Jump to content

David Moores: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Aediasse (talk | contribs)
1,192 edits
Added citation needed for sentence: "Since Dalglish's return, Liverpool have performed better in the Premier League than any other team except Newcastle" - very unlikely to be true
 
(108 intermediate revisions by 64 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|British football executive (1946–2022)}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
|name = David R. Moores
{{Use British English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = David Richard Moores
|image =
|image =
|imagesize =
|imagesize =
|alt =
|alt =
|order =
|order =
|office = Owner of [[Liverpool Football Club]]
|office1 = Honorary Life President of [[Liverpool F.C.]]
|term_start1 = 6 February 2007
|manager =
|term_end1 = 22 July 2022
|term_start = September 18, 1991
|predecessor1 =
|term_end = February 6, 2007
|predecessor =
|successor1 =
|office2 = Chairman of [[Liverpool F.C.]]
|successor = [[Tom Hicks]] & </br> [[George N. Gillett, Jr.]]
|term_start2 = 18 September 1991
|birth_date = 1945 (age 66)
|term_end2 = 6 February 2007
|birth_place =
|predecessor2 = [[Noel White]]
|death_date =
|successor2 = [[Tom Hicks]] & <br /> [[George N. Gillett, Jr.]]
|death_place =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|03|15|df=y}}
|spouse =
|birth_place = [[Liverpool]], Lancashire, England
|children =
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|07|22|1946|03|15}}
|residence =
|death_place = Liverpool, Merseyside, England
|spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{Marriage|Kathy Anders|1976|1977|end=died}}
* {{Marriage|Marge Walmsley|1983|2022|end=died}}
}}
|children =
|alma_mater =
|alma_mater =
|profession = [[Businessman]]
|profession = Football executive, chairman
}}
}}


'''David Richard Moores''' (15 March 1946<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.no/nyheter/2022/7/david-moores-er-doed/|title=David Moores er død|first=Øystein|last=Tronstad|date=22 July 2022|website=liverpool.no |language=no}}</ref> – 22 July 2022) was a British football executive, chairman of [[Liverpool F.C.]] from 1991 to 2007 and later the club's honorary life president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm|title=US pair agree Liverpool takeover|access-date=16 January 2010
'''David R Moores''' (born 1945) is the former [[chairman]] (1991–2007) and now honorary life president of [[Liverpool F.C.]].<ref>{{cite web
|date=6 February 2007 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm
|title=US pair agree Liverpool takeover
|accessdate=2010-01-16
|date=6 February 2007 |work= |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>


==Liverpool FC==
==Liverpool F.C.==
He became Chairman on 18 September 1991. He owned 17,850 shares in [[Liverpool F.C.]] which represented 51% of the club. His uncle, [[John Moores (merchant)|Sir John Moores]], was chairman of [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], never Liverpool FC, where he was only a small shareholder. John Moores created [[Littlewoods]] and made the Moores family one of the wealthiest in the UK. Littlewoods was sold in 2002 for £750m.<ref>{{cite web
He became chairman of [[Liverpool F.C.]] on 18 September 1991. He owned 17,850 shares which represented 51% of the club. His uncle, Sir [[John Moores (British businessman)|John Moores]], was chairman of [[Everton F.C.]], although he was a small shareholder. John Moores created [[Littlewoods]] and made the Moores family one of the wealthiest in the UK. Littlewoods was sold in 2002 for £750m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topdare.com/2009/10/top-100-richest-people-in-british-football/|title=Top 10 richest people in British football|access-date=16 January 2010 |date=9 October 2009 |publisher=topdare.com}}</ref>
|url=http://www.topdare.com/2009/10/top-100-richest-people-in-british-football/
|title=Top 10 richest people in British football
|accessdate=2010-01-16 |last= |first= |coauthors=
|date=9 October 2009 |work=
|publisher=topdare.com}}</ref> The family owned their stake in the club for over 50 years.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKB81717020080305
|title=FACTBOX-Soccer-Who owns Liverpool Football Club
|accessdate=2010-01-16
|last=
|first=
|date=Mar 5, 2008 |work=
|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> However David Moores increasingly sought external investment to help the club develop a new ground, and ended up selling it in 2007 to American investors [[George N. Gillett, Jr.|George Gillett]] and [[Tom Hicks]] in preference to [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Sheikh Mohammed]] and [[Dubai International Capital|DIC]]. The deal turned sour soon after, and it has been alleged the deal was due to David Moores' own preference to sell to "Westerners".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.footballeconomy.com/archive/archive_2004_may_05.htm
|title=This Step Up Interest in Liverpool FC
|accessdate=2010-01-16 |last= |first= |coauthors=
|date=15/05/2004 |work=
|publisher=www.footballeconomy.com}}</ref> Moores in a letter to [[The Times]] has since admitted that he "hugely regrets" selling to the American duo, and has called on them to step aside, and find a suitable buyer for the club "I call upon them now to stand back, accept their limitations as joint owners, acknowledge their role in the club's current demise, and stand aside, with dignity".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8705180.stm
|title=Former owner David Moores calls for Liverpool sale|accessdate=2010-05-28 |last= |first= |coauthors=
|date=2010-05-26 |work=
|publisher=BBC Sports News}}</ref>


