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I'd love to be able to say this is great news, but the involvement of Ryan, Tomlinson and the SyCo group does fill me a little with dread.

I am pretty sure none of them have any clue what RL is or that they can build a very successful RL side for a fraction of the cost of a mid table Championship football side.

We shall see.

Its hard to comment when we don't know what has been discussed and agreed between the parties, and it's that uncertainty that worries me.

Me to, and the previous "form" of Mr Ryan regarding The Dons.

Worth noting that the Tomlinson-Ryan "project" makes no mention of Club Doncaster or any of the sporting clubs they have just purchased other than the Rovers.

[urlhttp://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/trust[/url

Lets all join so we can all have a club 28 t shirt!! Woo Hoo!!!

Seriously though 9 people have already chucked 250 quid a piece in just so they can have a picture with Tomlinson. Crazy.

No mention in all of the trust stuff about the Dons. As I said a long time ago when getting into bed with Rovers was first discussed, one of my concerns was of who would eventually take over the Rovers and then where would it leave us. Its come a lot sooner than I thought it would but now its happened.

Slight note - Liam Hoden (of the Star, formerly of the Free Press) has confirmed that John Ryan has told him Rovers ownership of the Dons, and the Club Doncaster partnership will continue as before, and Gavin Baldwin will remain with both clubs.

This from Carl Hall seems to echo that and also promises a bigger budget for next season.

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Just wondered if any of the Dons fans can answer this ?

I've just read Carl Halls Press Release [i“We are pleased to announce that former Doncaster Rovers owner John Ryan and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson have signed heads of terms to become the new owners of Doncaster Rovers, Doncaster RLFC and the Foundation.'[/i

Now forgive me if I'm wrong but is the Community Foundation like others in Sport ,not a charity and therefore cant be 'owned' but should be overseen by a board of trustees / management committee ?

You are right Rach. Someone cannot "buy" or "own" a charity. A charity is governed by a board of Trustees, who are responsible for it's operation. Charities can merge (or takeover other charities) but they cannit be bought.

Cheers for that mate ..wasn't trolling or attempting to cause trouble , it just seemed a strange statement to make in view of the status of Charitable Foundations , so to say they now 'own' it is a massive pork pie ..

Anyone fancy shelling out £250 to have their photo taken with our One Dimension (sorry Direction) boss?
Good value if there are 250 of you.
He aims to raise £2,000,000 for the club.
Mmmmmmh?

The aim is to milk Tomlinson for all its worth.

Get 250 suckers (1D fans) to cough up a total of 2million quid. Ryan gets the money to keep Rovers going for a bit and a bit of publicity and Tomlinson gets his percentage of the 2 million paid into a guernsey bank account to be paid as a dividend at some point. Tomlinson will then walk off into the sunset and wont be seen again at the Keepmoat.

Call me a cynic but thats what will happen. I dont give a monkeys about the Rovers what worries me is where we will stand in all of this soap opera.

I agree Karlos.

There is something deeply unethical about this and it makes me feel uneasy.

I read through the comments on the crowdfunder page. One girl has pledged all her birthday money. I wonder how many parents know that their [i[uchildren[/u[/i are pledging money.

It refers to the Tomlinson-Ryan Trust. I've checked the charities commission, and it's not a charitable trust. So what sort of trust is it? A trust for tax purposes?

All of Louis Tomlinson's company interests are registered to an address in the Republic of Ireland. Is this for "tax purposes"?

I will happily pose for photos with anyone who wants to give £5 to Squadbuilder

Could all be a front for the Irish company who wanted to buy the club with Ryan previously but were turned down

Or is it? Item on radio Hallam news but don't know how to put on here?

Look north have a bit on it later

The football league wont let the takeover go through

will this news affect us in anyway, I sure hope it doesn't

It'll mean we stay as we are under the original Team Doncaster board; I'd imagine

Oh dear. It would appear the biter is bit. This article sums up a lot of Rovers fans feeling www.mediaactivist.com/blog/ I for one am all in favour of a steady hand on the tiller and I'm fairly confident that we (The Dons) will be ok and we have a damn good reason IMO to be optimistic. Never easy is it being a Doncaster sports fan ?

Oh dear. It would appear the biter is bit. This article sums up a lot of Rovers fans feeling www.mediaactivist.com/blog/ I for one am all in favour of a steady hand on the tiller and I'm fairly confident that we (The Dons) will be ok and we have a damn good reason IMO to be optimistic. Never easy is it being a Doncaster sports fan ?

Please let this be true. John Ryan, by pursuing such a public course of action has thoroughly embarrassed himself and lost all remaining shreds of credibility he had. If the outcome is that Bramall and Watson's family are still the owners then I am satisfied.

Well it was a pretty crappy bid then if it relied on begging from the public to total £2,000,000 to kick start it.
And what of Tomlinson's money?
Sweet fanny?

Not sure he spends it on that SO

I am inclined to believe Tomlinson, it certainly backs up what we all thought:

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