146. Can An Ex-Player Ever Make A Successful Owner?

Football Ruined My Life · Aug 28, 2026 · 43m

This week Jimmy Mulville, Jon Holmes and Colin Shindler examine ex-players who become owners. It used to be that players saw how managers behaved and thought they could do better when they retired. Now with the increase in players’ affluence, they have seen how the clubs they played for were run and have decided that they could do it as well, if not better. This philosophy underlay the actions of Derek Dougan at Wolves, Francis Lee at Manchester City and a man who remains perhaps the biggest enigma. Terry Venables, after a distinguished playing and managerial career, was desperate to take the…