scrimmage 0 Posted August 27, 2009 I can''t remember really, but I was looking up Sullivan and churned this out..."Birmingham City recently won promotion to the Premiership after winninga play-off against Norwich City. Sullivan reckons the elevation isworth £16m to the club. The thought of losing the game – and thepotential pay-off – led Sullivan to do a bit of wheeler-dealing tohedge his position. He got a friend, the fearless gambler MichaelTabor, to take a £2m bet at evens on Norwich to win; the FootballLeague soon put a stop to that. SoSullivan agreed with Norwich that the winner would give the loser £2m.This was also blocked by the football authorities. In the end, Sullivanarranged that the loser pocket all the gate money, worth about £400,000."He sounds ruthless, doesn''t like losing and would do his best for a football club. Obviously it probably won''t happen. Nevermind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GazThai 0 Posted August 27, 2009 I remember the game money agreement and I think that has since become a standard agreement between whoever plays in the Play-Off Final Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Allman 1 Posted August 27, 2009 I didn''t know about the betting, but there were stories at the time that the loser of the play-off final would get all the gate money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites