Until I read a long investigative report in this weekend's Financial Times magazine, I wasn't up to speed about recent events at Blackpool Football Club. I was familiar with how Tangerine fans had suffered under the Oyston regime, but I assumed that things had settled down even if performances on the pitch had been a bit up and down. What I didn't know was that the current owner, Simon Sadler, was facing criminal charges for insider trading in Hong Kong and might put up the club for sale. Sadler is the typical 'local boy made good' from humble origins who bought the club and stadium for £8.2m, partly because he felt guilty about leaving home and making so much money. He set up 'a hedge fund in Hong Kong and established himself as one of the most powerful players in a niche of global finance.' The article is written by the Pink Un's Asia financial correspondent and it is clear that she is not familiar with the world of football, despite some local col...