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	Firoz Kassam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Firoz Kassam (born 1955)is a British businessman and the owner and chairman of Oxford United F.C. He was born in Tanzania of Asian parents and came to Britain as a student.
		Firoz Kassam made his fortune in the hotel trade in London, and in 1999 bought Oxford United F.C. for £1m, also taking over its debts.
		Firoz Kassam also owns the historic mansion and grounds of Heythrop Park which he purchased in 1999 for £15m.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/f/fi/firoz_kassam.html (202 words)

	Football \| History lesson repeats warning for Oxford dreamers
		Kassam says he paid market price for the land - he paid what the council asked for - but others close to the deal say the council sold the land at that price because Kassam promised to finish the new stadium as part of his grander commercial development.
		Kassam transferred it to one of his companies, paying off secured creditors, then sold it in 2002, with planning permission, to the Nuffield hospital group for a reported £12m.
		Kassam was not prepared, however, to plunge money into the club to buy players and footballing success, although he did lend around £1.6m to cover losses.
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329445192-103,00.html (1245 words)

	Firoz Kassam at AllExperts
		Firoz Kassam (born 1955) is a British-based businessman.
		Firoz Kassam made his fortune from the UK authorities housing immigrants in his slum hotels in London, and in 1999 bought Oxford United F.C. for only Â£1, also taking over its debts, estimated to be in the region of Â£13m.
		Firoz Kassam also owns the historic mansion and grounds of Heythrop Park which he purchased in 1999 for Â£15m.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fi/firoz_kassam.htm (390 words)

	Vocabulary (fill in the gaps) - Diploma 2003
		Firoz Kassam was born in Tanzania, West Africa, in the 1950s.
		Firoz Kassam was part of the large Indian community in Africa.
		Firoz Kassam was one of the many who came to Britain.
	wwwedu.ge.ch /po/stael/anglais/3D/Hotpot/voc-gap-2003.htm (384 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Kassam sitting pretty as Oxford's dream turns sour
		Then, when Firoz Kassam acquired the club for £1, they were in Division One and owned their own ground, which happened to be a valuable piece of land in the city centre.
		Kassam's first move was to have a voluntary arrangement with the creditors which, though not actually needed, proved to be very useful.
		Kassam says he did not know when he sold the Manor Ground to his own company that it would prove to be worth £12 million.
	telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/12/09/sobose09.xml (1068 words)

	Firoz Kassam Information
		Firoz Kassam (born 1955) is a British businessman.
		Firoz Kassam made his fortune in the hotel trade in London, and in 1999 bought Oxford United F.C. for only £1, also taking over its debts, estimated to be in the region of £13m.
		At the beginning of this year, Firoz KAssam bought Alexandra Palace in london, and is hoping to convert it into a community leisure centre.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Firoz_Kassam (300 words)

	Firoz Kassam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Firoz Kassam (born 1955)is a British businessman and the owner and chairman of Oxford United F.C. He was born in Tanzania of Asian parents and came to Britain as a student.
		Firoz Kassam made his fortune in the hotel trade in London, and in 1999 bought Oxford United F.C. for £1m, also taking over its debts.
		Oxford United's old home, The Manor Ground in Headington, was sold by Kassam to developers in 1999.
	www.faqfolio.com /faqfolio/f/fi/firoz_kassam.html (167 words)

	Kassam Out \| Kassam out
		Firoz arrived and we all believed we were saved from the financial ruin, our players and staff were paid for the first time in 10 weeks, Firoz came in and immediately put enough money together for us to financially survive the season.
		Firoz worries about the club's new stadium rather than the football and refuses to put money into the playing staff while the stadium is in doubt and says he will pull out if the stadium does not go through
		Firoz later sacks Ian Atkins for speaking to other clubs and later admits that he had offered Ian Atkins to Bristol Rovers before he was sacked.
	www.freewebs.com /kassamout/oufcsincefkboughtthem.htm (550 words)

	This is United - Oxford United Football Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		IF Firoz Kassam does not leave Oxford United soon it could spell disaster for the club and even cost them their Football League status, according to supporters' trust OxVox.
		In the wake of Tuesday's stormy fans' forum, at which some supporters barracked and heckled the U's chairman, fans have continued to be unrelenting in their criticism of the multi-millionaire businessman.
		Carter said fans are unhappy with the status quo at the club, and although they are grateful for Kassam's early efforts, the last five years have been "nothing short of disaster".
	www.thisisunited.com /news/item.asp?id=1476 (452 words)

