chaddyrovers Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Mike E said: Some were teenagers or didn’t have the money at the time. Some WERE interested and Venkys were favoured (some rightly, some wrongly). I would be interested who these people were who was interested at the time. I am only aware of Venkys, Dan Williams, Chris Ronnie and Laurence Bassini. The Walkers should have kept running the club until they found the right owners. I would like to see Simon Williams and Iain Currie running Rovers under new ownership in the future 2 hours ago, Gav said: I’ve never attributed any blame to the Walker family myself. Blackburn Rovers was Jacks passion, not the families passion and they sold the club in good faith. These owners ticked all the boxes, had the funds, but as one poster said yesterday, you simply cannot account for them being as thick as a bar top. Venkys out. I do, The Walkers decide to sell and get rid the club asap to Venkys who as you said ticked all the boxes but never turned out like we hope. The Walker family owe Rovers fans apology for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SIMON GARNERS 194 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said: I would be interested who these people were who was interested at the time. I am only aware of Venkys, Dan Williams, Chris Ronnie and Laurence Bassini Jesus christ almighy.....Venkys in!!🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Toronto Mk2 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 4 hours ago, ben_the_beast said: I don't blame the Walker family for selling to Venkys. On paper, they had money, human rights record was far more favorable than other owners and there was some sense in them growing their brand, especially with the South Asian population in Blackburn. What I do blame them for is engaging with Jerome Anderson to facilitate a sale. As soon as an agent was involved it was likely that person was getting way to deep into critical period in the clubs history. It didn't take a genuis to work out he'd be pulling the owners strings once the takeover happened. It was very naive to think he was simply doing it for a introductory/commission fee. *Disclaimer: Happy to be corrected on the above. My memory is very hazy of those times but I'm sure he didn't just magically pop up after the club had been sold. When Saint John Williams was elevated to Chairman he was quoted in LET as saying Tom Finn would run the club day-to-day while JW’s main responsibility was getting the club sold, which means it was him who invited the fox into the hen house, and no doubt got a healthy bonus once the sale completed. A bunch of fusty lawyers in Jersey wouldn’t have known Jerome Anderson from Gerry Anderson. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said: I do, The Walkers decide to sell and get rid the club asap to Venkys who as you said ticked all the boxes but never turned out like we hope. The Walker family owe Rovers fans apology for sure Jack sadly passed away in 2000, those rats never bought the club until 2010, it was hardly 'getting rid asap' chaddy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 23 minutes ago, Gav said: Jack sadly passed away in 2000, those rats never bought the club until 2010, it was hardly 'getting rid asap' chaddy. Yes Gav, I am very aware of when Uncle Jack passed away but my point being that the Walker family should have properly respected Uncle Jack's wishes and be very careful who they sold the club to. They wanted rid of it around 2009 and exactly why they enlisted the help of other people to get a sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsdenrover Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 22 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said: Yes Gav, I am very aware of when Uncle Jack passed away but my point being that the Walker family should have properly respected Uncle Jack's wishes and be very careful who they sold the club to. They wanted rid of it around 2009 and exactly why they enlisted the help of other people to get a sale. If (as you said earlier) Venkys ticked all the boxes, how much more careful could they have been? Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I remember having some dialogue with Dan Williams around the time he was sniffing around the club. Genuinely can't remember why it didn't work out, but he seemed a decent enough chap and was certainly interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomphil Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 5 hours ago, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said: When Saint John Williams was elevated to Chairman he was quoted in LET as saying Tom Finn would run the club day-to-day while JW’s main responsibility was getting the club sold, which means it was him who invited the fox into the hen house, and no doubt got a healthy bonus once the sale completed. A bunch of fusty lawyers in Jersey wouldn’t have known Jerome Anderson from Gerry Anderson. Anderson was already well in at Ewood for some reason and it was the other fella who went on the fact finding mission in India checking out the Vs. Can't remember his name but he was on the Trust board i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Mike E Posted January 28 Backroom Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, tomphil said: Anderson was already well in at Ewood for some reason and it was the other fella who went on the fact finding mission in India checking out the Vs. Can't remember his name but he was on the Trust board i think. I seem to remember Rothschilds had a hand in our sale somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomphil Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 30 minutes ago, Mike E said: I seem to remember Rothschilds had a hand in our sale somehow? There was a lot seemed to have a hand in it and don't forget they'd already let a conman in the door to look at the books before that. So the process wasn't exactly watertight i think desperation was taking over and clouding some judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Mike E Posted January 28 Backroom Share Posted January 28 18 minutes ago, tomphil said: There was a lot seemed to have a hand in it and don't forget they'd already let a conman in the door to look at the books before that. So the process wasn't exactly watertight i think desperation was taking over and clouding some judgement. Yeah, now feel like I remember someone insisting Venkys were meant to be the capital behind a buyer, but were persuaded to buy for themselves? I might be making that up entirely though… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, tomphil said: Anderson was already well in at Ewood for some reason and it was the other fella who went on the fact finding mission in India checking out the Vs. Can't remember his name but he was on the Trust board i think. You mean David Brown who was our vice Chairman but was Walker's family representative on the board