Just seen this on the BBC site apologies if posted elsewhere
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33239549
This one quote by Hearn did rather stand out!
"West Ham, with the Olympic Stadium, in my view will become one of the major clubs in Europe within four or five years."
Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
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Re: Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
and goes to show what a complete and utter twat he is
Re: Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
WEll we are already about number 20 in terms of revenues and the Stadium will bring us up to about number 12, so technically he is correct.
Re: Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
To be honest, as a taxpayer I can understand why people would want to see aspects of the deal, taking the West Ham specs off.
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Re: Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
See the one of the labour shadows is backing him up and asking why it cost more than the City of Manchester stadium - maybe he should ask his colleague Tessa Jowell who was so adamant that there would be no football the design did not allow it.
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Re: Olympic Stadium: Barry Hearn wants West Ham deal made public
Agreed. I would have thought Labour would have been the last party to want an inquiry into this whole sorry affair.3times wrote:See the one of the labour shadows is backing him up and asking why it cost more than the City of Manchester stadium - maybe he should ask his colleague Tessa Jowell who was so adamant that there would be no football the design did not allow it.