From the BBC website - Barnsley owner could stand down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/8035265.stm


Barnsley owner could stand down

Barnsley's chairman and owner Patrick Cryne has said he would step down if there was someone who wanted to take over at the club.

He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "There hasn't been a season without me wanting to say 'enough', the pressure is just too great.

"I'm extraordinarily unhappy in the role that I occupy within the club.

"The only reason I hold that role is because nobody else wants to pick up the baton," Cryne added.

The Reds' chairman still has to decide manager Simon Davey's future after the club narrowly avoided relegation.

He wants Davey has to justify his position and will hold discussions with the manager in the next few of weeks.

However, Cryne has now suggested his own future is in doubt, admitting he had considered resigning after every season he has had in the boardroom at Oakwell.

"These years in the position of owner have been the most miserable despite the fact we've had a promotion and been to Wembley.

"If there's someone there who wants to take the responsibility then I'm happy to sit back."

 

Get on and appoint a chairman & board then Patrick!

 

I really don't get this.

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I must be missing something. Why don't we have a board and a chairman like other clubs?</p>

 

one word, ****...

if he goes completely, we lose all our money.

if he appoints a board, they'll start picking up bumper salaries..

'kin 'ell..

 

Cause nobody came forward

and wanted to be involved

 

Are you referring to the financial bailout?

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Ithink, thanks to PC stepping up,things are a bit different now.</p>

 

"we lose all our money"?

firstly its his money! secondly he has &quot;lost&quot; all the money he put in as he has written off all the debts owed by the club to him. he has said that even if he was run over by a bus tomorrow it wouldn't jeopardise the existence of the club-things have been put in place legally

 

RE: "we lose all our money"?

I think relying on a compo claim from a bus company isn't a sound business strategy