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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 23 Jan 21 9.27am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

I saw this on the club website so thought I would repost.

Back in the day I used to sit near him he was always ready to talk to fans.

For some he is a hate figure I never understood that I thought he was a good chairman and prior to our current guy our most successful one.

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 23 Jan 21 9.33am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

I saw this on the club website so thought I would repost.

Back in the day I used to sit near him he was always ready to talk to fans.

For some he is a hate figure I never understood that I thought he was a good chairman and prior to our current guy our most successful one.

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I concur with these sentiments.

 

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View AERO's Profile AERO Flag 23 Jan 21 9.54am Send a Private Message to AERO Add AERO as a friend

And selling off the crown jewels to Sainsbury's ?

 

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View kevlee's Profile kevlee Flag born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 23 Jan 21 10.06am Send a Private Message to kevlee Add kevlee as a friend

I don't have fond memories of him.
One match, probably mid 1990's I found myself in the Stanley Stephenson lounge / main stand, seated not far from where he was. It was a poor performance as I recall (there were lots of them at this time!!) and we were generally venting our spleen - and he got the security to chuck us out!
Plus he might think he was being very clever and making lots of money for himself and his slapper of a wife, but he took Goldberg for a ride and caused years of misery to the club with the fall out.
So basically, he can f*** right off.
And I suspect some of the black players at the time will share my view.

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 23 Jan 21 10.11am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by AERO

And selling off the crown jewels to Sainsbury's ?

No that was the previous chairman Ray Bloye who took an 800k consultancy fee from the club. To his credit Noades took him to court to try to recover it but lost.

 


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View Fatherken's Profile Fatherken Flag 23 Jan 21 10.42am Send a Private Message to Fatherken Add Fatherken as a friend

instead of investing the money he made at the club to improve it he brought a couple of golf clubs

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 23 Jan 21 11.07am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Ron Noades arrived when our club was on its knees with paltry attendances and steered the club through some of the greatest times in our history with promotions to the top division, a 3rd place finish, an FA Cup final appearance and of course another Wembley appearance when we won the ZDS cup.
We had some wonderful times during the Noades era.

At Selhurst Park, the Holmesdale Stand was built replacing the ageing terrace and the Whitehorse Lane Stand was also constructed.

I saw Ron Noades a few months before he passed away and I was really saddened to see the deterioration in his health.RIP.

Finally, some rather disparaging remarks have been made concerning his dear wife Novello.I always found Novello to be a charming,friendly lady and I wish her well.

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 23 Jan 21 11.13am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Fatherken

instead of investing the money he made at the club to improve it he brought a couple of golf clubs

From Golf Discount?

 


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View johnmcormick8's Profile johnmcormick8 Flag Brundish 23 Jan 21 11.20am Send a Private Message to johnmcormick8 Add johnmcormick8 as a friend

I never met the man but he did his best for himself and the club I 100% agree with you

Originally posted by Willo

Ron Noades arrived when our club was on its knees with paltry attendances and steered the club through some of the greatest times in our history with promotions to the top division, a 3rd place finish, an FA Cup final appearance and of course another Wembley appearance when we won the ZDS cup.
We had some wonderful times during the Noades era.

At Selhurst Park, the Holmesdale Stand was built replacing the ageing terrace and the Whitehorse Lane Stand was also constructed.

I saw Ron Noades a few months before he passed away and I was really saddened to see the deterioration in his health.RIP.

Finally, some rather disparaging remarks have been made concerning his dear wife Novello.I always found Novello to be a charming,friendly lady and I wish her well.

Edited by Willo (23 Jan 2021 11.09am)

 

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View PatrickA's Profile PatrickA Flag London 23 Jan 21 11.30am Send a Private Message to PatrickA Add PatrickA as a friend

On the whole he was good for the club but at heart he was always a businessman.
On the few occasions I met him I was struck by his dry sense of humour and knowledge of football and players, including the lower leagues.
The year we finished third I regretted that he wasn’t prepared to invest to challenge in the following season.
Instead that very good team eventually broke up and it all turned a little sour.

 

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View Eaglecoops's Profile Eaglecoops Flag CR3 23 Jan 21 11.49am Send a Private Message to Eaglecoops Add Eaglecoops as a friend

Noades clicked his fingers at a barman in the golf club to summon him for drinks. Never liked him from that moment on. Had to play against him and Novello in a couple of mixed golf matches and pleased to say we never lost to them.

Only saving grace for me was he did appear to have a genuine love of Palace and would happily chat about them even after giving up ownership.

 

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View kevlee's Profile kevlee Flag born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 23 Jan 21 11.51am Send a Private Message to kevlee Add kevlee as a friend

Originally posted by PatrickA

On the whole he was good for the club but at heart he was always a businessman.
On the few occasions I met him I was struck by his dry sense of humour and knowledge of football and players, including the lower leagues.
The year we finished third I regretted that he wasn’t prepared to invest to challenge in the following season.
Instead that very good team eventually broke up and it all turned a little sour.

He loved the club so much he destroyed it to line his own pockets. Agreed it took an idiot like Mark Goldberg to help him do it. Mark's problem was that he was a Palace fan with stars in his eyes and not enough money to own a football club. Noades used his retained ownership of the ground as a pawn in his pursuit of personal gain. It took years of pain to get over the damage hes did to the club.
Too many rose tinted glasses being worn I'm afraid. The only thing Ron was interested in was himself.

 


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