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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, ...
[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 ...
Robert William Lord (19 June 1908 – 8 December 1981) was an English businessman best known as the chairman of Burnley Football Club. 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]
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.
Burnley: Alan Pace (50.38%) ALK Capital LLC Cardiff City: Vincent Tan (51%) [56] $730M [57] Berjaya Group: Coventry City: Doug King (100%) [58] YELO Enterprises, RCMA Capital Derby County: David Clowes [59] £252m [60] Property development Hull City: Acun Ilıcalı: Acun Medya Leeds United: York Family [61] Red Bull. $6.7B [62] San Francisco ...
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 ...
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.
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