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.

Jordan serves as a refreshing antidote to the hypocrisy, greed, and self-serving agendas that pervade the modern game. 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.” 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. Hearn: "You are the king of hypocrisy, you talk like you are some kind of business expert. We know how that went for you." 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.

And so the likelihood is I'll be involved with somebody's business.Whether that means I go in as the chairman of a business, whether it means I go in as a funder and buy someone's equity, but yes there's an ambition for me to do it,"Jordan said. Breathtakingly honest, highly controversial, humorous and full of jaw-dropping anecdotes, Be Careful What You Wish For is far more than a football book. It is a social commentary on the culture of great wealth and ambition; a Shakespearean tragedy that exposes the dark side of chasing a dream. The perfect Christmas gift for all football fans. Aside from appearances in football-related programs, Jordan’s first major TV appearance was in early 2007, appearing in Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway for ITV along with fellow millionaires the Ann Summers managing director Jacqueline Gold (daughter of West Ham chairman David Gold; entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne; MOBO Awards founder Kanya King; and former Conservative Member of Parliament-turned-novelist Jeffrey Archer). In May 2019, Jordan appeared on BBC’s Question Time. During his tenure, Palace gained promotion from the second tier to the illustrious Premier League in 2004, although they did suffer immediate relegation. Jordan stopped writing for The Observer in the 2006–07 season. He started writing again with his own column entitled “Simon Jordan’s Big opinion” in The Sun from August 2019 to November 2020. Television and radio

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!! 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. He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children. Family 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.Simon Jordan gained a reputation as a manager-killer early in his 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 and Bruce’s resignation leading to a High Court case. 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.

Jordan also vowed that the club would be promoted to the Premiership, within five years. In fact, they achieved this in four years. Despite owning the club, Jordan did not own the ground, which belonged to Ron Noades, who had been chairman until 1998. Listen to this explosive insight into the previously unseen world of football club ownership by one of the game's most recognisable figures. Simon Jordan succeeded in his High Court battle against Dowie, with Mr Justice Tugendhat ruling that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract at Palace. Dowie won the right to appeal against that decision, leading to it being heard in the Court of Appeal. In April 2008, Crystal Palace F.C settled out of court with Dowie. Selhurst ParkAnd mainly get attracted to people who narrate it themselves for one and have had a career that has been worked at and tend to have controversy to contend with. Breathtakingly honest, highly controversial, humorous and full of jaw-dropping anecdotes, Be Careful What You Wish For is far more than a football book. It is a social commentary on the culture of great wealth and ambition; a Shakespearean tragedy that exposes the dark side of chasing a dream. You’ve got a property developer in the mix, you’ve got people who own the football club who have a slightly inflated idea of what it’s worth." 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.

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. 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. 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 I'm spending a bit of time making sure that I understand the boxing world and that I align myself with the right people. I either buy somebody's business, I invest in somebody's business, or I start my own business.But in truth this gripped me all the way and wouldn’t allow me to ever let distractions interfere and accept missing a second of SJ’s accounts. Simon Jordan was born on September 24, 1967 (age 55 years) in Thornton, United Kingdom. His father is Peter Jordan. Simon Jordan was an accomplished young footballer signing schoolboy forms with both Chelsea and Crystal Palace. 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.” All this happened whilst he was at Purley High School for Boys in Old Coulsdon. His father Peter Jordan used to play for Crystal Palace F.C., although never appeared for the first team. Alias Grace also concerns itself with the life and experiences of Dr. Simon Jordan, an American doctor with an interest in cerebral diseases and nervous afflictions. Though trained as a medical doctor, Dr. Jordan turned to research on mental illness due to his fascination with the mysteries of the human mind. He has traveled widely to study so-called “lunatics” and “hysterics,” and he hopes to establish his own asylum, where he can develop and test his psychological theories. Dr. Jordan considers himself a scientist. As such, he seeks rational explanations for phenomena that many people in his time still explain in terms of religion and occult superstition. He believes that with enough information, the emerging field of psychology will be able to understand how the human mind works and find the means to cure a range of mental afflictions. Dr. Jordan has committed so fully to his research that he struggles with the idea of starting a family. Despite his mother’s encouragement for him to find a suitable woman, Dr. Jordan pushes on with his work.