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Be Careful What You Wish For

By: Simon Jordan
Narrated by: Simon Jordan
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About this listen

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.

©2022 Simon Jordan (P)2022 Penguin Audio Business Development & Entrepreneurship Entertainment & Celebrities Entrepreneurship Sports Celebrity Business Inspiring Thought-Provoking Game

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Simon Jordan gives his typically forthright views in his very interesting memoirs. He tells it how it is and spins his story well. It’s an entertaining book.

Forthright!

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Great listen well read , looks like he was completely turned over , greed and money by everyone

Good listen

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Really enjoyed the insight into the unique perspective of owning and running a club. Reccomend to all football norses. Audio narration surprisingly brings added value.

Easy, engaging and informative listen

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Thoroughly enjoyed this and great that it was read by SJ.

Incredible honest insight into his highs and lows …

Really good listen

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Superb listen. I have the book but listening to the man himself go over this again was very good. A very honest insight of the highs and lows of owning a football club and admirable comments of where he went wrong. Huge respect for Simon considering the success he had pre-football, during and then the flip-side of it going south and the administration beset at Crystal Palace which impacted him personally.

Fascinating Listen

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