Former Billericay Town owner Tamplin buys new club, signs 15 players, sacks boss and makes himself manager on first day
FORMER Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin has signed 15 players and appointed himself manager in just ONE DAY as Romford supremo. The controversial millionaire caused a stir when he took over non-league Billericay in 2016 as he brought in celebrity signings. We have signed 15 new players today and will concentrate on getting off bottom […]
FORMER Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin has signed 15 players and appointed himself manager in just ONE DAY as Romford supremo.
The controversial millionaire caused a stir when he took over non-league Billericay in 2016 as he brought in celebrity signings.
And after quitting the non-league outfit earlier this year, he is back in Essex and wasting no time in making an impact.
Tamplin, 47, is aiming to take the Isthmian League North Division club from the foot of the table into the play-offs and ultimately the Football League.
The steel businessman, whose motivational techniques at Billericay included singing R Kelly hit The World’s Greatest in the changing room, sacked the entire backroom team to appoint himself as boss and brought 15 new faces to the eighth-tier side.
After taking over the reins, he declared that his work is “not about me… it’s about Romford FC and the fans.”
While at Billericay, he signed Jamie O’Hara, Jermaine Pennant and Paul Konchesky and organised a charity match against Towie star and pal Mark Wright.
A BT Sport documentary followed his antics, which included painting a giant mural on a wall near the ground.
He left Billericay, where questions were raised over his 16-year-old son Alfie suddenly appearing in the squad, in September citing abuse aimed at his family.
Tamplin, who claims to have invested over £3million in Billericay, tweeted: “I would like to confirm as the new owner of Romford FC that I will be the manager of this side along with a very experienced assistant and coaching staff.
“BE THERE SATURDAY AND SEE THE NEW TEAM AND STAFF.
“I’m here to build us a new stadium & take us to the football league.”
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He followed up his message by adding: “We have signed 15 new players today and will concentrate on getting off bottom place and working our way back up the league this season to play-offs.
“I truly believe we can go from bottom to promotion play-offs this season still.
“COME ON ROMFORD get behind us and let’s do this.”