Be Careful What You Wish For
The ultimate book for every football fan
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4.4 • 349 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
The ultimate gift for every football fan. Ever dreamed of owning your boyhood football club? Be careful what you wish for...
Simon Jordan grew up a stone's throw from Crystal Palace Football Club. As a boy he used to break into the Palace ground for a kick-about on the hallowed turf. On leaving school he entered the mobile phone business. By the age of thirty-two, he'd built a company from nothing, sold it for £75 million and bought his childhood club. By the age of forty-two Palace was in administration and Jordan had lost nigh on everything.
Be Careful What You Wish For lifts the lid on the owner's story and reveals for the first time how the national game really works. Jordan spares no one, least of all himself, as he takes us inside a world where hopes and aspirations sit alongside greed, self-interest, overpriced players, dodgy transfers and top-level incompetence. He doesn't hold back.
Breathtakingly honest, highly controversial, humorous and full of jaw-dropping anecdotes, this is far more than a football book. It is a social commentary on the culture of great wealth and ambition; a Shakespearean tragedy that exposes the dark side of chasing a dream.
‘If you are a football fan and have not read this book, you are missing out’ John Inverdale
‘One hell of a read’ Sport Magazine
'One of the best football books you will ever read' Birmingham Post
Customer Reviews
Brutally honest!!
I was curious as to what this guy was about, his press cuttings portrayed him as arrogant and rude, but when you read this book you realise he is real, not fake, and will tell you to your face, not behind your back, he had a passion to succeed at Palace, but highlights in the book all the shenanigans of modern day football, which most of us would despair if we encountered in our daily work. He highlights with brutal honesty how football is actually tarnished with many unsavoury characters behind the scenes, but also does have a few genuine ones. The book basically highlights his biggest weakness which he appears to have run the club with his heart at times and not his head, not a bad trait, but personally to him a costly one financially. A good read gives a different insight certainly one of the better footballing reads for a long time. Alan. T
Julian Nutley
A very interesting read. Simon Jordan tells the story of his life and the reality of owning a football club in a brutally honest way. He doesn't try to present himself in a glowing light and is far more likeable than you would imagine. As an aside I also played for Maidstone Grammar in the cricket game that he describes in the early chapters and I remember them walking off as our fast bowler Sean Charlton scared the life out of them, so I can confirm that story was true!
Good Read
What can I say except what a brilliant read,buy it you won't be disappointed