Andrew Black

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

Cool with Jezza.....are you the fan I chatted to at Hammersmith tube on monday, Jan ?

Welcome on Board. I guess you still keep in touch with Nick in the small Berks village of EI.
Great times and just wish we could have kept it going to the end of the season.
Nick misses Swindon big time, even now.

[jeremywray]

gents, logging off now to beat traffic home, will log in later, enjoying the cathartic process..

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

So glad you have shared this, at least people are now aware the real reason why PDC walked was that the "deal" he agreed with was broken.

As said before ............ that was our best chance to get out of Div 1.

[derbystfc]

Jeremy, I really do have to thankyou for your honesty

[Bewster]

Still have a bit of man love for JW -  even more now he is a TEF'er

[Ticker45]

Got to say that in all my years supporting the Town this thread has without a doubt been the very first time that we have been given an truthful insight into what happened at boardroom level!

As said elsewhere until AB/AF/MA/JW/NW came into the equation we were in the very deep doo-dah and could well even been out of business, and no matter what later transpired I thank them all for allowing pots of their money and expertise to be used on what at this level is an expensive hobby.

[Sir Pissalot]

Yes, thanks for 'sharing'.  I was at the last AGM you chaired and remember coming away having liked what I'd heard about the plan.  We came close to achieving it.  I don't see it being achieved any time soon now though.  

I'd still be interested to hear your thoughts on the new regime and the way they are going about things.

[Gethimout]

JW you hero! Thank you for sharing all of the above.

We owe a lot to the previous regime and we thank you for that - AB/AF/MA/JW/NW.

[DarloSTFC84]

Not every day you see such honesty.

Appreciated.

[Bob's Orange]

I'm very much looking forward to part 2!

[Samdy Gray]

Still have a bit of man love for JW -  even more now he is a TEF'er

The amount of man-love in this thread disgusts me.

[Gethimout]

The amount of man-love in this thread disgusts me.

You must have a little bit of man-love for JW?

[Samdy Gray]

I wouldn't let him bum me if that's what you mean.

[Gethimout]

I wouldn't let him bum me if that's what you mean.

 :gay:

[Red Frog]

OK, accepting that you're not going to share absolutely everything here, these are the questions I'd be interested in hearing your views on:

1) AB said that you were in thrall to PdC. Do you accept this to any degree? How would you describe the chairman / manager relationship?

2) You mentioned the budget overspend in L2, but were we set for a larger overspend in L1 following the miscalculation of the tribunal payments and subsequent advance of the Jan transfer kitty to bring us out of embargo? This seemed to be AB's prime concern in fast-tracking the sale. Were you and your board sufficiently in control of the (AB's) finances?

3) Are you in touch with PdC? How is he? What's he up to? Do you think he'll work in England again?

4) Do you still believe there to be any risk of PdC pursuing a case against STFC?

5) Was Phil Spencer a) a necessary evil? b) a non-negotiable part of the package? c) a positive benefit to STFC? d) other?

6) How did we settle the Jonathan Téhoué affair? Was it costly?

7) Has your relationship with AB improved?

Who do you support more these days - ST or WHU?