The family owned their stake in Liverpool F.C. for over 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/dubai-liverpool-bids-idUKB81717020080305|title=FACTBOX-Soccer-Who owns Liverpool Football Club|access-date=16 January 2010|date=5 March 2008 |agency=Reuters}}</ref> However, Moores increasingly sought external investment to help the club develop a new ground, and ended up selling it in 2007, to American investors [[Tom Hicks]] and [[George N. Gillett, Jr.|George Gillett]], in preference to [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Sheikh Mohammed]] and [[Dubai International Capital|DIC]]. The deal turned sour soon after.
Under the chairmanship of David Moores, Liverpool went through their most barren spell for three decades. Though they won most club competitions over the sixteen years, this excluded the most prized English Premiership and the World Club Championship. As a result, Manchester United have now overtaken their championship total haul, and are close to their total haul for all major trophies, something which was unimaginable when Moores' tenure started. In 2005, Liverpool won a fifth [[UEFA Champions League]] after defeating [[A.C. Milan]] in the [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|final]]. <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm
|title=AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (aet)
|accessdate=2010-01-16
|date=25 May 2005 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>


In 2010, Moores said that "significant shareholders like [[Granada Television|Granada]] and [[Steve Morgan (businessman)|Steve Morgan]] were insistent the board of Liverpool F.C. should accept the Gillett and Hicks offer and left me in no doubt about my legal duty to accept the offer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8705180.stm|title=Former owner David Moores calls for Liverpool sale|access-date=28 May 2010 |date=26 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
After the departure of Moores, Anfield legend Kenny Dalglish returned to the manager's position amid rumours that he had wanted to return in the mid-90s, but was frustrated by the hesitancy and inconsistency of the decision-makers at Liverpool. Since Dalglish's return, Liverpool have performed better in the Premier League than any other team except Newcastle {{citation needed}}

In a letter to ''[[The Times]]'' in May 2010, Moores admitted that he "hugely regrets" selling Liverpool to the American duo. Moores called on Gillett and Hicks to step aside and find a suitable buyer for the club. Moores wrote: "I call upon them now to stand back, accept their limitations as joint owners, acknowledge their role in the club's current demise, and stand aside, with dignity".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8705180.stm|title=Former owner David Moores calls for Liverpool sale|access-date=28 May 2010 |date=26 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Under the chairmanship of Moores, Liverpool had a turbulent period between 1991 and 1994 under manager [[Graeme Souness]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/455|title=Souness' Anfield agony – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!|work=lfchistory.net}}</ref> When Moores sacked Souness in January 1994, it was the first time a Liverpool manager had been sacked since 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2012/01/06/a-run-down-of-liverpool-s-post-war-managers-100252-31089938/|title=A run-down of Liverpool’s post-war managers|author=liverpoolecho Administrator|date=6 January 2012|work=liverpoolecho}}</ref> Moores said at the time that the decision to sack Souness was made because "the results have been well below what is expected by the club and its supporters."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5614,4177445&dq=tears+for+souness&hl=en|title=New Straits Times – Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref>

