- Jason McGill
Jason McGill (born 1965) is the Managing Director of York City, an English football club founded in 1922 based in
York .McGill is a former footballer, having played for then non-league side Wycombe Wanderers whilst at university in London.cite news
title = The great goal in Sophie's life
url = http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2003/5/6/268137.html
publisher = The Press
date =2003-05-06
accessdate = 2007-04-29]McGill is Managing Director of York City. His role at the club is to co-ordinate the Board and ensure its business strategy is implemented.cite web
title = Jason McGill
url = http://www.ycfc.net/jason-mcgill.php
publisher = York City FC
accessdate = 2008-07-26]McGill was heavily involved in negotiating the deal for York City to gain full control of Bootham Crescent, after the club bought 75% of the shares of Bootham Crescent Holdings in June 2004.cite news
title = Goodbye Bootham Crescent
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/sport/2004/05/bootham_crescent/
publisher = BBC North Yorkshire
date =2004-06-11
accessdate = 2007-06-10] cite news
title = Details of York City share deal
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/sport/2004/05/bootham_crescent/share_deal.shtml
publisher = BBC North Yorkshire
date =2004-06-11
accessdate = 2007-06-10] He also secured sponsorship from Nestlé Rowntree for Bootham Crescent in January 2005, which saw the ground renamed KitKat Crescent.cite news
title = KitKat Crescent
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/sport/2005/01/19/kitkat.shtml
publisher = BBC North Yorkshire
date =2005-01-19
accessdate = 2007-06-10]The York City Supporters' Trust voted by three to one to accept a takeover offer made by McGill at a meeting on
6 June 2006 . His company J M Packaging offered to invest a substantial sum into the club, in return for a majority shareholding.cite news
title = York vote for ownership transfer
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/5051394.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2006-06-07
accessdate = 2007-06-10] He now owns 75% of the club, this involves him making a £1m investment. However, he will receive £500k back from the club as part of the deal, at the same time as potentially profiting from the sale of Bootham Crescent as and when it occurs. This means that the regular claims he is making a £1m investment is possibly wrong. It is only approximately £500k in the long term.His sister Sophie is on the Board of York City as Communications Director.
He is also Managing Director of J M Packaging Ltd based in Malton.
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/4165201.stm BBC Sport: York regain ownership of ground]
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