Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley ‘vomited into fireplace after drinking 12 pints plus chasers at meeting’ – Telegraph.co.uk

Mr Blue told the judge, in a written witness statement, how he had been a frequent visitor to Sports Direct’s head office in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.

He said he had attended several senior management meetings at the Green Dragon pub in Alfreton, Derbyshire.

Mr Blue said: “These meetings were like no other senior management meeting I had ever attended in all my years of investment banking experience.

“It was effectively a ‘pub lock-in’ with alcohol continuing to be served well beyond closing hours and fish and chips or kebabs being provided throughout the evening.

“On one such evening, in front of his senior management team, Mr Ashley challenged a young Polish analyst in my team, Pawel Pawlowski, to a drinking competition.

“Mr Ashley and Pawel would drink pints of lager, with vodka ‘chasers’ between each pint, and the first to leave the bar area for whatever reason was declared the loser.

“After approximately 12 pints and chasers Pawel apologised profusely and had to excuse himself.