Eddie Thompson
Eddie Thompson
Edward Henry "Eddie" Thompson OBEwas a Scottish businessman. A well-known figure in the Scottish retail industry, he founded the convenience store chain Morning, Noon and Night in 1991, which he later sold for £30 million in 2004. He was awarded the OBE for services to the Scottish grocery industry in 2005...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth16 July 1940
bring bringing buy club doubt further gone hands hearts mr players sell share time wanting
Mr Romanov was not wanting to take the club off my hands but he was wanting to buy a share in the club, ... His idea at that time was to bring in some players and sell them on. But he has gone a lot further at Hearts and there is no doubt the players he is bringing in look exceptional.
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Gordon has done a very good job. I have loads of applications from top managers throughout the UK in my top drawer, but I haven't opened the drawer for weeks,
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I deliberately put the issue of the manager out of my head as I wanted to concentrate on staying in the Premierleague first, but starting from tomorrow we can consider where we go. Gordon has done an excellent job for us.
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We didn't want to lose him but he had a clause in his contract stating that, if a club met the agreed asking price, he could go.
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We've all be impressed with the way Gordon has conducted himself. I'm delighted he has accepted the manager's job.