Mark Goldblatt originally became a millionaire in the IT recruitment industry. He was declared bankrupt in 2000. As a player, Goldberg played for non-League clubs Bromley and Beckenham Town, where he was player-manager while still in his 20s. 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 In 1996, he purchased Crystal Palace Football Club for £23.8m. He employed Terry Venables as First Team Manager and Steve Coppell as Director of football. The club was not successful under his chairmanship and in January 1999 it was taken over by administrators. Goldberg's brother-in-law, Jerry Dolke, had become chairman of non-league Bromley and during the 2005-06 season the pair announced the controversial decision that Goldberg would replace the highly successful and highly popular George Wakeling and his management team, who had led to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, and then secured survival by a long distance.

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