Sentinel: Former Port Vale owner Norman Smurthwaite in talks to sell non-league stadium

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Norman Smurthwaite bought Nuneaton Borough's stadium in 2018

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[Inbothcamps]

Probably same and/or lifted from link.       .https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/norman-smurthwaite-nuneaton-borough-fc-16861944

Is he calling bluff to get a bigger return?

Is he interested in actually owning the club?

 

[RailwayRowdy]

I don’t think I’ve read such drivel since the last Fat Face article I had he misfortune to deliberate.

How he has the audacity to question someone else’s intentions is totally incomprehensible, considering all the rumours flying around about his true intentions during his ill advised tenure at Vale..

He also says his intention was to buy and run Nuneaton as a football club which of course he totally denied whilst he was still  proprietor of ourselves ! Then he blames that pesky FA thingy for stopping this !

God this creature makes my blood boil. 

This is in no way a meant as a criticism of this site, but he has now thankfully been out of our lives for 4 months or so, yet STILL his already bloated ego is being inflated even more by stories regarding him.

Although OVF is a good media for ousting our anger against The Blue One, I now find any mention of his name quite tiresome. Even though he is no longer involved here, he seems to dominate discussion.

Therefore, I respectfully request that no more articles about the biggest disaster area in Vale’s history are published on these pages.

God, I despise that “man”.

 

 

[Inbothcamps]

I believe he is still involved with Port Vale. I am sure I read that he was given clearance to buy Bury despite the fact he had financial ties with Port Vale for the next three years.

 

[Fosse69]

2 hours ago, Inbothcamps said:

I believe he is still involved with Port Vale. I am sure I read that he was given clearance to buy Bury despite the fact he had financial ties with Port Vale for the next three years.

 

It is possible that there are still some payments due as scheduled on the ground, in that case he would not be involved in the running of the club so he would be cleared if that is the case. The trouble is most of his statements don't stand up to scrutiny. He is a hard owner to get rid of.