oafc_lover Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Firstly, I don't want to start anything that will get out of control and end up with everyone calling for TTA's heads. Equally, I don't want a load of abuse as this is simply what I've heard mixed with my opinion. I would like everyone elses opinion though. OK here goes... First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK. If this is the case, he must have a fair few bob. Combine this with the personal fortune's of Blitz and Gazal and we SURELY can't be as hard up as they make out... Now for my "theory" for what it's worth... Lets say the 3 of them pumped £750,000 each into the transfer kitty, we spent this on good quality players and they bit the bullet wage-wise for a season. We at least make the play-offs...if we go up playing attractive football, crouds may increase, we get more TV rights and whatever money we'd get for securing promotion and doing well in the cups etc...all this money goes into keeping us in the Championship and pushing on. The gate receipts would, in my opinion, easily pay for wages considering we'd be in the Championship and we'd have the usual band-wagon jumpers. Then...the money being used to build a brand spanking new ground that the majority don't even want, use this to redevelop our HOME...we have the land to put all the corporate facilities around the ground to make us self sufficient as a club, the money from this goes to gradually pay back whatever we owe TTA. I might not have put this accross well but what I'm trying to say is, if TTA are as rich as people are saying and I've suspected for a while, why the feck have we got one of the lowest budgets in League 1? Why are we not doing what the likes of Wigan, Doncaster, Burnley, Scunthorpe etc did and bite the bullet, take the gamble of investing and pushing on to higher leagues where we would generally make more money and get more fans in the ground? Sorry if I've rambled on, but what are everyone's thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Firstly, I don't want to start anything that will get out of control and end up with everyone calling for TTA's heads. Equally, I don't want a load of abuse as this is simply what I've heard mixed with my opinion. I would like everyone elses opinion though. OK here goes... First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK. I'll stop you there, because that is absolute bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'll stop you there, because that is absolute bollocks. seconded...stopped there and laughed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jimsleftfoot Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Firstly, I don't want to start anything that will get out of control and end up with everyone calling for TTA's heads. Equally, I don't want a load of abuse as this is simply what I've heard mixed with my opinion. I would like everyone elses opinion though. OK here goes... First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK. If this is the case, he must have a fair few bob. Combine this with the personal fortune's of Blitz and Gazal and we SURELY can't be as hard up as they make out... Now for my "theory" for what it's worth... Lets say the 3 of them pumped £750,000 each into the transfer kitty, we spent this on good quality players and they bit the bullet wage-wise for a season. We at least make the play-offs...if we go up playing attractive football, crouds may increase, we get more TV rights and whatever money we'd get for securing promotion and doing well in the cups etc...all this money goes into keeping us in the Championship and pushing on. The gate receipts would, in my opinion, easily pay for wages considering we'd be in the Championship and we'd have the usual band-wagon jumpers. Then...the money being used to build a brand spanking new ground that the majority don't even want, use this to redevelop our HOME...we have the land to put all the corporate facilities around the ground to make us self sufficient as a club, the money from this goes to gradually pay back whatever we owe TTA. I might not have put this accross well but what I'm trying to say is, if TTA are as rich as people are saying and I've suspected for a while, why the feck have we got one of the lowest budgets in League 1? Why are we not doing what the likes of Wigan, Doncaster, Burnley, Scunthorpe etc did and bite the bullet, take the gamble of investing and pushing on to higher leagues where we would generally make more money and get more fans in the ground? Sorry if I've rambled on, but what are everyone's thoughts? I think you mean Simon Cowell!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slurms mckenzie Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 As multi-millionaires go, TTA are broke…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeHarveyBone Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK. So does he go around incognito as an Arab in his spare time? Or a Russian? Is he really Paul McCartney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takemeanywhere Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Do you reckon he's the richest Simon Corney in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just to put it into some kind of context, according to the 2009 Sunday Times richlist, the 37th richest person in the UK is Lord Sainsbury (and famiily), with an estimated wealth of £1.1 BILLION. