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On the eve of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]' Third Round FA Cup tie with non-league Eastleigh, your very own Lion of Vienna Suite has had some information passed through by a third party, relating to our supposed on-going takeover, and to the identity of one of the mystery bidders.
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1) The rival takeover to that of Dean Holdsworth and his Sports Shield company is, in fact, backed by one Jonathan Disley. Mr Disley has been dubbed the '[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]', by some newspapers.
This is contrary to initial reports that Holdsworth and Disley were working together on the same deal.
Whilst he might have something of a chequered past, the link to a slightly dubious past creates negative connotations from the off.
According to this [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] article, Disley and his group bought companies in trouble and used them to withdraw large sums of cash from the Royal Bank of Scotland just before cheques bounced.
From their office near Preston they electronically moved the cash to other accounts.
However, Mr Disley's conviction for fraud was overturned in the courts, upon appeal.
It would stand to reason, given what we know about Mr Disley and his past, that their interest in the club goes beyond wanting to actually put money into the club.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] article goes into more depth as to how Disley and his group once managed the finances of Hull based Riverside Recycling Waste Ltd in 2007. But concerns raised by environmental health officers about huge piles rubbish being stored outside the plant were ignored and the mountain of waste soared. Shortly after the company went bust in 2009 the illegal waste caught fire which took 60 firefighters four days to bring under control. The blaze was started deliberately but the arsonists were never found and Disley was given a suspended sentence for environmental offences.
A quote from the same article is very worrying, given Wanderers' own position, in that it says:
It goes without saying, again, that for an asset-stripping bid to be successful it would mean that Bolton Wanderers may have a short-term future, but that the long-term prognosis is not good.
Wanderers are, of course, bottom of the Championship, with only two wins all season. We face Eastleigh without top dog [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] who was the subject of a £3m bid from Championship rivals Bristol City yesterday.
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The information is presented without comment and is reproduced as follows:
1) The rival takeover to that of Dean Holdsworth and his Sports Shield company is, in fact, backed by one Jonathan Disley. Mr Disley has been dubbed the '[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]', by some newspapers.
This is contrary to initial reports that Holdsworth and Disley were working together on the same deal.
Whilst he might have something of a chequered past, the link to a slightly dubious past creates negative connotations from the off.
According to this [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] article, Disley and his group bought companies in trouble and used them to withdraw large sums of cash from the Royal Bank of Scotland just before cheques bounced.
From their office near Preston they electronically moved the cash to other accounts.
However, Mr Disley's conviction for fraud was overturned in the courts, upon appeal.
It goes without saying that the disposal of key land assets such as these will bring in plenty of money in the short term, but leave Wanderers in a very unstable financial footing, in the the long term.2) The rival bid to Sports Shield is intending, should their bid go through, to sell the club's land assets, including the Whites Hotel, the Euxton training ground, the Lostock training complex and great swathes of land across the Middlebrook estate.
We have limited information on the pair, but we understand they are working alongside Disley and his backers in an attempt to take over the club. We have been informed that their current company is company number 09702719, which is a Manchester-based business called Goldmann and Sons PLC. According to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], this is an active company which was incorporated in July 2015.3) The previously unnamed people involved in Mr Disley's mysterious group include a Ronald Green and Dennis Rodgers.
Mr Rodgers is allegedly being utilised as the face of the deal, as the probable negative fan reaction to Jonathan Disley's involvement has forced the consortium to put on a more acceptable public face.
It would stand to reason, given what we know about Mr Disley and his past, that their interest in the club goes beyond wanting to actually put money into the club.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] article goes into more depth as to how Disley and his group once managed the finances of Hull based Riverside Recycling Waste Ltd in 2007. But concerns raised by environmental health officers about huge piles rubbish being stored outside the plant were ignored and the mountain of waste soared. Shortly after the company went bust in 2009 the illegal waste caught fire which took 60 firefighters four days to bring under control. The blaze was started deliberately but the arsonists were never found and Disley was given a suspended sentence for environmental offences.
A quote from the same article is very worrying, given Wanderers' own position, in that it says:
We have seen, lately, that the likes of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] have taken on major investment as a vehicle to getting the club into the Premier League with a view to taking the television riches on offer in the highest league.'Disley believed he was above the law. He portrayed himself as a legitimate multi-millionaire business man when in fact he was a bankrupt who made his living by asset stripping companies, which were in financial difficulty.
'It's not right that criminals like Disley should live beyond their means, essentially at the cost of law abiding members of the community.'
It goes without saying, again, that for an asset-stripping bid to be successful it would mean that Bolton Wanderers may have a short-term future, but that the long-term prognosis is not good.
Wanderers are, of course, bottom of the Championship, with only two wins all season. We face Eastleigh without top dog [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] who was the subject of a £3m bid from Championship rivals Bristol City yesterday.
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