Addeddate 2021-11-23 15:54:43 Identifier 99-f-69259-f-023-4377-b-945-448-af-19-bf-192 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Year Jordan, Simon (7 August 2005). "Guardian Unlimited Football: Columnists: Increased control needed for agents". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 October 2013. Listen to this explosive insight into the previously unseen world of football club ownership by one of the game's most recognisable figures.

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Unhappy Newcastle fans made their feelings towards Bruce known at Old Trafford - his ties to rival club Sunderland meant the coach got off on the wrong foot from the beginning Credit: Getty Jordan has stated "Steve Coppell and I just didn't get on" (i), and Coppell has stated "I didn't feel comfortable with Simon Jordan and neither did he with me."(ii) In 2018, Jordan began a relationship with the sports broadcaster Talksport, featuring on shows with Danny Kelly and being nominated for sports pundit of the year in 2019. In 2020 after the success of his appearances, he joined Jim White on one of Talksports flagship shows. As of 2022, he often appears with Danny Murphy and Martin Keown. Crystal Palace now, 10 years on, sit 11th in the Premier League table...& are owned, managed & supported by locals....and you can't say that about any other club in the world, can you? Simon Jordan set the benchmark for aspiring football clubs to take on the giants in their flashy theatres of dreams...& ultimately failed.But he went down with a bang!! ii) Dyer, Ken (3 September 2001). "Steve and Ron's chemistry is perfect formula". Evening Standard.

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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). Jordan serves as a refreshing antidote to the hypocrisy, greed, and self-serving agendas that pervade the modern game. In 2012 Jordan published an account of his life, an autobiography Be Careful What You Wish For. The book recounts his business success in the cellular phone business, but mostly focuses on his time as the youngest ever owner of a professional football club as chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club.

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If you have gone and watched your football team play against Crystal Palace in the last decade, chances are you would have chanted “Simon Jordan is a w*nker” alongside 10,000 or so of your fellow fans at the top of your lungs. Mixed feelings about this book.Some interesting I insights into football club ownership and the whole culture of football especially the current unhealthy grip of agents..I did not however warm to the author,something almost Trumpian in his appointment and then dismissal of managers and others that he really knew were not suitable from the outset Jordan, Simon (16 April 2006). "Simon Jordan: gambling is not a problem". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 June 2021.Excellent book. You cannot help liking the bloke despite his arrogance. Never self-serving, he seems the kind of boss who drives you up the wall then buys you a drink if you survive. Hills, David (25 September 2005). "Guardian Unlimited Football: News: Football: Observer's Jordan faces FA charge". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 October 2013. Long-term Palace lease revealed". BBC Sport. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008 . Retrieved 23 October 2013. But that hope didn't last long as Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his long-awaited return to Old Trafford Credit: getty Ten years later, Palace was in administration and Jordan had lost nigh on everything. Be Careful What You Wish For lifts the lid on being the owner of a football club and how the game really works. Hopes and dreams sit alongside greed, self-interest, dodgy transfers, boardroom fights and dressing room dressing downs. Throughout no one is spared, least of all Jordan himself.