From the local chippy to class hotels, FirozKassam has been a success in business. Martin Brodestsky evaluates his time as chairman of Oxford United Distinguishing features Kassam is a self-made multi-millionaire, ...
... s has essentially been a tale of two chairmen, the beneficent Madejski and the destructive FirozKassam at Oxford, shaping the differing fates of the clubs, such that on the day Reading beat Liverpool ...
... more and more and it is not nice.” Oxford chairman FirozKassam sells the club to a consortium who will bring back Jim Smith as manager. Graham Rix is sacked by Hearts: “He insisted on buying players in ...
... stand were dropped by previous managing director Keith Cox before FirozKassam took control and the club moved to the 12,500-capacity ground that bears his name in the summer of 2001. Kassam will not spend ...
... for anything involving United chairman FirozKassam, somewhat hazy, it would appear that Díaz will receive ten per cent of the club’s shares should he guide them to promotion at the end of his six-month ...
... receive food parcels from fans as club almost folds. 1999 FirozKassam buys the club for £1 and begins the long haul of moving from the Manor Ground. 2001 Oxford United plays their first game at the Kassam ...
... games. Those few fans who remain are worried about staying up next season, having already written off this campaign. Their only hope is that Swindon will be dragged down too. FirozKassam put in just ...
... were still leading with two minutes to go when I boarded a flight home after the French grand prix. – Oxford United’s owner FirozKassam telling the fans after the Luton game to “piss off” unless they ...
... place in the summer. The good news is that chairman FirozKassam is staying, having suggested he might bale out. The bad news is that Oxford only have permission from the League to use the Manor Ground ...
... FirozKassam, and things look rosier than for some time. The same cannot be said for Barnet, where fans are seeking to have the decision by the Department of the Environment to reject redevelopment plans ...