Bill Kenwright

[Cork Evertonian]

Don't think Bill ranks mind reader on his Cv tbh. Billionaire owner with an even richer friend who had been involved in another prem league team, on paper what is not to like ? Bad Bill !
As for the last bit we havent been a force since the 80s, not sure how the blame can be laid at Bill's feet

As far as i'm aware Kenwright has been on the board of directors since 1989.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Yeah but that bring up another issue, when he bought from PJ not one single other person was interested, nobody, Everton were worthless to outsiders, if Bill hadnt of bought us from PJ when he did right now we are a Notts Forest or a Sheffield Wednesday

People do forget when the PL started we sat around and did nothing, It actually annoys me Sir Philip Carter was one of the people who set it up, but thats another story.

You've no idea if there were or weren't other interested parties at all.... it took years for the Mansour interest to come to light nevermind any other parties who never got past the initial phone call phase. Many clubs changed hands in that era, many with a smaller stadium and fanbase than us, so it's speculative and revisionist in the extreme to say that without BK we would be Forest or Sheff Wed. Johnson boxed himself into a corner and wanted out in a hurry. He pretty much then sold to the first bidders in a deal that was probably the route of least resistance. BK put a group of investers together and held the inside track. They eventually fluked Moyes, who came as a recommendation of Walter Smith. During that whole period our debts rose despite selling off most of our material assets and even Rooney, our commercial performance lagged behind all of our peer group and we invested comfortably the least of ALL football clubs in our stadium infrastructure. The board's job is to furnish the manager with funds and address all commercial and infrastructure requirements. By any metric they failed on all of this. No-one is saying that Moshiri has been a success but that doesn't change those years of stagnation that meant he inherited a club that had fallen so far behind the competition and had so much to address in terms of finances and stadium. He is essentially an absent landlord who paid off our longstanding debt and gave the serial failures on our board his cheque book. BK is still chairman of that board, so it is ludicrous to give him a free pass on everything that has happened since the take-over and insanity to forget the much longer process that preceded it, that saw us fall right down football's pecking order. The common denominator throughout mentions the boy's pen and somehow some people still lap it up. (I don't know anyone who ever experienced the boy's pen, who thinks that middle-class BK would've lasted 5 mins in there).

 

[barneygumble]

You've no idea if there were or weren't other interested parties at all.... it took years for the Mansour interest to come to light nevermind any other parties who never got past the initial phone call phase. Many clubs changed hands in that era, many with a smaller stadium and fanbase than us, so it's speculative and revisionist in the extreme to say that without BK we would be Forest or Sheff Wed. Johnson boxed himself into a corner and wanted out in a hurry. He pretty much then sold to the first bidders in a deal that was probably the route of least resistance. BK put a group of investers together and held the inside track. They eventually fluked Moyes, who came as a recommendation of Walter Smith. During that whole period our debts rose despite selling off most of our material assets and even Rooney, our commercial performance lagged behind all of our peer group and we invested comfortably the least of ALL football clubs in our stadium infrastructure. The board's job is to furnish the manager with funds and address all commercial and infrastructure requirements. By any metric they failed on all of this. No-one is saying that Moshiri has been a success but that doesn't change those years of stagnation that meant he inherited a club that had fallen so far behind the competition and had so much to address in terms of finances and stadium. He is essentially an absent landlord who paid off our longstanding debt and gave the serial failures on our board his cheque book. BK is still chairman of that board, so it is ludicrous to give him a free pass on everything that has happened since the take-over and insanity to forget the much longer process that preceded it, that saw us fall right down football's pecking order. The common denominator throughout mentions the boy's pen and somehow some people still lap it up. (I don't know anyone who ever experienced the boy's pen, who thinks that middle-class BK would've lasted 5 mins in there).

Very, very solid post this.

 

[Steve Wigan]

