Dossier
Footasylum
Coverage of Footasylum in the Nexus archive.
- Mike Ashley admits he was behind video that brought down JD Sports chair
Mike Ashley admitted to arranging surveillance footage that brought down Peter Cowgill, the former JD Sports chair, who was secretly filmed meeting Footasylum boss Barry Bown in 2021. The footage led to Cowgill's downfall as JD Sports was acquiring Footasylum at the time. The incident involved a breach of sensitive information sharing rules.