The 20 most outrageous owners

[sammyboy]

In the new Sky Sports magazine, Something we are doing well in...

1. Kim Jong il
2. ANTON JOHNSON
3. Bernard Tapie
4. Vince McMahon
5. Russell Crowe
6. Bill Veeck
7. Silvio Berlusconi
8. Marge Schott
9. George SteinBrenner
10. John Manners
11. Flavio Briatore
12. Ken Richardson
13. Terry Smith
14. Dinel Staicu
15. Jesus Gil
16. Jerry Jones
17. Mark Cuban
18. Dorothy Paget
19. Vladimir Romanov
20. Mike Bateson


I will re-write a few of them for you guys.

2. Anton Johnson - Southend United

Johnson was arrested when £70k of Southend's Christmas Club fund went AWOL in 1989. Against league rules, he was also chairmen of Rotherham at the time. Controversially returned at scarborough in 1998 and said they would become a premier league side- by the end of the season they were relegated from the Football League! Also owned Crocs nightclub in Eseex, a venue noted for having live crocodiles kept in glass tanks in the foyer.

Did anyone go to this Crocs?


8. Marge Schott - Cincinnati Reds

The first women ever to buy a baseball team. She achieved infamy by insulting every minority group possible. Asked, 'why is this happening to me?' when a game was postponed after the on-field death of an umpire [she apologized by sending flowers to the family that had just been sent to her by a TV company]. Refused to hire scouts -["all they want to do is watch Baseball"] and insisted her dog a St Bernard appear in al official photos.

 

[Uncle Leo]

In that same magazine, I was surprised we weren't in the list of top ten 'yo-yo' teams.

I think we're about to be relegated/promoted for the 16th time. Can anyone confirm whether that's correct or not?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Crocs became The Pink Toothbrush.

 

[ldnfatso]

no Robert Maxwell or Peter Ridsdale?

 

[Firestorm]

In that same magazine, I was surprised we weren't in the list of top ten 'yo-yo' teams.

I think we're about to be relegated/promoted for the 16th time. Can anyone confirm whether that's correct or not?

Year Season Commenced

Relegated Promoted

1965 1971
1975 1977
1979 1980
1983 1986
1988 1989
1990
1996
1997 2004
2005
2006
?

16 times since 1957 (regionalisation scrapped)

17th time if we fail this season

 

[shrimpfan]

Relegated Promoted

1965 1971
1975 1977
1979 1980
1983 1989
1990
1996
1997 2004
2005
2006
?

15th time by my reckoning

Who has seen them all?

 

[Firestorm]

Who has seen them all?

All bar the 1st.

 

[A Century United]

Who has seen them all?

Me. :cricko:

 

[canveyshrimper]

Me. :cricko:

And me. :'(

 

[Strykr]

Me. :cricko:

you truly are a century united!!:cricko:

all but the first three for me

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

Eleven for me

 

[shrimpfan]

All for me..Who went to anton johnson"s first shairholders meeting a afternoon do,he had one of his yorkshire mates in charge as chaiman.I was building some houses with my late dad so i went from work cement dust all over. The bbc was outside and other people at the meeting looked at me like i was a bit of dog **** on the pavement that is all bar my mates. This wasThe start of our troubles, who sold the club to johnson i forgot?????

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

Should there be a promotion in 1987?

If so, 8 for me.

 

[Firestorm]

All for me..Who went to anton johnson"s first shairholders meeting a afternoon do,he had one of his yorkshire mates in charge as chaiman.I was building some houses with my late dad so i went from work cement dust all over. The bbc was outside and other people at the meeting looked at me like i was a bit of dog **** on the pavement that is all bar my mates. This wasThe start of our troubles, who sold the club to johnson i forgot?????

The Rubin brothers, although Mark MacCutcheon was an interim Chairman IIRC

 

[Firestorm]

Should there be a promotion in 1987?

If so, 8 for me.

My mistake

We were promoted in 86-87 season the relegated in 88-89
so yes James it is 16 already

original post edited

 

[canveyshrimper]

The Rubin brothers, although Mark MacCutcheon was an interim Chairman IIRC

He played Tiffany in Eastenders didn't he? :unsure::dim:

 

[shrimpfan]

The Rubin brothers, although Mark MacCutcheon was an interim Chairman IIRC

Yes the rubin brothers how does one forget them....

 

[A Century United]

no Robert Maxwell or Peter Ridsdale?

Darlington Fans might like to see George Reynolds added to that list too.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Other than being a crook, was Anton Johnson really that outrageous?

BTW, have a read of this article on Marge Schott.

Bill Veeck would have topped my list. The bloke is an absolute legend. A marine during WWII whose leg was amputated, he cut holes in his wooden leg to use as an ash-tray. His genius deserves to be known on a far wider scale. An innovator of unrivalled creativity, his various claims to fame include being the bloke who planted the ivy on the wall at Wrigley Field, deciding to have Harry Caray sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and being the first man to try and integrate MLB (he tried to buy the Philadelphia Phillies and stock them with Negro Leaguers during segregation) but my favourite two events are:

1. the infamous Disco Demolition Day that resulted in a full-scale riot.
2. Having a dwarf pinch-hit. This was unadulterated genius. A dwarf obviously has a lot smaller strike-zone, so Veeck signed a bona fide dwarf, Eddie Gaedel, and had him pinch-hit in a MLB game. With the strike-zone being smaller and a lot lower down, Gaedel in his only Major League at bat was able to take a 4 ball walk and thus has the highest On-Base Percentage in MLB history.

In comparison, football is frankly boring.

 

[blue scorpion]

Yes the rubin brothers how does one forget them....

I suddenly feel very old as I can remember having a barney or two with Bill Rubin at AGMs many many years back.