	Yellows-Online.com - Story
		We all know Firoz Kassam is not a man to be messed with, and as a local rag reporter found out this week, he simply won't tolerate constant undermining of his business.
		This story was probably just the last straw for Kassam coming at the end of a season where the Mail had several times published material shedding a negative view on the behind the scenes goings on at the club.
		Firoz obviously felt that this negative publicity was hindering the clubs progress and subsequently barred Murray, who has been writing about Oxford United for 16 years, from the ground and from contacting players and staff.
	oxfordunited.rivals.net /default.asp?sid=940&p=2&stid=8308479 (701 words)

	Longman Business: Company of the month: The Firoka Group
		Firoz Kassam was able to supply this service.
		Through the success of this 'bed and breakfast' hotel, Firoz Kassam was able to obtain further loans from banks to rent more properties and open more hotels.
		By the mid-1980s Firoz Kassam controlled eighteen cheap hotels in south London and he was planning to move up-market by constructing a luxury hotel.
	www.longman.com /business/company/firoka.html (753 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Kassam's groundshare anger
		Firoz Kassam has slammed the local council after Wasps signed a deal to play rugby at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park rather than the Kassam Stadium.
		United were keen to allow the Premiership rugby club to share their facilities in order to bring in extra revenue but were thwarted by the local council.
		Kassam said: 'I think it is an example of how local authorities vary so much.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2002/0522/oxfordutd_20020522_kassamangeroverwasps.html (208 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Bristol consider move to Oxford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		OXFORD United FC chairman Firoz Kassam claimed yesterday he has a deal "agreed in principle" with Bristol Shoguns owner Malcolm Pearce that will see the Zurich Premier rugby club move to Oxford next season, providing they avoid relegation.
		Kassam has been eager to bring top flight rugby to Oxfordshire and his impressive Kassam Stadium has hosted, among other leading events, last year’s European Parker Pen Shield final.
		Kassam said he had been trying to get hold of Pearce to clear up the situation, but had failed to get hold of the millionaire businessman.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=529382003 (354 words)

	Kassam Stadium at AllExperts
		The building of the Kassam Stadium commenced in the summer of 1996 by Taylor Woodrow, but construction ceased in December after financial problems meant the contractors weren't paid.
		By this time the contractors had changed to Birse Construction, with Taylor Woodrow having had their debt settled by a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), by which Firoz Kassam reduced most of the football club's unsecured debt by 90 per cent.
		The stadium is officially owned by one of Kassam's Firoka Group companies, and hosted its first game on 4 August 2001, a friendly match against Crystal Palace, which United won on penalties following a 1-1 draw, Paul Powell scoring the club's first goal at the ground.
	en.allexperts.com /e/k/ka/kassam_stadium.htm (663 words)

	Casino Online Games at King Solomons Casino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Oxford United owner Firoz Kassam has made initial steps towards getting a casino in the city.
		Mr Kassam and his company, Firoka, are enlisting the help of casino operator London Clubs International to help him obtain one of the new licenses proposed under the Gambling Act.
		Mr Kassam's Ozone complex which stands next to the Kassam Stadium in Blackbird Leys is the favourite to host the casino.
	www.kscasino.co.uk /newsarticle.asp?ID=4971 (183 words)

	Kassam Out \| Kassam out
		Either way Firoz Kassam has done absolutely nothing to help us over the preseason with the wage bill drastically cut and seems no money was available for transfers.
		Kassam pointed out that he was the only manager he has appointed with experience of this league (must of forgotten about Mr Atkins).
		Whether you hate Kassam for the way he treats his staff, the lack of contracts to management or players at the moment, the state of the stadium or how the club has dropped down the divisions it is time for action.
	www.freewebs.com /kassamout (2378 words)

	Oxford United F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kassam reduced £9 million of the debt to £900,000 by virtue of a CVA, by which unsecured creditors who were owed over £1,000 were reimbursed with 10p for every pound they were owed.
		Kassam set about completing the unfinished stadium, gaining planning permission for a bowling alley, a multiplex cinema, and a hotel, among other things, following a series of legal battles which were eventually all settled.
		On 21 March 2006, Firoz Kassam sold the club for approximately £2 million (including the club's debts) to Florida-based businessman Nick Merry, who had played for United's youth team in the mid-1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford_United_F.C. (1934 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Firoz Kassam
		Firoz Kassam made his fortune in the hotel trade in London, and in 1999 bought Oxford United F.C. for only £1, also taking over its debts, estimated to be in the region of £13m.
		In August 2005 he purchased Studley Castle in Warwickshire, a hotel and conference centre formerly owned by Phoenix Venture Holdings.
		On 21 March 2006, Firoz Kassam sold Oxford United F.C. for approximately £2 million (including the club's debts) to Florida-based businessman Nick Merry.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Firoz_Kassam (467 words)

