I find it difficult to buy in to a reality that he kept everything to himself given the time required to accurately record, presumably via suitable accounting software all income & expenditure along with creditors, debtors, daily bank rec etc .. was there no finance admin support with eyes on this humdrum of daily finance activity ? If not I can begin to understand how one man, particularly if neither a details type nor team player could allow a financial s##tstorm to engulf the club whilst he scurries about dreaming up hail mary solutions.
I appreciate the word accurately is doing some heavy lifting in the above paragraph.