I'm sure I'm not alone in remembering a time when owners of Kettering Town FC couldn't sell on the club for love nor money. Well, money anyway. We all recall cheesy Imraan's cheesy photograph of him cheesily waving the keys to Nonce Park on the back page of the ET, saying, "Come buy my stake in literally nothing". Or the seeming ages it took for Ritchie to extricate himself from the club after making it clear he wanted out.
Now it would appear we have at least two interested parties vying to nail down the best parking spot at Latimer Park, get their mug in the programme and glad-hand opposition club officials on a Saturday.
In the Red corner we have George and his family. On the positive side, other than getting us back into the National League you can't argue with their impact at the club. Two pretty successful seasons. Gates averaging over 4-figures. THAT day at Sixfields. Some seriously buzzing weekends. In the "Negative" column, George seems to have fallen out with a lot of our volunteers and doesn't take perceived criticism well. And let's not talk about punting the Concession Season Ticket price several years down the road.....
In the Other Red corner there's blast-from-the-past Brad Piercewright with his sudden wealth and even more sudden need to take over the club and spend us into the League.
In an ideal world (i.e. outside of the madness of football) our two suitors would find a way to work together for the betterment of the club. Put aside personal ambition to achieve greatness together. But such is the intoxication of football club ownership even at our lowly level, and the buzz and glamour that comes with it, that I doubt an accommodation can be made. No, instead I'm sure we'll soon see a splintered fanbase taking pot-shots at each other yet again as the two combatants slug it out for the enormous prize of being slagged-off on KTFC Chat after 4.45PM every Saturday.
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| George and Brad in happier days |
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