	Kassam turns down bid for Oxford - soccer24-7.com Forums
		Oxford United owner Firoz Kassam has revealed he is set to stay with the club having turned down a bid from a consortium.
		The controversial businessman said in October he would sell the club for £1 if the right offer came along as he was sick of the abuse he received from the club's fans.
		Kassam has also promised to give 90% of the exisiting squad a new contract should they win promotion from Division Three this season.
	www.soccer24-7.com /forum/showthread.php?t=23933 (259 words)

	Kassam Out \| Kassam out
		However after seeing Kassam announcing in the press four times that he wants to sell the club, I believe he was not really concerned with "saving" the club.
		After Firoz took over the club, the team has dropped 2 divisions, attendences are down and we have been stuck in the 3rd division.
		If he ploughed as much money into the club as he has his hotels and Ozone complex I am sure that we would not be sitting in the bottom half of League 2 having only 4-5k turning up to the games.
	www.freewebs.com /kassamout/butfirozsavedus.htm (294 words)

	News/Match Reports - November 2001
		Firoz Kassam has signed him because he has "experience", and he has been at plenty of clubs including Northampton and Carlisle.
		Kassam has denied that this has anything to do with the recent run of form.
		After a life of 3 years it is being shut down as the club is deemed to be in safe hands and out of the threat of bankruptcy.
	members.aol.com /crazyiain/oxfordunited/news/november2001.html (747 words)

	The Oxford Mail is fighting to reverse a decision: Regional Journalism in the UK on the Internet. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Oxford Mail is fighting to reverse a decision by Oxford United FC to ban its chief football writer from the ground.
		The ban on Jon Murray came from chairman Firoz Kassam and follows recent articles criticising Kassam for his failure to invest money from successful cup runs back into the club.
		The paper is sponsoring the East Stand at the Kassam Stadium for a six-figure sum over five years.
	www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /news/2003/05may/030527jon.shtml (312 words)

	Business World
		The shop was successful and Firoz Kassam was able to borrow money to rent a building with twenty rooms in the Olympia district of London.
		Through the 1990s his group of hotels developed and Firoz Kassam was constantly expanding.
		Firoz Kassam arrived as a 'saviour' for the football club.
	www.morningchai.com /Firoka%20-%20profile.htm (604 words)

	Oxford Sports Network - News
		Firoz Kassam confirmed on Monday that Graham Rix is the temporary manager of
		Firoz Kassam told the press on Monday morning that “"Following the events at the weekend I have decided to bring Graham on board in a temporary position until the situation with Ian Atkins is resolved.”
		Kassam maintains that Rovers acted improperly, and that Atkins is under contract to United for the remainder of this season, and that the Oxford Chairman has the option to automatically extend that contract for another season, if he decides that he wants to.
	www.oxfordsportsnetwork.com /story_printer1cd1.html?ID=971 (604 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Teams \| Oxford Utd \| Kassam's ground anger
		Oxford chairman Firoz Kassam has criticised the local authority for their lack of support over his attempt's to host rugby at the Kassam Stadium on a regular basis.
		Kassam wanted Oxford to groundshare with Wasps rugby union club next season.
		Oxford's hopes of sharing with Wasps were complicated by problems relating to the issue of planning permission.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/2004189.stm (242 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Its home ground is the Kassam Stadium in Oxford with a capacity of 12,500.
		Chairman Robin Herd had effectively given up on the club, and in April 1999 Firoz Kassam bought Herd's 89.9% controlling interest in Oxford United for Â£1, with which he also inherited the club's estimated Â£15 million debt.
		They finally completed their relocation to the Kassam Stadium, named after new owner Firoz Kassam, after six years of speculation.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Oxford_United_F.C. (1894 words)

	Manor Ground, Headington
		Tanzanian-born Kassam, 46, owns the London Park hotel at Elephant and Castle in southeast London.
		He chairs Oxford United football club and last year paid £15m for the Heythrop Park mansion in Oxfordshire.
		In spring 2003 Kassam was reckoned to have increased his fortune to £76m: see "Kassam ranked 19th on Asian Rich List" (Oxford Mail, 18 March 2003).
	www.headington.org.uk /organizations/manor_ground/firoz_kassam.htm (175 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Soccer: Manor mission for Kinnear
		Chairman Firoz Kassam revealed the 53-year-old ex-Irish international would start on Monday, with a brief to assess the club's position and map out a route forward.
		Kassam added, "He's been out of the country and we've not had a chance to sit down and discuss long-term plans.
		He will join us as a consultant with a view to discussing a longer-term arrangement." Manor Ground boss Denis Smith stepped down after disastrous early-season form left the club at the foot of the table.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/1019/soccer7.html (256 words)

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