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Bradford City set to announce takeover by German investors

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  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    Another club changes hands...

    BRADFORD CITY are set to announce the completion of a takeover early this week.

    The Bantams, beaten in the League One play-offs last Friday, have been in talks with German-based investors Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp for more than a year.

    Those talks have now reached a successful conclusion and the 100 per cent buyout of the Yorkshire club will be completed on Tuesday.

    Joint chairmen Mark Lawn and Julian Rhodes will both step aside as part of the deal.

    http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...r-by-german-investors-1-7925021#ixzz49Om2YAdy
     
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    originallambrettaman, May 22, 2016
  2. BlackAndAmberGambler

    BlackAndAmberGambler Well-Known Member

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    Big German/Jewish immigrant population in Bradford stretching back to the 19th century. In fact there is an area in the city called Little Germany.
    In case anyone is interested.
     
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    BlackAndAmberGambler, May 22, 2016
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    Shame Siemens couldn't take us over..
     
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    BOJACKHCAFCMAN, May 22, 2016
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    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    Wonder where little Switzerland got its name from in Hessle, can't have been many Swiss immigrants to Hull surely
     
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    BOJACKHCAFCMAN, May 22, 2016
  5. Ernie Shackleton

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    It's because of the once thriving, now declining, Hessle based cuckoo clock industry.
     
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    Ernie Shackleton, May 22, 2016
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    After the war the people of Hull may not have been rich or adventurous but by eck they were imaginative. A short ferry across the Humber got you to New Holland, a stroll west along its banks and there is Switzerland. For the richer ones the Himalayas were only a two hour charabanc ride away to the West.
     
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    They could sponsor us, but they're worried about being associated with the Allams and all the bad feeling around the Hull area that would entail.
     
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  9. originallambrettaman

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    The new owners have confirmed they're going to continue with the £149 season passes.
     
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    originallambrettaman, May 23, 2016
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    No U-turn then
     
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    Thought buyers would have been flocking to buy Burnley or Boro rather than lower league clubs like Villa and Bradford :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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    Yes funny that isnt it....?
     
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    we should think ourselves lucky. they'd only have erected 16 foot fences round the pitch.
     
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  14. originallambrettaman

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    That's not gone down very well has it?

    Though I'm not sure it was even down to them, I think it was a planning requirement due to noise.
     
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    there's a meeting tomorrow night about it, so let's hope it gets taken down.
     
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