Under Moores, Liverpool went through their most barren spell for three decades. Though they won the most club competitions over the sixteen years, this excluded the most prized English Premiership. In 2005, Liverpool won a fifth [[UEFA Champions League]] after defeating [[AC Milan]] in the [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|final]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm|title=AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)|access-date=16 January 2010|date=25 May 2005|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>

After the departure of Moores, [[Kenny Dalglish]] returned to the manager's position amid rumours that he had wanted to return in the mid-1990s, but was frustrated by the hesitancy and inconsistency of the decision-makers at Liverpool.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Dalglish returned as manager in January 2011 but left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Moores's first wife Kathy Anders was a beauty queen and model, who became [[Miss England]] in 1974. After just 18 months of marriage, Anders died in a car crash in September 1977, aged 26, when Moores' Jaguar car overturned into a ditch on a quiet country road in Lancashire. Moores went to hospital with serious head injuries. It was the second family tragedy that year for the Moores family. Five months earlier in April 1977, Moores's elder brother Nigel died in a car crash in the South of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19770905&id=kPY-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=TE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4789,763300|title=The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref>
David is currently married to Marge.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/mar/14/newsstory.sport3
|title=Indebted FC: born in Liverpool, owned in Dallas, Delaware and the Cayman Islands
Moores was married to wife Marge in 1983 until her death in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/mar/14/newsstory.sport3|title=Indebted FC: born in Liverpool, owned in Dallas, Delaware and the Cayman Islands|access-date=16 January 2010|last=Conn|first=David|date=14 March 2007
|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Moores was the heir to the Littlewoods Business empire. Lady Grantchester, daughter of Sir John Moores was the family head which was ranked joint 32nd in the 2009 [[Sunday Times Rich List]] with assets worth £1.2 bn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6139689.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612131530/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6139689.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2011|title=Lord Grantchester and the Moores family|access-date=16 January 2010|date=26 April 2009|work=Times Online}}</ref>
|accessdate=2010-01-16

|last=Conn
Moores died at the age of 76 on 22 July 2022, just weeks after Marge's death.<ref>{{cite web |title=LFC deeply saddened by passing of David Moores |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/lfc-deeply-saddened-passing-david-moores |website=LFC |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
|first=David
|date=14 March 2007
|publisher=guardian.co.uk}}</ref> He was the heir to the Littlewoods Business empire. His first wife Kathy Anders died in a car crash in 1977.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/31/31726_tragic_end_to_life_of_beauty.html
|title=Tragic end to life of beauty
|accessdate=2010-01-16
|last=Appleton
|first=Dave
|date=September 4, 2002
|publisher=Rochdale Observer}}</ref> Lady Grantchester, daughter of Sir John Moores remains the family head which was ranked joint 32nd in the 2009 [[Sunday Times Rich List]] with assets worth £1.2 bn.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6139689.ece
|title=Lord Grantchester and the Moores family
|accessdate=2010-01-16
|date=April 26, 2009
|publisher=Times Online}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

{{Liverpool F.C. Board}}
{{Liverpool F.C. Board}}
{{Liverpool F.C. chairpersons}}
{{Liverpool F.C. chairpersons}}


{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME =Moores, David
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1945
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moores, David}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moores, David}}
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Liverpool F.C. chairmen and investors]]
[[Category:Liverpool F.C. chairmen and investors]]
[[Category:English football chairmen and investors]]
[[Category:English football chairmen and investors]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People educated at Stowe School]]
[[Category:People educated at Stowe School]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Liverpool]]

[[Category:Moores family|D]]
[[bg:Дейвид Мурс]]
[[de:David Moores]]
[[fr:David Moores]]
[[zh:大卫·摩尔斯]]

Latest revision as of 11:37, 9 November 2024

David Richard Moores
Honorary Life President of Liverpool F.C.
In office
6 February 2007 – 22 July 2022
Chairman of Liverpool F.C.
In office
18 September 1991 – 6 February 2007
Preceded byNoel White
Succeeded byTom Hicks &
George N. Gillett, Jr.
Personal details
Born(1946-03-15)15 March 1946
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died22 July 2022(2022-07-22) (aged 76)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Spouses
Kathy Anders
​
​
(m. 1976; died 1977)​
Marge Walmsley
​
​
(m. 1983; died 2022)​
ProfessionFootball executive, chairman

David Richard Moores (15 March 1946[1] – 22 July 2022) was a British football executive, chairman of Liverpool F.C. from 1991 to 2007 and later the club's honorary life president.[2]

Liverpool F.C.

