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“It’s really not that hard. You develop good rules and you stick to them.”

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Getty Images | Yesterday Rick Parry was named chairman designate of the EFL board. Here is the former Liverpool director Rick Parry (C), alongside David Moores and Liverpool owner George Gillett (R) attending the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge back in 2008.

Football heavyweight returns for his biggest challenge yet.

Football league’s 72 clubs expected to endorse Rick Parry’s appointment as EFL chairman next Thursday.

From EPL CEO to Liverpool chief to FIFA presidential advisor, the chairmanship is the latest for the foremost English football executive of his generation.

Parry will take over a league in disarray after years of poor governance.

20 September 2019 - 12:37 PM

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