It was an independent appeal though - run by TLO and other stalwarts. How did Dick Knight getting desperate cause it to blow up? Clarification appreciated!
Dick Knight got a proportion of his money back, not all of it and not even half of it.
I am not taking sides here, not praising one person at the expense of another. Accuracy does matter though.
In fact the point was clearly implied that in the club's hour of need Dick Knight simply used Tony Bloom's money to keep the club afloat. This is wrong. Dick Knight stuffed an eye-watering proportion of his own assets into the club from the outset and persuaded a number of other people to put...