Peter Ridsdale (banned as a company director)

hairy j · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:21 am

Back on track. Mr Ridsdale was driving around in a brand new BMW X5 when staff weren't being paid. On the road cash price - £45k and that's for a rubbish bottom of the range one - I heard from a decent source he'd got his hands on the wheel of this luxury motor via the club he stumbled upon on his walking holiday* :shh:

*I'm not sure a BMW X5 is essential if you're on a walking holiday

X Isle · **Joined:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:17 am

.......and yet he still didn't even bring the champagne to the vigil ;-)

(still ranks up there as THE most cringeworthy green army moment in living history - evidence enough of how blindly sycophantic and gullible some were.....and still are :doh:

).

Cornish Chris · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:51 pm

Gareth Nicholson wrote:

PL2 3DQ wrote:

I saw at close quarters how much hard work Ridsdale put in to save Argyle, whatever his motives we should be thankful for what he achieved.

It's a pity he didn't stay because the club is in desperate need of a football man to be the Chief Executive, with James watching over him Ridsdale would have been perfect for that role and I'm sure a lot of teething problems we have seen over the last few months would not have happened if Ridsdale was the Chief Exec.

Unbelievable. So despite the fact that today's announcement reveals what most of us have known for some time - that the man isn't fit and proper to run a bath, let alone a football club - you're still bemoaning his absence from Home Park? If he was here today, we'd currently be hiding in shame because the man who would be running the day to day business would have just been flat out called for 'unacceptable financial practice'. At the risk of a couple of balls-ups over shirts, I for one am mighty glad we're not in that debate today.

Let the scales from your eyes because Ridsdale is about as much a 'football man' as Stan Flashman was: a snake-oil merchant who was in it for himself without recourse to fans, the sanctity of the club, or even the law. Good riddance and I hope the Football League seek his immediate banishment from any football-related role.

tigertony · **Joined:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:53 pm

[quote="GregCampbellFanClub"]the people who saved the club were :

the staff who went months without pay
the firms who lost 99% of what they were owed.
the fans who put there money in so staff who werent paid at least had 'something' to spend.

players were sold for a fraction of their value. we were fleeced BIG time.

BWP worth 300k at least (20 goal plus strikers in 3rd tier ususally fetch twice that!!)
Mason worth more than 300k
R Johnson 400k
Bolalsie 150k
and just HOW did we run up a £17m debt!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
If only we could see the full details ???

jerryatricjanner · **Joined:** Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:07 am

Stephen,s Dad wrote:

PL2 3DQ wrote:

I saw at close quarters how much hard work Ridsdale put in to save Argyle, whatever his motives we should be thankful for what he achieved.

It's a pity he didn't stay because the club is in desperate need of a football man to be the Chief Executive, with James watching over him Ridsdale would have been perfect for that role and I'm sure a lot of teething problems we have seen over the last few months would not have happened if Ridsdale was the Chief Exec.

Oh dear.

Oh dear oh dear.

MarkinMelbourne · **Joined:** Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:52 am **Location:** Coburg

Still very thankful his Club for a quid scheme didn't come to fruition....

Stephen,s Dad · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:55 pm

PL2 3DQ wrote:

I saw at close quarters how much hard work Ridsdale put in to save Argyle, whatever his motives we should be thankful for what he achieved.

It's a pity he didn't stay because the club is in desperate need of a football man to be the Chief Executive, with James watching over him Ridsdale would have been perfect for that role and I'm sure a lot of teething problems we have seen over the last few months would not have happened if Ridsdale was the Chief Exec.

Totally brainwashed. Please get away from close quarters.

Graham Clark · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:44 am

Peter Ridsdale is ever the opportunist and was only ever really interested in one thing - himself and his own self promotion. He used Argyle as an opportunity to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation in football. To degree, in as much as the club survived, the wider public view may be that he left the club with his reputation intact as he gratefully accepted another opportunity at Preston North End.

The facts do not bear this out as his duplicitous behaviour and conduct would catch up with him and become exposed as has been proven by being banned as a Director. He had a remarkable energy for hard work and at times,whilst at the club, his knowledge and ability enabled the continued survival of the club. However, for me his true colours were truly exposed when he made his dash to Monaco to seduce Kassam when the day before he had expressed his public support for James Brent's rescue of the club. Perhaps duplicitous is not adequate in describing his conduct.

My abiding memory of him is sitting next to him when he had his two Blackberry's on the go and when he was using one he made sure that the other one displayed his contact list that rested on Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to impress. I left that meeting why on earth any person needed two Blackberrys to operate. It could only be a duplicitous one.

bandwagon · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:34 am

Graham Clark wrote:

Peter Ridsdale is ever the opportunist and was only ever really interested in one thing - himself and his own self promotion. He used Argyle as an opportunity to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation in football. To degree, in as much as the club survived, the wider public view may be that he left the club with his reputation intact as he gratefully accepted another opportunity at Preston North End.

