Peter Morley, CBE

Order of the British Empire

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is the President of Crystal Palace Football Club

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

, a football

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 club who are, as of the 2010-2011 season, in the Championship

Football League Championship

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, the second level of English

England

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 football.

Peter Morley was educated at Oundle School

Oundle School

Oundle School is a co-educational British public school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire. The school has been maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London since its foundation in 1556. Oundle has eight boys' houses, five girls' houses, a day...

 and Cambridge University which he left after a year to run his father's drapery business. He later qualified in Personnel Management, eventually becoming Personnel Director of Tesco

Tesco

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. His daughter's interest in football caused him to attend football games as well, and he became a season ticket holder at Crystal Palace, and then a Vice President.

After Chairman Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg is an English football club chairman and manager, who is currently in his third spell with Bromley F.C.-Business:Goldberg originally made his fortune in the IT recruitment industry, becoming a multi millionaire...

 fell into financial ruin in 1999, and the club into administration, Morley was appointed temporary chairman. He stayed in this role until the summer of 2000, when Simon Jordan

Simon Jordan

Simon Jordan is an English businessman who made his fortune in the mobile phone industry. In 2000 he purchased Crystal Palace Football Club and remained chairman of the club until they entered administration in early 2010....

took control of the club.

Jordan allowed Morley to take the role of President thereafter, and he still holds that role to this day.