Simon Sadler (b. As we approach the start of my fourth season as owner, my ongoing aim remains to grow the playing budget year-on-year, as has happened every season since I bought the club. Simon Peter Sadler Free Company Director Check When we knew we were there and that we would face Oxford, I tried not to think too far ahead. When I bought the club I said that I hoped that wed get promoted within three years and we did it in two. In June 2019, Simon Sadler, a 49-year-old Blackpool-born businessman, bought a 96.2% share in the club, [5] completely removing the Oyston family from any involvement. HWM[7_c{,%^"A(|XHsl"$Q_. The relationship between the support base and the former owners was nonexistent with the club falling from the Premier League to League Two in just five years. Despite the unexpected nature of the change in the dugout, the Seasiders hierarchy worked efficiently to work through a shortlist of names before whittling down candidates for successive interviews and settling on Appleton taking charge of the club for the second time. In February 2017 Belokon lost a hearing at the Paris court of appeal, which found that he had taken over the Manas bank in Kyrgyzstan in order to develop money-laundering practices. I had drunk quite a bit and rang my dad, who lives in the Lake District, and asked him to go to London and buy it. Simon Sadler announced as new owner of Blackpool Football Club By breakfast the next morning, though, we were already planning for the season ahead squad, season tickets, sponsorship etc, etc One of the peculiarities of this past season has been that whilst fans have not been allowed into Bloomfield Road, a lot of them tell me that they feel a connection to the team and the Club that they have not felt for many a year. There were stumbles along the way as we showed that we could beat the better teams but often struggled against some of our more dogged opponents. If the right business can be done and the right players can be sourced and secured, then more money is available and will be used. Whilst timely investment in players early in the summer 2020 transfer window helped Critch put his squad together, much investment is still needed. Simon Sadler: Blackpool's block trade king Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. CrowdScience sets off on a space odyssey to find out Black Ops: A high-stakes yet hilarious covert operation that will infiltrate your screen soon, Money Box meets some remarkable 'kidpreneurs' who run their own enterprise, Sink into your pillow with the Shipping Forecast set to dreamy music. The deal, in which Sadler is acting in an individual and personal capacity and not through a third-party company, also includes the club's training ground. Sadler does not view being based in Hong Kong as a drawback because "in a strange way, the time zone can work for me a little bit because I can concentrate on my day job and in the evenings devote some time to Blackpool FC". #UTMP #Blackpool #BlackpoolFC. I was sitting in Hong Kong thinking the club he won the medal for was in danger of going out of existence. "We have to think long term. I was sitting in Hong Kong thinking the club he won the medal for was in danger of going out of existence. Blackpool is not a wealthy town. This philosophy needs to be imbued throughout the Club and to do that we clearly need new, integrated training facilities. organisation 1968, UK) is a professor in the Department of Design and in the Art History Program at the University of California, Davis. How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK. Ive said before that I feel that our natural place in the football pecking order is as a mid-table Championship side but with the right wind behind us we can make it back to The Premier League. But the Seasiders will be beside some of the best teams in the second tier, standing toe to toe thanks to having one of the greatest and brightest managers in the entirety of the EFL.