https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/7lFir706AlGcWPfKIZFesUKxFpE/appointments 58 minutes ago, Mike E said: I seem to remember Rothschilds had a hand in our sale somehow? Correct they were hired by the Walker Trust to find a buyer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upside Down Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 20 minutes ago, Mike E said: Yeah, now feel like I remember someone insisting Venkys were meant to be the capital behind a buyer, but were persuaded to buy for themselves? I might be making that up entirely though… That's a theory you don't hear as much now but I remember that a lot of people were asking the question just WHO owns Blackburn Rovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Mike E Posted January 28 Backroom Share Posted January 28 I think I might be mixing up because there was another Indian buyer. Ali Syad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upside Down Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 8 minutes ago, Mike E said: I think I might be mixing up because there was another Indian buyer. Ali Syad? He was a couple of years before venkys. Can't remember exactly the name. There was talk years ago that the money to buy Rovers was traced back to Bradford or something like that. There's always been more questions than answers with this lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomphil Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 35 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said: You mean David Brown who was our vice Chairman but was Walker's family representative on the board https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/7lFir706AlGcWPfKIZFesUKxFpE/appointments Correct they were hired by the Walker Trust to find a buyer Yes that was the guy i was thinking of and he spent some time over in India allegedly checking out Venkys business etc. 'Everything they touch turns to gold' i seem to recall that quote by someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomphil Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 19 minutes ago, Mike E said: I think I might be mixing up because there was another Indian buyer. Ali Syad? There was Syad the conman plus the IPL cricket guy was interested but didn't have the funds and he may have been the one who asked Vs to buy in. Then they decided to buy it themselves, although i may be wrong on that one but i'm sure there was talk of that scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 6 hours ago, tomphil said: Yes that was the guy i was thinking of and he spent some time over in India allegedly checking out Venkys business etc. 'Everything they touch turns to gold' i seem to recall that quote by someone. I also read he will going around the far East trying to find a buyer. 7 hours ago, Mike E said: I think I might be mixing up because there was another Indian buyer. Ali Syad? Ali Syed https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8396019.ali-syed-remains-committed-efforts-buy-blackburn-rovers/ https://www.sportingintelligence.com/2010/11/01/ahsan-ali-syed-withdraws-blackburn-rovers-interest-after-‘insufficient-cooperation’-from-club-011101/ Plus Saurin Shah https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8215605.indian-businessman-want-buy-blackburn-rovers/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Mike E Posted January 29 Backroom Share Posted January 29 11 hours ago, chaddyrovers said: I also read he will going around the far East trying to find a buyer. Ali Syed https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8396019.ali-syed-remains-committed-efforts-buy-blackburn-rovers/ https://www.sportingintelligence.com/2010/11/01/ahsan-ali-syed-withdraws-blackburn-rovers-interest-after-‘insufficient-cooperation’-from-club-011101/ Plus Saurin Shah https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8215605.indian-businessman-want-buy-blackburn-rovers/ YES I knew I wasn’t going mad! I think Shah was the fellow who brought Benkys in as backers, and possibly a certain agent persuaded Venkys to go it alone. Something along those lines, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booth Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 23 hours ago, Mike E said: I think I might be mixing up because there was another Indian buyer. Ali Syad? Ali Syed... https://wikifrauds.net/alithethief.html You've got to be a total scumbag if you're worse than Venkys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreyski Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Syed ended up buying Racing Santander...hard to decide who had it worse. Shah I think was the first interested party - don't know what he ended up doing afterwards though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 28/01/2024 at 23:28, Mike E said: I seem to remember Rothschilds had a hand in our sale somehow? Rothschilds acted for the Trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 The rumours shall I call them about what happened are hairy. Anderson and Huber ended up acting for the Trust desperate to find a buyer and Venkys. Double bubble fees. Venkys were apparently not their first choice. First choice informally failed fit and proper when name was bounced off the Premier League. Then it got extremely hairy unpicking that first choice... Talking of rumours, Sir Frank Lowey of Westfield and if that was the case the way he was "discouraged" was rumoured to be shall we say unethical. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllRoverAsia Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 16 minutes ago, philipl said: The rumours shall I call them about what happened are hairy. Anderson and Huber ended up acting for the Trust desperate to find a buyer and Venkys. Double bubble fees. Venkys were apparently not their first choice. First choice informally failed fit and proper when name was bounced off the Premier League. Then it got extremely hairy unpicking that first choice... Talking of rumours, Sir Frank Lowey of Westfield and if that was the case the way he was "discouraged" was rumoured to be shall we say unethical. That would have been interesting if he had become our owner. Maybe the FA were scared of a man who was strong, spoke his mind and did things his way. He can't have been any worse than what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, philipl said: The rumours shall I call them about what happened are hairy. Anderson and Huber ended up acting for the Trust desperate to find a buyer and Venkys. Double bubble fees. Venkys were apparently not their first choice. First choice informally failed fit and proper when name was bounced off the Premier League. Then it got extremely hairy unpicking that first choice... Talking of rumours, Sir Frank Lowey of Westfield and if that was the case the way he was "discouraged" was rumoured to be shall we say unethical. Who was first choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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