Evangelos Marinakis And Co

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Evangelos Marinakis will do an interview (very rare) on Greek TV tonight where he will talk about anything and everything.

Looking forward to it, it should be really interesting.

I presume you’ll share anything of note? ??

Yes of course I will mate.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Evangelos Marinakis will do an interview (very rare) on Greek TV tonight where he will talk about anything and everything.

Looking forward to it, it should be really interesting.

I presume you’ll share anything of note? ??

Yes of course I will mate.

Nothing to report about Forest.

The interview was 99% about politics and Marinakis battle with the current Greek Government.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Th interview lasted two and a half hours. In all that time Nottingham Forest was mentioned just once in a passing sentence that listed Marinakis Businesses yet the Evening Post have jumped all over it and tried to make a story out of it. I have nothing against the Evening Post but come on!

[Sausage Roll]

Really good open letter from Marinakis on the official site regarding the 40th anniversary celebrations. The tone is excellent and he certainly can't be accused of living in the past when he's focussing so much on the future.

[Dog and Bear]

That is a great read and it gave me goosebumps.

[Alf]

Impressed with that. Still spin, but really good spin

[Strawberry Avenger]

"We are always thinking forward but this week I want us to come together as Nottingham Forest and honour our glorious past. No one can ever take that away from us. It is ours to celebrate."

Amen.

SA.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Its very good to hear from the owner, a nice picture of him smiling too. Maybe the media can use that from now on rather than the one they always use which looks like he is plotting mass murder.

[PsychoStanleyStone]

Impressed with that. Still spin, but really good spin

Sorry Alf got to disagree, i sort of wish Marinakis would say more and talk more but he doesn't, he really doesn't seem to do spin, also, he is really genuinely and deeply into the complete love of sport, particularly football but the essence of sport going right back to the origin of the Olympics back to ancient Greece, it is deep mate honestly.

We are very fortunate, his wealth is genuine and his love of our club which happens to be his club and the amazing, unique, wonderful legacy of Nottingham Forest is totally genuine, i think he has total motivation to repeat history, build on the past, create a better future because we can celebrate the past and enjoy the future.

This Marinakis fella is rich, determined, purist, idealist and we are fortunate that he is eager to channel all of that into our club

Fazza so fake and pathetic in comparison, he spun himself.

The bottom line is Marinakis is a true mega fan, he loves sport, the belief that sport can improve humanity and build bridges and refresh the soul but the lover of achievement has been captivated by ultimate dream to reality, 2nd division mid table mediocrity to champions of Europe ... oh and then they won it the next year as well!  

O'Neill and Robertson were both on the transfer list when Cloughie arrived, gonna be a Hollywood blockbuster 1 day i tell ya.

Alf you are spending too much time with the sceptics on that other forum, so many craving for failure.

[Jigglypuff]

A purist and idealist?

[PsychoStanleyStone]

A purist and idealist?

sorry 'purist' doesn't mean what i thought it meant, to be honest the reason for the original olympics also wasn't how i pictured it either.

Sport Charter, we agree to promote, support and implement the following 12 Principles:

1. This Declaration is a common standard of achievement for all clubs, teams, players and sports associations of all sports, to the end that every individual and company should strive, through education and example, to promote respect for these rights and to progressively secure their effective recognition and observance.
2. Every human being has a fundamental right to participate in sport without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin. Furthermore, no distinction should be made on the basis of the political or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs. Clubs and sport associations should actively campaign against and refuse to engage in any such discrimination at both youth and professional levels.
3. Participation in sport should be based on the principles of healthy and honest competition and respect for all competitors.
4. Initiatives that encourage the participation of displaced people, whatever their civil status, in sporting activities should be supported.
5. Sport for young people should be first and foremost about participation, physical activity and having fun.
6. Girls should have as much access to sport and sport teams as boys, particularly in school and in youth games and leagues.
7. Everyone should have equal access without discrimination to sport training, resources and services, as well as the opportunity to participate in all supervision and decision-making at all levels of sport.
8. Clubs and sport associations agree to encourage greater participation in sport in conflict ridden or economically depressed areas and, when possible, to contribute financial resources, including providing used but appropriate equipment for the use of those people who lack adequate resources to participate in sport.
9. Adequate and safe places, facilities, equipment and dress-options should be provided to meet the needs of all participants in sport, bearing in mind the different needs associated with people of different cultures, genders, ages and abilities.
10. Sport facilities should be made more accessible to a greater percentage of the global population.
11. An International Day of the Right to Play should be declared to affirm the right to participate in sport as a universal and fundamental right and to promote the principles set out in this Declaration.
12. Initiatives should be developed to create partnerships with researchers and NGOs whose work will be helpful to implementing these principles.
Evangelos M. Marinakis
President, Olympiacos F.C”

It is worth mentioning that said Principles have been signed first by Olympiacos FC President, Mr Evangelos Marinakis, and then the Harvard University took on to forward the text to all European clubs, and beyond, for them to sign it as well!


the above is the sort of thing that might qualify our owner as a purist, i meant adhering to deep underlying principles rather than rules, maybe adhering or promoting the core reasons for doing something, reminding self and others as to the real reasons and benefits for all, i think it's a bit of a Greek thing going back to their ancient culture, philosophers and Gods

*i didn't mean purist as being a stickler for rules, which is maybe the meaning to most people

...  it comes from the Latin purus, "clean, clear, or unmixed." ... adherence to a pure set of values

[Mad Mel]

I have been nothing but impressed with Marinakis so far.

We are lucky to have him, long may it continue.