Jordan, Simon (5 March 2006). "Guardian Unlimited Football: Columnists: Football: Just one thing wrong with tabloid stories – the facts". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 October 2013. The book is interesting because it opens up some of the behind the scenes machinations of the game, which it has to be said are far from appealing. Just like Ian Ridley's Floodlit Dreams, about that author's time as owner of Weymouth FC, Jordan's offering does not make you want to own a club yourself with all the politics, pettiness and egos that go with it.

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We all love the idea of owning our boyhood club but [Jordan's] memoir strips away the romance in a frequently hilarious, often alarming account The Times Long-term Palace lease revealed". BBC Sport. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008 . Retrieved 23 October 2013. CHAIRMAN'S THOUGHTS". CPFC.CO.UK. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 . Retrieved 23 October 2013.Guardian Unlimited Football: Columnists: Being a stiff in a suit just isn't me". The Guardian. London. 21 August 2005 . Retrieved 23 October 2013. Press Gazette: Max Clifford column". Press Gazette. 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012 . Retrieved 23 October 2013.

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Perhaps this is not the best endorsement for Simon Jordan and his book, but how many other football chairman can you think of that was more controversial, more outspoken, and more blonde than the former Eagles owner? They won’t like to hear that, they’ll want to know who said it - 'Allardyce? He was useless'. 'Souness? He was useless'. 'Pardew? He was useless too'. They’ll have a reason for it. Bruce is facing a latest barrage of abuse after his team's dreadful start to the new 2021/22 season. Michelle Dewberry finally leaves hospital with son after six week stay". hulldailymail.co.uk. 3 September 2020 . Retrieved 23 September 2020. 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.It would be fascinating to hear perspectives of others involved to provide balance to a story of martyrdom. And Jordan admitted in a conversation with talkSPORT host Jim White on Tuesday that he has advised Bruce to leave St James' Park, saying he'll never be able to win over the Toon Army despite being a local boy himself.

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On 8 August 2023, Jordan told Talksport that he was recovering from prostate cancer, and urged men as young as late thirties to get the PSA blood test. Dewberry replayed the interview on her GB News programme that day, saying she was proud of him. But if four or five people keep saying the same thing about the expectations of fans, there has to be something in it. Hills, David (25 September 2005). "Guardian Unlimited Football: News: Football: Observer's Jordan faces FA charge". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 October 2013. Condition: New. The author made his fortune building a mobile phone company from scratch. When he sold it for GBP75 million, he bought Crystal Palace FC, the club he d supported as a boy, and led them into the Premier League. Ten years later Palace was in administration an. Jordan serves as a refreshing antidote to the hypocrisy, greed, and self-serving agendas that pervade the modern game.Jordan has mastered the withering, comical put-down, and there are some hilarious passages and lines in here. The books flows at a nice pace, and the writing style reflects Jordan's brash, engaging style. 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] Simon Jordan doesn't mince his words. After making million in mobile phones he decided to buy his boyhood club, Crystal Palace. At 31, he became the youngest chairman ever. He was also the most outspoken, announcing at his first Palace press 'I don't give a **** about football protocol.'

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ii) Dyer, Ken (3 September 2001). "Steve and Ron's chemistry is perfect formula". Evening Standard.

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