Simon Jordan Quotes
- There’ll always be some who don’t like me - even if I built a 50,000 seat stadium and bought Ronaldinho there’d still be complaints about crap hot dogs. - View Quote Details on There’ll always be some who don’t like me - even…
- “I ‘m not going to drag it out or make a point, because points are pointless.” (Simon confuses us all with his logic) - View Quote Details on “I ‘m not going to drag it out or make…
- Charlton have a cheap matchday coach service that goes out into Kent to nick Gillingham fans - that’s pretty clever. We might start sending a coach to Brighton. - View Quote Details on Charlton have a cheap matchday coach service that goes out…
- “What does Everton chairman Bill Kenwright think he will get for £6m? Andy Johnson ’s trainers.” (Regarding a possible transfer to Everton in the summer of 2005 - Johnson would move to Everton a year later for a much larger £8.6m) - View Quote Details on “What does Everton chairman Bill Kenwright think he will get…
- He ’s a leader. He ’s strong. We clash and there are chairs through windows. He can be aggressive, because good leaders are. He ’s the only true leader I ’ve met in football. - View Quote Details on He ’s a leader. He ’s strong. We clash and…
- If people don’t want to play for your football club you can’t make them. - View Quote Details on If people don’t want to play for your football club…
- I kept my sanity by pumping millions of pounds into my academy, feeling the saving grace of my club was finding players who would be chomping at the bit and honoured to play in the first team but that’s been taken away from me as well. - View Quote Details on I kept my sanity by pumping millions of pounds into…
- Whilst it is debatable that I am orange (I prefer tanned) the future is certainly bright. - View Quote Details on Whilst it is debatable that I am orange (I prefer…
- If you believe in someone you should give them enough opportunities to do the right thing. - View Quote Details on If you believe in someone you should give them enough…
- I am not de-motivated by the team, manager or fans. But I have been disillusioned with football for a long time. - View Quote Details on I am not de-motivated by the team, manager or fans…
- Birmingham - my favourite club, full of my favourite people. - View Quote Details on Birmingham - my favourite club, full of my favourite people.
- When I became a football club owner I don’t remember hanging my freedom of speech hat on the door and agreeing not to talk anymore. - View Quote Details on When I became a football club owner I don’t remember…
- I want to go in there and beat them up. Some of them like (Birmingham City chairman David ) Sullivan I would like to do that to. - View Quote Details on I want to go in there and beat them up…
- Last summer’s record tapping fines - £300,000 to Chelsea, £75,000 to Ashley Cole and £75,000 to José Mourinho - were nominal in the context of their finances. The problem is that there’s nothing beyond the unwritten code of decent behaviour to restrain press briefings. The one area where a spot of FA censorship would actually make sense is the one area that doesn’t cause a flicker of interest in their media-monitoring bunker. - View Quote Details on Last summer’s record tapping fines - £300,000 to Chelsea, £75,000…
- I know I have the right man - it is the dream ticket. We both say what we mean and we mean what we say. - View Quote Details on I know I have the right man - it is…
- Yes, I can empathise with his frustrations: they’d just been beaten 7-0. The fact that I was dancing round the room laughing doesn’t mean I can’t understand the exasperation. - View Quote Details on Yes, I can empathise with his frustrations: they’d just been…
- People sympathise with Bobby Robson that it took Newcastle eight months to pay his £2.1m compensation - but with respect, what was it for? - View Quote Details on People sympathise with Bobby Robson that it took Newcastle eight…
- There are two things you don’t do with a player who you think is about to lose it in public. One, you don’t interview him on your in-house corporate TV station. Two, if you mess up point one, you don’t then try to suppress his comments, bury the tape and convince yourself it won’t be leaked, or that the player will love you for it. - View Quote Details on There are two things you don’t do with a player…
- Let’s be clear about this. Birmingham have not spoken to anyone senior at Palace, haven’t made a bid, haven’t made an enquiry (on buying then Palace star-striker Andy Johnson ). They haven’t been told we ‘ll sell him in the summer - they haven’t been told anything. Sullivan has misled the press, his fans and ours, all - I ‘m guessing - in a sad attempt to make Birmingham look ambitious. It sums up the club - and its owners’ routinely ridiculous conduct. - View Quote Details on Let’s be clear about this. Birmingham have not spoken to…
- Bostock was one of the best players my academy has produced in the last 10 years and he has been sold for a packet of crisps. - View Quote Details on Bostock was one of the best players my academy has…
- What this does is send out a message that academies and youth development policies are not worth investing in because perceived bigger clubs can come along at any time and do what the hell they like. - View Quote Details on What this does is send out a message that academies…
- I am invited to Trevor ’s son’s wedding this weekend. I am good friends with Trevor and close to his family. You do not have those sorts of friendships if you are a pig to work for. - View Quote Details on I am invited to Trevor ’s son’s wedding this weekend…
- I’d rather support Millwall than sell Andy Johnson. - View Quote Details on I’d rather support Millwall than sell Andy Johnson.
