>>What a cruel twist of fate - a Man Utd own goal (ruled offside) was the one thing in recent history that prevented us becoming a major power in the world of football, which would have made Peter Ridsdale a legend and Leeds folkhero, and Leeds Utd PLC a lucrative business<< Don't kid yourself, Steve. If that goal had been given and if we'd qualified for the CL again that season it wouldn't have guaranteed us financial security. Far from it. Ridsdale's "business" plan was predicated upon us qualifying for the CL EVERY season. And guess how he would have tried to ensure that? By buying even more players and paying way above the going rate - so increasing the debt. Brown's own goal being given would simply have delayed the meltdown. The moment we failed to get in the CL, the wheels would have come off the wagon. A PLC business with £80m of debt and wages at 91% of turnover is not, by any stretch of the imagination, lucrative. Mark
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