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His new 25,000-seat stadium opened in 2003 but within a year the club was in administration and its chairman jailed for tax avoidance
George Reynolds: Ex-Darlington FC chairman with criminal past dies Published image captionGeorge Reynolds was back in the news in 2019 when he was found guilty of harassment The former safe-breaker turned football club chairman George Reynolds has died. Sunderland-born Mr Reynolds, who was in his 80s, took over Darlington FC in 1999 and built a 25,000-seat stadium on the edge of the town. However, with average attendances of just 1,500, the club was never able to fill the venue and was eventually placed in administration. Mr Reynolds left the Quakers in 2004 and the following year was sentenc...
Tributes to ex-Darlington FC owner George Reynolds - who went from prison to meeting Trump and Oprah The former safecracker, who was in his 80s, ran a multi-million pound business empire and at one point ranked at 112 on The Sunday Times Richlist Updated Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank...