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Gold explains rejecting 'meet and greet' Birmingham role

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 11:34

David Gold has explained why he rejected an ambassadorial role at Carsen Yeung's Birmingham City.

Gold left St Andrews last week after being dumped as chairman.

He told the People: "I feel as though there has been a death in the family and I'm in mourning. From all the conversations we had it seemed certain I was going to carry on but then it all changed.

"All they had for me was a 'meet and greet' job.

"I'd seen the same happen to great men like Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis, Stanley Matthews, Nat Lofthouse and Tom Finney. I remember thinking how sad that was and didn't want anyone feeling like that about me so I had to leave.

"Maybe it was naive of me to believe that I would keep my old job but remember I had been voted on to various FA committees by the Premier League so I feel I had a lot to offer."

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Comments (2)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:30.

Still all about yourself David. Just leave us alone.

Submitted by brummieblue (not verified) on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:45.

boo hoo david gold

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