Local lad made good

Below the Premiership level, a local lad made good can often be found running medium-sized and smaller clubs.   Bristol City's Stephen Lansdown is a typical example.  Starting with nothing with his business partner Peter Hargreaves he built up Hargreaves Lansdown into a hghly successful business.  It provides personal investment services to over 70,000 customers (I am one of them).

But being involved comes at a price.  Stephen Lansdown sold shares in Hargreaves Lansdown after it was floated to raise £47m for the club, funding a new stand.   As a result he has slipped to 150 in the Sunday Times rich list.   In this revealing interview he talks about the challenges, ffrustrations and satisfactions of being a football club chairman.