Bolton Owner Ken Anderson was described as a "rogue chairman" by Dale Vince.GETTY IMAGES
The English Football League was urged to "toughen its rules on club directors after questions were raised" about the activities of League Championship side Bolton Wanderers Owner Ken Anderson, who has been described as a "rogue chairman" by another club owner, according to Martyn Ziegler of the LONDON TIMES. Anderson is a former football agent who was banned from being a company director for eight years from '05-13. League Two side Forest Green Rovers Owner Dale Vince claimed Anderson "reneged on contracts surrounding the signing of a player." Bolton also has "financial woes" and the Professional Footballers' Association reportedly "had to provide a loan to the club in December to cover wages for that month and November." The club’s subsidiary company, Bolton Whites Hotel Ltd., of which Anderson is the only director, is the subject of an "outstanding winding-up petition from the HMRC over unpaid taxes." Vince said that he felt "forced to speak out after claiming Anderson reneged on promises and legal contracts" for Bolton to sign Rovers' Chris Doidge last week. Vince: "I know now that he was disqualified as a director for eight years. ... From my dealings with him I would describe him as a rogue chairman, a slippery character and untrustworthy." Bolton did not respond "when asked about Vince's comments" (LONDON TIMES, 1/7).
