The Knighton Vision

Under 10 feet of water - twice

Instead we've got the East stand..

I was gutted the butterfly house didn’t come off.

Might of been a great tourist attraction Richard.

CCU wrote: I wonder where we’d be now if it had all happened?

Addicted to bingo and fast food, probably.

Fanciful? a pipe dream?
I think most people knew it was destined to end in tears. Still it was a plan, a vision, a direction of travel however ambitious it seemed.

Mush wrote: Might of been a great tourist attraction Richard.

There is one on the outskirts of Leicester, fantastic and the kids loved it.

Odd at the same time I guess but I would go again

At least it showed ambition and vision two words alien to the three amigos.

Knighton got us the East Stand

Knighton years were a real roller-coaster, however at times he did walk the walk..............

What would you prefer, Knighton or the Trust ?

As you say Silentone, ups and downs during Knightons reign, mainly downs toward the end but he instilled passion for the club amongst the support, I`d have him any day over the Trust who only appear to instil lethargy and inertia.

Maybe Knighton can talk to his extra-terrestrial friends and get them to beam up the 3 amigos and beam down a real billionaire who made his billions in a galaxy far far away

I'd even take the just beam the 3 amigos up

Yorkie Blue wrote: As you say Silentone, ups and downs during Knightons reign, mainly downs toward the end but he instilled passion for the club amongst the support, I`d have him any day over the Trust who only appear to instil lethargy and inertia.

I.m quite surprised hes never resurfaced working as a CEO somewhere for someone else

Right now i.d have Micky Mouse if he brought his wallet with him

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

Yorkie Blue wrote: As you say Silentone, ups and downs during Knightons reign, mainly downs toward the end but he instilled passion for the club amongst the support, I`d have him any day over the Trust who only appear to instil lethargy and inertia.

I.m quite surprised hes never resurfaced working as a CEO somewhere for someone else

Right now i.d have Micky Mouse if he brought his wallet with him

Didn't he help George Reynolds take Darlington to the wall?

You do realise that there is an alternative dimension on an alternative time line in which that happened; ‘reach for the stars’ by S-club became our club anthem.
I like to think it’s where Fellow traveller and PNE Thor are actually from and where they now reside surrounded by butterflies, in a better place, knighton’s promised land!

Surely Mr Knighton didn’t make up the aliens for a bit of publicity?

Did l read somewhere he had mental issues towards the end and he’d recovered?

whats the point of this thread? is it a case of "this is what could have been had the residents of the area rejected the idea, dont blame the council".

Did anyone blame the council?

another boarder (could have been CCU) stated it was the council responsible for the decision to knock back Knighton, and not local residents that opposed to his plans.

PaddockRanger wrote: another boarder (could have been CCU) stated it was the council responsible for the decision to knock back Knighton, and not local residents that opposed to his plans.

I had it from the horse's mouth that there was never the slightest intention to erect a Butterfly Farm and it was only ever in the planning application cut down on its retailness and it was something that wasn't ever going to upset anybody.

You get the planning for the whole scheme starting all the other aspects but not the farm then you go back to planning saying you need to replace it with something else [ that will make more money ] the chances the council would say its a butterfly farm or you knock the rest down are virtually nil. As I understood it he was actually pretty keen to incorporate an ice rink so i guess thats what would have replaced it.

CCU wrote:

PaddockRanger wrote: another boarder (could have been CCU) stated it was the council responsible for the decision to knock back Knighton, and not local residents that opposed to his plans.

If your going to attribute to me, at least find the relevant Thread...

dont know who it could of been CCU, but take it as a compliment as i was referring to your knowledge on all subjects relating to football

vision would have been a caterpillar farm with the potential of butterflies...

if you all cannot see that you are all living in cocoons!!!

I noticed this reply on the Knighton Twitter feed.

TheCumbrians.net‏ @TheCumbriansNet · 17h17 hours ago

Replying to @RealMKnighton

Here’s an offer Michael. Give us, as a Messageboard representing the fans, an exclusive interview if you do return, and we’ll take you out for dinner. Deal?



I wonder who could have posted this one then out of the four of you

CCU wrote: It was the fifth Mod...

Was that Pete Best ?

PaddockRanger wrote: another boarder (could have been CCU) stated it was the council responsible for the decision to knock back Knighton, and not local residents that opposed to his plans.

Pretty sure Knighton had a meeting with the council’s planning dept at which he was told to come back with some better plans as his current ones were poor. He didn’t return and that was that.

