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| Ben Mansford CEO on 11:59 - Aug 20 with 2093 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 13:48 - Aug 20 with 2084 views | spell_chekker |
Hummmmmm.
Had shaky first few months. The search for Grayson's replacement being an example. Doing very well now though. Linton Brown is too. The commercial side of the club has been revolutionised.
Good news.
Congrats Ben. |  |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 18:18 - Sep 23 with 2009 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
| Ben Mansford CEO on 13:48 - Aug 20 by spell_chekker |
Hummmmmm.
Had shaky first few months. The search for Grayson's replacement being an example. Doing very well now though. Linton Brown is too. The commercial side of the club has been revolutionised.
Good news.
Congrats Ben. |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 12:26 - Sep 24 with 1984 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 12:21 - Sep 25 with 1968 views | spell_chekker |
Mansford glad to host club he ‘learned so much’ at
BEN MANSFORD is looking forward to tomorrow’s match between his current club Blackpool and former employers Barnsley where he admits he had ‘such an enjoyable and important time’ in his first chief executive role.
Mansford was CEO at Oakwell from 2013 to 2016 as he oversaw a relegation then promotion.
A former agent, he was the first of a series of young, ambitious Reds CEOs with little or no previous experience of the role which also includes his successors Gauthier Ganaye, Dane Murphy and now Khaled El-Ahmad.
He left for Leeds United in 2016, just after the Reds’ League One play-off final win, but lasted only one season then spent two years in Israeli football with Maccabi Tel Aviv before joining Blackpool in 2019.
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Mansford told the Chronicle: “Those three years at Barnsley were such an enjoyable and important time for me, as a chief executive and a person.
“I think the club needed a bit of an injection of energy. We tried to go out in the community and connect with the fans again.
“The first year was really tough. The Barnsley fans are fairly unforgiving and took their time to warm to me. It’s a proper football club in a proper town and they don’t suffer fools. But I would like to think that we made a lot of progress in the second and third year. That last season was so special and I’ll never forget it.
“I had great mentors in Patrick Cryne and Maurice Watkins who I owe a lot to. Standing on the side of the Wembley pitch with the two of them after promotion is a very special memory for me. Overall it was a great three years.”
Asked if he had any regrets, Mansford said: “Probably my biggest regret would be trying to change the crest, which I shouldn’t have done.
“The other one was trying to do too much too soon and sometimes using ten words when one would do. I’ve learned from all of that.
“I would also have handled my communications around my exit with the Cryne family a bit better. It wasn’t the easiest exit. Patrick forgave me in the end and we were very close when he passed away (in 2018).”
Mansford said Jean and James Cryne, the widow and son of Patrick, will always be his ‘lifelong friends’ and they attended his wedding in Greece in 2019.
“The 21st of January when Patrick passed away is always an important day to me.
“Jean is still a good counsel who imparts those South Yorkshire words of wisdom to me and James has become a good friend.”
Mansford arrived at Oakwell the same summer as chairman Maurice Watkins who left in late 2017 and died last month.
“Maurice was fantastic for me. He really helped me grow and learn to handle the boardroom environment. He was just a proper professional and gentleman. He had a really good way of walking into situations and working out the good guys and bad guys then guiding us on our journey.
“He helped set me up with my move to Israel.
“It’s a testament to Maurice that he kept his failing health very private so that he could still be the face and energy of so many things. As chairman of British Swimming, he saw the Olympics through this summer and GB got their most medals ever then he sadly said goodbye to the world. That is a really positive way to remember him.”
After the Reds’ relegation in 2014, Cryne decided to take a more hands-on role at the club and change from a policy of signing older, experienced players to developing youth and almost exclusively recruiting under 25s.
A similar strategy has been used by the owners who bought the club from Cryne in 2017 — with the Reds reaching the Championship play-offs in May for the first time in 21 years.
Mansford said: “Nobody likes getting relegated but we came back with a plan and look how well it has served Barnsley in the last few years.
“I can clearly picture Patrick and Jean at their kitchen table, with Tommy the cat.
“The manager Danny Wilson had been asking for experienced players but Patrick said ‘we’re going to go on a different journey and I want you to come with me’. We had probably got fatigued by eking out the last six months of a player on loan or signing players because the manager had worked with them before, or recruiting on CVs.
“At the start people were skeptical. They probably watched Moneyball or thought it was a load of people trying to crunch stats on a laptop.
“But what it gave us was a philosophy of how Barnsley did things on and off the pitch. It really streamlined our recruitment.
“We decided to go with blood, guts and thunder football on the pitch and to recruit young players who we could either sell on for double, treble or quadruple that amount or, if they didn’t work out, re-sell them for a similar amount.
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we can see now it was the start of something.
“Last season was fantastic for Barnsley.
