How are Kelvin Thomas and David Bower football people? Whatever that means anyway.
The Council have stated that the the Bower/Thomas consortium indicated they had immediate funds to finish the East Stand on their takeover. There was no mention of profit from developing surrounding land (if that is the case).
Whether they "saved" the club or it could have been righted by other parties or other means is again, open to argument.
Finishing the East Stand will be no panacea anyway. The issues at the club are more wide ranging and more embedded. I would agree though that hounding KT out is not the answer. The club needs a vision with or without him.
By "football people" I simply mean they are football fans who I get the impression enjoy their football and get a bit of a kick out of running a club, in much the same way a lot of people without the same means enjoy playing Football Manager. I still think this is a sideshow to the main reason they are here though.
I'm in no position to comment on the state of the funds available for completing the east stand. Maybe they were there, maybe they weren't, maybe they still are... with all the outstanding legal issues, would you blow millions on tarting up a stand unless you were sure the whole project (whatever that might be) would be allowed to be completed? I know I wouldn't.
As to the other parties that showed an interest, we know a couple of them were less than reputable characters and the other was a well-meaning but ragtag consortium of local businessmen who were fans and as such wanted to bail the club out. I think it's fair to say none of us know the specifics of what any of the offers looked like, but the best idea we can get is from Wilder in "that" interview where he described it as a rescue plan and no more than that. I've no reason to doubt him on that. I seem to remember Binley and co happily stepping aside when they weren't needed anymore because they were acting out of desperation to save a football club rather than a desire to own one.
Either way, it was KT and DB that ended up providing the funds that DID save our club from oblivion. Any supposition about what any other party might have done if they'd taken over is pretty pointless because it's just that: supposition.
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