Stanley Flashman (3 December 1936 – 21 December 1999) was a British

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and

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team chairman. He claimed he could obtain tickets for almost anything, from sports events to the Queen's Garden Parties at

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Chairmanship of Barnet

In 1985, he took over as chairman of struggling Barnet Football Club who were heading towards receivership. Buying the club cost him just £50,000. Almost immediately the team improved and, with Barry Fry as manager, Barnet won the

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and promotion to the

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in 1991. Despite Fry's success as manager, he and Flashman had their differences and Fry was regularly sacked and then reinstated by Flashman. He resigned as chairman in 1993 after they had narrowly avoided

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and expulsion from the Football League. In 1995, Barnet goalkeeper, coach and manager Gary Phillips said of Flashman, "A lot of people knock Stan and I had my runs ins with him as much as anyone but at the end of the day he did save the place once. When he was good he was very, very, generous, and most of the time he looked after the lads well. Unfortunately when it went sour he, maybe, could have handled things a lot better". Gary Phillips testimonial, Barnet FC programme May 8, 1995

Death

Flashman died in 1999 after a long period of suffering from

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flashman, Stan 1940 births 1999 deaths Barnet F.C. English football chairmen and investors Deaths from dementia in England Deaths from Alzheimer's disease 20th-century English businesspeople