ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
Re: ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
Looking forward to reading the book.
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Re: ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
My opinion of him as a man was that he was downright ignorant and offensive. The last time I ever heard him speak was ahead of a game at Brentford when he basically verbally abused a young boy for trying to wish him a happy New Year.
As a chairman, I would think all chairmen can be fairly judged on the achievements of the club so for the first decade at least he was hugely successful. Many of the problems, from what I was told, were down to him owing money to Jimmy Adamson. That meant, for a while, Adamson had him in his pocket and forced Lord to give him the manager’s job, Harry Potts losing it after a 5-0 win.
Lord and Adamson eventually hated each other (not too strong a word apparently) so as soon as he was no longer indebted to him Lord sacked Adamson.
The last few years were absolutely shocking. I’m convinced he’d lost the plot but the club was, as Dave says, bankrupt and FA investigations were about to start.
I remember John Jackson telling fans at a forum that we didn’t have money to buy a tin of paint let alone a player. Initially things picked up but then came the Bond era when he was allowed to spend. Was that down to Jackson or was it down to the financial director Derek Gill? They were two very decent people though although totally different kinds.
It took years to fully recover and it came initially with Barry Kilby and then the promotions to the Premier League. We weren’t in good financial health in either of our promotion seasons of 2008/09 and the transfer embargo and 2013/14.
As a chairman, I would think all chairmen can be fairly judged on the achievements of the club so for the first decade at least he was hugely successful. Many of the problems, from what I was told, were down to him owing money to Jimmy Adamson. That meant, for a while, Adamson had him in his pocket and forced Lord to give him the manager’s job, Harry Potts losing it after a 5-0 win.
Lord and Adamson eventually hated each other (not too strong a word apparently) so as soon as he was no longer indebted to him Lord sacked Adamson.
The last few years were absolutely shocking. I’m convinced he’d lost the plot but the club was, as Dave says, bankrupt and FA investigations were about to start.
I remember John Jackson telling fans at a forum that we didn’t have money to buy a tin of paint let alone a player. Initially things picked up but then came the Bond era when he was allowed to spend. Was that down to Jackson or was it down to the financial director Derek Gill? They were two very decent people though although totally different kinds.
It took years to fully recover and it came initially with Barry Kilby and then the promotions to the Premier League. We weren’t in good financial health in either of our promotion seasons of 2008/09 and the transfer embargo and 2013/14.
Re: ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
Downright ignorant and offensive seems to be the more popular way of describing him from what im reading.ClaretTony wrote:My opinion of him as a man was that he was downright ignorant and offensive. The last time I ever heard him speak was ahead of a game at Brentford when he basically verbally abused a young boy for trying to wish him a happy New Year.
As a chairman, I would think all chairmen can be fairly judged on the achievements of the club so for the first decade at least he was hugely successful. Many of the problems, from what I was told, were down to him owing money to Jimmy Adamson. That meant, for a while, Adamson had him in his pocket and forced Lord to give him the manager’s job, Harry Potts losing it after a 5-0 win.
Lord and Adamson eventually hated each other (not too strong a word apparently) so as soon as he was no longer indebted to him Lord sacked Adamson.
The last few years were absolutely shocking. I’m convinced he’d lost the plot but the club was, as Dave says, bankrupt and FA investigations were about to start.
Hope the book gives some real insight to the man.
Re: ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
Claret Tony. I started the Bob Lord Stand thread wondering if the stand could ever be re named. It seems to be merging with the Bobby Reith thread, maybe I should have posted on that.
Re: ARTICLE: Bobby Seith: The man who defied Bob Lord and won
When you start a thread if it runs it usually becomes a chinese whisper. In fact a good game would be to remove the title, go to the last post and guess what the original topic was.