Dindeleux Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Following the news today that Hearts new stand is delayed because they forgot to order seats what are the worst boardroom/off-field blunders made by your club? Kilmarnock had an issue where we got caught fudging the half time draw (although I can't find any reference to this on the internet I'm 99.9% sure this happened). Please try not to include "making Gary Locke manager" as an example, thinking about this more from a club admin side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Making John Hughes manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 The Ultimate boardroom blunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Parading Mike Grella in front of the media as a new loan signing when he'd already played for two clubs that season on loan and therefore couldn't sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 This pair of clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Signing Michael Tidser on a grand a week from Rotherham, in League 1, only to discover he couldn't be registered to play for any more clubs that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: This pair of clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 John Boyle's early tenure as Motherwell chairman/owner. Reckless spending on uninterested wasters like Spencer and Goram, making his pal Pat Nevin player/chief executive and trying to make Bruce Springsteen's 'My Hometown' our new anthem by playing it before every match at Fir Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'm starting to warm to you MJC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifespud Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 John Boyle's early tenure as Motherwell chairman/owner. Reckless spending on uninterested wasters like Spencer and Goram, making his pal Pat Nevin player/chief executive and trying to make Bruce Springsteen's 'My Hometown' our new anthem by playing it before every match at Fir Park. That's fucking crazy. Who'd want to admit/sing that Motherwell was their home town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifespud Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 This pair of clowns. I liked fatty more than I liked the granny robber. It was probs him that forgot to order the chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Demolishing the south terracing at Firhill before planning permission had been granted for a new stand and office space. It was the largest remaining terrace in Scottish football and we now have a 3 sided eyesore of a ground as a result. Cheers lads! Giving Gerry Collins the job in 2003 and Brown McMaster admitting that he chose Dick Campbell as our manager in 2005 after coming across him in a Scottish football magazine. We really were a shambles in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Giving the Cooper Stand to Celtic & Rangers fans when they were at Fir Park. A decision hugely unpopular with the support as it uprooted season ticket holders in the family section and made for a very uncomfortable situation outside the ground after those games. Promoting Malpas to succeed Butcher in 2006 because he'd been 'promised' the job and unsurprisingly it was an unmitigated disaster. Re-hiring McGhee as manager in 2015 despite him treating the club with contempt in his previous spell when he basically made it crystal clear that he thought he was above the job and the club. Another decision which was hugely unpopular with many of the support and he did nothing during his second stint to win any of his doubters over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 24 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: This pair of clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.j Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Alan Dick ordering 5000 Jester strips. Our worst strip of all time.Brown McMaster destroying the City End.Real Scottish FootballReplacing the dive bomber badge with a pair of hairy bawz.Employing various members of staff who turned out to be dipping their hands in the til at every turn. Illedgidly.Rescinding the person who ran our fan website's press pass for post match interviewsOne board member once threatened to sue a member of staff who raised a grievance against him. Illedgidly. Tom Hughes giving critiques of forum users in his programme notes. Slating some... whilst praising others, who coincidentally were club volunteers.Running up debts into the millions. Selling half the stadium to yourselves at a cut price deal, to pay off some of those debts you ran up.Giving yourself shares in the club after Save the Jags to look after the future of the club... but once you've stepped down keeping those shares in the family, instead of giving them to the fans trust or back to the club.Eddie Prentice paying himself 10k a year to look after the club's own fundraising activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Still can't stand the faux-intellectual wee c**t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.j Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 It's a fuckin miracle we are still here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srw Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 31 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: This pair of clowns. Who is the fat one? As a Dee, we have so many to pick from. Id say the Khizanishvili contract was a major balls up, but both admins obviously lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Alan Dick ordering 5000 Jester strips. Our worst strip of all time.Brown McMaster destroying the City End.Real Scottish FootballReplacing the dive bomber badge with a pair of hairy bawz.Employing various members of staff who turned out to be dipping their hands in the til at every turn. Illedgidly.Rescinding the person who ran our fan website's press pass for post match interviewsOne board member once threatened to sue a member of staff who raised a grievance against him. Illedgidly. Tom Hughes giving critiques of forum users in his programme notes. Slating some... whilst praising others, who coincidentally were club volunteers.Running up debts into the millions. Selling half the stadium to yourselves at a cut price deal, to pay off some of those debts you ran up.Giving yourself shares in the club after Save the Jags to look after the future of the club... but once you've stepped down keeping those shares in the family, instead of giving them to the fans trust or back to the club.Eddie Prentice paying himself 10k a year to look after the club's own fundraising activities. "Illedgidly" [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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