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Regardless what happens from now on, Peter Swann will be remembered for systematically ruining this football club and delivering the most miserable and toxic atmosphere we could have imagined.
On a micro level he is arrogant and fundamentally had no respect for the club or people associated with it. Speak to people like John Staff about their experiences with him.
You clearly have a vendetta against Hilton Interested Bystander and you may well be proved correct, if you are then that will be another promise Swann has broken because he stated we would be left in safe hands.
I hear you, I really do.
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A common theme is that the perpetrators all claim to be friends with David…
Do you really think for one minute if they we’re friends with Hilton that they would own up and say it’s them that’s behind all this ?Whoever it is behind this is only saying that from these accounts to cause instability.
Only 3 groups of people it could be, Section of cod fans up to no good, Bury fans carrying a grudge from when Hilton tried to buy them or it could be something to do with Swann potentially being an arse hole.
I can’t begin to imagine why an actual SUFC would be behind it.
If you spend time on social media looking at historic posts and screenshots, Bury fans were subjected to abuse and threats too.
I will reiterate what I said a few weeks ago, if any of your supporters are being abused or receiving threats on social media, screenshot them and contact one of the Football Liaison Officers at Humberside Police.
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It’s alright to put a sign up saying land acquired by Scunthorpe United FC but it isn’t acquired until its paid for and signed up. As we know a price and deal agreed means nothing until its signed and paid for. Let’s be honest our Club is in a right mess at present and many of us supporters don’t trust Swann or Hilton. Neither are on speaking terms and it appears to me they could be playing one another. If Hilton has the money surely it would have made sense to pay Swann and then the stadium and land would be secured. If Hilton doesn’t have the money then how will he pay Onward Holdings for their land and also the other company for the mysterious land supposedly for the training pitch. The man must be nearly a billionaire or its pie in the sky.
Call me old fashioned but I bat with a straight bat. I’m big on detail and if I say that I am going to do something, I do it. If I state something is fact, it needs to be just that. That’s how you build trust.
For all those who are prepared to take Hilton at face value and are willing to place your trust in him as he has requested, how do the following points sit with you?
1) 25/01/23 – Mr Hilton said: “I’m pleased to say the takeover has now been completed, and the deal includes the football club, stadium and surrounding land.” – https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2023/january/club-statement/
2) 02/04/23 – Accounts will be filed W/C 03/04/23. Still not filed – https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2023/april/-player-an-update-from-david-hilton/
3) 18/05/23 – “The two recently acquired sites at Warren Road and Glebe Road were then discussed and Mr Hilton confirmed that, subject to the relevant planning consents, a new stadium will be erected and hopefully completed in time for the start of the 2025-26 season.” – https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2023/may/club-statement-fans-forum/
As of this morning (19/05/23), the land is still owned by Onward Holdings Ltd.
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It is my understanding that a deal has been agreed with the football club for the land. However, as of this morning, it is still owned by Onward Holdings Ltd.
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All this criticism about the forum. I didn’t hear it last night by those that were there. I heard plenty of applause. Perhaps all those present are naive or didn’t have the courage to speak and be so negative. Maybe we’re all idiots and the intelligent critics didn’t attend.
If it was that much of a success, a wider audience would have proved fitting…
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Fools sit there watching people doing well in life and just complain and make stories up where their wealth came from.
Listened to one individual before the forum whom the ought he was the font of all knowledge. Just ludicrous the rumours he had.
Who’s making up stories? I have two rules. Firstly, only comment on what information is available in the public domain and secondly, don’t release or comment on information which is not in the public domain. To date, I have not broken the second rule.
Hilton was announced as the club’s new owner at the end of January and less than 6 weeks ago, Hilton was singing Peter Swann’s praises in a podcast with the Iron Army. In the same podcast he acknowledged the ransom strip and said supporters didn’t have anything to worry about in respect to the deal for the stadium and land being completed.
It would appear that in the space of less than 6 weeks, with the deadline approaching, Peter Swann has gone from being an accommodating vendor to now not being on speaking terms with the buyer, according to Hilton.
Make up your own mind.
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‘In the short term, he hopes we remain at Glanford park. This is where it gets confusing and to be honest I can’t explain it well; he is sub letting the ground from himself’
Very confusing. How can a tenant sub-let to himself; a place he doesn’t even own? Makes no sense. Unless there are examples of it happening elsewhere?
It sounds like some rent to rent scheme (an individual agrees to rent a property for an amount and then re-lets it at a higher price). Obviously he can only do that with the permission of the freeholder.
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That was a post WG not a response to being asked a question
If you look at the aerial image of the sites, look bottom right and notice the initials.
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