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Now Lowy wants Crystal Palace


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By Joffa - 18 Apr 2010 12:04 PM

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Now Lowy wants Crystal Palace

DANIEL LANE
April 18, 2010

FOOTBALL Federation Australia boss Frank Lowy wants to buy struggling English club Crystal Palace, tribalfootball.com reports.

The Sun-Herald reported last week that Lowy had a report compiled on Leeds United in January.

However, Leeds United chairman Ken Bates launched a blistering attack on Lowy - who co-founded the Westfield shopping centre group and is one of Australia's richest men - saying a Westfield project in nearby Bradford had "buggered" that town's centre. The $529 million development halted during the economic downturn.

Tribalfootball.com reported that Lowy was poised to buy Palace, who are battling to beat relegation into League One.

"Palace are currently in administration and reports this week suggested interest in the Championship club was drying up," the report said.

"However, London sources have told tribalfootball.com that Lowy is ready to buy Palace.

''Lowy was linked with a move for Leeds United last week. However, it's understood Palace, under administration, are the bargain price club he is eyeing off."

Lowy did not respond to an invitation to comment.



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By GloryPerth - 20 Apr 2010 4:20 AM

Yeah, Leeds or even Newcastle would be better IMHO, even though Palace are ANOTHER London club and London is great for many reasons including that the NT plays the odd friendly there (Albeit in a different part of London?).

I even wonder if Bristol City wouldn't be too bad, though as little as I know, off the field, their ownership aren't in any trouble. Bristol City has a fair bit of unrealised Potential - their city is the sixth largest in England, and the 'Greater Bristol Urban Area,' (550k) tenth largest conurbation of the entire UK and the surrounding Somerset region adds another 900k people to that figure. Bristol City's new 'Aston Vale' Stadium has been chosen as one of the England bid's 'World Cup venues,' meaning it's capacity will be increased from 30,000 to over 40,000 for the 2018/2022 World Cup, IF they win the right to host ofcourse. Only so many cities/venues can be chosen to host WC venues, so it's a very special honour. And you know that by then, Bristol City should have benefited greatly leading up to and post that World Cup legacy - infact I'm sure that, within the coming few seasons (Around when Ashton Vale is completed infact), Bristol City will be promoted to the EPL, they've been a paly-offs contender, making play-offs, for a few seasons now. And Nick Carle could've been better of staying there then moving to Palace, ofcourse. Some irony there I guess.