Harold Needler got a lot of tax benefits when he gave that money to City in the mid sixties. The Labour government had brought in sky high taxes and Needler was due a massive tax bill and he wrote it off. Then got a lot back when his company did a lot of the work redeveloping BP. There was once a good article about it on another City site where it reproduced an article about it from a financial paper which it said it at the time was the best tax dodge ever. Nobody criticised him for it the way they did Allam,
What might have been.Could have had a bigger derby than the biggest one in the universe and everywhere else that we have now. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/hull-daily-mail/20230602/281621014721984
I always had a sneaky feeling we were a good chance of getting Barry, but to have it confirmed is fantastic. A huge signing of intent and shows that we're back on track under Selles in terms of attracting superstar young talent. If we can get him back on loan next season we're in for a great year.
I think it’s really sad you continue to hold this weird grudge because someone on the internet said something you didn’t like months ago. You should probably get over it.
On the face of it so far we have had a decent window, albeit we’re yet to see how good a couple of them are. Acun certainly cocked up the summer recruitment but appears to be making amends. I think it’s a tad daft to start turning Sigmund Freud and make sweeping statements about his personality defects from one innocuous comment. He’s actually obsessed with trains which is why we tried to sign Thomas.
