Wrexham Football Club's historic Racecourse ground was illegally taken into the ownership of its then chairman,
As the future of one of Wales' oldest football teams hangs in the balance, Week In Week Out investigated how the debt-stricken Wrexham club's chief asset was transferred from the club to a company owned by the controversial chairman, Alex Hamilton. Documents relating to the transaction reveal that the ground was transferred for nothing to a company owned by Mr. Hamilton.
The club had debts of more than £2.5m, including £880,000 owed to the Inland Revenue, and had been given the notice to quit the Racecourse by Mr. Hamilton - a Cheshire businessman who owned 78 percent of the club's shares and had control of both the freehold and leasehold of the ground.
6 сен 2024