Lewisdabaron Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/treasurer-stole-176000-bristol-rovers-192623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Lewisdabaron said: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/treasurer-stole-176000-bristol-rovers-192623 Bet she's a gert sheed head 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 35 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: I see that the treasurer of their supporters club was in court today. Charged with robbing 'half an Andy Tilson' from their coffers. Are you sure it was the supporters club account and not the entire content of "billionaire" wael's account..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Lewisdabaron said: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/treasurer-stole-176000-bristol-rovers-192623 If they just get each away fan at Charlton on the opening day to chuck in a quid each, they'll have that back plus enough to replace Matty Taylor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Ex manager exposed more than the truth A former football manager has escaped jail after admitting he ran away with the club’s conscience. Mr Bert Tann (103) of no fixed address told the jury he became upset after owners and directors of a well known local team made promises they knew they couldn’t keep and deliberately kept supporters in the dark to cover up their inadequacies. A culture of deceit existed and fans were so gullible they believed everything they were told he said before breaking down and collapsing just outside of the witness box. Prosecuting Counsel Taffy Hamster said it was well known that people own football clubs purely to impress their friends and have their photograph taken with glamorous stars so they had no obligation to tell the truth. Tann was aware of this and had stolen the conscience knowing it was the club’s property and had been used to secure borrowings. Defence witness, Mayor of Almondsbury Councillor Brian Envelope, said he understood Tann’s motives completely. They promised me the earth, he said, but ended up dumping a great heap of soil on the land making it an even worse eyesore. The look of that field is putting off decent people from relocating to the area and I only wish some gypsies would move onto the site to improve it’s appearance. Summing up for the defence Mr Ted Shyt said Tann had become addicted to discovering the truth and couldn’t stop exposing himself to it. The issue at hand was whether he was right to speak out or whether it was best for all concerned if fans remained in blissful ignorance. Citing the case of Magnum Carta vs Tyrannosaurus Rex he said it was clear in law that fans had been promised decadent silky smooth rich dark Jordanian opulence but actually received a Mr Whippy 99’er with a broken cone. There was no crime in being a Cheepster, he claimed, but to pretend that at any time you liked you could simply Telegram Sami and have the cash wired over was a cruel hoax which deserved to be revealed. After a guilty verdict was returned Mrs Justice Proudman summed up by describing Tann as a fine upstanding gentleman whom she wouldn’t mind taking back to chambers for a dry sherry if only he had been fifty years younger. However the law obliged her to inflict an appropriate punishment and she therefore sentenced him to attend the Memorial Stadium between 3pm and 5pm every other Saturday till the baliffs move in. Edited July 12, 2017 by bert tann 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Lewisdabaron said: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/treasurer-stole-176000-bristol-rovers-192623 Apparently wally has taken great interest in how she managed to pull the wool over everyone's eyes for so long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, pride of the west said: Apparently wally has taken great interest in how she managed to pull the wool over everyone's eyes for so long Her sentence was suspended because the judge thought a custodial would be too difficult for her to comprehend, after years of being locked out, being locked in was likely to be beyond her. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, glynriley said: To quote Mark Ashton..." It's all in the DNA". I bet secretly the club are prowed of her ! Edited July 12, 2017 by slartibartfast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Her sentence was suspended because the judge thought a custodial would be too difficult for her to comprehend, after years of being locked out, being locked in was likely to be beyond her. Joking aside...suspended sentence, really? I bet if she dishonestly nicked a couple of hundred from the DWP she would have got life ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, slartibartfast said: Joking aside...suspended sentence, really? I bet if she dishonestly nicked a couple of hundred from the DWP she would have got life ! Repaid the money, loss of reputation, loss of family home, addiction issue and a guilty plea... Would there be any value in tax payers shelling out ten of thousands a year for someone who is unlikely to offend again and will struggle to get a job in a charity shop if it involves handling money? