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Sandgaard Out! - Jan 2026, Sandgaard indicted for Fraud (p15)

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  • Talal said:
    The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    The worst thing about looking at that line up for me is that I've got player shirts for 10 (TEN!) of them. Absolute brain fart buying that utter shite.
    Everyone but Dobbo 😂
  • Talal said:
    The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    The worst thing about looking at that line up for me is that I've got player shirts for 10 (TEN!) of them. Absolute brain fart buying that utter shite.
    Everyone but Dobbo 😂
    That's the one he didn't get.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,638
    Talal said:
    The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    The worst thing about looking at that line up for me is that I've got player shirts for 10 (TEN!) of them. Absolute brain fart buying that utter shite.
    Everyone but Dobbo 😂
    I was including the subs but yeah I didn't get Dobbo 🤦😂
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,585
    edited September 2025
    The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    It's close, but 2010/11 will (hopefully!) never be defeated. We lined up against Dagenham & Redbridge with a team of Ross Worner, Simon Francis, Gary Doherty, Miguel Llera and Johnnie Jackson (at left back!), Scott Wagstaff, Jose Semedo, Therry Racon, Lee Martin in midfield and Benson and Anyinsah up front. We brought on Akpo Sodje, Kyel Reid and Matt Fry and drew 2-2. We also had Alex Stavrinou and Tamer Tuna on the bench and sadly weren't treated to the talents of Alan McCormack and Pawel Abbott that day. We're lucky that back then the overall standard in L1 was so bad, because that was a real low for the club in terms of being able to afford anyone at all and I think if we'd been turning out a team of that standard in the modern day we'd be looking at L2 as soon as humanly possible.
  • Talal said:
    Talal said:
    The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    The worst thing about looking at that line up for me is that I've got player shirts for 10 (TEN!) of them. Absolute brain fart buying that utter shite.
    Everyone but Dobbo 😂
    I was including the subs but yeah I didn't get Dobbo 🤦😂
    He was shit according to Ronnie Moore anyway.
  • The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    It's close, but 2010/11 will (hopefully!) never be defeated. We lined up against Dagenham & Redbridge with a team of Ross Worner, Simon Francis, Gary Doherty, Miguel Llera and Johnnie Jackson (at left back!), Scott Wagstaff, Jose Semedo, Therry Racon, Lee Martin in midfield and Benson and Anyinsah up front. We brought on Akpo Sodje, Kyel Reid and Matt Fry and drew 2-2. We also had Alex Stavrinou and Tamer Tuna on the bench and sadly weren't treated to the talents of Alan McCormack and Pawel Abbott that day. We're lucky that back then the overall standard in L1 was so bad, because that was a real low for the club in terms of being able to afford anyone at all and I think if we'd been turning out a team of that standard in the modern day we'd be looking at L2 as soon as humanly possible.
    Pretty poor but that defence is head and shoulders above innis, gunter et al
  • The worst bench in the history of CAFC? Harness, Elewere and Ghandour ended up with two career starts at League 1 level between them and Davison has managed just two career goals in the division, Watson's legs at 35 had gone and it was Pearce's last season too. 


    Its not just the worst bench, its quite possibly the worst Charlton team of the modern era, certainly the worst i can recall in my 25 years of following Charlton.

    That defence is diabolical, most of the first team pretty quickly dropped levels.
    It's close, but 2010/11 will (hopefully!) never be defeated. We lined up against Dagenham & Redbridge with a team of Ross Worner, Simon Francis, Gary Doherty, Miguel Llera and Johnnie Jackson (at left back!), Scott Wagstaff, Jose Semedo, Therry Racon, Lee Martin in midfield and Benson and Anyinsah up front. We brought on Akpo Sodje, Kyel Reid and Matt Fry and drew 2-2. We also had Alex Stavrinou and Tamer Tuna on the bench and sadly weren't treated to the talents of Alan McCormack and Pawel Abbott that day. We're lucky that back then the overall standard in L1 was so bad, because that was a real low for the club in terms of being able to afford anyone at all and I think if we'd been turning out a team of that standard in the modern day we'd be looking at L2 as soon as humanly possible.
    One thing I will say about that team in 2010-11 is that they showed a lot more fight up to a point compared to some of our more recent teams.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 12,137
    Interestingly, I met a former friend and business associate of Sandgaard’s last year at the Monterey Concours Classic car meet in Monterey, California. I had my Healey there and he had an old MG. Anyway, we were chatting and I found out he lived in Colorado and he had an accent similar to Sangaard’s and he even looked like him a bit. Anyway, he was Danish and I asked him if he knew Thomas. He said he used to be his best mate. A bunch of ex pats hanging out together. But then he said he fell out with him when he was just getting Zynex going. He said his business practices were very iffy. Bigging up the prospectus of Zynex to attract investors etc., and he said he found it very unethical so he walked from their relationship. 
    It was an interesting discussion and It certainly rang a bell with me. 
    I was going to post this last year but I couldn’t find this thread. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,767
    He meant well . He got caught up in the attention he got without knowing how to do the job or who to employ to do the job . 
    I have no malice towards him at all . We’ve had a lot worse owners but that bar is pretty low . 
    This.

    He basically saved us. At the time he stepped in the club was being tossed around between Southall & his mates. ESI mk 2 were looking to own us with David Jones as manager. None of them had any money & the club would have been relegated that season due to transfer embargo and/or points deductions.

    The guy may have been an egotistical twat but I believe he had good intentions. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,132
    edited September 2025
    He definitely had good intentions, but that phrase always reminds me of Ned Flanders losing his temper.



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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,092
    Saved from devious crooks by an egotistical crook (allegedly).
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,618
    Sounds like the talk of a Danish mafia might not have been so far from the truth.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,130
    Blimey.  Old Tommy boy is right in the shit.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,799
    Didn't expect it to ultimately all come to this scale of fraud , there was the stuff going around whilst he was still owner about billing issues but I never thought the entire company was a giant scam. 

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  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,103

  • Jeez, that doesn't look good for him.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,320
    I don’t believe it! The Fit and Proper Person Test would have prevented him from getting involved with us.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,103
    The indictment also accuses Sandgaard of retaliating against financial reporters by attempting to disrupt their personal lives, including sending used underwear to a reporter’s spouse.

    I'm sorry, what?!

    Why can't we ever be owned by anyone normal?
    This story would make a great movie.
    Mads Mikkelsen a shoe in to play Tommy.
  • Wow, what a gigantic piece of shit. Some of the allegations there are really damning. 
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,147
    I don’t believe it! The Fit and Proper Person Test would have prevented him from getting involved with us.
    Realistically what could the EFL have found out back then. None of this was publicly available 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,414
    Curb_It said:
    Wow, this paragraph is dynamite:

    When financial reporters raised questions about Zynex’s business practices, including shipping unnecessary electrodes, among other things, Sandgaard hired an individual to attempt to disrupt the reporters’ personal lives. These efforts included signing reporters up for therapy sessions and listing conditions such as erectile disfunction. They also sent used female underwear to a reporter’s spouse at the reporter’s home with a thank you card addressed to the spouse, detailing the reporter’s alleged “illicit behavior” – all apparently with the intent to convince the spouse that her husband was being unfaithful.
  • The indictment also accuses Sandgaard of retaliating against financial reporters by attempting to disrupt their personal lives, including sending used underwear to a reporter’s spouse.

    I'm sorry, what?!

    Why can't we ever be owned by anyone normal?
    Maybe the Danish Mafia were real...