“I think Brexit is a challenge for everyone but especially the Barnsley model.
“They, like us at Blackpool, are trying to be a family oriented community club who are being sustainable and sensible and not ending up in financial trouble like other clubs in the division at the moment.”
Linton Brown, who briefly took over from Mansford as Reds chief executive, is also with the Tangerines as ‘chief commercial officer.’
So is midfielder Kenny Dougall who was released by the Reds last year, with Mansford saying: “Kenny has been brilliant and I can’t thank Barnsley enough for letting him go.”
On tomorrow’s game, Mansford said: “It’s going to be a massive game. I know the Barnsley fans will make a good amount of noise. I don’t know if they will bring a plant pot with them or not.
“But I think our fans are as good as any.
“There will be a brilliant atmosphere.
“I am still in touch with a few people who still work at Barnsley, as well as some of the sponsors who I am hopefully going for a drink with on Friday night.” | |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 12:21 - Sep 25 by spell_chekker |
Mansford glad to host club he ‘learned so much’ at
BEN MANSFORD is looking forward to tomorrow’s match between his current club Blackpool and former employers Barnsley where he admits he had ‘such an enjoyable and important time’ in his first chief executive role.
Mansford was CEO at Oakwell from 2013 to 2016 as he oversaw a relegation then promotion.
A former agent, he was the first of a series of young, ambitious Reds CEOs with little or no previous experience of the role which also includes his successors Gauthier Ganaye, Dane Murphy and now Khaled El-Ahmad.
He left for Leeds United in 2016, just after the Reds’ League One play-off final win, but lasted only one season then spent two years in Israeli football with Maccabi Tel Aviv before joining Blackpool in 2019.
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Mansford told the Chronicle: “Those three years at Barnsley were such an enjoyable and important time for me, as a chief executive and a person.
“I think the club needed a bit of an injection of energy. We tried to go out in the community and connect with the fans again.
“The first year was really tough. The Barnsley fans are fairly unforgiving and took their time to warm to me. It’s a proper football club in a proper town and they don’t suffer fools. But I would like to think that we made a lot of progress in the second and third year. That last season was so special and I’ll never forget it.
“I had great mentors in Patrick Cryne and Maurice Watkins who I owe a lot to. Standing on the side of the Wembley pitch with the two of them after promotion is a very special memory for me. Overall it was a great three years.”
Asked if he had any regrets, Mansford said: “Probably my biggest regret would be trying to change the crest, which I shouldn’t have done.
“The other one was trying to do too much too soon and sometimes using ten words when one would do. I’ve learned from all of that.
“I would also have handled my communications around my exit with the Cryne family a bit better. It wasn’t the easiest exit. Patrick forgave me in the end and we were very close when he passed away (in 2018).”
Mansford said Jean and James Cryne, the widow and son of Patrick, will always be his ‘lifelong friends’ and they attended his wedding in Greece in 2019.
“The 21st of January when Patrick passed away is always an important day to me.
“Jean is still a good counsel who imparts those South Yorkshire words of wisdom to me and James has become a good friend.”
Mansford arrived at Oakwell the same summer as chairman Maurice Watkins who left in late 2017 and died last month.
“Maurice was fantastic for me. He really helped me grow and learn to handle the boardroom environment. He was just a proper professional and gentleman. He had a really good way of walking into situations and working out the good guys and bad guys then guiding us on our journey.
“He helped set me up with my move to Israel.
“It’s a testament to Maurice that he kept his failing health very private so that he could still be the face and energy of so many things. As chairman of British Swimming, he saw the Olympics through this summer and GB got their most medals ever then he sadly said goodbye to the world. That is a really positive way to remember him.”
After the Reds’ relegation in 2014, Cryne decided to take a more hands-on role at the club and change from a policy of signing older, experienced players to developing youth and almost exclusively recruiting under 25s.
A similar strategy has been used by the owners who bought the club from Cryne in 2017 — with the Reds reaching the Championship play-offs in May for the first time in 21 years.
Mansford said: “Nobody likes getting relegated but we came back with a plan and look how well it has served Barnsley in the last few years.
“I can clearly picture Patrick and Jean at their kitchen table, with Tommy the cat.
“The manager Danny Wilson had been asking for experienced players but Patrick said ‘we’re going to go on a different journey and I want you to come with me’. We had probably got fatigued by eking out the last six months of a player on loan or signing players because the manager had worked with them before, or recruiting on CVs.
“At the start people were skeptical. They probably watched Moneyball or thought it was a load of people trying to crunch stats on a laptop.
“But what it gave us was a philosophy of how Barnsley did things on and off the pitch. It really streamlined our recruitment.
“We decided to go with blood, guts and thunder football on the pitch and to recruit young players who we could either sell on for double, treble or quadruple that amount or, if they didn’t work out, re-sell them for a similar amount.