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, glynriley said: http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/10228/anybody-read-wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 19 minutes ago, glynriley said: http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/10228/anybody-read-wow Hardly surprising if you see your club stealing whole grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityal Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 From the same thread linked above about some of the sags stealing season tickets, instead of using their hard earned job-seekers allowance to buy them: Quote So what will happen now when a game is sold out, someone desperately wants a ticket and a season ticket holder has one going spare cos his season ticket mate can't go? Written like its a regular occurrence 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Season ticket books? How quaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Repaid the money, loss of reputation, loss of family home, addiction issue and a guilty plea... Would there be any value in tax payers shelling out ten of thousands a year for someone who is unlikely to offend again and will struggle to get a job in a charity shop if it involves handling money? It really is a terribly sad case. I don't know her incredibly well, but she has been around the club for years and Rovers were a huge part of her- and her husbands- life. Obviously no one can condone what she has lost her home in paying it all back and I imagine that she will regret her actions every day for the rest of her life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Come on, give the poor buggers a break. I can imagine the board meeting now: "Gentleman, we have a tough choice to make. It's either a new sprinkler, a spruce up of the carpets and curtains, a few plastic chairs and give the canopy a quick once over or..... we invest in an electronic ticketing system" "Well it's a no brainer.... the carpets. That way we may get a tenner left over to invest in a few new players" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, El Hombrecito said: Season ticket books? How quaint. They`re just those raffle ticket books really and someone writes `Gillingham` or `Southend` in biro on the relevant strip of five before it`s sent out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, El Hombrecito said: Season ticket books? How quaint. Yep- We have terracing as well 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said: It really is a terribly sad case. I don't know her incredibly well, but she has been around the club for years and Rovers were a huge part of her- and her husbands- life. Obviously no one can condone what she has lost her home in paying it all back and I imagine that she will regret her actions every day for the rest of her life. Addiction is an illness and my taxes would be better spend funding treatment than punishing someone who has probably already lost everything that was both normal and important to them. Certainly a better spend than the double punishment of locking them up. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 38 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said: It really is a terribly sad case. I don't know her incredibly well, but she has been around the club for years and Rovers were a huge part of her- and her husbands- life. Obviously no one can condone what she has lost her home in paying it all back and I imagine that she will regret her actions every day for the rest of her life. Missed a couple of words there! That should have read 'No one can condone what she has done and she has lost her home in paying it all back' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Miah Dennehy said: It really is a terribly sad case. I don't know her incredibly well, but she has been around the club for years and Rovers were a huge part of her- and her husbands- life. Obviously no one can condone what she has lost her home in paying it all back and I imagine that she will regret her actions every day for the rest of her life. Well said Miah, I have a great deal of sympathy for her to be honest, gambling is a terrible addiction, she's paid the money back and lost everything, she's been punished enough, absolutely not in the public interest for her to go to prison 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Online gambling is everywhere you look, if you have an addiction it must be as hard if not harder than an alcoholic who tries to avoid booze. As others have said money would have been better spent trying to help rather than prosecute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 hour ago, El Hombrecito said: Season ticket books? How quaint. One thing I do miss is the book, loved getting it through the post in the summer, knew it was almost Football time again. Not the same getting a season card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 7 hours ago, pride of the west said: Apparently wally has taken great interest in how she managed to pull the wool over everyone's eyes for so long She used really big needles and lots of wool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2017/july/ticketscam/ Edited July 13, 2017 by Super 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, Super said: https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2017/july/ticketscam/ So even the bestest loyalist loudest most loved fans in the country. Don't want to pay to watch them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 12 minutes ago, Super said: https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2017/july/ticketscam/ To be fair, I would have thought this was way beyond the intellect of some of the blue few I have met. Complex problem solving should not be evolving in gasheads for another 2 million years. Also more proof of the lies about their attendances! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 So there treasurer has been stealing of them . Now there fans . And they don't like it . Thing is they've been robbing people for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 "So called fans" Why let the work experience kid write that article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UREDS_91 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 The treasurer stole half of what we paid for Matty Taylor..... LOLOLOLOLOLOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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