There have been few constants in AFC Bournemouth’s incredible rise to the Premier League.Aside from the sight of the inspirational performances from the team, achieving the almost impossible by reaching the Premier League in 2015, it is an almost unrecognisable club from just ten years ago.But its fairy tale success wouldn’t have been possible without the boardroom backing of former Chairman Jeff Mostyn following his purchase of the club in 2007. The club has now become one of the most progressive and admired clubs, both on and off the field within the English football pyramid.
Mostyn now stands as an immensely well-respected figure not only in the English game but also on the Global stage due to his unparalleled knowledge of the Football Pyramid. He has held places on the board of the Football League and the Football Association Council and is just as influential in the local area, constantly contributing to the club’s Community as well as being a trustee for the Club’s Community Sports Trust.
Mostyn is also part of a small group of Football Chairman to have held the position at the same club in the top four divisions, along with Swansea City’s Huw Jenkins and Dave Whelan at Wigan Athletic. In 2011 he was elected by the 72 Football League Clubs to represent them on the FA Council working on a number of the Football Association committees, including those for Disability, FA Youth and Compliance Monitoring, as well as chairing the prestigious FA Challenge Cup Committee.
In 2012 Jeff was elected to the Board of Directors of the Football League. During the 2015/16 season Jeff was elected as an FA England Team Ambassador, supporting the FA and England team on the International stage.
Following the club’s administration in 2009, Mostyn stepped down to become Vice-Chairman of the club, before once again taking up the position of Chairman at AFC Bournemouth in September 2013, with a historic promotion to the English Premier League following less than two years later.
Away from football, he is a family man and has been married to his wife Rose for 40 years, and has four children. Amongst Jeff’s charitable work he supports Prostate Cancer UK and is a patron for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation, and an Ambassador of Julia’s House Children’s Hospice. Jeff is a global ambassador for Football for Peace and had the honour of presenting to dignitaries at the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2019.
Jeff was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bournemouth University in Business Administration in November 2017, in recognition of his work at AFC Bournemouth and the Community. Jeff also received a Fellowship of the FA Council in 2021.
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