- I have no problem with Steve now and we get on fine. - View Quote Details on I have no problem with Steve now and we get…
- “The FA consider that a chairman speaking out is more of an offence against the system than a player using abusive language in the heat of the moment during a game. - View Quote Details on “The FA consider that a chairman speaking out is more…
- I had agreed £2m (for Tim Cahill ) with Millwall, which would obviously fund their whole season and their two weeks in Europe. - View Quote Details on I had agreed £2m (for Tim Cahill ) with Millwall,…
- I have no problems with Steve Bruce, I like him a lot. I just have an issue with the imbeciles he works for. - View Quote Details on I have no problems with Steve Bruce, I like him…
- I wouldn’t want to sell the club to someone who’d fuck it up. - View Quote Details on I wouldn’t want to sell the club to someone who’d…
- If people take liberties I will defend my position. - View Quote Details on If people take liberties I will defend my position.
- The FA have charged me with improper conduct, which makes me sound like some sort of pervert - View Quote Details on The FA have charged me with improper conduct, which makes…
- I ‘m nearly 40. What do I have? I mean, really. Everyone has inner feelings about themselves that no one else knows about. Mine aren’t all that good. I don’t believe I ’m a success. I don’t believe I ‘ve achieved anything that matters. I ‘ve been guilty of seeing myself in other people’s eyes and trying to live up to that image - predominantly my father’s image of me. He thinks I ’m a racehorse. He thinks I can do anything. I hope I can. I hope I don’t let him down. - View Quote Details on I ‘m nearly 40. What do I have? I mean,…
- We then moved on to a cross-examination from their QC, an unexpected extension of his role as adviser to the panel. He decided to focus, at length, on words and their many meanings. He asked me what I meant when I said I thought my article was ‘pragmatic’? I asked what he thought I meant, and the chairman said ‘answer the question’. I accused the QC of meaningless semantics, so he asked me: ‘What do you mean by semantics?’ He wasn’t joking. - View Quote Details on We then moved on to a cross-examination from their QC,…
- If I start something, it’s because I intend to see it through. - View Quote Details on If I start something, it’s because I intend to see…
- He is a fabulous coach and as a manager he suffers very little indiscipline, as you can see from the players who play for him. - View Quote Details on He is a fabulous coach and as a manager he…
- There was a £300,000 compensation clause (in the contract of Peter Taylor as manager of Hull City ) and I paid it because I do things properly unlike some people. I don’t try to nick managers. Maybe other people do. - View Quote Details on There was a £300,000 compensation clause (in the contract of…
- Gutless, faceless people make these decisions don’t they? - View Quote Details on Gutless, faceless people make these decisions don’t they?
- (Arsenal vice-chairman) David Dein is the kind of person who will do you favours that you just don’t want. - View Quote Details on (Arsenal vice-chairman) David Dein is the kind of person who…
- “What happened between us - his decision to walk out on a two-year contract after three months, and my decision to injunct him - is well-documented, up to a point. Since it happened, Steve has made references in the press to the ‘real reasons’ he left, implying something went on at Palace that justified his decision to walk and that some sort of gagging order is keeping him quiet. - View Quote Details on “What happened between us - his decision to walk out…
- I am friends with Brucie because Brucie never lied to me. He came out and said that he wanted to go to Birmingham. - View Quote Details on I am friends with Brucie because Brucie never lied to…
- I may be many things, but I am not a liar. I have read recent articles in that ‘rag’ the [London] Evening Standard printing Dowie ’s version of events. I am not launching a petty crusade, neither am I allowing the piss to be taken out of myself or Palace. - View Quote Details on I may be many things, but I am not a…
- They recently berated their players after they lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup, but what is David Sullivan trying to achieve? He was venting his spleen but what does that do? - View Quote Details on They recently berated their players after they lost to Liverpool…
- (When speaking about Ron Noades not knowing he had sold Selhurst Park to Jordan} “That’s not a surprise though as he didn’t know who he was selling the club to six and a half years ago.” - View Quote Details on (When speaking about Ron Noades not knowing he had sold…
About Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan (born 24 September 1967, Thornton Heath, United Kingdom ) is the chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club, a football club who are, as of the 2007-2008 season, in The Championship, the second level of English football. .
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