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Alan Pace (born 11 August 1968) is an American businessman who is the owner and chairman of Burnley Football Club. Career. In 2020, ...
Scotsman Frank Hill, who was in charge of Burnley from October 1948 to August 1954, was the first non-English manager in the club's history. [7] From 1954 to 1983, under chairman Bob Lord, only managers with a previous playing career at the club were appointed—this trend ended when John Bond took the post in June 1983.
[a] From the 1950s until the 1970s, under chairman Bob Lord, Burnley became renowned for their youth policy and scouting system, and were one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground. When the team won the 1959–60 Football League, the town of Burnley—with 80,000 inhabitants—became one of the smallest to have an English first ...
Kilby joined the Burnley F.C. board of directors in October 1998. He became chairman following a vote at the company's Annual General Meeting two months later. [1] He invested £3 million into the club in a 2–1 rights issue in January 1999, which made him the club's largest single shareholder.
Exeter City FC Supporters' Trust – Trust Ownership Working Group Supporters Trust Huddersfield Town: Kevin M. Nagle: $500M [97] Health Care and Pharmacy Leyton Orient: Eagle Investments 2017 Ltd $17M [98] Lincoln City: Lincoln City Holdings Ltd Harvey Jabara WMA Sports Ventures [99] Liquid Investments [100] Mansfield Town: John Radford: $38M ...
Born in 1908 in Burnley, Lancashire, Lord was the son of a barber. [1] As a boy he worked for a local butcher until the age of nineteen, when he started his own business. [2] Lord's butchery business eventually grew into fourteen shops. [1] Lord was an avid follower of his local football club, Burnley, and in 1950 attempted to join the board.
Colne's chairman-manager Graham White made a proposal for a groundshare of Turf Moor and attempted to buy the club in early 1989; the Burnley board rejected these offers. [97] In 1987, the Burnley board had reportedly attempted to purchase almost-bankrupt Welsh club Cardiff City and relocate it to Turf Moor if Burnley were relegated; this would ...
The bid was unsuccessful, but the following year he bought over £1 million worth of shares in Burnley and joined the board of directors in February 1999. Soon afterwards, Barry Kilby was elected to be chairman of the board and Ingleby was appointed vice-chairman, a position which he held until 27 August 2010, when he resigned from the board. [5]