Interesting pair of Chelsea stories this week.
One is about Chelsea asking shareholders who bought shares back in 1993 known as the "Chelsea Pitch Owners" to sell them back to the club for the same price they paid then £100. Considering Chelsea were in deep shit back then and are now one of Europe's big teams you would have thought they would be willing to pay a bit of a loyalty premium to thank their fans for keeping the club safe through the dark times, but it seems not? Chairman Bruce Buck says "the club would not be held to ransom, and there was no room for negotiation".
The other Chelsea story this week ties in with this one quite well, Roman Abramovich is currently in court accused of intimidating former partner Boris Berezovsky into selling his shares in a Russian oil company at a fraction of their value, sounds familiar.
Chelsea fans are going mad at proposals to knock down Stamford Bridge.
One fan said "You can't just bulldoze 7 years of history".
I'm glad I never invested in the CPO project now. Basically the fans own the pitch at Stamford Bridge and those cunts in charge want the fans to sell up so we can move to a bigger ground. In theory,not a bad idea. In reality,a bad idea. Our fan base is not as big as they think and most of the real fans have been priced out. It seems most of the CPO are willing to sell. If we move grounds,this fan will not be moving with them!
ReplyDeleteThey should move to Eastbourne as it's the spiritual home of the pensioners :)
ReplyDeleteIf most are willing to sell to help out the club they should be given an equal share in your new ground wherever that is for the same reasons they were originally bought, so that the club is not wholly owned by business types who could just sell up and sod off.