Kevin Blackwell: Too many owners do not understand football industry

Former Leeds, Luton and Bury manager Kevin Blackwell believes more should be done to ensure prospective owners have sufficient knowledge to run football clubs.

Blackwell also believes there are too many owners that do not have the best interests of the football club at heart. He added: "From what I've heard in the game, you'd be surprised by how many owners realise they've got a massive asset and will strip it clean and get as much out of it as I can. "I've known an owner that couldn't pay the wages of the football club yet he knows it's a massive asset and he wants x amount of money a year, he wants his tickets for the next 10 years... it's awful. "If some of the things that go on behind the scenes were known, fans would be shocked. "Take my last job at Bury. You go in there and give them a plan, you give them a structure, you tell them the problems they've got; they agree it, only to find out four weeks later they've got no finances to even do the job. "How it can be right that one of your directors gets on a board and goes on a tour when nobody is getting paid over Christmas? I've had a chairman like that. "Managers are judged on their ability to get results but if you don't give them the tools to get results then you've got to start looking elsewhere (to blame)." To hear more from Blackwell, plus the thoughts of football administrator Brendan Guilfoyle on the situation at Leeds, listen to the full FL72 Weekly show via the Soundcloud player below.