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Peter Mallinger's auotbiographical account of life in the Boardroom's of Newcastle United and Kettering Town Football Clubs is a fascinating read for any football supporter. His days at Newcastle United were never easy since his appointment as a director coincided with the emergence of Sir John Hall and The Magpie Group whose ambitions were to democratise the club and hand the power to the supporters. As Kettering Town's chairman he had to contend with the high expectations of a highly partisan group of supporters that sometimes even the players found too intense. The two teams are many leagues apart but there were many similarities, as Peter explains, "It was just at Newcastle there were more noughts on everything!
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Peter Mallinger was born in Tynemouth and at the age of ten persuaded his Uncle John to take him to St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United Football Club. It was 1946 and football was just re-awakening following the end of the Second World War. Newcastle were playing Newport County in a Second Division game and Len Shackleton was making his debut. United won 13-0 and 'Shack' scored six goals. It was a never to be forgotten day and not surprisingly Peter was 'hooked'. Three years later the family emigrated to Canada and Peter was inconsolable at the thought he would never see his beloved Newcastle United play again.Within a short period Peter's father died and he and his mother returned to Leicester to settle with his grandparents.In 1961 he started a family business, Newarke Wools, which he and his wife Barbara and son David built up into 28 shops in major shopping centres throughout the country. In 1987 the company sold out to a Yorkshire-based textile group.This gave Peter the opportunity to join the board of directors of Newcastle United working with managers Jim Smith, Ossie Ardiles and Kevin Keegan. He was elected as vice-chairman in 1991.After the trauma of the Hall acquisition he took control of Kettering Town FC where he remained chairman until 2005. The club was sold to the Imraan Ladak and Paul Gascoigne consortium.
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