#333. Death Threats & Bankruptcy at AFC Bournemouth - Former Chairman Jeff Mostyn

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5 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Jeff Mostyn shares how he saved AFC Bournemouth from collapse, risking his own money and facing death threats to keep the club alive. From financial ruin to Premier League success, it’s a story of loyalty, belief and refusing to give up. He opens up about the moment he nearly walked away, the nod that saved 110 years of history, and the rise that put Bournemouth on the map. It’s one of football’s greatest comeback stories told by the man who lived it.

This is the eventful life of Mr Jeff Mostyn.

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0:00.0	We're live on air. You can do whatever you want, but you cannot use any expletives.
0:04.8	I leap literally down three flights of stairs.
0:09.0	Literally, it just went absolutely.
0:11.0	It was bonkers on that.
0:12.0	Viral.
0:12.5	Yeah.
0:14.2	Alan's giving me the biggest spanking of my life.
0:16.9	Extraordinary seats. Jeff Boston.
0:18.7	What's been your biggest ever achievement as the chairman of Bournemouth Football Club?
0:23.1	It has to be taking the football club to the promised land the Premier League
0:28.1	because that was the platform to take the football club forward.
0:32.6	Put the club into administration because we discovered they had massive debts at the time.
0:37.9	Do you remember what debts they were?
0:39.3	Well, this is what I was understood to believe.
0:42.3	Roundabout to HMRC.
0:45.3	Tell me what the vibe was like at Bournemouth Football Club when you became chairman.
0:50.3	Well, when I had death threats and my family had death threats, Adam afforded me,
0:56.2	you know, almost 24-hour protection. Hold on, hold on. You had death threats. Yeah.
1:02.1	Sorry. There's no problem at all, Jeff. Take your time, mate.
1:17.3	Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast. I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, the world's largest sport and music festival. On this podcast, I speak to proper characters
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