Be Careful What You Wish For

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It might not be too long until Jordan begins a new business venture. Speaking on talkSPORT, he admitted a desire to get into boxing promoting and could rival Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. 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.

You’ve got to love that, Simon,” said the host. “How would you fancy working for the Sultan of Brunei and his team?” No not at all, he was very welcoming,” said Kean, who went into detail about his interactions with the royal family. As mentioned by another reviewer, there is something Trumpian about Simon Jordan. He's not prone to a great deal of self doubt has many great friends, boasts of his great wealth and spending, and, you know, nothing is ever his fault. I genuinely can't remember him saying he got anything wrong in this book, other than going against his gut instinct. Eight managers in ten years and lost a fortune but I wonder if he's learnt anything from it. A study in hubris.I As of the 2005–06 season, Jordan wrote a fortnightly column for The Observer newspaper. A column in which he said football agents should be neutered led to him being charged by the Football Association with bringing the game into disrepute. The case was heard on 7 December 2005 with a charge of improper conduct proven. His salary at talkSPORT isn't known to the public but one would assume the radio station are paying one of their most prominent voices a sizable sum of money each year.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. 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. Jordan serves as a refreshing antidote to the hypocrisy, greed, and self-serving agendas that pervade the modern game.

When I first went I thought I’d go out for a year and see how it was, but I ended up staying for four years,” said the manager, who left the country in 2017. 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. He’s an incredible man with so much energy. He plays polo every day, he plays golf, he’s a very fit guy and he only gave support to us as a team. It appears that the beautiful game is anything but behind the scenes.. who would want to own a football club! Simon Jordan is a bit difficult to listen to for too long on talksport but really enjoyed his story and the way it as told.In the Liverpool boardroom, Jordan was furious at being given a momento of Anfield from an official as Palace were a ‘small club’. The book was not going to be a bitter diatribe, though. Some people may have expected this mortar shell of a book which was telling the world what a bunch of c***s everyone was and how wonderful I was. I didn’t want to do that. In 2002, he again co-founded a business. Jordan became a 50% shareholder of a car magazine called 'Octane', however, after four sucessful years, the serial entrepreneur decided to sell his share. In 2008, Jordan produced the film version of Telstar based on the play about the life of record producer Joe Meek. The film followed Jordan’s production of the play of the same title at London’s New Ambassadors Theatre. The film was solely funded by Jordan and featured Kevin Spacey, James Corden, and JJ Feild. It was reasonably well-received by critics opening on 45 screens in the UK and selling releases in 32 countries Author

It turns out Kean had a whale of a time in the northern Borneo state, where he worked daily with the Sultan and Crown Prince, was regularly invited to the palace and even bagged an invitation to a royal wedding! At 56 years old, Simon Jordan height not available right now. We will update Simon Jordan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. 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. Absolutely brilliant. A great read and informative inside view of owning a football club. The situation with managers spending the owners money is not surprising as instead of coaching the players they bought, they just wanted to buy their way out of problems instead of improving what they had already bought. As far as the old farts at the F A it was refreshing to hear from someone who ruffled a lot of feathers. Jordan immediately appointed himself chairman, making him the youngest chairman of a Football League club then at age 32. Having been born “100 yards from the ground” Jordan had been a lifelong fan, and he noted, “I have been prepared to put my money into something I truly believe in, and my first job is to turn the fortunes of this club around.”Jordan: "Don't be stupid Eddie I didn't go bankrupt at all, don't say silly things that could get you into trouble. Because I didn't go bankrupt. What I did, as the biggest creditor, because of the biggest banking crisis in the world, I took a view that I could no longer fund it (Palace) anymore, put it into administration and brought out 50 million quid on the basis of the fact I made 100 million quid. So get your facts right."

It would be fascinating to hear perspectives of others involved to provide balance to a story of martyrdom. With his long, bleached-blonde hair and perma-tan, the boardroom version of Robbie Savage was not to everyone’s liking, but you could never fault him for having strong opinions and most of the time, he spoke great sense. I really enjoyed reading this book and with Simon honest open account of his early success and sad encounters of the selfishness of the majority of people connected within football. 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. Following his exit from Ewood Park in 2012, Kean made the surprise move to take charge of the only professional football club in Brunei - Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club, or DPMM FC for short.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. If you are looking to book a wedding pianist for your wedding day, then book Simon Jordan – one of the most versatile and professional pianists available in the UK. Jordan's other streams of income, of which include his MailOnline column and book sales, amongst others, aren't widely reported but with his increased notoriety over the last few years, he's cleary financially well-off. Iain Dowie was appointed in December 2003 and the club bounded up the table from the relegation zone to win promotion in May 2004, beating West Ham United at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in the play-off final, fulfilling Jordan’s promise of promotion within five years.