The 4hr Interview with Ellis Short

[PTR]

Fulwell73 filmed a big interview with Ellis Short about Sunderland, but never used it - here's why

Ellis Short was the owner of Sunderland AFC when the club agreed to be the subject of a Netflix documentary, but they didn't use an in-depth interview

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

I said all along that Short might have put loads of money in, but he had no idea what he was doing, and that this money was totally wasted due to a long line of bad decisions.
Seems the lads at Fullwell73 came to the same conclusion:

""An hour and a half later and we're still talking in detail about all of his mistakes in his time at the club, and that conversation was all driven by him. He knew he had a made a mess of it, but by this point he just did not know how to get out of it."

So pleased that he was able to hand the club to someone else. I really hope Donald and his team stay on at the club in a meaningful way - they know football, and they know SAFC.

 

[samaistonsrightfoot]

Aye he didn't have a clue. If he was just a dodgy fucker he wouldn't have paid off all the debt.

 

[woodlebert]

Good egg is our Ellis

 

[Scotty 1978]

Remember reading an interview where Ellis Short asked the journalist what he thought the biggest mistake he made was, the journalist said “sacking Martin O’Neill” Short said that wasn’t even in the top 10

 

[T_Bone]

An honourable man in the end.

 

[1879]

Fulwell73 filmed a big interview with Ellis Short about Sunderland, but never used it - here's why

Ellis Short was the owner of Sunderland AFC when the club agreed to be the subject of a Netflix documentary, but they didn't use an in-depth interview

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

I said all along that Short might have put loads of money in, but he had no idea what he was doing, and that this money was totally wasted due to a long line of bad decisions.
Seems the lads at Fullwell73 came to the same conclusion:

""An hour and a half later and we're still talking in detail about all of his mistakes in his time at the club, and that conversation was all driven by him. He knew he had a made a mess of it, but by this point he just did not know how to get out of it."

So pleased that he was able to hand the club to someone else. I really hope Donald and his team stay on at the club in a meaningful way - they know football, and they know SAFC.

The anger of successive relagations as eased for me and the fact he wiped out the debt.

We actually bumped in to him on his way in to Wembley and he basically said he'd done everything he could but had messed up badly.

Must regret the day he got involved with us and the millions he wasted trusting people like Maggie Byrne, Keith Lemon & Bain.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but he should have done everything in his power to keep Quinny on board.

 

[The Rat]

top guy Short

Have to say thats a big error by Fullwell73 not using any of that.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

Wasn't a fan of him at the time, but feel quite sorry for him now. Tbh, we're on the cusp of maybe the most important period in our entire history and that wouldn't have happened without him

 

[Gyanyem]

He made a lot of mistakes here, but others within his trust made alot more. Done the best by the club in the end and when it really mattered, and can't hold anything against him to be fair.

 

[JohnKay]

We still have our club thanks to him, he's lost the money he pumped in here forever. Yes he made a balls up of it but he's a good bloke and paid for his lack of knowledge.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

He made a lot of mistakes here, but others within his trust made alot more. Done the best by the club in the end and when it really mattered, and can't hold anything against him to be fair.

There was a thread on a wolves forum linked on here the other day. It was about STID, the wolves fans could see Bain for what he was.

 

[riffraff]

Hopefully he can still pop back for a few games and be welcomed by everyone in the future.

 

[bowers2]

Wasn't a fan of him at the time, but feel quite sorry for him now. Tbh, we're on the cusp of maybe the most important period in our entire history and that wouldn't have happened without him

He probably lost the equivalent of 1000 quid in real money.
He won’t have sleepless nights.

 

[Dilligaf60]

An honourable man in the end.

Undoubtedly and entirely. Many wealthy men would refuse to acknowledge having made a mistake, let alone make amends for it in the way he did.

 

[JohnKay]

There was a thread on a wolves forum linked on here the other day. It was about STID, the wolves fans could see Bain for what he was.

Bain and Moyes man, what a f***ing terrible idea. I really feel sorry for Short since he decided to take the hit and bail us out.

 

[riffraff]

There was a thread on a wolves forum linked on here the other day. It was about STID, the wolves fans could see Bain for what he was.

The ship was taking in water long before Bain got on board.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

He probably lost the equivalent of 1000 quid in real money.
He won’t have sleepless nights.

I'm not thinking about money tbh. More reputation. Pride.

 

[ilovehorswill]

Wasn't a fan of him at the time, but feel quite sorry for him now. Tbh, we're on the cusp of maybe the most important period in our entire history and that wouldn't have happened without him

Not to mention Six in a Row

I was raging over his fuck ups at the time but the fact he spent a hell of a lot of money to bail us out mitigates him completely. He was part of the circus, not running the show

History will remember him as a good man led astray by utter wranguns which is fair enough

 

[Fetch Fletch]

The ship was taking in water long before Bain got on board.

It was, but he was a f***ing clown with his flash watches

 

[Taffyduck]

I always defended him on here and got shot down.

His heart was in the right place and he lost a shit load of money trying.