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we can see now it was the start of something.
“Last season was fantastic for Barnsley.
“I think Brexit is a challenge for everyone but especially the Barnsley model.
“They, like us at Blackpool, are trying to be a family oriented community club who are being sustainable and sensible and not ending up in financial trouble like other clubs in the division at the moment.”
Linton Brown, who briefly took over from Mansford as Reds chief executive, is also with the Tangerines as ‘chief commercial officer.’
So is midfielder Kenny Dougall who was released by the Reds last year, with Mansford saying: “Kenny has been brilliant and I can’t thank Barnsley enough for letting him go.”
On tomorrow’s game, Mansford said: “It’s going to be a massive game. I know the Barnsley fans will make a good amount of noise. I don’t know if they will bring a plant pot with them or not.
“But I think our fans are as good as any.
“There will be a brilliant atmosphere.
“I am still in touch with a few people who still work at Barnsley, as well as some of the sponsors who I am hopefully going for a drink with on Friday night.” |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 13:24 - Sep 30 with 1941 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 14:24 - Oct 1 with 1927 views | spell_chekker |
Why the big charm offensive this week? | |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 08:24 - Oct 2 with 1918 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
| Ben Mansford CEO on 14:24 - Oct 1 by spell_chekker |
Why the big charm offensive this week? |
These interviews will have been booked weeks ago
It's so the media has some material to use during the international break. It's just the timing was right to get the message across to our idiots that they are not wanted. | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 10:40 - Oct 6 with 1281 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
| Ben Mansford CEO on 08:24 - Oct 2 by BringBackTheRedRoom |
These interviews will have been booked weeks ago
It's so the media has some material to use during the international break. It's just the timing was right to get the message across to our idiots that they are not wanted. |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 10:42 - Oct 8 with 1272 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 09:03 - Oct 11 with 1265 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 19:19 - Dec 15 with 1239 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 20:34 - Dec 15 with 1227 views | spell_chekker |
Have you noticed his strategy?
He gives an interview once every 6 months or so.
Each item tackled in the interview, be it stadium development, fan involvement, player recruitment, coaching staff, first team management ... etc ... etc ... is broken down into individual soundbites and released (bit by bit) over the course of a week.
It creates a minor storm of speculation over BFC.
It's all blah de blah de blah and I find his discourse rivetting, great to listen to, entertaining ...... good stuff Ben. | |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 10:29 - Mar 2 with 1208 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
| Ben Mansford CEO on 20:34 - Dec 15 by spell_chekker |
Have you noticed his strategy?
He gives an interview once every 6 months or so.
Each item tackled in the interview, be it stadium development, fan involvement, player recruitment, coaching staff, first team management ... etc ... etc ... is broken down into individual soundbites and released (bit by bit) over the course of a week.
It creates a minor storm of speculation over BFC.
It's all blah de blah de blah and I find his discourse rivetting, great to listen to, entertaining ...... good stuff Ben. |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 09:27 - Mar 4 with 1190 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 15:47 - Mar 10 with 1159 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 18:29 - Jun 6 with 1136 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 03:02 - Jun 7 with 1124 views | spell_chekker |
I love hearing Ben waffle on and isn't he good at it?
It's a bit mesmerising, listening to him.
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 19:23 - Mar 15 with 965 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
| Ben Mansford CEO on 03:02 - Jun 7 by spell_chekker |
I love hearing Ben waffle on and isn't he good at it?
It's a bit mesmerising, listening to him.
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| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| Ben Mansford CEO on 21:19 - May 3 with 911 views | spell_chekker |
Club Statement | Ben Mansford
Blackpool Football Club can announce that CEO Ben Mansford is to leave his position in the coming weeks to pursue opportunities elsewhere.
On his departure, Ben Mansford said:
“Having enjoyed four years as CEO of this special football club, I feel that now is the right time for me and my family to move on to a new challenge.
“It has been a real honour to lead the Club during such an exciting time in it’s history. I’d like to thank Simon for his incredible support since I joined the Club, as well as all of the staff and supporters.
“I wish everyone connected with the football club the very best for the future.”
Owner Simon Sadler said:
“I’d like to thank Ben for all of his hard work and dedication to Blackpool Football Club since joining me on this journey back in 2019.
“His knowledge and expertise has been invaluable to me and to all of the staff at the Club. He leaves us in a much stronger position than when he first joined us.
“Jonty Castle will now step up from his current position as Chief Revenue Officer to Chief Operating Officer, assisted by Mark McGhee who will assume a broader role as Head of Finance and Operations.
“A new Sporting Director has been appointed who we will unveil when we are able to do so, whilst the process of recruiting a new Head Coach continues at pace.”
https://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/03/club-statement---ben-mansford/ [Post edited 3 May 2023 21:20]
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