Prior to her involvement in Newcastle, Staveley was involved in an investment in Barclays bank in 2008 and also worked as part of Sheikh Mansour's takeover of Manchester City in the same year. Image source, Getty Images Amanda Staveley has been searching for "great opportunities" since leaving Newcastle last summer. She clearly felt that Spurs fitted such a description even before chairman Daniel Levy's departure - given the club's stature, potential and state-of-the-art infrastructure.
When Morecambe fans bought their tickets to watch their side play their first delayed National League fixture of the campaign, following a financial crisis and period of suspension in which their very existence was under serious threat, they could hardly have cared less about the outcome of Saturday's match against Altrincham.