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It might not be too long until Jordan begins a new business venture. Speaking on talkSPORT, he admitted a desire to get into boxing promoting and could rival Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. Alias Grace also concerns itself with the life and experiences of Dr. Simon Jordan, an American doctor with an interest in cerebral diseases and nervous afflictions. Though trained as a medical doctor, Dr. Jordan turned to research on mental illness due to his fascination with the mysteries of the human mind. He has traveled widely to study so-called “lunatics” and “hysterics,” and he hopes to establish his own asylum, where he can develop and test his psychological theories. Dr. Jordan considers himself a scientist. As such, he seeks rational explanations for phenomena that many people in his time still explain in terms of religion and occult superstition. He believes that with enough information, the emerging field of psychology will be able to understand how the human mind works and find the means to cure a range of mental afflictions. Dr. Jordan has committed so fully to his research that he struggles with the idea of starting a family. Despite his mother’s encouragement for him to find a suitable woman, Dr. Jordan pushes on with his work. Simon Jordan gained a reputation as a manager-killer early in his Palace ownership, though this changed as his reign progressed. Between 2000 and 2003 five managers departed the manager’s post: Steve Coppell (August 2000), Alan Smith (April 2001), Steve Bruce (November 2001), Trevor Francis (April 2003), and Steve Kember (November 2003). Of these, only Coppell and Bruce left of their own accord, with Coppell’s departure brought about by a personality clash and Bruce’s resignation leading to a High Court case. Simon Jordan succeeded in his High Court battle against Dowie, with Mr Justice Tugendhat ruling that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract at Palace. Dowie won the right to appeal against that decision, leading to it being heard in the Court of Appeal. In April 2008, Crystal Palace F.C settled out of court with Dowie. Selhurst Park

Jordan: "Don't be stupid Eddie I didn't go bankrupt at all, don't say silly things that could get you into trouble. Because I didn't go bankrupt. What I did, as the biggest creditor, because of the biggest banking crisis in the world, I took a view that I could no longer fund it (Palace) anymore, put it into administration and brought out 50 million quid on the basis of the fact I made 100 million quid. So get your facts right."In 2012 Jordan published an account of his life, an autobiography Be Careful What You Wish For. The book recounts his business success in the cellular phone business but mostly focuses on his time as the youngest ever owner of a professional football club as chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club. As of the 2005–06 season, Jordan wrote a fortnightly column for The Observer newspaper. A column in which he said football agents should be neutered led to him being charged by the Football Association with bringing the game into disrepute. The case was heard on 7 December 2005 with a charge of improper conduct proven. Simon Jordan was born on September 24, 1967 (age 55 years) in Thornton, United Kingdom. His father is Peter Jordan. Simon Jordan was an accomplished young footballer signing schoolboy forms with both Chelsea and Crystal Palace. He has described himself as being “good enough to be a professional, but mentally I wasn’t interested. You often get players who have bags of talent, but not the required application. I was one of them.” All this happened whilst he was at Purley High School for Boys in Old Coulsdon. His father Peter Jordan used to play for Crystal Palace F.C., although never appeared for the first team.

During his tenure, Palace gained promotion from the second tier to the illustrious Premier League in 2004, although they did suffer immediate relegation.Breathtakingly honest, highly controversial, humorous and full of jaw-dropping anecdotes, Be Careful What You Wish For 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. The perfect Christmas gift for all football fans. Jordan immediately appointed himself chairman, making him the youngest chairman of a Football League club then at age 32. Having been born “100 yards from the ground” Jordan had been a lifelong fan, and he noted, “I have been prepared to put my money into something I truly believe in, and my first job is to turn the fortunes of this club around.” Listen to this explosive insight into the previously unseen world of football club ownership by one of the game's most recognisable figures.

And mainly get attracted to people who narrate it themselves for one and have had a career that has been worked at and tend to have controversy to contend with. Iain Dowie was appointed in December 2003 and the club bounded up the table from the relegation zone to win promotion in May 2004, beating West Ham United at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in the play-off final, fulfilling Jordan’s promise of promotion within five years. Ten years later, Palace was in administration and Jordan had lost nigh on everything. Be Careful What You Wish For lifts the lid on being the owner of a football club and how the game really works. Hopes and dreams sit alongside greed, self-interest, dodgy transfers, boardroom fights and dressing room dressing downs. Throughout no one is spared, least of all Jordan himself.But in truth this gripped me all the way and wouldn’t allow me to ever let distractions interfere and accept missing a second of SJ’s accounts. Jordan serves as a refreshing antidote to the hypocrisy, greed, and self-serving agendas that pervade the modern game. I'm spending a bit of time making sure that I understand the boxing world and that I align myself with the right people. I either buy somebody's business, I invest in somebody's business, or I start my own business.

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