Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg is an English football club chairman and manager.

Mark Goldberg
Personal information
Place of birth England
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bromley
Beckenham Town
Teams managed
Beckenham Town
2006–2007 Bromley
2008–2011 Bromley
2011–2016 Bromley
2016 Welling United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Business

Goldberg originally became a millionaire in the IT recruitment industry.[1] He was declared bankrupt in 2000.[2]

Football

Playing career

As a player, Goldberg played for non-League clubs Bromley and Beckenham Town, where he was player-manager while still in his 20s.[2][3]

He also played football for two seasons in the United States, from 1982 to 1983, at the College of William and Mary, after being recruited by its head coach, Al Albert.[4]

Crystal Palace

In February 1998, he took over Crystal Palace Football Club for £23.8 million and left it in administration a year later with debts of £22 million.[5]

Goldberg purchasing the club from long-serving chairman Ron Noades. Palace were relegated from the FA Premier League that season - for the third time in six years. The takeover deal also saw Italian Serie A side Juventus have a 10% stake in Palace, with a view to Juventus players being loaned or sold to Palace. Goldberg also set a target into turning Palace into a leading European club by 2003.[6]

At the end of the 1997-98 season, he appointed Terry Venables as head coach and former manager Steve Coppell as Director of football. The club was not successful under his chairmanship and in January 1999 it was taken over by administrators who counted £22 million of debts,[5] including £2m owed to Terry Venables and £7m to banks, the remainder to football clubs, players and HMRC. The club also failed to reach the standards set when Goldberg took over, with their financial crisis not being solved until a takeover by Simon Jordan was completed more than a year later, and a return to the Premier League was not achieved until 2004.[1]

Bromley

Goldberg's brother-in-law, Jerry Dolke, had become chairman of non-league Bromley and during the 2005-06 season the pair announced the controversial decision that Goldberg would replace the highly successful and highly popular George Wakeling and his management team, who had led to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, and then secured survival by a long distance.[1]

Goldberg's start in management was successful, leading Bromley to promotion into the Conference South division via the play-offs. His first pre-season included a tie against the youth team of Crystal Palace and his competitive start was good, with Bromley topping the Premier Division after his first eleven games and reaching the First Round of the FA Cup before losing 4–1 to League One side Gillingham.[2]

Goldberg left Bromley during the 2007–08 season, to be succeeded by Simon Osborn, but returned to the club at the end of the season. In April 2009, Goldberg suffered serious damage to his knee ligament while playing for Bromley Veterans in an Isthmian Veterans Cup semi-final. This injury caused him to be absent from the dugout for at least the remainder of the 2008–09 season. In January 2011 he again left the club due to an internal disagreement.[7]

On 18 June 2011 Goldberg returned to Bromley after the appointment of a new club chairman, Ashley Reading.[8] Goldberg agreed to step down as manager on 4 February 2016.[9]

Welling United

Goldberg became manager of Welling United in April 2016. He left the position in November 2016.[10]

Personal life

Goldberg's son, Bradley, is a semi-professional footballer who plays for Welling United. Goldberg also has a daughter, Lauren-Rose.

Honours

Club

Bromley

References

  1. Ornstein, David (11 November 2006). "Buoyant Goldberg living the dugout dream". The Guardian.
  2. Former Palace chairman Mark Goldberg sees a different side of life as Bromley manager The Telegraph, 5 November 2009
  3. Goldberg returns to Bromley for third stint in charge Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Kent News, 21 June 2011
  4. William and Mary Men's Soccer (Images of Sports)- p.52 - Arcadia Publishing 2010 - Al Albert
  5. Mark Goldberg quits as Bromley manager due to rift BBC Sport, 18 January 2011
  6. Goldberg returns to Bromley for third stint in charge Kent News, 21 June 2011
  7. Mark Goldberg leaves Bromley FC as investors demand results Orpington News, 5 February 2016
  8. "Day & Pennock Take Charge at Welling". The National League Official Website. 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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