Stoke-on-Trent City Council will not give Port Vale any more cash

“I am sorry for all the fans of Port Vale but unfortunately things have to come to an end. Stoke council cannot continue to underwrite a failed enterprise and fans must accept that Port vale is doomed. I cannot understand why any businessman would want to invest in a doomed club. A collateral does not exist: the ground is worthless. All things come to an end.”

“August 3 2012 - To mark the 2nd anniversary today of the launch of its Pakistan Floods Appeal the DEC (Disaster Emergency Committee) has published a report highlighting the need for improved Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Pakistan.

The above shows to what extent the consequences of the impact of the 2010 Pakistan Flood Disaster. Many hundreds of thousands are still living in desperate conditions being experienced directly from the worst flood disaster on record.

Ironic therefore that a millionaire owning leisure business called 'water-world' -should be more concerned with owning an English Football Club than using his immense wealth to help out his country folk (dual-nationality)..... And he's not the only one either to 'know where his heart really lies'. In the Boardroom at Vale Park. And where such a position will see a part of that wealth 'seep away' into the pockets of those who 'gain from football' -players and their agents.

DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:

'The UK public can be proud that the extraordinarily generous £71m they donated to the DEC Appeal has helped 1.8m people in Pakistan, including ensuring many people are already better able to cope with future disasters.”

“We live in very very strange times indeed, -and this episode at the Vale puts it into stark reality.

Globally too, we live in very strange times I mean... and there's a connection here in the Potteries re the 'fail-vale' issue.
There's been recent media coverage on the controversy surrounding the fact that although the British Government continues its long history of donating huge amounts of taxpayer's money annually -totaling billions over the years in aid -for development to such as India and Pakistan -while at the same time India, for instance, is spending £20 billion a year on defence -beside at the same time -the billions its spends on 'Space Research'..

http://tinyurl.com/84vj89f

What's all that to do with what's going on up at Burslem -in the city of Stoke-on-Trent -one might ask. Well, there's a backdrop to all this, to all things football, where 'massive far eastern investment into English Premiership comes into play, with the 'buying of what are now seen as 'brands' rather than what they are -'football' clubs.

-Cardiff City have been told that unless they are willing to swap their historic 'blue shirt strip' for a red one -then the multi-million promised pound buy-out -to get them out of financial difficulties,-and which could secure Cardiff City for decades into the Premiership, won't go ahead -because the Malaysians see blue as a negative colour.

And the connection of all that with the Vale -well there's a 'local far eastern connection hovering in the background re the Vales woes -in the shape of Mohammed Chaudry... of Waterworld fame. He's made it plain for a few years now -ever since dear old Bill Bratt threw the towel in that he's love to be the owner and big boss up at Vale Park.

Now when the terrible floods hit Pakistan (Mo's birthplace) two years ago, and which the UN rated as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history -with more people affected than the South-East Asian tsunami and the recent earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti combined.

An estimated 610,000 people died, and 13.8 million – have suffered losses requiring long or short-term help.
In the aftermath of the disaster, which left the Pakistani Government unable to cope on their own, a huge plea went out to the world from the Pakistan Government for help. Mo Chaudry, gallant and charitable man that he is, answered that call.
With a very strong sense of his roots, he gathered together a team of fellow British Pakistani businessmen -kinsfolk, and travelled to Pakistan to dispense directly to some of the the stricken villages, large amounts of money -bypassing the corrupt and cynical Pakistani Government in the process. A highly commendable humanitarian act kindness and concern by anyone's standards.

http://tinyurl.com/2btg4n5

However, given that the 'aftermath' of that disaster, -Billions of pounds will be needed to rebuild affected areas but western nations have pledged only tens of millions in aid. Radical Islamic groups are jockeying to fill the vacuum left by government incompetence and relative international indifference.... to say nothing of the endemic poverty of that country.

Can it not be argued therefore, that Mo Chuadry's interest in the Vale, is somewhat misplaced? Given that no English Football clubs make any money for their owners -but are solely seen as being an 'image-maker' -enhancing their reputation in the wider business and social communities.
But in this respect, at the humanitarian cost to his fellow Pakistani brothers back home. The more he 'plays' with football, the less his countrymen and women will benefit from his admirable business success in his families' adopted country.

I believe his priorities have become compromised as he attempts to become a stakeholder in the soul of the potteries people. Suffer the little children.”

“Focus386 ? Not all stoke supporters want to see the Vale go to the wall! Why don't you focus on supporting your club and making sure it survives ? There are always going to be wind up merchants !!”

“SImples the brit was a cut price stadia that stoke council sold to SCFC.
It been investigated and proved nothing ileagal had been done dispite a£5,000,000 gift to stoke city, all given by that corrupt one eyed stoke fan ted smith
It a moral mess it looks like stoke council favour SCFC which on face of it they do, however they given vale a bit of cash .
IN a nut shell we should ask for our 1.2 million b ack and our 5 million back and put that cash to better use”

“BigMS,

Still not to blame for anything then?

No matter how much you have got it wrong and how much harm you can now end up doing to the club?

You lot are like someone who doesnt like his wallpaper and carpets so he sets fire to his own house.

I had been in favour of a change of ownership for vale for a long time and I still am.

That doesnt mean that any change to anything else at all is OK.

And specially it doesnt mean that a change to nothing at all and no more Port Vale is OK.

The vote at the EGM showed that it was possible to change the ownership of Vale but do it in a sensible way.

What it needed was the same again but with a much better new owner to unite the fans, instead of someone who's "activities" in the Stoke area have been well known since the 1980s and who was just interested now in making money and promoting himself.

Instead you lot just pushed the club over the edge while you had no money and no plan to pick it up again.

You just thought it was all magic and a grown up would come along and fix it for you.

Go and have another read of what Mr Pervez is saying.

Thats the state you have put our club in now.

And I havent got a clue how the supporters can dig it out this time round.”

“VFR - "I wonder if all of the people who deliberatly drove Vale into admin have finally woken up to the fire they have been playing with?"

I wonder if all the people who thought there was nothing wrong at the Vale and we could just plod along as we were have finally pulled their heads out of the sand and actually understand the mess that Vale were in - irrespective of the SEO campaign???”

“It's travesty that the city could lose a crucial piece of its history: it's up to Vale "fans" to stop moaning about Stoke and the Brit and start concentrating about how they're going to save their club”

“Mr Pervez said
"... there is a limit to what taxpayers can be expected to fund. If no viable bidder comes forward then I'm afraid the only option I can see is liquidation.

"It would mean Port Vale is not a sustainable entity going forward.""

I wonder if all of the people who deliberatly drove Vale into admin have finally woken up to the fire they have been playing with?

Now that all the supposed investors they were certain were not being allowed to take over the club have turned out to be hollow men or not exist at all.

Or is it all still never there fault no matter what happens to the Vale?

I'm very very worried about the future of our club.”

“Why are people keep on about the Brit . Its the Vale thats being discussed . Might as well use Old Trafford or Villa Park . The Brit is nothing to do with The Vile ..”