The Premier League failed to enforce an official ban on Owen Oyston being the owner and a director of Blackpool following the club’s promotion in 2010, the Guardian has learned. He remained the club’s owner and a director during the 2010-11 Premier League season and throughout Blackpool’s subsequent years in the Football League. Owen Oyston has also taken legal action against some supporters for comments made in protest on social media, which caused them serious financial worries. The Premier League is understood to have told Owen Oyston it would require him not to be the owner if Blackpool were promoted again. “If the Premier League had implemented its ban, millions might not have been taken out of the club and it could have saved us all this heartache,” he said.

Source: The Guardian March 13, 2018 14:03 UTC