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Be Careful What You Wish For
- Narrated by: Simon Jordan
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Listen to this explosive insight into the previously unseen world of football club ownership by one of the game's most recognisable figures.
Multimillionaire at 32.
Youngest Premier League football club owner at 36.
His club and a fortune lost at 42.
Owning your childhood club—that's the dream, isn't it?
Simon Jordan made his fortune building a mobile phone company from scratch. When he sold it for £75 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 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.
A finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
Shortlisted for the British Sports Book Publishing Award for best autobiography.
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- LFC 1892
- 19-06-22
Excellent
great insight of how a club is run and the maggots inside the game , Simon is a very likeable man speaks well & i wish him all the best in the future Jft97
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- Scott69
- 27-06-22
very honest
very honest account of football and the shady goings on in boardrooms. wish Simon all the best for the future I know he is not everyone's cup of tea but you can't say he did not put his money where his mouth was.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-22
Funny, interesting and honest.
Jordan doesn’t come out of this like a saint, but it’s very interesting to hear his version of events.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-08-22
GREAT READ
Absolutely gripping, im glad i took the chance to listen to Simons story.
i can fully recommend.
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- Mr. S. N. Blockley
- 06-07-22
Warts and all
An open and honest account of life behind the scenes in football. Thoroughly enjoyable reading.
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- Carl
- 19-07-22
Destruction
Good insight into Jordan's troubles and problems.
Very good listen
And insight into it all at palace.
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- Carl Edwards
- 10-08-22
Fantastic listen
Really enjoyed this honest and forthright story of an outspoken and successful businessman. It’s heartbreaking to hear the end. There should be more people like Simon Jordan.
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- Chris Mccarthy
- 16-08-22
A great, honest listen to the rise of Simon Jordan
Thoroughly enjoyable, laugh out loud moments in a book you'll want to hear again.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-22
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Always found Simon jordan honest forthright and not afraid to speak his mind and this book embodied that attitude a compelling read from start to finish.
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- Danny Younge
- 19-06-22
Insightful, honest and blunt.
A must for football fans. A refreshingly honest account of what happens behind the scenes, and an account that acknowledges personal failings too. highly recommended.
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