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May 9

Spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down
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Spoonful of Sugar

BBC’s coverage of football titled “Lord Sugar Tackles Football” was aired last night.  You can get a repeat performance on the BBC iPlayer (though apparently it doesn’t work worldwide).

I missed it ‘live’ but caught the repeat performance.  Must say that I felt the programme to be somewhat academic.  It emphasised basics of running a business which we all know have been ignored by many a football club.  Furthermore, it came across as a TV production made for entertainment without any real delving or investigative stuff – just headline stories and stats.  The simple facts of ‘financially keeping ones house in order’ was once communicated accurately at a Stockport County FC fans forum (post mortem) by a member of the Parfett’s family. It’s like a former colleague said to me, “Adrian, the problem with common sense is that it just isn’t common”.

One thing clearly apparent is the game has moved on, becoming a complex maze of commercial forecasting and debts accelerated, since Lord Sugar’s time as Owner of Tottenham Hotspur FC.  Lord Sugar sold his majority stake at Tottenham to ENIC (leisure group) for £47 Million.  He has described his time at that club as “a waste of my life”.

We were reminded of the £800M purchase by Glazer’s of Manchester United FC, with “extreme borrowings”.  Long live FCUM.

Surprised that Harry Redknapp said he didn’t know the wages of any players at his club. Karen Brady was an articulate contributor to the show and I always thought her to be a plausible candidate for a top job at the Football Association.

May 9

Stockport in the running for Olympics

It is with pride that Stockport has started to present its suitability to integrate with the London Olympics in 2012.  A network evening for local businesses through the forum SK & Away was held for this very purpose.

God knows, we need some good news about sport in the Borough this Year. Jon Baker, Centre Manager at Houldsworth Village (Stockport Sports Trust) commented: “Great event this evening Adrian.  Fantastic awareness of the Centre and its given me a great network that I can work on to generate further business.  Thanks for everything.”

I have been nominated as lead Director/Trustee at Stockport Sports Trust to deal with Olympic matters.  Watch the video and restore some pride in “S’PORT” – STOCKPORT.

May 9

Eric Cantona Four Four Two magazine and FC Sports Marketing

Ooh aah Cantona

I must say that I felt somewhat in the celebrity hall of fame when the write up of my activities involving Turkish football were mentioned alongside the great, Eric Cantona (not to confused with his brother, Joel Cantona, who had a spell at Stockport County).

This featured in May’s edition of “Four Four Two” magazine, which covered FC Sports Marketing’s first international football conference in Istanbul last month.

I visited Turkey with my Client, FC United of Manchester.

My only previous rendezvous with the French was a BBQ with David Ginola!

May 9

S'PORT

S’PORT

I won’t pretend there was a science behind the name of the blog.  “S’PORT” links to my core subject of interest but is also a double entendre with my hometown and one possible abbreviation, not to be confused with Southport though!

It also relates to the football team that I support and have done since being taken by my late Grandfather, Bill Stores in 1974; namely, Stockport County FC.

Hopefully there will be the odd comment or insight that will avoid you ‘holding your head in your hands’ and drive you to becoming a Subscriber.

 
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