NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ken Bates

Kenneth William Bates (born 4 December 1931 in Ealing, London) is an English businessman and football executive commonly known as Ken Bates. December 4th redirects here. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Languages English Religions Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and other minority denominations), and other faiths. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

The current chairman of Leeds United Football Club Limited and chairman-elect of Leeds United A.F.C., Bates was previously chairman and major shareholder of Chelsea F.C. from 1982 until 2004. An outspoken character who relishes conflict,^[1] Bates is one of the most controversial figures in British football. Leeds United Football Club, founded 4 May 2007, is a limited company, the directors of which are Ken Bates, Shaun Harvey and Mark Taylor. ... â€œLeeds United Football Clubâ€ redirects here. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

Biography

Bates was born in Ealing in 1931. His mother died shortly afterwards and his father absconded, so he was raised by his grandparents in a council flat. He grew up supporting Queens Park Rangers but was unsuccessful in pursuing a playing career in football. He made his personal fortune in the haulage industry and later moved into quarrying, ready-mix concrete and dairy farming. He was involved with various other enterprises during the 1960s and 1970s, including a project on the British Virgin Islands and setting up the Irish Trust Bank, which was completed in 1976, leaving thousands of investors out-of-pocket.^[2] Twice married, he has five children. He spent five years as chairman of Oldham Athletic during the 1960s and also had a spell at Wigan Athletic Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, from Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London. ... Haulage, also called cartage or drayage, is the horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste. ... A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... Ready-mix concrete is a type of concrete that is manufactured in a factory according to a set recipe, and then delivered to a worksite, often by truck. ... A dairy farm near Oxford, New York in the United States. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Out-of-pocket expenses are direct outlays of cash which are not reimbursed. ... Oldham Athletic Association Football Club are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. ...

He currently resides in Monaco as a tax exile. He is however, under UK law, allowed to visit the country for a maximum of 90 days in a calendar year.^[3] A tax exile is one who chooses to leave a country and instead to reside in a foreign nation or jurisdiction because personal taxes there are appreciably lower or even nil. ... The law of the United Kingdom consists of several independent legal systems which use common law principles, civil law principles, or both. ...

Chelsea Football Club

Bates purchased Chelsea F.C. in 1982 for £1. When he purchased the club they were in serious financial trouble, and threatened with relegation to the Third Division, as well being tarnished by a notorious hooligan element among their support. He fought (and, through sheer persistence, eventually won) a long-running legal battle with property developers, Marler Estates, who had purchased a substantial portion of the freehold of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground. He re-united the freehold with the club (and thus secured its future) after Marler's bankruptcy following a market crash, which allowed him to do a deal with their banks and create the Chelsea Pitch Owners, an organisation set-up to stave off future developers. He also did much to rid the club of its hooligan problem, made a public show of support for Paul Canoville who, as Chelsea's first black player, had been targeted for racist abuse by a section of the support, and attempted to make the club more financially viable. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... In the sports leagues â€” especially soccer leagues â€” of many countries, relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the worst team(s) (often the bottom three) of a higher league into a lower league at the end of the season. ... From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... Fee simple, also known as fee simple absolute or allodial, is a term of art in common law. ... Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea Football Club. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administrationâ€”see text) in the United Kingdom. ... The East Stand. ... Paul Canoville (born 4 April 1962 in Hillingdon) is an English former footballer, most notable for being the first black player to play for Chelsea. ...

Bates' time at Chelsea was nothing if not controversial. Nine managers came and went, several of whom were sacked in contentious circumstances.^[4]^[5] He alienated many of the club's supporters by proposing that electric fences be used to keep them off the pitch - though in the event his planning application was rejected by the GLC on the grounds of health and safety - and then by banning several members of Chelsea's successful 1970s side, such as Ron Harris and Peter Osgood, for perceived criticism of his methods. His match-day programme notes, in which he often attacked various individuals, were also controversial. In 2002 he was sued for libel by Chelsea supporter David Johnstone after describing fans' group, the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association, as parasites; Bates eventually settled out of court.^[6] An electric fence is a barrier that uses painful or even lethal high-voltage electric shocks to deter animals or people from crossing a boundary. ... Arms of the Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. ... Occupational safety and health is the discipline concerned with preserving and protecting human and facility resources in the workplace. ... Ronald Edward Harris (born November 13, 1944 in Hackney, London), better known as Ron Chopper Harris, is a former English footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Peter Osgood (February 20, 1947 - March 1, 2006) played football in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. ... In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ...

During the 1990s, he was involved in a bitter dispute with Chelsea benefactor and vice-chairman, Matthew Harding, over the club's future direction, which led to Harding being banned from the Chelsea boardroom. The dispute was ultimately only ended by Harding's death in a helicopter crash in 1996. Bates sparked further controversy by later describing Harding as an "evil man".^[7] In January 2000, following a 5th Round FA Cup tie defeat by Chelsea for his Leicester City side, Martin O'Neill voiced the thoughts of many in a press room outburst. O'Neill said: 'On top of everything, you get footballing cretins like Ken Bates writing in his programme notes that we would come along and play for penalties.' Bates' response was it "takes one to know one." Matthew Harding (December 26, 1953 – October 22, 1996) was a British businessman and vice-chairman of Chelsea football club. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Leicester City F.C., nicknamed the Foxes, are an English football team, playing in the Football League Championship. ... Martin Hugh Michael ONeill, OBE, (born March 1, 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who has previously managed Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic and is currently manager of Aston Villa. ...

