Message
to Petty - 06/01/02
Swansea Jack
Our club was in a dire financial situation before
you came here and it seems to all Swans fans that
what you've done is unreal - to try to make money
from something that is in desperate need of
financial help, is the lowest of the low.
I ask that you give the club to the Trust and at
least leave with a small amount of pride, if you
decide to make things messy and get revenge by
putting the club into liquidation because of the
Mel Nurse court case then any damage you do WILL
also cause damage to yourself (business
reputation etc).
You say that you are a West Ham fan, well how
would you have reacted if someone did this to
your club back in the days when you were going
regular? The same way I would imagine.
The fans have retaliated (which you should have
expected) and we have done everything possible to
get rid of Lewis & you.
It is not the Mel consortium who started any of
this, you have given people no choice so have no
grounds to feel bitter towards anyone AT ALL.
Give the club to those who care about it and you
can forget about us and gain some credibility, in
years to come we might look back and say that
Petty actually saved our club and brought the
fans together.
Don't go for the bitter revenge route because
revenge will only breed revenge and you WILL
NEVER be able to forget about us.
Do the best thing possible, hand the club to the
Trust as a gesture so they can get Swansea people
who are real Jacks and who care about it to run
SCFC (non profitably).
The new people would invest money into the club
and are not out to make anything for themselves.
The last Trust statement said it better than me:-
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We openly offer the Supporters Trust as a vehicle
for such a transfer, with the confidence that the
future of Swansea City Football Club will be
secured.
We urge the owner to consider this option, either
on the basis of a ‘ gift ‘ to the
supporters or sale at “ nominal value only
“ (given the original purchase cost) to the
Trust.
The Trust, its members and all other supporters
of Swansea City F C have the club’s survival
and its place in the future of this city, at
heart. The opportunity now exists for the owner
to place the club in the hands of those that care
and with the knowledge that he will have played a
part in that future.
This action could go some way to improving the
unfavorable impression made so far and would
guarantee that he will have made a significant
contribution to history by ensuring that the club
becomes one of the few in the Football League to
be returned to the fans and the local community.
When the dust settles, he may be remembered more
for his final generous gesture, rather than his
earlier unpopular actions. We earnestly hope that
he grasps this opportunity.
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