Be Careful What You Wish For

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Very enjoyable and interesting read for anyone who loves the game. You don't have to be a Palace fan to enjoy it, nor do you have to be particularly fond of Simon Jordan. While we do get to learn about how he built his multi-million pound fortune, the majority of the book is based on his work in football, and only briefly touches on more personal issues - which is good. Jordan also used the column to highlight the inconsistencies in the F.A. disciplinary panel. The same panel decided no disciplinary action would be taken against Paul Jewell, manager of Wigan, who had been charged on the basis of making comments similar to Jordan's. Jordan described the compliance process as being "based on mood", noting: "There's no frame of reference, no consistency – and, yes, it's personal. It amounts to me not being able to say a referee is incompetent while others can, using the same language." [20] CHAIRMAN'S THOUGHTS". CPFC.CO.UK. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 . Retrieved 23 October 2013. Jordan, Simon (5 March 2006). "Just one thing wrong with tabloid stories – the facts". The Observer. London. But if four or five people keep saying the same thing about the expectations of fans, there has to be something in it.

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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. Best football related book I’ve read. Very interesting to learn about what really happens in relation to transfers/players/chairmen/agents. Also the way he made his money, bought Palace and lost Palace. He can be blunt, forthright, and uncompromising. While these are not qualities I normally find particularly endearing in a person, I really admire Jordan for his tenacity and bravery in lifting the lid on some of the ills of modern-day football. Agents are painted in a particularly treacherous light, but then again their reptilian practices are by now well known to the majority of us who follow the game. He has described himself as being "good enough to be a professional, but mentally I wasn't interested. You often get players who have bags of talent, but not the required application. I was one of them." [2] His father Peter Jordan played for the Palace youth team, but never made an appearance for the first team.Guardian Unlimited Football: Columnists: Being a stiff in a suit just isn't me". The Guardian. London. 21 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 October 2013.

Simon Jordan says ‘I’ve told Steve Bruce he should leave Simon Jordan says ‘I’ve told Steve Bruce he should leave

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 Here’s the thing, and they won’t like to hear this - I’ve spoken to four Newcastle managers who are no longer Newcastle managers and every single one of them said the fans have expectations beyond the level of the club. Sadly Simon needed to be billionaire not a millionaire which again is very sad when you consider football needs to be run as a business and not a play thing. Football is a notoriously murky overpriced players, dodgy transfers, top-level corruption. Of course, the establishment always closes rank and those at the top stay quiet. But Jordan doesn't do quiet. And now, for the first time, he lifts the lid on what really goes on behind the scenes in football. With his year-round tan Jordan may be a 'marmite' figure, but love him or hate him his story is a revelation. Jordan, Simon (16 April 2006). "Simon Jordan: gambling is not a problem". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 June 2021.Jordan will quit Palace next year". BBC Sport. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008 . Retrieved 23 October 2013. I think it deserves 4* as it was honest and named individuals whether good or bad, pulled no punches, and gives a behind the scenes look that maybe football supporters wouldn't regularly see. 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. Jordan gained a reputation as a hirer-and-firer of managers early in his Crystal Palace ownership, though this changed as his reign progressed. Between 2000 and 2003 five managers departed the manager's post: Steve Coppell (August 2000), Alan Smith (April 2001), Steve Bruce (November 2001), Trevor Francis (April 2003), and Steve Kember (November 2003). Of these, only Coppell and Bruce left of their own accord, with Coppell's departure brought about by a personality clash [6] and Bruce's resignation leading to a High Court case. [7]

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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.With Crystal Palace being promoted to the Premier League this season this was a well timed read and I have a certain amount of sympathy for Simon Jordan who only three seasons ago saw his ownership of the club end in administration. It must hurt a little to see those who followed him take them to the top flight. In the late 1980s or early 1990s he was invited by a friend, James Wright, to join him in his business, Wright Connections, selling mobile phones via adverts placed in Loot and Exchange and Mart. Jordan and Wright rented an office from Delta 5, another mobile phone dealer, and the business lasted for a short time before changing its name to Corporate Cellular Ltd (CCL). This business was not considered to be a great success either and Jordan left in the early 1990s. Fidler, Chris (14 April 2006). "Jordan: why I waved goodbye to football". South London Press. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Jordan, Simon (7 August 2005). "Guardian Unlimited Football: Columnists: Increased control needed for agents". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 October 2013. I enjoy listening to Simon Jordan on TalkSport and this book met my expectations of seeing a unique perspective of the world of football through a former club owner which is very rare.