Only three names have been confirmed so far:Duncan wrote:can anyone confirm who the 10 consortium members are?
Bit harsh on Kelvin, CP Gull. In his own words, "The role I undertook was always a short term one with an agreed stop date which has passed, with the most important aspect ensuring that Thea was not continuing to fund the club moving forward, which we were able to achieve."CP Gull wrote:Further clarification here ...
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Tor ... story.html?
So, as suggested on here and on the BTPIR forum over a week ago, we now have the OFFICIAL confirmation that the takeover by the "preferred" bidder has indeed collapsed and furthermore Kelvin Thomas has indeed ended his association with TUFC and returned to Florida, probably never to return! Easy money if you can get it, eh Kelvin!
Thomas hints at the reasons as to why the takeover failed to complete, without going into detail, but cites a "material change in circumstances" in the case of the bidder. Could it just be the result of the Southern League Play Off Final, I wonder?????
So, we are now left with what remains of the Board, left "holding the baby" ( all 4 of them?) and desperately trying to seek further investment or indeed move the club on to new owners. Unfortunately the time wasted, by the time wasters who were behind the initial "preferred" bid could prove extremely costly to the football club, it's future survival and even if it survives what sort of shape it will be left in come August.
Great job Kelvin Thomas, I should erase any connection you ever had with Torquay United Football Club from your CV, if I was you - but hey, you've no doubt banked a (considerable) few more dollars .... so job done!
Thea, being the kind lady that she is, thanks Kevin for all his hard work (?) and is looking forward to seeing us play Tiverton next season .... Oh dear, has anyone told her that we will probably be playing them home and away in the League too at this rate!
That ends any chance of a windfall then as we included a sell-on fee when we sold him to Posh. I think he was voted their POTS last year but his stock must have fallen rapidly as he's had a couple of loan spells away from London Road. We can only dream of having a keeper of his quality in the near future! I'm sure he'll get fixed up with a L1/2 side.nickbrod wrote:Assuming we still have a team if the story on another thread is to be believed, Peterborough have released a decent keeper today - Bobby Olejnik.
Stanley wasn't happy about being subbed and said something to Hill as he walked past him. I'm not an expert lip reader but I thought he said "Always the same, always the effing same" which led to the handbags. Good thing somebody intervened because Hill was absolutely fuming. Was quite funny to watch. Stanley will surely be leaving now. He was very good for us but doubt we could afford his wages.Dave_Pougher wrote:Slightly off topic but I noticed Craig Stanley didn't even feature on the bench for Eastleigh today after his spat with Richard Hill in the first leg after being subbed. Always had Stanley down as an arrogant git but didn't see what he did to deserve the torrent of abuse from Hill in that match.
Can't help feel that the best two teams are in the final and to be honest I can't see Grimsby getting behind Rovers solid defensive back line often enough to cause enough problems.