[edit]

He became chairman of Liverpool F.C. on 18 September 1991. He owned 17,850 shares which represented 51% of the club. His uncle, Sir John Moores, was chairman of Everton F.C., although he was a small shareholder. John Moores created Littlewoods and made the Moores family one of the wealthiest in the UK. Littlewoods was sold in 2002 for £750m.[3]

The family owned their stake in Liverpool F.C. for over 50 years.[4] However, Moores increasingly sought external investment to help the club develop a new ground, and ended up selling it in 2007, to American investors Tom Hicks and George Gillett, in preference to Sheikh Mohammed and DIC. The deal turned sour soon after.

In 2010, Moores said that "significant shareholders like Granada and Steve Morgan were insistent the board of Liverpool F.C. should accept the Gillett and Hicks offer and left me in no doubt about my legal duty to accept the offer".[5]

In a letter to The Times in May 2010, Moores admitted that he "hugely regrets" selling Liverpool to the American duo. Moores called on Gillett and Hicks to step aside and find a suitable buyer for the club. Moores wrote: "I call upon them now to stand back, accept their limitations as joint owners, acknowledge their role in the club's current demise, and stand aside, with dignity".[6]

Under the chairmanship of Moores, Liverpool had a turbulent period between 1991 and 1994 under manager Graeme Souness.[7] When Moores sacked Souness in January 1994, it was the first time a Liverpool manager had been sacked since 1956.[8] Moores said at the time that the decision to sack Souness was made because "the results have been well below what is expected by the club and its supporters."[9]

Under Moores, Liverpool went through their most barren spell for three decades. Though they won the most club competitions over the sixteen years, this excluded the most prized English Premiership. In 2005, Liverpool won a fifth UEFA Champions League after defeating AC Milan in the final.[10]

After the departure of Moores, Kenny Dalglish returned to the manager's position amid rumours that he had wanted to return in the mid-1990s, but was frustrated by the hesitancy and inconsistency of the decision-makers at Liverpool.[citation needed] Dalglish returned as manager in January 2011 but left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Personal life

[edit]

Moores's first wife Kathy Anders was a beauty queen and model, who became Miss England in 1974. After just 18 months of marriage, Anders died in a car crash in September 1977, aged 26, when Moores' Jaguar car overturned into a ditch on a quiet country road in Lancashire. Moores went to hospital with serious head injuries. It was the second family tragedy that year for the Moores family. Five months earlier in April 1977, Moores's elder brother Nigel died in a car crash in the South of France.[11]

Moores was married to wife Marge in 1983 until her death in 2022.[12] Moores was the heir to the Littlewoods Business empire. Lady Grantchester, daughter of Sir John Moores was the family head which was ranked joint 32nd in the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List with assets worth £1.2 bn.[13]

Moores died at the age of 76 on 22 July 2022, just weeks after Marge's death.[14]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tronstad, Øystein (22 July 2022). "David Moores er død". liverpool.no (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ "US pair agree Liverpool takeover". BBC Sport. 6 February 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Top 10 richest people in British football". topdare.com. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ "FACTBOX-Soccer-Who owns Liverpool Football Club". Reuters. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Former owner David Moores calls for Liverpool sale". BBC Sport. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Former owner David Moores calls for Liverpool sale". BBC Sport. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Souness' Anfield agony – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". lfchistory.net.
  8. ^ liverpoolecho Administrator (6 January 2012). "A run-down of Liverpool's post-war managers". liverpoolecho.
  9. ^ "New Straits Times – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  10. ^ "AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)". BBC Sport. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  11. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  12. ^ Conn, David (14 March 2007). "Indebted FC: born in Liverpool, owned in Dallas, Delaware and the Cayman Islands". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Lord Grantchester and the Moores family". Times Online. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  14. ^ "LFC deeply saddened by passing of David Moores". LFC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=David_Moores&oldid=1256331132"