Posted by Chris:As predicted in my previous posting Leeds United Chairman Ken Bates has misused his column in today's match programme to smear Harrogate and Knaresborough's hard working Lib Dem MP Phil Willis.
Chairman Ken never learns. His vendetta against Melvyn Levi, in his scurrilous programme notes, cost him an estimated £1.5m in libel fees. When I read the match programme I want to read about Leeds United not Ken's vindictive remarks about anyone who dares to ask questions he does not want to answer.
I will not repeat here what Ken has written. It does not answer the questions that Phil has asked about the ownership of United.
There is a question mark over who really owns Leeds United. Phil Willis and other local MPs are right to be concerned. Harrogate and Knaresborough provides a huge proportion of the Mighty Whites fan base and they pay a fortune to support the team. They have a right to know who actually owns the club and be reassured that there is nothing untoward about it.
The ironic thing about this is that Leeds United have been baled out by Lib Dem led Leeds City Council, who are buying the Throp Arch training ground and are leasing it to United, at no cost to Council Taxpayers in a deal which will allow the club to buy the facilities off the Council when it is in a financial position to do so. This is a massive help to the club who cannot obtain finance itself at this time having only recently been in administration.
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Phil Willis should get his facts straight and then go away and concern himself with real issues!The Football League have stated that they are fully aware of who owns Leeds United, and are happy that they are fit and proper! They do not reveal them to the public under the Credit Protection laws.
Phil Willis does not even know where ER is, so should concentrate on things he knows about and what his constituents care about!
John B.Huddersfield
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