11 Facts About Ron Noades

Ronald Geoffrey Noades was an English businessman, best known for his investments in football clubs.

Ron Noades was the chairman of Southall, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and finally Brentford.

Ron Noades was the manager of Brentford from 1998 to 2000, and led the club to the Third Division championship in 1999.

Ron Noades then entered tentative talks with the Milton Keynes Development Corporation with a view to relocating the club to the new town some 70 miles away in Buckinghamshire, but nothing came of this.

Ron Noades remained chairman of Wimbledon until 1981, when the club won a second promotion to the Third Division.

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Ron Noades took the club over just after their relegation from the First Division in 1981, and after three difficult seasons where they narrowly avoided dropping into the Third Division, the turning point came in May 1984 when he appointed the former Manchester United and England winger Steve Coppell as manager following his retirement from playing through injury.

In 1998, Ron Noades sold his interest in Palace to recruitment tycoon Mark Goldberg for £22,000,000.

Ron Noades had offered the club for £9m to a consortium of Kent and Surrey businessmen the previous year.

Ron Noades ended both roles in 2000 and sold his majority shareholding in the club to supporters group Bees United in January 2006.

However, Ron Noades announced in April 2006 that Jordan had not made any offers for the stadium, and that he had no intention of selling the stadium, either.

Ron Noades, who was a non-smoker, died from lung cancer on 24 December 2013 in Purley, London.