Don Colston leaves the Board

22 December 1999

Another one bites the dust. Don Colston resigned today as a Director of West Bromwich Albion plc. Don, of course, was brought onto the board by Hale after Thompson's resignation - but has come under some criticism for not putting money into the Club, living abroad for most of the time, being a Blues fan and probably all sorts of other things. Quoted in the Birmingham Post, Colston had the following to say about his former colleagues: "I put forward a proposal that Paul Thompson be invited to become a director again and also become the Chairman, but it wasn't accepted. I was told that Joe Brandrick had become the acting Chairman until the situation resolved itself. Joe's a great guy, and very experienced, but I felt we needed to be more positive and act quickly. I haven't been too happy with the way things have been handled in the past and the club is in turmoil as a result." Impressive, huh?

Ex-Director Jim Driscoll, meanwhile, has also had some harsh words to say about his Board colleagues, accusing them of acting like "an old boys club" rather than a public limited company. Despite being on the Board, he was apparently left out of discussions on major issues such as the Kilbane sale and finances in general. Driscoll was recently quoted as saying that as Hale had never told him that the fabled £2.6 million was no longer available, that he assumed it still was. Given that he probably feels that he's been duped as much as the rest of us have, his resignation is perhaps becoming a little easier to understand...

Previous Stories:

  21 December 1999:  Jim Driscoll leaves the Board

  20 December 1999:  Player bust-up leaves steward out cold

  17 December 1999:  Tony Hale resigns as Chairman

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