I'd forgotten that. He didn't really have a choice in the end though did he? Better that that one person was somebody with long ties to the club rather than an outsider, hopefully that softened the blow a bit.
He shouldn't have resentments though-DK always said that when the time was right, he'd hand over the club to somebody he could trust. Whether the handing over wasn't timed properly for Dick is another matter. One thing's for sure-both parties (TB and DK) have had enormous roles in keeping this...
Maybe, however, at the time the banks were in global turmoil and not lending money to anybody-let alone a struggling third tier football club. There is absolutely no way The Amex could have been financed, we'd still be at Withdean and we most certainly would still be a financially crippled third...