Karl Oyston
Karl Samuel Oyston is an English businessman and the son of convicted rapist Owen Oyston. He is also the chairman of Blackpool Football Club. The Sunday Times Rich List has the Oystons' wealth at £100M, making them the 863rd-richest in the country, down from 759th in 2008.He assumed his current role in 1999, when Blackpool were in the third tier of the Football League. At the end of the following 1999–2000 campaign, they were relegated to the bottom tier. At the first time of asking, they returned to the Second Division, where they remained for the next six seasons. In 2007 they were promoted to the second tier. Three years later, after financial backing from new club president Valeri Belokon, Blackpool were, for the first time, promoted to the Premier League. They remained in the top tier for one campaign, and after failing to return from the Championship at the first attempt, they have finished no higher than 15th, with Oyston employing four different managers since 2013.Oyston has had a poor relationship with Blackpool's fans, mostly since the club's relegation from the Premier League, due to a perceived lack of funding for the club's stadium, playing staff and training ground. The relationship was described as being "at breaking point" by the chair of the Blackpool Supporters Trust in December 2014.
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