Watch the full Perry Deakin interview
Former CEO Perry Deakin’s interview on the BBC Late Kick-Off programme was the subject of much debate – and now the programme have released the full, unedited version of the interview.
Find features and stories related to Perry Deakin on Port Vale website onevalefan.co.uk. Perry is connected with the “nil-paid shares” controversy and to date has not paid for his shares in Port Vale FC.
Perry Deakin resigned from his post as Port Vale CEO on Christmas Eve 2011 after one of the most controversial spells in the club’s history.
Deakin and fellow board members Glenn Oliver, Peter Miller and Mike Lloyd led the football club into administration after a number of controversial decisions notably Deakin and Miller’s ascent to the board despite not paying for their shares (the so-called “nil-paid shares” affair), failed financial link-ups with two US companies Ameriturf and Blue Sky International, a secret remortgaging of Vale Park which broke the terms of the club’s loan agreement with Stoke-on-Trent council and being sued by former club sponsors Harlequin Properties.
On 9th March 2012, the club entered administration for the second tie in its history after HMRC issued a winding-up petition.
To date, Deakin and Miller have failed to pay for any of the shares they “purchased” in Port Vale football club.
Former CEO Perry Deakin’s interview on the BBC Late Kick-Off programme was the subject of much debate – and now the programme have released the full, unedited version of the interview.
Port Vale CEO Perry Deakin has told the Sentinel that the board got “carried away” with the Blue Sky deal, that he “was never going to own” his £100,000 share allocation and that the exposure of the nil-paid shares fiasco was “awful.”
Following Director Mike Lloyd’s claim that the board were only partially to blame for the club’s finances and that fans’ protests and historic debt also contributed, CEO Perry Deakin has now claimed that former Chairman Bill Bratt is also to blame.
Influential Port Vale columnist Martin Tideswell says “The smart money is on us not even making it to an AGM/EGM. It won’t be held in the Robbie Williams suite, that’s for sure.” He adds: “Meanwhile, Messrs Lloyd and Deakin – finally realising the game is up – have held talks with the Supporters’ Club’s solicitor. […]
The Sentinel newspaper has reported what many fans fear – that Port Vale FC could be on the brink of administration.
Port Vale sued by shirt sponsors: club are being sued by current shirt sponsors Harlequin Properties, the Staffordshire Sentinel has revealed. The news of the legal move is another highly damaging and embarrassing episode for the club’s underfire board.
The Chairman of the Port Vale Supporters Club has hit out at the board’s plans to allow owners of nil-paid shares to vote in shareholder meetings. Chairman Pete Williams told the Sentinel newspaper: “I don’t feel that morally the club should use them. This would just create more bad feeling between the board and the […]
Director Mike Lloyd has controversially claimed that Peter Miller and Perry Deakin can use their nil-paid shares to vote at next month’s extraordinary general meeting. Miller and Deakin claimed that they had bought blocks of shares in the club worth £250,000 and £100,000 respectively when they sought election to the club’s board, but it later […]
The Sentinel newspaper reports that the discredited Port Vale FC board have failed to make January’s scheduled payment on the club’s £2.5m loan from Stoke-on-Trent city council. The club missed a deadline of January 31st to make the payment of just under £20,000, while December’s payment was met on the 30th January, almost a month […]
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding comments that “supporters seeking change should be wary of the boardroom silence.” To find out why he is urging caution, read the rest of his latest “One Vale View” column.
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding ponders whether, in light of the email sent to Hank Julichier demanding payment for shares, the club’s solicitors need to be sending letters to two prominent club officials who have yet to prove proof of payment for their significant shareholdings. Port Vale CEO Perry Deakin was labelled […]
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says the last twelve months have included some of the club’s darkest moments and have truly been an annus horriblis.
In his latest column, OVF founder Rob Fielding says that the forthcoming removal of Perry Deakin and Peter Miller from the CEO and Chairman roles, while welcome, do not represent closure for the vast majority of Port Vale supporters. Fielding says that fans will only be happy when the entire board has been removed from […]
OVF founder Rob Fielding says in his latest column, that while he’s delighted at the Sentinel’s investigations into Port Vale FC, the local radio station is lagging behind. According to Rob, Radio Stoke is “an organisation which is meant to provide value for its licence payers, but which seemingly cannot or will not ask the […]
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding writes that an OVF poll showing over 95% of fans have no faith in the current board is a “damning assessment of the current board. Fielding argues that “it looks like another huge wedge has been driven between the board and fans” and that “the board […]
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding argues that the club need to stop hiding behind their “no comment” statement on the Blue Sky International (BSI) investment and face the fans’ questions. Fielding argues that it’s in the club’s best interests to face the fans at Thursday’s Supporters Club meeting, but he won’t […]
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding says that Tuesday’s statement from Port Vale FC and Wednesday’s Sentinel article have resulted in plenty of rumours and that “only the club can calm the speculation down and it can do that by clearly answering some of the key questions that fans have raised in […]
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding says that at first glance, the £8m investment deal with US consortium Blue Sky could be very good for Port Vale FC. But he also urges the board to continue with an honest and open dialogue with supporters.
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding says the board’s cut-price ticket offer and offers to talk to fans shows that SEO is working and the board are desperate for the campaign to stop. I am not surprised by Perry Deakin’s decision to offer cut-price tickets to the Crawley game. The CEO has […]
In his latest “One Vale View” column, Rob Fielding looks at the latest official statement by the club, which contains Port Vale’s response to the allegations by Nantwich Town. Town have accused Vale of cancelling a pre-season friendly and not paying a bill for their use of the club’s training facilities.
Regal Sports, the manufacturers of Port Vale’s matchday programme are threatening legal action after they claimed that Port Vale CEO Perry Deakin “grossly misrepresented” matchday sales of the programme. The Milton Keynes-based firm signed a two-year contract in July to design and produce the Vale programme until the end of the 2012/13 season and agreed […]
Perry Deakin reneges on Nantwich agreement: copies of documents showing that Port Vale reneged on a pre-existing contract with Nantwich Town.
Documents disclosed to OVF appear to confirm fears that Directors Peter Miller and Perry Deakin may not have signed personal guarantees when they joined the Port Vale boardroom. Miller and Deakin caused a storm when it was revealed that, despite club statements to the contrary, they had not paid for their shares when they sought […]
Outgoing CEO Perry Deakin has caused outrage with the revelation that he will remain in his post at least until March despite resigning in November. The news emerged on Wednesday after a group of fans visited Vale Park demanding the CEO’s immediate exit. After club officials met the group, Deakin was (somewhat bizarrely) given a […]
Outgoing CEO Perry Deakin has contradicted previous statements from then-Chairman Mike Lloyd and claimed that the £300,000 mortgage on the ground is needed to keep the cash-strapped club afloat. Deakin told the Sentinel newspaper: “The loan is worth £277,000 and the money will be used to pay for the day-to-day running of the club from […]
The official Port Vale Supporters Club have criticised the “misleading” financial information which has come from the club’s board and are concerned that fans are again being “misled” The group have issued a statement on Wednesday 28th December which reads as follows.
Port Vale Online have revealed that Perry Deakin and Peter Miller have REMORTGAGED Vale Park to try and raise money to pay for their shares. The mortgage was lodged with Companies House on Christmas Eve and was for £300,000.