No what happened is their owner is dying so realised he needed to find new owners

and hey presto he foudn fairly stonkingly wealthy new owners pretty quickly.

because thats what happens when you put a club up for sale rather than hinting that someone can invest money in return for a minority stake and zero control.

Posted By: Jim on December 19th 2017 at 14:21:42

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"no buyers out there" - Update (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 13:53:14
- Bloody hell, that sounds like a recipe for complete disaster. (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:11:01
  - Out of interest why does it? Being owned by very wealthy people (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:19:38
    - Because it appears to be a consortium of completely unrelated (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:21:26
      - Doubt it. They will all know each other and to be honest that may well (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:22:41
        
        Ok. Let me know how it goes. I'll most likely have forgotten all about it (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:25:07
        
        Might even be dead by then. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 19, 14:38:17
        
        Indeed (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:39:16
- Nice (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 19, 14:06:11
- that looks like it's end well (NCFC) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:02:51
  - Will be interesting to see where the respective clubs are in 18 months time (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:08:59
    - i cant wait it's going to be very exciting and i'd imagine a little but tense (NCFC) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:16:13
      - No what happened is their owner is dying so realised he needed to find new owners (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:21:42
        
        so they looked at NCFC and decided Barnsley was the better option? (NCFC) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:28:09
        
        So basically, you are hoping that Delia contracts terminal cancer? (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:23:45
        
        Interesting spin on what I said there (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:34:37
        
        But it isn't so there isn't. The "nobody out there" clearly means (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:38:46
        
        I agree thats what they mean but thats not how they present it (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 14:51:34
        
        they want somebody already emotionally invested in the club (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 19, 14:58:35
        
        Up front about it? If by that you mean lied about/spun it for years then came clean in (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 19, 15:01:30
        
        pre-dating the Times interview by 6 months, Chris Lakey disagrees (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 19, 15:20:28
        
        no, that's their other club (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 19, 14:31:02
    - When you say "interesting"..... (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:11:44
- Not sure I'd want Mr "moneyball" running NCFC (n/m) (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary, Dec 19, 13:58:19
  - Better than Mr “no money” Balls (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 19, 14:03:45
    - Good one! I have a lot against Balls, most overated MP every. Thank god he never got the (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary, Dec 19, 14:12:08
      - You do surprise me (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:15:43
    - lolf (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Dec 19, 14:10:32

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