Gordon Shepherd (born 21 December 1935) is the former chairman of Barnsley F.C. He was chairman since 2004 after Peter Ridsdale resigned. He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season.
Famous quotes containing the words gordon and/or shepherd:
“The vulgarest tool that Tyranny could want,
With just enough of talent, and no more,
To lengthen fetters by another fixed,
And offer poison long already mixed.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The shepherd is the brain behind the dog’s brain,
But his control of dog, like dog’s of sheep
Is never absolute—that’s the beauty of it.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)