Yes i listened to it this morning. Very interesting. I think all good for ilkeston

yeah i did listen to the very lengthy and very open interview . Only 30% is the playing budget which isnt on he says so some normal staff jobs to go. Clubshop and ticket office mainly open only on match days unless a big match is on. Accounts were going to be submitted but wants his accounts to have look over them as the previous owner has done the accounts .  Academy will go as will only get half the funding next season if?when relegated .  And yes the training facilities arent good enough so closing them down and moving to Ilkeston Town FC . WOW . A regular income for us ????? 
   Very Good interview...

OK, maybe not then ...

Training update - News - Scunthorpe United (scunthorpe-united.co.uk)

Where is this going to end up? Former owner Peter Swann is now threatening to kick Scunny out of Glanford Park ...

Scunthorpe owner David Hilton hits back after ex-owner Peter Swann threatens legal action - Fan Banter

Interesting which ground because Gainsborough have said no.

Can't see them traveling to us every other week.

So im going for north ferriby

by the looks of it all three in question are at home the bank holiday August .
Scunthorpe play Scarborough
Ilson play Whitby
North Ferriby play Newton Aycliffe

Trowell Nicky wrote:

Sounds like The Athletic magazine have done a piece on David, revealing all. Haven't we all made mistakes, don't we all deserve a second chance, a chance to put things right? Sounds like he's in a dark place at the moment, and I just wish him all the best. There's nothing more important than health and family, and if he has to leave football for a while, then sobeit.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/news/2075684-former-ilkeston-town-chairman-admits-serving-time-for-fraud

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Myself and I'm sure all Ilkeston fans will agree with Trowell Nicky. No one is perfect and there's no one who hasn't made a mistake they didn't regret. Everyone at Ilkeston will wish Dave well and thank him for what he has done for us here at the NMG. 

 

You have to ask did Dave not believe that his past would leak out and when it did there would be some negative fall out. I like Dave because he saved Ilkeston Town but I worry about him trying to rescue Scunthorpe. For his own health he needs to get out asap in my opinion as I don’t see it ending well!

Another update. David Hilton will not put any more money in and so moving forward they can only spend what they take, he’s under investigation by the FA, 2 more directors gone, and bye-bye Glanford Park hello Gainsborough Trinity …

Club update - News - Scunthorpe United (scunthorpe-united.co.uk)

Just read the statement . Not good at all.

Couple of updates ...

They're now reporting that the takeover deal by the fans consortium could be concluded tomorrow. This has happened very quickly.

Jimmy Dean, the manager, underwent urgent spinal surgery yesterday. He is now in recovery after having two vertebrae removed and spinal cord decompression. He's been given a sick note for six weeks.

For the sake of Dave’s all round health this is excellent news!

Too far away to know the truth... but presumably this slighly edited post can be legitimately bolted on to this thread?

The Athletic article about Hilton the other week. A litany of dodgy stuff, summarised as starting and closing many different companies under a range of different pseudonyms.

“An investigation by The Athletic has found that a man we strongly believe to be Hilton was sentenced to two years in prison for 15 counts of fraud by false representation under the name of David Anderson.

In a case that started at Nottingham Crown Court in late 2014, Anderson was also disqualified from being a company director for five years after pleading guilty to 15 charges.

Hilton has made no secret of the fact he was born David White and changed his name to Hilton for unspecified “family reasons”. In fact, until very recently, Hilton still had a Facebook account under the name of David White.

According to Companies House, the government agency that keeps the register of British companies, there are multiple references to David White being a company director up to 2012. Between then and 2014, David Anderson is listed as a director of two different companies. Anderson then disappears and there is no further trace of him anywhere online. Hilton appears as a director of several companies in November 2017 and still has six active directorships.

White, Anderson and Hilton all share the same date of birth: October 9, 1977. A search of UK birth records reveals that a David White was born that day in Nottingham but no David Anderson or David Hilton.

The civil registration birth index also shows that the David White born on October 9, 1977, in Nottingham, later changed his surname to Mellors, another name by which Hilton has been known. David White’s mother’s maiden name is listed as Mellors on his birth certificate.

Companies House documents also show that David White and David Anderson have similar handwriting and signatures. And the address David Anderson gave to the court in 2014, “Forsythia Gardens, Nottingham”, also happens to be where a Kate White, Hilton’s sister, was registered as living at the time.

It is unclear if Hilton complied with the terms of the current non-League owners’ and directors’ test (OADT), overseen by the English Football Association (FA). It must be completed by every owner or director and requires the disclosure of “previous or other names”. Hilton’s form is not publicly available and Hilton did not reply when The Athletic asked if he had disclosed any previous names on the form.

Asked about this and David Anderson’s conviction for fraud, an FA spokesperson said: “We are aware of these serious allegations and are looking into them.”