Did it start going wrong back then?

[GRUMPY BLADE]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-sheffield-united-boss-dave-1814597

 

[Jonboy60]

Bit of sour grapes from Bassett me thinks, but green does sound like a right c@nt. Don't think he'll get as far as the car park if he upsets a few 'sweaty socks'.

 

[JohnDenver]

I think that's Bassett telling the truth, even if he is still sour about it. Green is a ruthless untrustworthy self serving thug in a suit.

 

[Ivanhoe]

I spoke to someone a few years ago who had dealings with Green, he told me then that Green would indeed sell his own grandmother if he could get a profit out of it. He said that Green didn't cast a shadow, which made me giggle.

 

[SwissBlade]

I'm reading "Fit and Proper" at the moment and it certainly seems that Green was an interesting character...

And whilst I don't agree with everything Bassett says normally, he's probably spot on when it comes to Green. It sounds like he wasn't well liked by anyone at the club and even McDonald got frustrated with him

 

[LSF]

I had (non business) connections with Charlie Green in the early 1970's. Wrote a piece in Flashing Blade about it. Bit of a lad was Charlie, even way back then.....

 

[Ted Danson]

Id love to see Basset V Green in the car park, would be much better that the dross we've had this season

 

[Sothall_Blade]

<< “Where Charlie’s involved, there’s always turbulence. My successor at United, Howard Kendall, was backed with cash because they had to improve the company due to the launch of a share issue.

“They spent some money and did some trading with players because if you wanted to float the company you had to show it was being successful.

“They had to give the impression they wanted to get to the Premiership otherwise fans wouldn’t have bought shares.

“During the flotation they made a killing on the shares. When Sheffield United became a limited company there was a lot of money swilling about and I’m sure they did very well out of it. Fans later actually called for an investigation into the whole share issue." >>


That's the first time I've heard that take on it but it all makes sense now.
MacDonald/Green did lose interest in the club remarkably quickly after the share issue.