Leeds United’s decisive move for Luke Murphy on Monday took the Championship by surprise. Blackburn Rovers were beaten to the midfielder’s signature by United’s offer of £1million but others outside Ewood Park took note of the movement at Elland Road. A senior director of a rival Championship club said the signing looked “positive and very…
Changes to the board at Leeds United have come into effect today, with Salah Nooruddin taking over as the new chairman and David Haigh taking over the day-to-day running of the club from Shaun Harvey. Haigh has been given the title of managing director following the departure of long-standing chief executive Harvey, who had been…
Today I moved from being a Director at Leeds United to the post of Managing Director. It’s hard to describe the feeling but it’s a mixture of excitement, passion, honour and hunger to do right for this fantastic football club. This will inevitably mean spending far more time here in Leeds as my primary office…
Finalist at Legal Week Lawyer Awards Yesterday I went with some friends and work colleagues to the Legal Week Awards ceremony in London. It was a fun night hosted by (a very funny and very cutting) Sandy Toksvig – and the iPhone and Blackberry were (almost) put on hold for the evening. I had been…
I was honoured to be presented with a national shirt of the Kingdom of Bhutan by Hishey Tshering, the Vice President of the National Football Federation during my visit in June. I was invited to meet Hishey Tshering at the national stadium during a trip to one of Bhutan’s leading clubs, Thimphu City. We had a long…
Our Charity Arctic Trek raises £27 000 Julie and I are thrilled to announce that our trek to the Arctic Circle in April raised almost £27,000 for our chosen charity, Make a Wish Foundation. The husky-drawn challenge across 250 frozen kilometers was in aid of this fantastic cause who gave my niece – Julie’s goddaughter…
I was honoured last week to be nominated for ‘General Counsel of the Year’ at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2013. The CCME Awards are a hugely prestigious ceremony in this part of the world and I am proud to say that this is the second successive year that I have been shortlisted for…
So, after six incredible days trekking through the Arctic, I am now back in the UK and preparing for Leeds United’s final home game of the season against Brighton & Hove Albion this Saturday. Looking back at the trip, I really don’t know where to begin. It was without doubt one of the toughest challenges…
Leeds Utd boss David Haigh in charity trek to the Arctic
FORMER Cornishman reporter and current Leeds United FC director David Haigh is planning a charity trek through the Arctic.
The challenge involves spending six days sledding through the rolling highlands and deep forests of Lapland.
