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David Bellotti
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Would have made an excellent banker
Braders
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If ever a photo was made for photoshopping..
The Large One
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Probably one of the first matches after the EGM which didn't include various members of the board, and kept them in the dark (if I remember my Build A Bonfire correctly) about their 'plans'.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Very possibly.
However, I don't think selling the Goldstone in order to move to what we have now was really part of their 'plans', nor did it feature any sense of philanthropy.
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23 April 1994:
"I have been impressed with everyone's friendliness"
Ha!!
"I have been impressed with everyone's friendliness"
Ha!!
Honest Club News should have read:
My two rich employers are secretly planning to sell the 90 year old spiritual home of your beloved club, making a mega personal windfall via a parallel land deal in Sunderland.
Just shows that we live in a civilised country, and/or Albion fans don't contain the sort of fanatics that might support other clubs.
If Archer and Bellotti, or similar, had done this to a club like Celtic, Everton, Millwall (for example) ... they would always be looking over their shoulders.[/QUOTE]
Don't I seem to recall a certain person in Eastbourne was charged and convicted of making death threats to Mr Bellotti?
34064 Fighter Command
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How about this quote from Hansard that Belloti made when debating the introduction of the National Lottery ......
" Mr David Bellotti (Eastbourne)
The right hon. Gentleman referred to sport. Would he care to comment on the local situation with Brighton and Hove Albion? The club says that it takes about £1 million gross in its bingo scheme, which is greater than the gate receipts from our joint local professional club and that that scheme would go by the wall if a national lottery came in. If that is the case, can he suggest another way in which we could jointly support our local professional club in Sussex? "
Well, Dave, you certainly showed your support in another way !!!!!
" Mr David Bellotti (Eastbourne)
The right hon. Gentleman referred to sport. Would he care to comment on the local situation with Brighton and Hove Albion? The club says that it takes about £1 million gross in its bingo scheme, which is greater than the gate receipts from our joint local professional club and that that scheme would go by the wall if a national lottery came in. If that is the case, can he suggest another way in which we could jointly support our local professional club in Sussex? "
Well, Dave, you certainly showed your support in another way !!!!!
TSB
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Keep 'em up Hiney. Looking forward to the excuses for Brady leaving, relegation and non-renewal of the Goldstone towards the end of 95/96.
Publius Ovidius
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..and its David Bellotti
David Bellotti MP
He's by far the biggest WANKER
The world has ever seen
etc etc
David Bellotti MP
He's by far the biggest WANKER
The world has ever seen
etc etc
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Last one from 93/94
Priceless
Priceless
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First one from 94/95
'The club's financial position continues to be stable'
'The club's financial position continues to be stable'
TSB
Captain Hindsight
I like how he bigs up their tremendous home strip choice and then (in the same breath) states that the second kit is outselling the first.
Also a snide jab at the Argus.
Top work.
Lower West Stander
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I find it really interesting that even though it is the first game of the season, the bulk of the article is about money. I know you would expect this to some extent but he says practically nothing about the team at all. Makes me even more convinced he was already preparing the ground ( no pun intended) for what happened later on.
I came across Archer in my line of work and he was one of the most unscrupulous people I have ever met. The club wasn't the only thing he ruined.
I came across Archer in my line of work and he was one of the most unscrupulous people I have ever met. The club wasn't the only thing he ruined.
supaseagull
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What a completely miserable season that was.
Exiled in Exeter
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“It is unusual for us to be playing at home on a Tuesday….”
These days the same could be said of Saturday 3pm games!
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Next, from 17th September 1994
Every time this thread gets bounced, I cross my fingers.
You sick and twisted man. Are you my twin?