George Reynolds has cracked his last safe

As mentioned on the news, you either liked him or hated him.

I remember the story of how he was sat in a bank managers office and couldn't concentrate on what he was saying due to looking at the safe. The man was a rogue who brought misery on many and more recently was given jail for tax evasion. The same man paid off some of his staffs mortgages and I am sure them people will have a different view to most..
 
As mentioned on the news, you either liked him or hated him.

I remember the story of how he was sat in a bank managers office and couldn't concentrate on what he was saying due to looking at the safe. The man was a rogue who brought misery on many and more recently was given jail for tax evasion. The same man paid off some of his staffs mortgages and I am sure them people will have a different view to most..
Agree - definitely marmite.
RIP
 
As mentioned on the news, you either liked him or hated him.

I remember the story of how he was sat in a bank managers office and couldn't concentrate on what he was saying due to looking at the safe. The man was a rogue who brought misery on many and more recently was given jail for tax evasion. The same man paid off some of his staffs mortgages and I am sure them people will have a different view to most..
He didn't Norman- that was a publicity stunt.
 
Talking to a lawyer who represented him on, er, several occasions. Concur with Hap. He wasn't a lovable rogue. He was just a rogue. And a very, very unpleasant one. I'd be more impressed if I knew he'd paid the mortgages with legitimate money. Absolute first class horrible tw@.
 
Me dad & uncle drove for him for years I could tell you many a story about him. Even got woken up one Saturday morning by him dragging me out of bed calling me a lazy cnut. I was living with ma & pa at the time & he had sacked me on the Thursday apparently my uncle had a word with him & got him to change his mind & give me my job back. As pointed out earlier absolute bonkers
 
Bent as a shepherd's crook. Ripped off a lot of small businesses when building that white elephant of a stadium. Nothing loveable about him.
 
What, the mortgages was a publicity stunt? Just quoting what Tyne Tees said, I wouldn't put it past him.
Yes Norman. I used to drink in the Arden Street club when I lived in Darlington. I knew a few people who knew George well. While it's true that he paid the mortgage off for 2 of his employees he actually kept the deeds to the houses. The deeds were in his name.
I know a couple more stories about him
When he was at Darlington there was a meeting held at the cricket club. His wife Susan, stood up on the stage and publicly accused Darlington players of accepting bribes to throw games. This, according to her, was the reason Darlo were in so much debt. She went on to say that her husband George would sort out the players and buy a new ground. The players, to a man, stood up and without a word, walked out of the the room to tremendous applause. Susan was booed off the stage.
 
Bent as a shepherd's crook. Ripped off a lot of small businesses when building that white elephant of a stadium. Nothing loveable about him.
Darlo council well & truly shafted him with that stadium he told them he was going to live there & hold car boot, concerts etc thats why he went ahead & built it once it was built they knocked him back for everything trays why he was done for harassing the councillor blamed him for the lot.
 
Yes Norman. I used to drink in the Arden Street club when I lived in Darlington. I knew a few people who knew George well. While it's true that he paid the mortgage off for 2 of his employees he actually kept the deeds to the houses. The deeds were in his name.
I know a couple more stories about him
When he was at Darlington there was a meeting held at the cricket club. His wife Susan, stood up on the stage and publicly accused Darlington players of accepting bribes to throw games. This, according to her, was the reason Darlo were in so much debt. She went on to say that her husband George would sort out the players and buy a new ground. The players, to a man, stood up and without a word, walked out of the the room to tremendous applause. Susan was booed off the stage.
I can remember that (players walking out) getting reported in the locals.
 
I remember reading he was genuinely going to play in red and white stripes ( he originally wanted to buy sunlun) but the stories was leaked pre seafon
And so he laughed it off as a joke and they played in black and white.

but why if it was just a joke are the all seats at the arena red....

🤔
 
Here is a blog written by his former Darlo keeper David Preece that says a lot about George Reynolds. Taken from The Tin Shed Message Board
Good article that. The owld feller knew him way way back in the day and told a couple of interesting tales that don’t need repeating. However since they’re both dead now I will say the owld feller had some tales about George’s safecracking, being a bit of a nasty piece of work and thick as pigshït - that’s according to the owld feller anyway and he never told a lie.
 
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