Alan Liptrott
Alan Liptrott (born 1946) is a retired telephone technician from Walderslade in Kent.[1] He has for many years been a prominent supporter of Gillingham Football Club, having been heavily involved in the fund-raising campaign to keep the club afloat when it was forced into administration in the mid-1990s, and serving for a number of years as a committee member of the Gills Independent Supporters' Club. More recently he has become notable within the wider football world for a long-running and high-profile dispute with Gills chairman Paul Scally, which led Scally to hit Liptrott with a life ban from the club's Priestfield Stadium in 2001.[2]
The full details of the dispute are unclear, but the most significant factor is believed to be Liptrott's ownership of the gillinghamfc.co.uk domain name, which Scally believed should belong to the club.[3][4] There was for a number of years no sign that the dispute would end, despite an apparent offer of mediation from the chairman of The Football League,[5] but on 8 February 2007, Scally unexpectedly lifted Liptrott's ban in a statement published on the official club website.[1][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 kentonline.co.uk (8 February 2007). "Liptrott 'stunned' as Priestfield ban is lifted". Retrieved 12 February 2007.
- ↑ Kelso, Paul (15 February 2002). "Scally's rocky road to Highbury". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ "Footymad" (30 June 2001). "Scally Bans GSC". Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ Football Fans Census (n.d.). "Fans Comments on Banning from Grounds". Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ Pestell, Keith (7 November 2001). "Football League chief steps in to get ban lifted". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ "The Chairman Says: Alan Liptrott Statement". 8 February 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
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