ken bates programme notes leeds united vs barnsley 26.11.11 p2
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8/3/2019 Ken Bates Programme Notes Leeds United vs Barnsley 26.11.11 P2
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their means. Sugar Daddies who use football clubs
as rich man's toys will no longer be welcome. The
proposal is to achieve that by limiting the amount
of new funds which can be introduced in anyone
year. However, I think that the Football League
should differentiate between long-term capital and
opportunistic shor t-term loans made in the hope of
gett ing their hands on Premier League TV rights.
All this simply emphasises what I have been
preaching for some time. As a club, Leeds United
must work harder to maximise the use of our assets
and great ly increase both our matchday income and
non-matchday income on the 340 days a year when
we don't play soccer at Eiland Road.
Further congratulat ions are
in order for the staff of our
award-winning Howard's
restaurant. They have just
been placed 13th out of a total
of over 300 restaurants in the
Greater Leeds area, if you
haven't tried it yet, you don't
know what you are missing.
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If we are to join the ranks of the current big
boys, leeds must continue to widen its horizons
beyond the city and, indeed, the United Kingdom.
Some five years ago Iwas part of the city of
Leeds' of ficial delegation to our twinned city of
Hangzhou in the province of Zhejiang some 120
miles south-east of Shanghai. It was very successful
and built on the club tour some years earlier. With
this in mind, some two weeks ago, Shaun Harvey
was one of a two-man delegation to establish
more formal links with the fastest growing hi- tech
province in the biggest country in the world. Dur ing
this very successful trip we signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with the most important state
institut ion in the province. We have agreed ways to
work together on exchange of coaching skills and
facili ties and cooperation on commercial mattersof mutual interest over a wide area.
This is a long-term project which has great
potential. Food for thought : there are more Chinese
students at Leeds University than Oxford and
Cambridge combined. Don't hold your breath but
this could be the start of something big.
Meanwhile, back. at the ranch we made another
signif icant step forward with our fan relationship.
Yesterday we h~ld the inaugural Conference for
the Officers of our Regional Members Clubs.
This was held to formalise the lines of
communication with them, agree standard
procedures and discuss matters of common
interests. Having regard to the quantity of ourMembership, I am sure that the standard of
discussion will be on a higher plane than t icket
prices and the quality of tea.