Keith Haslam is a former owner, CEO and chairman of
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system.
The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...
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Haslam bought the club in 1993.
During his tenure, he amassed personal and inter-company loans of over £1,000,000 at their peak.
In 2006, it was understood that he still owed the club part of the value of his personal loan, but refused to consider paying it back because he claimed it was an inter-company loan.
On 26 April 2008, following the club's relegation to the
Conference
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, Haslam was punched and kicked by Mansfield fans, requiring hospital treatment. At the end of the 2007-08 season, he sold the club to a consortium led by Andy Perry.
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In December 2008, Haslam controversially announced a club dividend of £2.44m, £2.36m of which went to a company belonging to him. The legality of that was challenged by the new owners.][ Haslam used £1.9m of the money to buy the club's home ground, ]Field Mill
Field Mill, currently known as One Call Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a Football pitch, football ground in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, and the home of Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town Football Club.
It is the oldest ground in ...
, separating the ground from the club. In March 2012, Haslam leased Field Mill to the club's owner, local businessman John Radford, who had bought the club for £1 in 2010.[
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English football chairmen and investors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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