Agree with most of that Fans but let’s not forget Swann took the ground having stated many times over the years that he would not do so.
Regarding the ground and Hilton the situation was the same when he left as it was when he arrived.
We should never forget what the pair of them did but do we really need to be giving Hilton the oxygen of publicly for his ramblings.
At least Swann keeps his mouth shut and doesn’t try and defend the indefensible.
I’m certainly not defending Swann, but I do feel that there is a different perspective to your viewpoint.
He transferred the ground to one of his comapies in return for writing off £11M debt (not getting into the arguement about who caused the debt!!). This also allowed us to carry on operating solvently.
He also sold the ground at a value which I believe, as did others, was below market value (agan, not getting involved in arguing the “real” value). He could have left us with the ground AND £11M debt and just walked away.
My view on Swann is that he had good intentions but was far too arrogant and conceited to listen to anyone who knew what they were doing. He always thought that he knew best – and probably still does.
