King's Lynn Stars 2013

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So to confirm. Coventry and Peterborough wanted someone independent to run the sport. Lynn jumped into the EL with a backhander from the other clubs. Lynn have been screwed over by the same people that screwed over Coventry and Peterborough. Oh dear, What a pity. Never mind.

 

You made your bed Chapman, now lie in it.

[LagutaRacingFan 1,936]

So to confirm. Coventry and Peterborough wanted someone independent to run the sport. Lynn jumped into the EL with a backhander from the other clubs. Lynn have been screwed over by the same people that screwed over Coventry and Peterborough. Oh dear, What a pity. Never mind.

 

You made your bed Chapman, now lie in it.

 

What a post!

 

SPOT ON!

[Rickyb 82]

So to confirm. Coventry and Peterborough wanted someone independent to run the sport. Lynn jumped into the EL with a backhander from the other clubs. Lynn have been screwed over by the same people that screwed over Coventry and Peterborough. Oh dear, What a pity. Never mind.

 

You made your bed Chapman, now lie in it.

What a load of Rubbish

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What a load of Rubbish

Which bit exactly?

[Pantherman 66]

What a load of Rubbish

 

Not rubbish at all, hits the nail on the head!

[Barney Rabbit 727]

What a load of Rubbish

 

Why's that then?

Edited August 11, 2013 by Barney Rabbit

[Aces51 2,778]

So to confirm. Coventry and Peterborough wanted someone independent to run the sport. Lynn jumped into the EL with a backhander from the other clubs. Lynn have been screwed over by the same people that screwed over Coventry and Peterborough. Oh dear, What a pity. Never mind.

 

You made your bed Chapman, now lie in it.

 

It would be better not to dig up issues which were discussed ad nauseum at the time. However, it seems that a few posters are intent on doing so but not presenting a true picture.

 

The reality is that the then Coventry promotion and Peterborough couldn't get their own way and instead of accepting the democratic decisions of the BSPA, tried to get what they wanted by using their financial muscle to threaten legal action which could have closed down the sport. When the BSPA stood up to them they then introduced the idea of an independent body to their argument.

 

I happen to agree that we need an independent body to oversee the implementation of the rules and said so at the time but let's not try to re-write history by pretending that Coventry and Peterborough were the good guys. They were doing what many others have done before and since by trying to look after their own self interests but the way they went about it was wrong. The BSPA do much that is wrong but in this instance they did exactly the right thing by not giving in to these threats.

[Skidder1 7,637]

Spot on post, Aces51!!

[orion 7,615]

 

 

It would be better not to dig up issues which were discussed ad nauseum at the time. However, it seems that a few posters are intent on doing so but not presenting a true picture.

 

The reality is that the then Coventry promotion and Peterborough couldn't get their own way and instead of accepting the democratic decisions of the BSPA, tried to get what they wanted by using their financial muscle to threaten legal action which could have closed down the sport. When the BSPA stood up to them they then introduced the idea of an independent body to their argument.

 

I happen to agree that we need an independent body to oversee the implementation of the rules and said so at the time but let's not try to re-write history by pretending that Coventry and Peterborough were the good guys. They were doing what many others have done before and since by trying to look after their own self interests but the way they went about it was wrong. The BSPA do much that is wrong but in this instance they did exactly the right thing by not giving in to these threats.

Not really what happen thou was it ? Ford got together with his pals to change the rules so cov could not have the team they wanted as has was bitter by the play off defeat the year before and went out to try to destroy them . Of course when they walked out kl who had no interest in being in the el were given cov and boro's sky money as a backhanded to join . The reason a independent body was called for after was because this had shown that the bspa were corrupt . Of course since kl got there blood money and Belle vue there bricks Ford and co has pissed on both of them .

[BluTiger 21,701]

Not really what happen thou was it ? Ford got together with his pals to change the rules so cov could not have the team they wanted as has was bitter by the play off defeat the year before and went out to try to destroy them . Of course when they walked out kl who had no interest in being in the el were given cov and boro's sky money as a backhanded to join . The reason a independent body was called for after was because this had shown that the bspa were corrupt . Of course since kl got there blood money and Belle vue there bricks Ford and co has pissed on both of them .

Absolutely 100% spot on orion...

[Pantherman 66]

Not really what happen thou was it ? Ford got together with his pals to change the rules so cov could not have the team they wanted as has was bitter by the play off defeat the year before and went out to try to destroy them . Of course when they walked out kl who had no interest in being in the el were given cov and boro's sky money as a backhanded to join . The reason a independent body was called for after was because this had shown that the bspa were corrupt . Of course since kl got there blood money and Belle vue there bricks Ford and co has pissed on both of them .

 

I agree with everything you have said, good post

[Vincent Blachshadow 2,937]

Not really what happen thou was it ? Ford got together with his pals to change the rules so cov could not have the team they wanted as has was bitter by the play off defeat the year before and went out to try to destroy them . Of course when they walked out kl who had no interest in being in the el were given cov and boro's sky money as a backhanded to join . The reason a independent body was called for after was because this had shown that the bspa were corrupt . Of course since kl got there blood money and Belle vue there bricks Ford and co has pissed on both of them .

Not to mention '2 years indemnity against losses'.

[Kester 3,028]

It would be better not to dig up issues which were discussed ad nauseum at the time. However, it seems that a few posters are intent on doing so but not presenting a true picture.

 

The reality is that the then Coventry promotion and Peterborough couldn't get their own way and instead of accepting the democratic decisions of the BSPA, tried to get what they wanted by using their financial muscle to threaten legal action which could have closed down the sport. When the BSPA stood up to them they then introduced the idea of an independent body to their argument.

 

I happen to agree that we need an independent body to oversee the implementation of the rules and said so at the time but let's not try to re-write history by pretending that Coventry and Peterborough were the good guys. They were doing what many others have done before and since by trying to look after their own self interests but the way they went about it was wrong. The BSPA do much that is wrong but in this instance they did exactly the right thing by not giving in to these threats.

Orion has summed it up perfectly, it's no wonder people still bring it up as it's tarnished the sport ever since (as it would do when the ideas of fair-play and a level playing field for all are thrown out of the window), and it reduced my respect to Ford to absolutely zero, where it will stay.

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Now lebedevs has quit

[speedy17 226]

Nicki Pedersen to sign for Schlein now... surely?

 

I called it weeks back!

Edited August 12, 2013 by speedy17