners now on board maybe we finally can get some good tips when it comes round to the national :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: pauld on Monday, February 4, 2008, 18:54:02 Quote from: "Oevil red" Its bollocks ive never met anyone who admits to that. Thinking about it, it may be true in terms of competing for corporate clients, but I've never seen a mass exodus of ordinary fans going to Reading on Saturday. Or even a mini one come to that. London, yes, but not Reading Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Luci on Monday, February 4, 2008, 18:56:08 I know 2 that go.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: yeo on Monday, February 4, 2008, 19:32:47 Were they ever Swindon Fans?
Have they only been Reading fans since the Premiership? Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: RobertT on Monday, February 4, 2008, 21:39:15 I've heard of a few people who have done it and Thames Water have stuff lined up with Reading for boxes etc. It's mostly people who don;t really support anyone, but ultimately I suppose it could be us they take a passing interest in.
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: neville w on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 09:38:57 Quote from: "Reg Smeeton" Never.... I don't think JJ is fit to tamp Sherlock's pipe. I assume JJ will be painting his front door yellow ? (It's a lemon entry my dear Watson) Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 10:24:07 Quote from: "neville w" Quote from: "Reg Smeeton" Never.... I don't think JJ is fit to tamp Sherlock's pipe. I assume JJ will be painting his front door yellow ? (It's a lemon entry my dear Watson) Shelock Holmes and Doctor Watson were doing their usual investigative business one day, when the uncovered an amazing painting. At first glance, it looked like a picture of normal oak tree, in the middle of a wilderness, but if you looked closer, you could see that it was a very surreal painting: The tree's trunk was actually made of fire, and it's branches were made of ice, clouds and earth. "What is it?" asked Watson in awe. "It's an element tree, my dear Watson," said Holmes Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Luci on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 10:26:33 Quote from: "Oevil red" Were they ever Swindon Fans? Have they only been Reading fans since the Premiership? Never were Swindon fans, supported Reading since Elm park days although still just as easy to wind up. :D Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: STFC Bart on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 11:15:04 Quite how the previous board thought that BEST was a better deal than Fitton is beyond me.
Better for Diamandis and co certainly not the club Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Foggy on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 17:16:16 Leave it Bart, its in the past my friend,lets all look to a great future with AF and co at the Helm. :beers:
Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: broomfield on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 17:30:00 Intersting piece about him not liking suits etc.
When i saw in the Reception area, he was wearing an old coat, covered in mud and hearing old scuffed shoes!!! Hell of a disguise because looking at him you would have thought that he didn't have 2 pennies to rub together, never mind countless milions. Stood next to Jeremy wray, he looked like a tramp! Title: Andrew Black, the 4th consortium member. Fact. Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 19:01:10 Quote from: "STFC Bart" Quite how the previous board thought that BEST was a better deal than Fitton is beyond me. Better for Diamandis and co certainly not the club I posted this very point the other day...... |