During his ten years in football, Simon Jordan became one of the most recognisable faces in the game and led Crystal Palace to the Premier League in 2004 ā making him the youngest Premier League Football club owner at just 36.
Simon Jordan | Columnist
In 2005, Simon started writing a fortnightly column for The Observer newspaper before moving to The Sun in 2019, where he wrote his column āSimon Jordanās Big opinionā.”
On radio, Simon became a pundit on TalkSPORT radio, where his no-nonsense analysis and willingness to challenge conventional thinking. He now has a morning weekday show on TalkSPORT called White and Jordan with Jim White, which has become a cornerstone of the stationās programming.
Simon Jordan | TV Appearances
Aside from appearances in football-related programmes, Jordan’s first major TV appearance was in early 2007, appearing in Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway for ITV along with fellow millionaires including fellow Great British Speaker Duncan Bannatyne.
In 2017, Simon appeared on episodes of the Sky Sports late night discussion show, The Debate and in 2019 appeared on BBC’s Question Time.
Simon Jordan | Books
In 2012, Simon published his autobiography Be Careful What You Wish For. In the book, Simon does not hold back and reveals how the national game works for the first time. He spares no one, least of all himself, as he takes readers inside a world where hopes and aspirations sit alongside greed, self-interest, overpriced players, dodgy transfers and top-level incompetence.Ā Ā
The book was praised for being breathtakingly honest, highly controversial, and humorous. It won an award at the British Sport Books Awards and was a finalist in the William Hill Sports Awards.
In 2025, Simon will publish his second book, The Intelligent Personās Guide to Football, which will examine how football really works, from agents and club owners to tactics and players. For those who thought they knew about football and how it really works, this intelligent book will radically change the way they think about the beautiful game for good.
Simon Jordan | Entrepreneur
Having built and sold Pocket Phone Shop for Ā£73 million, Simon has a taste for entrepreneurship. In 2002, he co-founded the car magazine Octane, selling 50% of his shareholding in 2006.
After the sale of Octane, Simon opened Club Bar and Dining in Warwick Street, London. Five years later, he sold the business for an undisclosed figure to Ottolenghi Group, which renamed the restaurant Nopi.
