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Swindon Town chairman Sir William Patey to quit after sale
Chairman Sir William Patey is to leave Swindon Town once new owners have been brought in, BBC Wiltshire has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21188916
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 07:01:51 » |
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And don't come back until you've achieved world peace.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 07:17:53 » |
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I'd be more surprised if he stayed.
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 07:30:18 » |
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Paying the price for failing to unite Afghanistan.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 08:35:35 » |
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I will miss the hat.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 08:38:52 » |
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If he Sir William manages to sell to new owners with the best interests of the club at heart (as well as the best deal for Andrew Black) then he will have done his job VERY well.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 08:57:07 » |
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An odd one, not quite sure what the point of him is as there's no evidence he's done anything since he's been here.
Won't miss him, or his hat.
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 08:59:16 » |
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An odd one, not quite sure what the point of him is as there's no evidence he's done anything since he's been here.
Won't miss him, or his hat.
To sell the club perhaps?  |
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:09:11 » |
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Yep that was his brief when he came in, reckon he started day 1, nice little earner if it all pans out as we hope  |
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:23:36 » |
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Yep that was his brief when he came in, reckon he started day 1, nice little earner if it all pans out as we hope Absolutely no doubt of this. I think it’s also pretty clear that Wray stepped down because Black wanted to sell and Wray didn’t. Well, that’s my assessment of it reading between the lines. |
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:35:55 » |
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No doubt about this at all. This Chairman was always going to be more 'Interim' than the last one (who ironically, had the title 'Interim Chairman', but wasn't really.) We just didn't know this at the time of the appointment.
No surprise at all that the fans have not warmed to SWP. We were never meant to. As Paolo69 says above, his brief is to complete a successful sale - and he'll deserve our thanks if he gets it right.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:37:38 » |
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Brought in to a job.
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:49:27 » |
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What with all the back and forth in the media, wouldn't surprise me if Wray and Black had a good old falling out (to the tune of 'Stop saying the manager can spend all my money' 'No!'), so with Black leaving, could expect to see Wray back, particularly as he's at most home games.
This is not surprising news though. Patey was brought in to peacekeep and sell the place. Won't miss his face, but hopefully he can go down as a good guy in the annals of Swindon history by selling us to the right group.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 09:54:46 » |
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To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, January 25, 2013, 10:11:48 » |
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I think i could probably do Chris Wise's job standing on my head lately.
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