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've just typed Simon Corney into the search engine for the times on line rich list......it laughed at me and asked who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste1987 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just to put it into some kind of context, according to the 2009 Sunday Times richlist, the 37th richest person in the UK is Lord Sainsbury (and famiily), with an estimated wealth of £1.1 BILLION. TTA must have double that then easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 On the Times Rich List Now at Nubmer 39 is Howard de Walden. He owns Harley Street and half of Marylebone, where I work, one floor flats cost £3m. The only phone company person on the main list (except Branson) is John Caudwell, who they might mean, He sold Phones4U. But has a string of othe businesses. 25= (44=) John Caudwell £1,400m £200m Mobile phones 27 (35=) Eddie and Malcolm Healey £1,350m £550m Property, Kitchens 28= (56=) Clive Calder £1,300m - Music 28= (47=) John Whittaker £1,300m £200m Property 28= (44=) Sir Adrian and Sir John Swire and family £1,300m £300m Transport, Property, Trade 31 (58) Bruno Schroder and family £1,275m - Finance 32= (31=) Laurence Graff £1,200m £800m Diamonds 32= (60=) Lord Grantchester and the Moores family £1,200m - Retailing, Football pools 32= (30) Mikhail Gutseriyev £1,200m £815m Oil, Finance 32= (27) Nadhmi Auchi £1,200m £950m Finance 32= (20) Sir Richard Branson £1,200m £1,500m Transport, Internet, Mobile phones 37= (65=) Lord Ashcroft £1,100m - Business services 37= (56=) Lord Sainsbury and family £1,100m £200m Supermarkets 39 (44=) Baroness Howard de Walden and family £1,070m £530m Property 40= (47=) Alki David and the Leventis family £1,000m £500m Industry 40= (60=) Peter Cruddas £1,000m £200m Finance 40= (40=) Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £1,000m £700m Property, Media 40= (71=) Wafic Said £1,000m - Finance 44= (35=) Richard Desmond £950m £950m Media, Property 44= (34) Sir Anthony Bamford and family £950m £1,000m Construction equipment 44= (55) Viscount Portman and family £950m £365m Property 47 (71=) George Weston and family £900m £100m Retailing 48 (98=) Simon Keswick and family £870m £110m Finance 49 (89=) Roger and Peter De Haan £840m £10m Leisure 50 (71=) Gerald Hines £800m £200m Property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Richard Branson is at number 32 so maybe Corney is in 3036 place? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi...ch_list_search/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Do you think they are confusing him with the Duchy of Cornwall.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I always said that sooner or later Boundary Park would be owned by Sainsbury's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Who's the richest latics fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Who's the richest latics fan? Not me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Not me! Hang on i'm still counting my copper jar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Blimey, its only 26th Jan and we have had Simon Corney 36th richest person in Britain Training Cancelled 10am press conference. Ackey going Post of the year contenders already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 FourFourTwo magazine recently compiled a list of the 100 richest people in English football. I'm afraid TTA aren't on that list either, although that might be because their assets are in the US and not that easy for your average football magazine hack to trace. The 100th on that list (can't remember who it was) was worth about £25M. It wouldn't surprise me if the combined assets of TTA were more than that, but I would expect most of those assets are tied up in their company/ies. The FourFourTwo list was interesting - it's surprising (or at least it was to me) just how many lower league clubs have someone worth tens of millions on their board able (and often willing) to under-write significant director loans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I always said that sooner or later Boundary Park would be owned by Sainsbury's. This could never happen, it would mean Latics players we be banned from shopping at Tesco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Who's the richest latics fan? Joe Royle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 "First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK." amazing...not only are there 4 completely independent from each other,but they all stated "36th richest"!!!! do one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) "First time I heard this I didn't think anything of it, but now 4 people who have no connection to eachother whatsoever have informed me that SC alone is the 36th richest business-man in the UK." amazing...not only are there 4 completely independent from each other,but they all stated "36th richest"!!!! do one! I think it is easy to accept there are four lying idiots in the world Edited January 26, 2010 by oafc0000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Who's the richest latics fan? Blue Pizza, if only he could remember where he left that betting slip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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