Be Careful What You Wish For by Simon Jordan

Be Careful What You Wish For by Simon Jordan

Ever dreamed of owning your boyhood football club? Be careful what you wish for Simon Jordan grew up a stones throw from Crystal Palace Football Club.

"A frank and brutal insight into why football and business don't mix" -- Theo Paphitis
"One hell of a read" * Sport Magazine *
"Bad luck and bad decisions make for a page-turning read" * Shortlist magazine *
"Brash, flash and full of bottle-blond ambition" -- Simon Redfern * Independent on Sunday *
"One of the best football books you will ever read" * Birmingham Post *

Simon Jordan is a serial entrepreneur who made his fortune in the mobile phone industry. He started the Pocket Phone Shop in 1994 expanding it to over 200 outlets by the time of its sale in 2000. In the same year he bought Crystal Palace Football Club, becoming the youngest ever owner of a Football League club. During his ten years in football covering the entire decade of the noughties he became one of the game’s most recognisable faces. He is the author of a critically acclaimed series of columns in the Observer, the founder and former owner of the car magazine, Octane, former owner of an award-winning restaurant and bar, and star of a major ITV series, Fortune Millionaire Giveaway. In 2008 he produced and solely funded the critically-lauded British film, Telstar, the story of the legendary record producer and songwriter, Joe Meek, starring Kevin Spacey.

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ISBN 13	9780224091817
ISBN 10	0224091816
Title	Be Careful What You Wish For
Author	Simon Jordan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2012-06-07
Number of pages	416
Prizes	Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Best Autobiography/Biography 2013 (UK), Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Best Publicity Campaign 2013 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.