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Peter Ridsdale

Peter Ridsdale

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jgriff2296

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I think I am correct in saying that PR has now been associated with our club for longer than any other club. Far from ruining us we have thrived (at least since he sacked Graham Westley)

I am from Leeds and supported them from being a boy. I've lived over here since 1983 and I've had a season ticket at PNE for 20 years now. I believe in supporting my local team but still also consider myself a Leeds fan.
When PR was appointed my heart sank and I thought " not again!". Happily my fears have not come to pass.
A lot of credit to TH. PR is very knowledgeable about football and has undoubted qualities, TH has harnessed these qualities without giving PR enough free reign to cause a lot of damage. Long may it continue.
 
I'm also a fellow North Ender in living Leeds. All I can say this club is in the right hands and it's a matter of time not if Peter Ridsdale has guided this club brilliantly since he came in.
 
I was a little wrried when he was first appointed due to his track record, but i agree with the previous comments that hes been a great signing for the club and seems to have learnt from past mistakes
 
Just comes across as a nice guy who wants, and believes he can, get the club to the highest level.

Allowing the Westley debacle to go on too long aside, he's been excellent for PNE.

He and Neil seems to have a good working partnership.
 
northender2 said:
I was a little wrried when he was first appointed due to his track record, but i agree with the previous comments that hes been a great signing for the club and seems to have learnt from past mistakes
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I'll admit, I was livid when he joined the club but then given his past and where we were at the time, in League One and struggling under Phil Brown, then that's understandable.

His past means that we can't call him what he essentially is "Chairman" but he seems to have learnt from past mistakes and does seem to know how to play the middle man between manager and owner.

Sadly though, when we do make the "promised land" too many in the media will be keen to drag up his days at Leeds, rather than actually bother to learn what he's done for Preston NE.
 
jgriff2296 said:
I think I am correct in saying that PR has now been associated with our club for longer than any other club. Far from ruining us we have thrived (at least since he sacked Graham Westley)

I am from Leeds and supported them from being a boy. I've lived over here since 1983 and I've had a season ticket at PNE for 20 years now. I believe in supporting my local team but still also consider myself a Leeds fan.
When PR was appointed my heart sank and I thought " not again!". Happily my fears have not come to pass.
A lot of credit to TH. PR is very knowledgeable about football and has undoubted qualities, TH has harnessed these qualities without giving PR enough free reign to cause a lot of damage. Long may it continue.
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Personally I don't understand why the Leeds fans blame PR for what happened to them. He was their Chief Exec; as such his role was to run the club within the constraints (budgets etc.) set by the board. Therefore you can't blame him if the club nearly goes bust, as it was the board who set the budget and they should carry the can if the club couldn't afford the budget they allocated, or they were reliant on unrealistic expectations such a having to win the Champions League to balance the books. Which is why there's been such a big difference at PNE, we have a great owner and a fantastic chief exec who know how a business should be run, PR is working with them as part of the management team and is doing a great job.
 
Everyone go back and look at the threads when he first joined. We all thought the world was going to end because of him.

However many years on and look at him now! Best thing to happen to this club in decades in my opinion. Absolutely turned it around. Him and John Kay deserve all the praise in the world from us. If we go up, I imagine the only thing that could truly show the size of his impact would be carving PR, JK, TH and Neil into the side of a mountain somewhere, á la mt Rushmore 😉
 
sedgwick__7 said:
Just comes across as a nice guy who wants, and believes he can, get the club to the highest level.

Allowing the Westley debacle to go on too long aside, he's been excellent for PNE.

He and Neil seems to have a good working partnership.[/QUOTE

Saw him in Curry’s the other week, t’other half asked him if he was spending the 10 million, he out laughed and said he wished it was his. Seemed a decent guy
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I'm given to understand PR is an employee of TH, correct me if I'm wrong. Also the directorship ban on PR was only for a certain number of years, can someone tell me if that is the case and if so how long has he got left on his ban?

I would like to see (assuming the ban is in place) that even when that ban ends PR stays as an employee of TH. So continuing the good work without making any unnecessary change to PR's status. If it ain't broken then don't mend it!
 
When I read his autobiography, I realised that Leeds United went pear shaped because Peter Risdale was a fan, a football daft fan who was living the dream and sanctioning all manner of wasteful transfer deals in the hope of Leeds United ruling the footballing world. There's a fair chance that given apparently unlimited funds, most of us would adapt a similar plan for North End!
His relationship with Mr Hemmings has generated financial common sense and clearly his footballing sense and contacts are serving us magnificently and I, for one, am immensely grateful!
 
Mancunian White said:
Everyone go back and look at the threads when he first joined. We all thought the world was going to end because of him.

However many years on and look at him now! Best thing to happen to this club in decades in my opinion. Absolutely turned it around. Him and John Kay deserve all the praise in the world from us. If we go up, I imagine the only thing that could truly show the size of his impact would be carving PR, JK, TH and Neil into the side of a mountain somewhere, á la mt Rushmore 😉
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Great idea. We could carve their images into the side of Parlick Pike. It would make a change from the usual pre-historic white horse (although Trevor might prefer that) and would be entirely consistent with the Deepdale brand of using the facial images of our famous, former players in the seating of each stand.

I’ll recce the site when I’m up there next.
 
There was a Panorama programme recently which highlighted the farce about directorship bans.

While they dish out bans they do not police what people are doing, so they become shadow directors as Ridsdale has done. It appears to be quite accepted that this goes on so the banning of directors is just another farce.

Ridsdale AND Kay appear to be doing a good job at PNE.

I’ve no doubt as soon as the ban is up he may become chairman ( we haven’t had one since magic Maurice ), but we’ve done ok without, not sure who attends the chairman’s meetings for us, probably Ben.
 
I don't think many other clubs would have him with the ban as is, so I think it's been a relationship good for both of us.
 
The Riddler seems a top bloke to me. To have got where he has in business, he must have a heck of a ruthless and mean streak yet he always has time to smile and say hello if ever I pass him near the ground, he's not one of those types to just walk straight into the ground from his car.
 
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