A plan to redevelop Blackpool F.C. by Owen Oyston, the millionaire now serving time in prison for rape, is in doubt after the tycoon called a halt to the purchase of a 20.24ha (50 acre) green field site.
A joint venture with Alfred McAlpine for a £50m development by the M55 at Wythenshaw in Peel is on hold after a last minute decision by Oysten to renegotiate the deal.
- The Independent on Sunday Business 24/08/97 page 1
