Richard Murray

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Richard Alan Murray is the chairman Charlton Athletic Football Club. He is highly respected by most of the Charlton supporters and it is agreed that he has been a key to the football club's relative success over the last decade.

Murray founded Avesco plc, the specialist services provider to the entertainment & sports industry in 1984, where he was Chairman for almost 20 years; he is the Chairman of Investinmedia plc and has other non-executive directorships which include Welsh Industrial Investment Trust plc and Medal Entertainment and Media plc.

Since 2005, Murray has attracted headlines over his relationship with Crystal Palace Football Club counterpart Simon Jordan. This relates to incidents between the two which occurred when Charlton relegated Crystal Palace from the Premier League in May 2005,[1] and a year later when manager Iain Dowie moved from Palace to Charlton,[2] when Jordan felt Dowie had agreed to take over at Charlton before leaving Palace.[3] At the subsequent court, the verdict was that Charlton had not interviewed Dowie before he left Palace.[4]

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  1. ^ Simon Jordan column
  2. ^ Pardew calls for boardroom truce
  3. ^ Palace take action against Dowie
  4. ^ Dowie verdict delivered

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Business positions
Preceded by
Roger Alwen		 Charlton Athletic F.C. chairman
1995–
with Martin Simons (1995–2008)
Derek Chappell (2008–)		 Incumbent
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