Michael Dunford

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Michael John Dunford
BornJune 1953 (age 70)
OccupationFootball Administrator
TitleChairman
PredecessorIan Moorcroft

Michael John Dunford is a football administrator, who is the ex Chairman at Tiverton Town Football Club

Career

His first role in football came as General Manager of Derby County, [1] a role he was at from July 1992 until 5 November 1994. [2] On 11 November 1994 Dunford was appointed as Everton's club secretary. [3] At Everton he was promoted from within to the role of Chief Executive in 1999.

In 2004 Dunford left Everton [4] and became CEO of Plymouth Argyle, a role he remained at until 2009.

From there he became CEO at then Premier League club Birmingham City in October 2009. [5] He had succeeded Karren Brady to the post, which he resigned from in April 2010, only six months after his appointment. [6]

He served from 2013 til 2016 at Crawley Town. In January 2017 he became CEO of National League 1 rugby union side Plymouth Albion, a role he resigned from after less than 6 weeks in the job, in protest to the club making all non-playing staff redundant. [7]

From November 2017 til May 2018 he served as CEO at Chesterfield as they got relegated from EFL League Two. He left the Spireites to re-join Plymouth Argyle. [8]

In June 2023, Tiverton Town FC announced that they had appointed Michael as their Chairman.

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References

  1. ↑ "Spireites Appoint New Chief Executive". Chesterfield F.C. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Michael John DUNFORD". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "New chief executive Michael Dunford insists struggling Chesterfield can be revived". Sky Sports. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dunford ends era in 'dreamjob'". Liverpool Echo . 27 May 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Tattum, Colin (13 October 2009). "Birmingham City: Why Michael Dunford was chosen as CEO". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Michael Dunford in shock resignation from Birmingham City". Birmingham Mail. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Plymouth Albion confirm staff redundancies". ITV News. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Why new Plymouth Argyle chief executive Michael Dunford is so excited about the club's prospects". The Herald (Plymouth) . 6 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.


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