You've no idea if there were or weren't other interested parties at all.... it took years for the Mansour interest to come to light nevermind any other parties who never got past the initial phone call phase. Many clubs changed hands in that era, many with a smaller stadium and fanbase than us, so it's speculative and revisionist in the extreme to say that without BK we would be Forest or Sheff Wed. Johnson boxed himself into a corner and wanted out in a hurry. He pretty much then sold to the first bidders in a deal that was probably the route of least resistance. BK put a group of investers together and held the inside track. They eventually fluked Moyes, who came as a recommendation of Walter Smith. During that whole period our debts rose despite selling off most of our material assets and even Rooney, our commercial performance lagged behind all of our peer group and we invested comfortably the least of ALL football clubs in our stadium infrastructure. The board's job is to furnish the manager with funds and address all commercial and infrastructure requirements. By any metric they failed on all of this. No-one is saying that Moshiri has been a success but that doesn't change those years of stagnation that meant he inherited a club that had fallen so far behind the competition and had so much to address in terms of finances and stadium. He is essentially an absent landlord who paid off our longstanding debt and gave the serial failures on our board his cheque book. BK is still chairman of that board, so it is ludicrous to give him a free pass on everything that has happened since the take-over and insanity to forget the much longer process that preceded it, that saw us fall right down football's pecking order. The common denominator throughout mentions the boy's pen and somehow some people still lap it up. (I don't know anyone who ever experienced the boy's pen, who thinks that middle-class BK would've lasted 5 mins in there).

The Mansoors were never going anywhere else but City...partly to help out their mate Shiniwatra who could not get his money out of Malaysia or wherever it was. Source...a former City director via a third party who is high profile and therefore not named here.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Gregg wants to siphon off large amounts of profits with the deal he offered

Have you a reference for this? He was offering us a chance to release massive enabling funding to get a £2-300m+ stadium for an initial cost to the club of just £30m. His company would've headed up concerts and other events so he would've earned profits from those. We would've comfortably the best stadium in the country in easily the best location..... and would've enjoyed the last 15+yrs of increased income streams and status. Losing it was disastrous!

 

[Tom Hughes]

The Mansoors were never going anywhere else but City...partly to help out their mate Shiniwatra who could not get his money out of Malaysia or wherever it was. Source...a former City director via a third party who is high profile and therefore not named here.

So why were they connected with Everton FC?

 

[chicoazul]

Mr Kenwright is absolutely dar kryptonite so I stand with him as you gravy slurping self entitled NSNO slugs wallow and rage in your stone washeds that don’t fit you no more. You’re too old, give up the anger at football and go do gardening or home brew instead. The 80s are never coming back and Michael Keane is your king.

 

[Lawrence]

Mr Kenwright is absolutely dar kryptonite so I stand with him as you gravy slurping self entitled NSNO slugs wallow and rage in your stone washeds that don’t fit you no more. You’re too old, give up the anger at football and go do gardening or home brew instead. The 80s are never coming back and Michael Keane is your king.

Are you educationally challenged or just thick.

 

[chicoazul]

Are you educationally challenged or just thick.

I have a higher IQ than you, and drier boxies, mate.

 

[Carlito]

Mr Kenwright is absolutely dar kryptonite so I stand with him as you gravy slurping self entitled NSNO slugs wallow and rage in your stone washeds that don’t fit you no more. You’re too old, give up the anger at football and go do gardening or home brew instead. The 80s are never coming back and Michael Keane is your king.

Ah, the arrogance of youth.

 

[Toffeepot]

Theatre loves a plucky underdog character above a serial winner.
Explains BK to me

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I see the usual gang of apologists are still here blindly defending the dear leader as normal. Imagine trying to absolve a chariman of a major business concern for not doing basic research and due diligence on the man who was trying to buy his football club! Kenwright's acolytes will always defend him and his honour no matter what.

That's the story of Bill Kenwright and Everton. Always believing that he's doing his best. Always believing that he has good intentions. Always believing that he cares. Always believing that its someone else's fault. Always believing that he couldn't possibly be as stupid and/or selfish as the evidence would suggest. Always giving him the benefit of the doubt no matter how obvious it is that he doesn't deserve it. On and on and on it goes. He could be found sporting a RS shirt, singing their odious song and trying to sodomise the Dixie Dean statue and his weird little gang of followers would still try to justify it!

 

[chicoazul]

I hope Kenwright presides over Everton going bust just to laugh at the very worst amongst our fanbase hysteriaing themselves to death, as if they’re anywhere near the type of compassionate human and fine blue that Mr Kenwright is.

 

[Tom Hughes]

I hope Kenwright presides over Everton going bust just to laugh at the very worst amongst our fanbase hysteriaing themselves to death, as if they’re anywhere near the type of compassionate human and fine blue that Mr Kenwright is.

You "hope Kenwright presides over Everton going bust"..... ?

 

[Moonlight dribbler]

He wasn't majority shareholder then

Agreed but I would still have liked him to have driven the club like David Dein. He is too passive for me, just let the business tick over. Fault and blame, are pretty pointless. The facts state that he has been a director for 33 years and has seen a single FA cup.