Blackpool Football Club Chairman - Karl Oyston
Wed 17 Nov 2004
Karl Oyston took over as Chairman of Blackpool Football Club in March 1999 following the departure of his mother Vicki Oyston.
Karl had previously been involved in the management of the Oyston's other family businesses including Property managment, Farming interests and the financial control of the publishing business that produced the "Life" range of magazines before taking charge of the financial control of the whole of the family's business interests.
The financial peril of the football club is what led to Karl taking over the Chairmanship at Bloomfield Road. His arrival was seen by many as a portent of doom for the club as he openly declared that he had no interest in football and has stated that he would be either the death of or a cure for the club.
His main aim was to get the club back on the right tracks from both a financial and customer service point of view, as he puts it himself there were serious problems with the customer service being offered by the club and with the board and company structure.
Karl's arrival saw an immediate start to the restructuring of both the staff and the board at the club in an effort to improve the financial and operational effectiveness of the organisation, this was just a small part in the effort to re-vitalise the fortunes of this once great club.
It was immediately apparent to Karl that the re-development of the Bloomfield Road ground was imperative if the club were to survive, there had of course been a number of unattainable ideas promoted regarding the re-development but Karl was sure that only a sensible phased development would succeed.
Following a number of disappointments and delays with the current scheme work is well underway, the North and West sections of the ground were demolished during the summer of 2000 and two state of the art stands were opened in March 2001.
During the summer of 2003 work began on demolishing the remaining East and South Stands.
Karl had previously been involved in the management of the Oyston's other family businesses including Property managment, Farming interests and the financial control of the publishing business that produced the "Life" range of magazines before taking charge of the financial control of the whole of the family's business interests.
The financial peril of the football club is what led to Karl taking over the Chairmanship at Bloomfield Road. His arrival was seen by many as a portent of doom for the club as he openly declared that he had no interest in football and has stated that he would be either the death of or a cure for the club.
His main aim was to get the club back on the right tracks from both a financial and customer service point of view, as he puts it himself there were serious problems with the customer service being offered by the club and with the board and company structure.
Karl's arrival saw an immediate start to the restructuring of both the staff and the board at the club in an effort to improve the financial and operational effectiveness of the organisation, this was just a small part in the effort to re-vitalise the fortunes of this once great club.
It was immediately apparent to Karl that the re-development of the Bloomfield Road ground was imperative if the club were to survive, there had of course been a number of unattainable ideas promoted regarding the re-development but Karl was sure that only a sensible phased development would succeed.
Following a number of disappointments and delays with the current scheme work is well underway, the North and West sections of the ground were demolished during the summer of 2000 and two state of the art stands were opened in March 2001.
During the summer of 2003 work began on demolishing the remaining East and South Stands.
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