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The Press Statement

Good morning. I’m Steve Penny, one of the legal advisers to the Mel Nurse consortium. With me are Mel Nurse, David Morgan, Leigh Dineen and Martin Burgess. I wish to make a statement on behalf of the consortium and then one from Mel. I have some very good news to…
Friday, 25 January 2002, 0:01

Consortium Unveiled

The other members in attendance were North Bank Season Ticket Holder David Morgan, Chairman of the Supporter’s Trust, Leigh Dineen as well as former financial director of Swansea, Martin Burgess. Steve Penny read a statement which confirmed the news that the Mel Nurse consortium had bought the shareholding of Tony…
Friday, 25 January 2002, 0:01

Meet The Consortium

With the consortium now in charge of the football club I thought it may be prudent to share with you my thoughts about the people behind it from my own dealings with them. Some I have known for quite a while but Mel Nurse I only know through what I…
Friday, 25 January 2002, 0:01

Nurse Consortium Are In

This follows weeks of negotiations between Petty and other interested parties and probably some that he made up along the way as well. Mel Nurse initially tried to win the club back from Petty through the courts but the decision favoured the Australian based Cockney and after constant fan pressure…
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 0:01

Consortium Statement

  A Statement on behalf of the Mel Nurse Consortium by Steve Penny of John Collins & Partners Solicitors, Swansea At 10.55 pm Today Thursday 24th January 2002, the majority shareholding in Swansea City Football Club Limited and it’s trading subsidiary Swansea City AFC Limted was acquired from Mr Tony…
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 0:01

Tale Of Two Statements

First off Tony Petty: ” Mel Griffin and his consortium has failed to make any contact since signing the Heads of Agreement for the purchase of Swansea City on Friday evening” Griffin responds to this “Both myself and Jim Moore spoke to Tony Petty last Saturday and I spoke to…
Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 0:01

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