The facts do not bear this out as his duplicitous behaviour and conduct would catch up with him and become exposed as has been proven by being banned as a Director. He had a remarkable energy for hard work and at times,whilst at the club, his knowledge and ability enabled the continued survival of the club. However, for me his true colours were truly exposed when he made his dash to Monaco to seduce Kassam when the day before he had expressed his public support for James Brent's rescue of the club. Perhaps duplicitous is not adequate in describing his conduct.

My abiding memory of him is sitting next to him when he had his two Blackberry's on the go and when he was using one he made sure that the other one displayed his contact list that rested on Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to impress. I left that meeting why on earth any person needed two Blackberrys to operate. It could only be a duplicitous one.

Bet you any money, He wasn't on Fergy's speedial!! Your close enounters in the dark months are ones that would listen twice to - luckily we are out of that episode now and rid of him, good luck Preston!!

hairy j · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:21 am

I said I'd apologise to PL2 if he pointed me in the right direction. I have reported the offending post on ATD - it came from an Exeter City poster called Red Star. I apologise to PL2 as what he said was true and he didn't lie.

He's still wrong about Ridsdale though.

monkeywrench · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:38 pm **Location:** Cornwall

Crying shame that the integrity of respected posters on here should be called into question. You should think before you post Mr J.

Womble · **Joined:** Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:21 pm **Location:** Plymouth

Cornish Chris wrote:

Gareth Nicholson wrote:

PL2 3DQ wrote:

I saw at close quarters how much hard work Ridsdale put in to save Argyle, whatever his motives we should be thankful for what he achieved.

It's a pity he didn't stay because the club is in desperate need of a football man to be the Chief Executive, with James watching over him Ridsdale would have been perfect for that role and I'm sure a lot of teething problems we have seen over the last few months would not have happened if Ridsdale was the Chief Exec.

Unbelievable. So despite the fact that today's announcement reveals what most of us have known for some time - that the man isn't fit and proper to run a bath, let alone a football club - you're still bemoaning his absence from Home Park? If he was here today, we'd currently be hiding in shame because the man who would be running the day to day business would have just been flat out called for 'unacceptable financial practice'. At the risk of a couple of balls-ups over shirts, I for one am mighty glad we're not in that debate today.

Let the scales from your eyes because Ridsdale is about as much a 'football man' as Stan Flashman was: a snake-oil merchant who was in it for himself without recourse to fans, the sanctity of the club, or even the law. Good riddance and I hope the Football League seek his immediate banishment from any football-related role.

esmer · **Joined:** Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:21 am

Graham Clark wrote:

Peter Ridsdale is ever the opportunist and was only ever really interested in one thing - himself and his own self promotion. He used Argyle as an opportunity to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation in football. To degree, in as much as the club survived, the wider public view may be that he left the club with his reputation intact as he gratefully accepted another opportunity at Preston North End.

The facts do not bear this out as his duplicitous behaviour and conduct would catch up with him and become exposed as has been proven by being banned as a Director. He had a remarkable energy for hard work and at times,whilst at the club, his knowledge and ability enabled the continued survival of the club. However, for me his true colours were truly exposed when he made his dash to Monaco to seduce Kassam when the day before he had expressed his public support for James Brent's rescue of the club. Perhaps duplicitous is not adequate in describing his conduct.

My abiding memory of him is sitting next to him when he had his two Blackberry's on the go and when he was using one he made sure that the other one displayed his contact list that rested on Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to impress. I left that meeting why on earth any person needed two Blackberrys to operate. It could only be a duplicitous one.

To be fair Graham at the time he approached Kassam James Brent's chances of concluding a successful deal were around 10% (Brent's own assessment). I can't see there was anything wrong with exploring alternatives which would only have delayed the launch of James Brent's bid to save the club by a couple of days, although it was no doubt for the best nothing came of it. Apart from that you seem to support the view of James Brent and many fans that Ridsdale was instrumental in saving the club, why there are so many fans who are unable to give him credit for that but, instead, engage in a nasty display of vitriolic hatred based on what he did, or didn't do elsewhere is beyond me.

mercedes · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:41 am

I met the Riddler a number of times whilst he was here. My opinion at the time, which is unchanged, is that he is a sh*t, a compulsive teller of untruths - it just comes naturally to him. In my business life I have met and dealt with many sh*ts, but occasionally they have proved themselves very useful. Sometimes you need a complete sh*t on your side, and this was one of those times! I personally am pleased that he came here - we needed a level head to take control or we would have gone bust. Thank you Peter! I am also very glad that he has gone....................

memory man · **Joined:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:09 pm

After seeing the way HRMC have (quite rightly) taken to pressing football clubs for their outstanding taxes, one would hope that they will now take action to recover the amounts (of their money) that Peter Ridsdale appears to have trousered for his own gain. Unless I completely understand the meaning of fraud, with the facts reported from this Insolvency case, there is a clear case for HMRC to seek to recover what was rightfully their's (and, for that matter, our's as taxpayers). I also think that the fact he is to continue as Chairman at PNE indicates he is without shame.

Peter Ridsdale (banned as a company director)

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