Ronald Geoffrey Noades (22 June 1937 – 24 December 2013) was an English businessman, best known for his investments in football clubs. He was the chairman of Southall, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and finally Brentford. He was also the manager of Brentford from 1998 to 2000, and led the club to the Third Division championship in 1999.
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Jordan, RonNoades and Paul Kemsley knew each other and Noades was fully aware of what Jordan was doing prior to agreeing to the sale. Noades in fact...
England to agree such a ground-sharing scheme. The following year, chairman RonNoades purchased the stadium from the club as a means of raising revenue. In...
Despite owning the club, Jordan did not own the ground, which belonged to RonNoades, who had been chairman from 1981 to 1998. Jordan announced in July 2008...
few wealthy supporters to invest", so they could buy out previous owner RonNoades. He initially participated as an anonymous "mystery investor". As Brentford...
over by former Palace owner RonNoades in 1998, Brentford's "chairman-manager" brought in Lewington as a coach. After Noades relinquished his team-selection...
1998, then-chairman RonNoades acquired the freehold of Griffin Park, through his company Griffin Park Stadium Limited. With Noades declaring he would...
appointed manager of Brentford in 2001 by his former Palace chairman, RonNoades. It was Brentford's best ever start to a season, losing only once in their...
company met with Noades and Chelsea chairman Ken Bates, though nothing came to fruition. Bates wanted an end to ITV's monopoly, whereas Noades felt pay-per-view...
returned to Palace again (who had a new chairman, RonNoades), this time as a coach for the Youth setup. Noades quickly became tired of manager Dario Gradi...
departure may fall outside the club's period in the Premier League, for example, Ron Atkinson was appointed as Aston Villa manager in 1991 (before the Premier...
manage struggling First Division side Crystal Palace. Palace chairman RonNoades had only recently left Wimbledon himself and saw Gradi as the ideal man...
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