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Keith Dickens leaves Brentford
<img src="https://griffinpark.org/images/20070503-200927-3722.jpg" hspace="5" align="left" " style="border:1px solid black">Brentford has announced that chief executive Keith Dickens resigned his position and left the club two days ago (Tuesday 11th). It is believed that he is set to take a similar role elsewhere in the football industry.
Dickens joined the club in August 2006 following a long career in Proctor and Gamble and has overseen a turbulent time in the club’s history. It wasn’t long before he was shown the harsh reality of the football world as he was forced to end Leroy Rosenior’s tenure as manager three months later. He then played an active role in the appointment of new manager Scott Fitzgerald amidst rumours of a boardroom split following the controversial 11th hour decision to offer the job to Fitzgerald after seemingly being poised to appoint Oxford United youth coach Darren Patterson.
Many fans blame the failure to turn the club’s on the pitch fortunes around on this decision and he subsequently had less of a part to play in the appointment of Terry Butcher. However, he soon formed a good relationship with the former England skipper and was thought to be disillusioned at his sacking and there is bound to be speculation that this, and the recent changes to the BFC board, have led to his decision.
Off the field, some improvements have been made to the club – Ealing Road roof, sponsorship for the Braemer Road, Princess Royal - but a number of incidents have led to accusations from some observers that there has been a general lack of attention to detail by the club in some areas. This season however has seen little impact on the £500k budget deficit and the collapse of a recent deal for sponsorship of the Ealing Road stand was a particular disappointment. Everyone recognises though that the role at Brentford is a difficult task in the current environment and one that he put a lot of effort into so he goes with best wishes for the future. A member and regular reader of the GPG, we trust that any future role has a similarly active customer feedback mechanism.
It is not known what the club intend to do to replace Dickens but the recent board room changes will heighten speculation that the board may take a more hands-on role in running the club in future.
Discussions here please.
Best,
GPG
Dickens joined the club in August 2006 following a long career in Proctor and Gamble and has overseen a turbulent time in the club’s history. It wasn’t long before he was shown the harsh reality of the football world as he was forced to end Leroy Rosenior’s tenure as manager three months later. He then played an active role in the appointment of new manager Scott Fitzgerald amidst rumours of a boardroom split following the controversial 11th hour decision to offer the job to Fitzgerald after seemingly being poised to appoint Oxford United youth coach Darren Patterson.
Many fans blame the failure to turn the club’s on the pitch fortunes around on this decision and he subsequently had less of a part to play in the appointment of Terry Butcher. However, he soon formed a good relationship with the former England skipper and was thought to be disillusioned at his sacking and there is bound to be speculation that this, and the recent changes to the BFC board, have led to his decision.
Off the field, some improvements have been made to the club – Ealing Road roof, sponsorship for the Braemer Road, Princess Royal - but a number of incidents have led to accusations from some observers that there has been a general lack of attention to detail by the club in some areas. This season however has seen little impact on the £500k budget deficit and the collapse of a recent deal for sponsorship of the Ealing Road stand was a particular disappointment. Everyone recognises though that the role at Brentford is a difficult task in the current environment and one that he put a lot of effort into so he goes with best wishes for the future. A member and regular reader of the GPG, we trust that any future role has a similarly active customer feedback mechanism.
It is not known what the club intend to do to replace Dickens but the recent board room changes will heighten speculation that the board may take a more hands-on role in running the club in future.
Discussions here please.
Best,
GPG