Yet its ownership is also one of the more transparent amongst the A-League clubs because of the rules in place in the English Premier League. The second highest shareholder is Done Nominees ie. Ken Done with 7. We wrote about it here with empathy for David Gallop at the time. Although Adelaide United Chairman, Piet van der Pol, has worked in football for 15 years, it is unlikely that he has ever been in roles where he earned enough to be able to afford an A-League club license and its subsequent operational costs.
It is unclear why Adelaide United is not transparent about their ownership, and it is almost as mysterious that Adelaide United fans seem happy not to know. The club's naming rights sponsor is Fortschritt, a German company listed in Hong Kong, that manufactures agricultural machinery.
The initial shareholder and first director of Global Football Opportunities was Rob van Eck who, like Martin Lee, has substantial business structures in Shenzhen, China, where he has been based for 13 years. Amongst other things, van Eck is the Managing Director of Smart Brands International, which is involved with the development, production and worldwide distribution of high quality consumer goods under major retail brands including Goodyear, Dunlop and Grundig.
He is also involved with a number of similar companies, including Shenzhen Intra Industry, a trading group that exports products for retailers worldwide, working closely with Dutch family-owned trading company, EDCO, and Shenzhen ATR.
Of those three, two women are also the Company Secretary Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory , and the third is having her second stint as a director at a second A-League club. Precise ownership of English Premier clubs is not always clear-cut. However, where, for example, some owners have dual nationality, we have based ownership on the known principal place of residence, rather than birthplace and where there are a number of minor shareholders, we have assumed that proportion to the dominant shareholding.
There are ten nationalities that comprise current Premier League ownership, with local ownership being roughly similar to local ownership in the A-League. Ayres starred and was directly involved in 13 goals eight goals an. CoachNick Business Coaching has had a long-term association with Victory in Business over the last 10 years and has supported the Club since its inception.
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Victory conceded the most goals during a difficult last season, leading to plenty of change under new Head Coach Tony Popovic. But we could do a lot better with local corporates in Newcastle, which we want to do," he says. The Jets have been a fairytale in what has otherwise been a year of struggle for the league, marred by off-field fighting between FFA and the owners of the 10 clubs over control of the competition. Newcastle Jets host the A-League grand final on Saturday after a fairytale season.
Newcastle finished second on the ladder after a last-place finish a year ago. They reached the grand final for the first time since with a thrilling semi-final win over Melbourne City.
The Jets host the match, for which they are favourites, due to Victory knocking out minor premiers Sydney FC. The grand final has added spice given coach Ernie Merrick took Victory to two title wins before being sacked in by a board headed by chairman Anthony Di Pietro, the chief executive of Premier Fruits Group, who majority owns the club with Metricon Homes boss Mario Biasin.
It should be completed in 18 months. Now we've got a function in front of guests including bosses from the big banks, accounting firms and media," Di Pietro says.
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