LLHB says it like it is..Guardian expose’ of Leeds United’s secret owners

By
MSGreen
– March 4, 2010Posted in: Contributions on the Leeds United Quagmire

 

Love Leeds Hate Bates has published a statement on the tails of the following two Guardian articles: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/04/football-league-ownership-leeds-united and http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/04/leeds-united-ownership-reaction

“In the summer of 2007 when Leeds United went into administration, Ken Bates threatened that, unless he got his way, he was willing to let Leeds United go out of business. At that point, he lost the support of a great many Leeds fans and we have seen nothing since to suggest we should change our minds.

Whether failing to keep our best players, reneging on promises to repurchase the Thorp Arch training ground after listing it as a priority, investing in pie-in-the-sky plans for a hotel complex, indulging his ego in failed court cases or picking fights with supporters groups, Ken Bates has proved himself to be unworthy of a position at the helm of Leeds United.”

That he manages to further insult our intelligence by keeping the ultimate benificiaries of our support hidden via the smoke and mirrors associated with the fund management of offshore accounts only serves to heighten the obvious disdain with which he ultimately views the fans of our great club.”

Clarkeonenil is happy to support both LLHB and the Guardian.

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