“It never ceases to amaze me that men with a good business record come into football thinking they can wave a magic wand and turn a club around, making a load of money in the process. It rarely happens that way because football isn’t just any old business-it’s about people and opinions, and change is usually a slow and painful process.In the end,as we’ve seen so often, those self-appointed saviours decide they’ve had enough and walk away, usually leaving the club in a bigger financial mess than when they arrived. Call me old fashioned but I believe anyone taking over a club has to have a real feel for that club and be prepared to put something in without much prospect of taking anything out.A football club isn’t a rich mans plaything-it belongs to the Community and, above all, to the Fans.” Neil Redfearn writing in 2006
