Among Mark’s comments were these:
O “Buying the equipment for the homeless, you can see where it goes. It’s shocking how many homeless people there are in this country now and something needs to be done.”
O “At Christmas we all make merry but there are people that will suffer and have to worry about where the next meal is coming from.
“If a football player can give a donation that serves a charity in the borough that does excellent work in the most vulnerable situations, that seriously is what we’re all here to do, and that’s why Christmas is such an important time.”
So just as Sean wrote earlier I find the timing of the publication of the club’s accounts at such a time just before Christmas more than strange.
The emphasis at the cub for weeks has been on helping the very unfortunate areas of east end society so to be revealing that Karren Brady has earned nearly half a million sovs in a finders fee at this time boggles my mind.
I understand it’s business practice but….!
I understand too that it’s perfectly normal and acceptable for shareholders to earn a dividend and I see nothing wrong with the Davids giving themselves one.
Again it’s business and when you borrow the amounts they have to invest in a manager and squad they need to get something back now and again – no problem.
But at such a time of the year when so many are in such desperate need maybe such details could have waited awhile.
Big own goal here I reckon.