What was it? 20 odd years since we ran out to "Things can only get better".
Was so positive all round the club then, I know it finally went tit* up.
Look at us over the last ten years would you swop?
If only we had some vision instead of looking down all the time.
Maybe he could add something to the current debacle in conjunction with some like minded positive people without being given the keys to the front door.
Really what would we have to lose.
Let's hope he visits sooner rather than later and sees what is really going on.

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Now that really will be worth paying money to attend

Didn’t know your Granda worked in the media.

munchymagic wrote:
Replying to @RealMKnighton

Here’s an offer Michael. Give us, as a Messageboard representing the fans, an exclusive interview if you do return, and we’ll take you out for dinner.

You might live to regret that when the bill arrives, he wasn’t nicknamed FGB for nothing.

This Knighton nostalgia is not for me I’m afraid, seem to be some short or fading memories around.

MAMCARR, the oily and odious David Low, Mark Knighton & Andrea Whittaker, his expressed desire to shut the club down and how close he came had we not be bailed out by John Courtenay. The bad far, far outweighs the good.

Sit down to dinner with Michael? I still wouldn’t trust myself not to chin the fat **** or worse.

heilkmoon wrote:

munchymagic wrote:
Replying to @RealMKnighton

Here’s an offer Michael. Give us, as a Messageboard representing the fans, an exclusive interview if you do return, and we’ll take you out for dinner.

You might live to regret that when the bill arrives, he wasn’t nicknamed FGB for nothing.

This Knighton nostalgia is not for me I’m afraid, seem to be some short or fading memories around.

MAMCARR, the oily and odious David Low, Mark Knighton & Andrea Whittaker, his expressed desire to shut the club down and how close he came had we not be bailed out by John Courtenay. The bad far, far outweighs the good.

Sit down to dinner with Michael? I still wouldn’t trust myself not to chin the fat **** or worse.

Not forgetting 'I'll buy this club out of trouble, (this was September)..................in January'
The bloody waiter that supposedly wanted to buy the club.
The half arsed attempt at a local Sunday newspaper.
Mamcarr and what it stood for (his bloody family!!)
Paying his wife (the club shop manager) and she was never seen in there (allegedly)
Bills coming from an address in London (supposedly consultant fees) the address was owned by a certain Mr Knighton (allegedly).
Mmm all very nostalgic.

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

Yorkie Blue wrote: As you say Silentone, ups and downs during Knightons reign, mainly downs toward the end but he instilled passion for the club amongst the support, I`d have him any day over the Trust who only appear to instil lethargy and inertia.

I.m quite surprised hes never resurfaced working as a CEO somewhere for someone else

Right now i.d have Micky Mouse if he brought his wallet with him

I'm not surprised at all that he hasn't resurfaced as a CEO.

Another divisive figure.What a pity we couldn’t find someone with his undoubted charisma and ability to attract media interest and match it with someone with loads of cash and business skills.Dream team!

Not so sure he was divisive. I think he was simply magnificent at first, especially given the state the club was in when he arrived. Even though you had to be sceptical it was a great ride for a while. But he didn't have the money in the end to get us beyond being a strong 4th division side and eventually even that became too much to sustain. Then he became a right [censored] and beyond parody, though I guess that was down to his nature.

He did revitalise the club though. People moan now, but things were far worse when he took over.

But yes if only the money had been there, we could have done what the likes of Burton have done, and got back to where we used to be.

Comes down to money in the end.

Which is one of the interesting things about this season. Lack of money but can we circumvent those limits?

Well you managed to call him magnificent and a c u next Tuesday in the same para-that’s divisive,

It was a great ride for a bit-going to every away game expecting to win was tremendous.

Then he ran out of money-biggest mistake was letting Mick W leave and he said as much

Took everyone for a ride!
The word shyster comes to mind if I ever have the misfortune to think of him.

The club has come full circle and is back to the pre-Knighton days. If it wasn't for the EWM bailouts would we even be still in the FL?

Aye, and we all know the common denominator there Wukkie.

Incorrect.

In 91/92 we finished 91st not 92nd, with Aldershot being expelled from the league Division Four was one club light.

Piglet_Phoenix wrote: Incorrect.

In 91/92 we finished 91st not 92nd, with Aldershot being expelled from the league Division Four was one club light.

Sad to say but you're wrong.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_League

Piglet is correct we finished 92

The League also expanded to 93 clubs for the 1991–92 season and planned to raise the number again to 94 clubs for 1992–93, but after Aldershot and Maidstone United both went out of business within a few months of each other in mid-1992, this plan was abandoned. The issues creating the uncertainty in the game all centred on money

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