Peter Ridsdale was born on 11 March 1952 and is an English businessman and advisor to the owner at Preston North End.
16 Facts About Peter Ridsdale
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Peter Ridsdale was until December 2011 the Chairman of Football Operations at Plymouth Argyle.
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Peter Ridsdale has repeatedly denied any blame with regard to the later situation of the club but has conflictingly admitted it was a mistake to allow David O'Leary to spend so lavishly on players.
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Peter Ridsdale claimed that he would have saved Leeds from subsequent relegations to the third tier of English football and the debt his board had incurred in the name of the club.
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Peter Ridsdale was the owner of Barnsley for a while, rescuing them from folding after dropping from the Premier League to Division Two and loss of revenue from the ITV Digital collapse.
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Peter Ridsdale became deputy Chairman of Cardiff City, who had recruited him to help with their new stadium project, which eventually became Cardiff City Stadium.
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Peter Ridsdale became chairman in October 2006 after Sam Hammam stepped down.
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In mid-2007, Peter Ridsdale campaigned to become a member of the Football Association of Wales council and hoped to be elected as one of six south Wales representatives on Welsh football's ruling body.
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Peter Ridsdale was forced to apologise for "misleading" fans when he conceded money raised during Christmas period 2009 from season ticket renewals for 2011 had to be spent on settling debts rather than reinforcements.
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Peter Ridsdale announced his intention to quit as Cardiff chairman at the end of May 2010, the play-off final loss to Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 22 May 2010 being his final game.
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Brendan Guilfoyle was appointed as administrator and retained Peter Ridsdale to run the footballing side of the business.
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Peter Ridsdale became the Preston North End chairman on 6 December 2011.
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Peter Ridsdale then left this role and became an advisor to the owner, Mr T Hemmings in 2012.
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In November 2007 Peter Ridsdale released the book United We Fall: Boardroom Truths About the Beautiful Game making claims about incidents which had contributed to the downfall of Leeds United in the mid-2000s.
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O'Leary later responded to the claims regarding him by stating that he had taken part in discussions with Peter Ridsdale and had signed a conditional statement, but O'Leary said that nothing legally-binding was put in place.
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Peter Ridsdale was Managing Director of Tulchan Holdings, which successfully acquired Sock Shop from the receiver in 1996.