Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg is an English entrepreneur and football club chairman and manager.

Business Mark Goldberg started out in the recruitment industry in 1984. Between 1992 and 1998 he built one of the UK's fastest growing IT contracting companies which doubled its turnover for five consecutive years resulting in a public flotation in 1996 at a market value capitalization of £36m as MSB INTERNATIONAL PLC. Goldberg sold a majority of his shareholding in 1998 at market cap of £200m. With this money and a further credit from the previous owner Ron Noades he bought in 1998 the Premier League club Crystal Palace - Goldberg's plans for the club to go onto the London Stock Market did not materialise and due to lack of financial assistance he was declared bankrupt in 2000.

He also played football for two seasons in the United States, from 1982 to 1983, at the College of William and Mary, after being recruited by its head coach, Al Albert.

Crystal Palace

Goldberg became owner and chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club in June 1998. Goldberg was unable to raise sufficient funds to achieve his plan for the club, ultimately resulting in the club being forced into administration and leading to his personal bankruptcy.

Goldberg had purchased the club from long-serving chairman Ron Noades, but Palace ended up relegated from the FA Premier League that season – for the third time in six years. The takeover deal also saw Italian Serie A side Juventus have a 10% stake in Palace, with a view to Juventus players being loaned or sold to the club. Goldberg also set a target into turning Palace into a leading European club by 2003.

At the end of the 1997–98 season, Goldberg appointed Terry Venables as head coach for the following season and former manager Steve Coppell became Director of football. The club was not successful under his chairmanship and in January 1999 it was taken over by administrators who counted £22 million of debts,

Welling United Goldberg became manager of Welling United in April 2016. He left the position in November 2016.

Personal life Goldberg's son, Bradley, was a semi-professional footballer.

Honours

Club Bromley Conference South: 2014–15 Isthmian League playoff winners: 2006–07 Kent Senior Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07 London Senior Cup: 2012–13