By the end of his chairmanship Stamford Bridge had been substantially refurbished and modernised, while he had become (at the time) Chelsea's most successful chairman. The club had won several major trophies and were consistently finishing in the top six of the Premiership, with a top-class playing squad containing the likes of Gianfranco Zola and Marcel Desailly. However, its future was threatened by an estimated debt burden of £80 million. In 2003 he sold the club to Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich, making a £17million profit. After the takeover Bates was investigated by the FSA for allegedly owning undeclared shares in Chelsea Village plc, but the case was eventually dropped.^[8] He stayed on as club chairman until March 2004, when he announced his resignation. Within a couple of weeks of his departure he was back in the limelight as he wrote a one off column in the Bolton Wanderers matchday programme, ironically and somewhat incidentally against Chelsea. For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... Gianfranco Zola, OBE, born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia, is a retired Italian footballer. ... Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as Odenke Abbey) is a former French football player and a former star for its national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. ... Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (IPA: ) (Russian: ) (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian oil billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. ... The Financial Services Agency is a Japanese government organization responsible for overseeing banking, securities and exchange, and insurance in order to ensure the stability of the financial system of Japan. ... Bolton Wanderers F.C. is an English professional football club. ...

FA and Wembley Stadium

Bates was an active member of the Football Association Executive and was involved in the early stages of the project to rebuild Wembley Stadium and was appointed chairman of Wembley National Stadium Ltd in 1997. He resigned in 2001, citing a lack of support from the board^[9]. Irked at the lack of progress, he later suggested that the best way to move the project forward was to shoot then-Minister for Sport, Kate Hoey.^[10] The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England. ... In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for Sport and Tourism is a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, with responsibility for sport and tourism in England. ... Catharine Letitia Hoey, known as Kate Hoey (born 21 June 1946, Belfast) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. ...

Leeds United

In January 2005, after failing in a bid to invest in Sheffield Wednesday, Bates became the principal owner and chairman of then struggling Championship team, Leeds United purchasing 50% of the club. He was quoted as saying that he wanted "one last challenge". Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) is one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ... The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short, the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League. ... â€œLeeds United Football Clubâ€ redirects here. ...

Bates had a dispute with former club, Chelsea, having accused them of "tapping-up" three Leeds youth players, accusations denied by Chelsea.^[11] Chelsea in turn reported Bates to the FA for his comment that the current Chelsea directors are "a bunch of shysters from Siberia", an alleged anti-semitic remark about Abramovich, something denied by Bates.^[12] Upon hearing that Chelsea had reported him, Bates said "I haven’t laughed so much since Ma caught her tits in the mangle."^[13] The FA also agreed with Bates stating that he had no case to answer.^[14] His own club Leeds have themselves come under scrutiny after non-league team Farsley Celtic accused Leeds of improperly signing youngsters from them.^[15] The case brought against Chelsea was eventually dropped after the two clubs agreed to a settlement privately.^[16] Tapping-up generally refers to an approach by one football club to a player under contract to another club without that other clubs knowledge or permission. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... â€œSiberianâ€ redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Farsley Celtic Association Football Club are an English football club based in Farsley, Leeds which was founded in 1908. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ...

Bates plans to eventually re-purchase Leeds' home stadium, Elland Road, and the Thorpe Arch training-ground. Elland Road is the home stadium of the football team Leeds United. ... Wetherby was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974 in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ...

In May 2007, with Leeds United entering administration, it was announced that KPMG acting as the administrator had agreed to sell the club to a newly-formed company called Leeds United Football Club Limited of which Bates is one of three directors. KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. ...

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References

^ Thoughts of chairman Ken. Phil McNulty. BBC Sport (21 January 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
^ Interview with Ken Bates. Roy Collins. Guardian Unlimited (1 April 2002). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
^ HM Revenue & Customs: Non-Residents: Frequently Asked Questions. HMRC. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
^ "Gullit consigned to history", The Telegraph, 1998-02-13. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss", BBC, 2000-09-12. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2. , p. 108
^ Fans upset over Bates' comments. John Ley. The Daily Telegraph (20 October 1997). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
^ How watchdog inquiry left Bates unruffled. David Conn. Guardian Unlimited (25 November 2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
^ Bates quits Wembley project. BBC Sport. BBC (8 February 2001). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
^ Bates blasts interfering Hoey. Richard Gibson. ESPN soccernet (3 May 2001). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
^ Bates issues Chelsea ultimatum. Alex Dunn. Sky Sports (30 July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
^ Blues make Bates complaint. Simon Fudge. Sky Sports (17 August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
^ Bates laughs off anti-semitic claims. Paul Doyle. Guardian Unlimited (18 August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
^ FA opts not to take Bates action. BBC Sport. BBC (29 September 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
^ By the way Ken.... Wendy Walker. Yorkshire Evening Post (22 August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
^ Leeds agree to Chelsea settlement. BBC Sport. BBC (28 October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-31.

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