He’s gone, gone I say… but not Levy (but another Spurs director).
Even though many quarters have called for Lewis and Levy to go, it isn’t them but Ron Robson. The 58-year-old Scot was appointed as a non-executive director in 2014 but resigned from his position on the board at Spurs last Thursday.
Ron Robson has been a Managing Director in the Tavistock Group, the investment company owned by billionaire Joe Lewis for the past 12 years. For the same period, deputy chairman of Mitchells & Butlers, one of the UK’s largest owners of managed pubs and restaurants. The accountant has held several senior finance roles in both public and private companies with particular experience in the leisure, real estate and logistics sectors.
After seven years at the club, his departure comes in the wake of plenty of media attention on Levy & Lewis thanks to their involvement in the controversial Super League plans. It is understood that Robson is stepping down from the club’s board is not linked to recent humiliations but instead because of the range of other commitments taking up his time.
On top of all that, the Supporters’ Trust has been calling for all the club’s executive board to resign immediately. The Trust, in a statement, said that they want Spurs to “create a new club board that includes independent directors whose sole purpose is to protect and promote the interests of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as a football club, not its shareholders or owners”.
The Trust represents more than 22,000 Tottenham fans, has also stated that they have turned down a request to meet with chairman Daniel Levy and the board and instead wish to meet with the club’s owners.
Levy and co are supposed to be disappointed that invitations to meet with Levy, a part-owner of the club, and the board were rejected.
I am sure more will follow on this (the Trust & the Board).
It is finally here, a new super book about the greats, Glories and all you want to know about the Tottenham great players (we are not worthy!) who have graced White Hart Lane and beyond. Sixty years ago this month, the Greatest Football club in the world won the double with probably the most outstanding team on this planet.
Has your eye’s seen the Glory? If yes (or even no) click HERE and follow the link, then they/ you will, and for those that are longer in the tooth (in other words, old like me)…. be prepared to be dazzled all over again!
All the best, Glenn
My name is Glenn Renshaw.
I am currently a Premium Season Ticket holder (West Stand) in the new stadium. Before that – at White Hart Lane – a season ticket holder in various parts of the ground (mainly in the North stand).
Before becoming a season ticket holder, I stood on the shelf and various other parts of the ground since the 1950s. In 1987 I became one of the first to hold a Spurs Membership card. I was also a life long member of the Spurs supporters club (now defunct).
I go to all home, away and abroad matches.
I was born in 1955, Edgware, London (it was in the late 50s – as a baby – that my dad took me to Spurs to initiate me). I currently live in Berkshire.
I also collect all Spurs books (and have everyone printed), Spurs handbooks (from 1920s onwards, Spurs programmes (since the 40s).
Previously, I wrote for Spurs Fanzines: The Spur, Spur of the Moment, My Eyes have seen the Glory and various other Spurs fanzines’. I also wrote for the SpursWeb app & its website.
I currently write and work for spursnetwork.com and its website. I write its Reviews & Match reports and a lot more.
My other interests are; reading, history, social history, Politics, going to the gym, wine, going out for a meal, music (all sorts), writing, theatre, concerts, holidays, socialising etc.
I have been writing blogs/ articles since 1989
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