Following the decision to disqualify Leeds United Football Club owner Massimo Cellino on December 1, 2014 and yesterday’s developments concerning former acting chairman Peter Pannu, Blues Trust has written to the Football League highlighting potential breaches in its Rules and Regulations.
On March 3, 2014, Carson Yeung was convicted on six counts of money laundering by a Hong Kong court. As Carson was convicted of a ‘Dishonest Act’, he is automatically subject to a ‘Disqualifying Condition’, prohibiting him from being a ‘Relevant Person’ for example by owning 30% or more or being a Director of a Football Club under Appendix 3 of the Football League Rules and Regulations.
Although Carson resigned from his Directorships of Birmingham International Holdings (BIH) and Birmingham City Football Club (BCFC) in February 2014 prior to his conviction the following month, we believe that there are conceivably valid grounds to suggest that Carson is now acting as a ‘Shadow Director’ as defined under Section 251 of the Companies Act 2006. Thus, this would deem Carson a ‘Relevant Person’, in contravention of Appendix 3.
As the largest shareholder with a shareholding of about 28% in both BIH and BCFC, we also consider Carson to be involved in, or have the power to determine or influence the management or administration of BCFC as outlined under Section 2 of Appendix 3 of the Football League Rules and Regulations. This would also make him a Relevant Person, again in contravention of Appendix 3.
Additionally, we believe yesterday’s developments concerning former acting chairman Peter Pannu and his comments made to Often Partisan website owner Daniel Ivery confirm that Carson is a ‘Relevant Person’ within the Club.
Through his role in the protracted sales negotiations with Jeremy Wray and his consortium as outlined by Peter Pannu himself, we believe that Carson was able to “exercise Control over the affairs of the Club”; a direct breach of Appendix 3 having already been subject to a ‘Disqualifying Condition’.
Having evaluated evidence in accordance with Appendix 3 of Football League Rules and Regulations, we urge the Football League to review the current situation at BCFC, providing both guidance and assurance that Mr. Yeung and/or any other associated party/parties or individuals are not in breach of several areas of their Rules.
We ask that, if in breach of any of the Rules and Regulations of the Football League, individuals are held accountable and that the correct penalties for such breaches are duly enforced.
Finally, we also call upon local MP’s to continue to put pressure on the Football League to take action based on our recent submission.
A copy of the letter sent by Blues Trust to the Football League is obtainable here.
About time these idiots are held accountable for actions that do not warrent professionalism in anyway how they managed to creep through the cracks in the first place is beyond me. And for so called highly rated people in their beloved hk to write so much hate and obscenaties and refer to op as full of hate we have every right to hate we were here many years before these incompetant idiots and will be here many years to come from cradle to the grave DELAY NO MORE
Lets hope they do some thinkabout it and we can have a club back !!!!!!!!!!
Well done!!
thank you for acting and sending aletter to the football league,these people are dreadfull,good on you,thank you.
A copy of the letter should also be sent to Birmingham City Council, as the football club impacts, on quite a number of financial issues within the city and indeed, brings money into the city. All MP,s with constituencies within the city should also receive a copy. Manchester is moving ahead of Birmingham, not least because of having two successful football clubs.
Pithy, well focussed and highly relevant!
Please consider legal action against the Football League if they try to fob the Trust off.
Hopefully this lobbying will have some sway. I would like to see our high profile blues supporters taking a leading role in this eg Trevor Francis, Jasper Carrot et al
. They have the influence and financial clout to get the FL to finally sit up and listen.
It’s about time this was brought into the main stream media. The whole things a farce. Leeds fan
Very good points and very well put. Let’s hope you blokes – and all of us – get some satisfactory answers…
Well done to BCFC from a LUFC fan. About time its not just all us leeds fans moaning how corrupt these FL guys are all they wanna do is ruin the big clubs in the football league just to keep them in there. Who will be next???
Good luck in getting your concerns answered / addressed, the more I hear / see of the FL, the more the organisation appears to be very poorly run, with a very flexible and inconsistent set of rules for who they do or don’t consider to be `Fit & Proper` .. I genuinely feel the people at the FL would not pass and kind of Fit & Ruling themselves in terms of the jobs they are employed to do.
Hello to all brum fans
Just read the post and hadn’t realised the terrible way your great club has been run.
Respect to you guys.
I’m sure you will consolidate and move in once these Pyrrhas are removed from BCFC.
The FL are self serving and really don’t give a damn for us… The supporters…
Harvey wouldn’t pass a fit n proper test. Oysten neither…
Massimo cellino has saved lufc and continues to plough ££££ into our club.
He will resume control in march whatever happens….
These guys owning BCFC are not interested in you as fans nor BCFC itself.
I sincerely hope you get sorted guys….
A Leeds fan.
Respect.
Mark
Although i admire your stand i doubt it will have any effect.As our Leeds friend said the FL don`t really care and BIH simply have no reason to go.They will be with us for some time.
It’s obvious Carson yeung is still pulling all of the strings from his prison cell. He’s still the biggest shareholder and pannu has actually put down in writing that yeung has an input on bcfc matters. Will the FL do anything about it? I won’t hold my breath.
Very well put together. I hope finally that someone will listen. We have been through enough.
Be careful what you wish for! What happens if the Football League agree and do something about it and Carson ignores them because he’s not going to throw away the £82 million he paid Gold and Sullivan? If you read the stuff on Leeds, the only thing they can do is suspend the Blues from the league.