Laurence Bassini was the chairman of Watford from May 2011 to June 2012.
13 Facts About Laurence Bassini
1.
2.
Laurence Bassini was bankrupt for about a year and it was during this time that he changed his name to "Laurence Bassini" to have a "fresh start".
3.
Whilst chairman of Watford, Laurence Bassini had been due to meet with fans at the annual Fans Forum on 8 November 2011, but cancelled at the last minute citing ill health.
4.
Laurence Bassini then cancelled a subsequent local radio phone-in on 22 November 2011, again at the last minute and again due to "ill health".
5.
Laurence Bassini regularly wore a red builder's helmet when giving interviews to the local paper.
6.
In June 2012,13 months after he bought the club, Laurence Bassini sold Watford to Gino Pozzo, son of Giampaolo Pozzo and owner of Udinese and Granada.
7.
In March 2014, Laurence Bassini lost a High Court battle against the Russo brothers.
8.
Laurence Bassini, who had been in court for the whole trial, left before the end after complaining of "feeling dizzy" following "a slip" on the High Court steps.
9.
In June 2014, Laurence Bassini was made bankrupt for the second time.
10.
On 17 April 2019, it was announced that Laurence Bassini had agreed to take over EFL Championship club Bolton Wanderers.
11.
On 8 August 2019, Laurence Bassini won a court order blocking the sale of Bolton Wanderers to Football Ventures.
12.
Laurence Bassini's efforts were eventually unsuccessful, with Football Ventures securing the completion of the sale on 28 August 2019.
13.
Laurence Bassini instead decided to look into taking legal action against Bolton in an attempt to unravel their takeover and gain control of the club as it was revealed he had in fact officially owned Inner Circle Investments, the company that owned Bolton Wanderers at the time, after Ken Anderson had agreed to sell the club to him.