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I wonder how the directors and fans of the sham 89 club are feeling today?
Are you privvy to what the directors already know or have known for awhile, do you attend board meetings, are you a director? I’m guessing not and what they are thinking or feeling isn’t relevant it’s what actions they take as a board in the future that will probably determine how we hope to progress as a club going forward. Whatever the outcome from today’s statement the future of the club should be at the forefront of all people genuinely interested in the future of SUFC, second guessing isn’t going to be constructive IMO but hey you think and feel what you want.
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Very weak Ruuger, ..firstly by committing fraud.. his jail sentence was punishment…secondly by his continuous lies to supporters..name one where he has lied? If you say he didn’t reveal his jail sentence – why should he? He said he had nothing to hide ( he’d paid his sentence in full) he had no obligation to reveal it. What other lies are you referring to? You are just a wolf with one intention.
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Very interesting but at the same time it is very sad.
After listening to the interview, my own opinion is that Mr Hilton has always been trying to live beyond his means, and that whenever he fails there is a lot of self pity gets involved, I have said almost from the off, that in my opinion Mr Hilton never had the funds to buy the club, and when the 1889 thing was introduced to sell the club Stadium (which he did not actually own) to the fans, and then when he brought forward the next seasons cheap rate season ticket deadline date to April (before the ongoing season was completed), that Mr Hilton was desparate to bring in money so that he could actually buy the club, I am sorry to say, this surely looks to haVE BEEN THE CAse.In my own case, when my Bank crashed in 2008, and at 67 years of age and working 8,500 miles away in West Papua, I lost my complete life savings of 230K, but I did not rush home and jump off the Humber Bridge, I just decided to work another year out there in order to get a bit of cash saved, Mr Hilton should surely have accepted his situation instead of jumping from one situation to another, when in fact he never had a chance of them coming off. He sounds a broken man, and will surely not stay in his oresent job, I feel that this is a warning that he will full out.
I just hope that some one will save our loved little club, because with Swann still hovering, he will let SUFC die.
What about the mental health of the people on the end of his fraud?..That’s who I feel sorry for.
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Very weak Ruuger, ..firstly by committing fraud.. his jail sentence was punishment…secondly by his continuous lies to supporters..name one where he has lied? If you say he didn’t reveal his jail sentence – why should he? He said he had nothing to hide ( he’d paid his sentence in full) he had no obligation to reveal it. What other lies are you referring to? You are just a wolf with one intention.
He has previously said such allegations of fraud were rubbish on the Iron Army interview when talking about the fallout from the Bury takeover and their fans’ dislike of him (having spoken to some Bury fans, they found out about his jail spell for fraud). There are other lies, like when he said the supporter’s cap was a load of nonsense, only to confirm it a week later. If you want to place your trust in a convicted fraudster with a habit of white lies over serious matters, that’s your prerogative, but I find that rather gullible.
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I hope an emergency board meeting is convened to decide the best course of action. Mr Hilton’s interview didn’t touch on a number of other issues alleged in the Athletic piece, such as the pension provider writing to staff to tell them contributions shown as being made on their payslips not actually being received by them. As for ‘destroying an individual’, don’t make me laugh. No supporter or non-supporter on here or other social media platforms has destroyed him. All they have done is highlight what are now confirmed as facts.
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We all have our own views depending on our belief systems as to people that do something seriously wrong deserving a second chance once they have paid for the consequences of their wrongdoing.
Mine is that everyone deserves a second chance.
For what it is worth my advice to David Hilton is that whilst I understand his desire to keep the record of his wrongdoing from the public domain that was never going to happen in the position he is in. He has obviously owned his actions and consequences privately and made a success of his life since then. Today’s publication and confirmation gives him an opportunity to own it publicly and completely move on. Of course some will villify him for his mistake but my faith in humanity hopes the majority will accept his mistake and judge him solely on his actions since he arrived at our club.
I do think a short but sincere apology for misleading the fans of club back in February would help. At the fans forum he denied having used names other than Hilton and White. I cannot recall his actual words but he effectively denied any past criminality which also was untrue. Sorry and move on will do for me. It would also help to speed up the validation and payment of any outstanding debts the club still have.
Putting all that aside I would personally like to thank David Hilton for saving the club I have loved for 60 years and for the massive amount of effort and money he has expended to make that happen. In addition to saving the club from extinction he has turned around the 5 years of decline presided over by the previous owner. We will probably never know if that decline came from spite or from mind boggling incompetence. From dreading attending matches and being embarrassed by inept performances he has got me actually looking forward to attending football again. A massive achievement in my book in a time frame I did not think was possible.
The club will allways have my support. Friends you can choose. Family and your football club you are stuck with. But David Hilton himself has won my personal support for the job he has done and I wish him well, hopefully continuing as chairman of our football club. If he chooses otherwise then I wish him equally as well in whatever path he takes.
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Looking on from down the road – I don’t get the sentiment that if he goes the club is dead. The club is more likely to be dead if Glanford Park is lost. Surely no-one is now going to believe the utter bollox about a new ground. A good squad for NLN level and a bit form is temporary. Loss of GP may not be. Even if there was another relegation and a few years of struggle if the club is still at GP you’ll come back. Going to the other GTFC with this guy looks more like death.
Time for Sharp and Elliot to talk to Swann again surely…?
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I agree with my old mate BS on this.
The club’s future needs to be secured by reaching agreement to buy the stadium and the land. If Hilton has the money as he says he has, then get on with it and buy the stadium. If he hasn’t got the money, then it seems inevitable to me that he will have to leave.
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