Mostyn6 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 If you want to know what happened to him, have a look at what his daughter got involved in with Epstein. They trap people and blackmail them, Robert Maxwell pushed it too far and blackmailed the wrong people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Eddie said: His final flotation was celebrated widely. I think that was the problem - the final flotation failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 22 hours ago, Tyler Durden said: He was extremely wealthy however towards the end of his life it was discovered that to prop up his business empire he had secretly been redirecting his employee pension funds into those businesses and left his sons to face fraud investigations after his death. Typical of the man after taking over at Derby he crowed we were going to rub Cloughies nose in it then used his Daily Mirror paper to trumpet any new signings we were going to make. Maxwell's son was at Oxford United and he basically told him he had to sell Dean Saunders to us which he duly obliged causing the then manager Mark Lawrenson to resign in protest Towards the end of his tenure at Derby he basically got bored with his pet and took little interest in the club, the chants when I was there were he's fat he's round he's never at the ground....he then decided not to spend another bean on transfer fees ultimately condemning Arthur Cox's team to relegation from Division 1. Have to say a thoroughly unlikeable character who only existed to boost his own ego. Very good summary ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Geriatram said: He was buried in Jerusalem in 1991. He rose again 3 days later. Or perhaps I am getting confused with some other guy I read about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 12 hours ago, i-Ram said: He rose again 3 days later. Or perhaps I am getting confused with some other guy I read about. Jeez ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 04/12/2020 at 01:45, Carl Sagan said: Maxwell had his own chair, massive and ridiculous in the style of a Bond villain. I was the only person in my experience who ever sat in it apart from him. Love that bit! I admire your bravery! ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 03/12/2020 at 23:51, Tyler Durden said: Towards the end of his tenure at Derby he basically got bored with his pet and took little interest in the club, the chants when I was there were he's fat he's round he's never at the ground....he then decided not to spend another bean on transfer fees ultimately condemning Arthur Cox's team to relegation from Division 1. The worst thing was that by 1989, we had a very good side (finished 5th in 88/89) & were well placed to challenge for pots. On the sidelines was Lionel Pickering who was keen to invest in the club but remember some strange feud breaking out between him & Maxwell which meant he wasnt able to buy the club until we'd been relegated. Leeds won the title in 91/92 with a team that compared to other title winners, was pretty weak. In fact they nearly got relegated the following season. Liverpool were in decline, there was only really Arsenal in ascendancy with Man Utd starting to emerge as contenders. With Pickering's money earlier, we could have won another title & been in the group of English clubs going back into Europe in 1991, with all the opportunity & profile boost (on terrestrial telly) that brought. Awful timing, typical Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagavulinram Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, LeedsCityRam said: The worst thing was that by 1989, we had a very good side (finished 5th in 88/89) & were well placed to challenge for pots. On the sidelines was Lionel Pickering who was keen to invest in the club but remember some strange feud breaking out between him & Maxwell which meant he wasnt able to buy the club until we'd been relegated. Leeds won the title in 91/92 with a team that compared to other title winners, was pretty weak. In fact they nearly got relegated the following season. Liverpool were in decline, there was only really Arsenal in ascendancy with Man Utd starting to emerge as contenders. With Pickering's money earlier, we could have won another title & been in the group of English clubs going back into Europe in 1991, with all the opportunity & profile boost (on terrestrial telly) that brought. Awful timing, typical Derby. Thats when i first started supporting Derby. Too young to understand managerial and owner stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 There’s a podcast available called Power: The Maxwells. it’s American but despite that it’s quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Earnshaws Workrate Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I remember a few thousand of us went onto the pitch to protest with banners after an ITV televised game against Spurs. I think it was Spurs, I was only about 9 or 10 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo’s left foot Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Fat cheques not fat Czechs! If I recall. Brilliant at the time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRammy Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 2 things . I dont think he got bored with Derby , the money dried up as the pension swindle got uncovered is my take . Also did they actually ever find his body cant remember that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, NottsRammy said: Also did they actually ever find his body cant remember that From Wikipedia: On 5 November, Maxwell was last in contact with the crew of Lady Ghislaine at 4:25 a.m. local time, but was found to be missing later in the morning.[48] It has been speculated that Maxwell was urinating into the ocean nude at the time, as he often did.[9] He was presumed to have fallen overboard from the vessel, which was cruising off the Canary Islands.[48][50] Maxwell's naked body was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean and taken to Las Palmas.[46] Besides a "graze to his left shoulder", there were no noticeable wounds on Maxwell's body.[9] The official ruling at an inquest held in December 1991 was death by a heart attack combined with accidental drowning,[51] although three pathologists had been unable to agree on the cause of his death at the inquest;[46] he had been found to have been suffering from serious heart and lung conditions.[52] Murder was ruled out by the judge and, in effect, so was suicide.[51] His son discounted the possibility of suicide, saying, "I think it is highly unlikely that he would have taken his own life, it wasn't in his makeup or his mentality."[9] Maxwell was afforded a lavish funeral in Israel, attended by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli President Chaim Herzog, "no less than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence"[53] and many dignitaries and politicians (both government and opposition), and was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.[54][55][56] Herzog delivered the eulogy and the Kaddish was recited by his fellow Holocaust survivor, friend and longtime attorney Samuel Pisar.[57] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangwayD Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Robert Earnshaws Workrate said: I remember a few thousand of us went onto the pitch to protest with banners after an ITV televised game against Spurs. I think it was Spurs, I was only about 9 or 10 at the time. I was one of those and it was against Spurs. The pitch invasion was rumoured and the Spurs fans didn't think we'd go on the pitch. Cloughie was a pundit in the studio and even though we we're on the pitch he was complimentary about our support when I watched it back. Ironically Cloughie wacked a few red dogs when they came on their own pitch ! Regards Gangway D from the terrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickD Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 03/12/2020 at 22:06, RamNut said: Captain Bob he was a great man. Much maligned. Generous. Humorous. A man of great vision. Derby County through and through. Very sad that he was unable to control his weight and fell off his yacht. Sarcasm or rose coloured glasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie George Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 41 minutes ago, GangwayD said: I was one of those and it was against Spurs. The pitch invasion was rumoured and the Spurs fans didn't think we'd go on the pitch. Cloughie was a pundit in the studio and even though we we're on the pitch he was complimentary about our support when I watched it back. Ironically Cloughie wacked a few red dogs when they came on their own pitch ! Regards Gangway D from the terrace. I remember Clough in the studio in the corner of The Columbo and Ossie End. "We've got Wright,we've got Saunders,we've got you,we've got me." "Derby County have been around long before Maxwell and they'll be around a long time after he's gone. " Brilliant from Sir Brian,but I think he'd had a few to many of the complimentary booze on offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 My source said it was dodgy Jewson handrail # ITK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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