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What Ken Said – 01.01.12 – Simon Sacked

By Fax Man On February 1, 2012 · 36 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry  about the reasons for sacking Simon Grayson and season ticket numbers.

Ken Bates: Hi Ben, sorry I couldn’t speak to you earlier but I was travelling, as you know.

Ben Fry: Chairman, we’ll start with the statement [...]

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What Ken Said – 25.01.12 – For Sale

By Fax Man On January 25, 2012 · 34 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry about Ipswich, the table, Jonny Howson, contracts, Simon’s Pot, Fabian Delph and Charlie Sale of the Daily Mail.

Ben Fry: Chairman, a win against Ipswich on Saturday. Not necessarily the best performance but at this stage three points [...]

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What Ken Said – 18.01.12 – Go Jonny Go

By Fax Man On January 18, 2012 · 40 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry about everything other than the £2million bid accepted by Leeds United for captain Jonny Howson. Palace, Snoddy, trialists, Robbie Rogers, Fabian Delph, transfers, his seven-year anniversary at the club, Ipswich and season ticket renewal forms…

Ben Fry: Chairman, [...]

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What Ken Said – 11.01.12 – Travels & Travails

By Fax Man On January 11, 2012 · 13 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry from somewhere in Southern Africa where he watched the Arsenal match on Monday (I assume he got lost on the way to the Emirates). He tells Ben his thoughts on the team’s performance and ESPN’s performance. There’s [...]

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What Ken Said – 04.01.12 – Food For Thought

By Fax Man On January 4, 2012 · 27 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today (although his comments on the Burnley match suggests it was recorded yesterday)…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry about the Burnley match and the recent run of three defeats in a row. He talks about the Arsenal match, the injuries to Robert Snodgrass [...]

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What Ken Said – 28.12.11 – Ram Raided

By Fax Man On December 28, 2011 · 15 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ speaks to Ben Fry about the Derby match, our current dip in form and upcoming matches against Barnsley and Burnley. He then speaks for five minutes and 13 seconds (1,090 words) about the January transfer window, our (lack-of) finances and the [...]

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What Ken Said – 14.12.11 – Months Not Weeks

By Fax Man On December 14, 2011 · 7 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

‘Mr Chairman’ tells Ben Fry that Jonny Howson will be out for “two to three months” with his knee injury. He also speaks about possible outgoings in the January transfer window and the need to reduce the size of the squad and lower [...]

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What Ken Said – 07.12.11- Xmas Cheers

By Fax Man On December 8, 2011 · 5 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates yesterday…

Ben Fry: We’ll start with Saturday’s game, very emotional for everybody but in the end a very fitting tribute to Gary Speed.

Ken Bates: Yes, I thought it was very emotional but very dignified and of course the tributes around the Billy Bremner [...]

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What Ken Said – 30.11.11 – The Gary Speed Suite

By Fax Man On November 30, 2011 · 3 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

Ben Fry: Chairman, we’ll come onto the Forest game shortly but let’s start with the tragic news with Gary Speed’s death at the weekend. It seemed to shock not just Leeds United fans but the footballing world on Sunday. What was your reaction [...]

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What Ken Said – 23.11.11 – Andy Capped

By Fax Man On November 23, 2011 · 7 Comments

Taken from Yorkshire Radio’s interview with Leeds United owner Ken Bates today…

Thom Kirwin takes to the hot seat for this week’s probing of ‘Mr Chairman’. He updates us on what’s going on with Leeds United Dissident of the Year Andy O’Brien although he keeps a lid on what his future holds. He looks back [...]

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