Bill Archer (businessman)
- Bill Archer (businessman)
Bill Archer is a businessman who is responsible for creating the British company Focus DIY and nearly destroying Brighton and Hove Albion FC.
In 1987 Archer and a former business partner acquired Choice DIY, a small DIY company with 6 stores in the midlands and the north of England. In 1988 the Focus DIY company was bought by Archer and all stores were re-branded Focus DIY. Between then and 1998 the chain rapidly grew to 72 stores nationwide. Archer was also a leading figure in the controversial 1997 sale of the Goldstone Ground, the former home of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. for conversion into a retail park, without having secured an alternative site for a stadium..he was also included in the popular old Sussex refrain, Build a Bonfire, which is regularly and heartily sung at football matches in the county and further afield.
At the height of the troubles over the sale of the Goldstone Brighton fans resorted to direct action, travelling the length of the country to target Mellor, Lancashire, where Archer lived. The normally quiet village was taken over by large groups of irate Albion fans who informed neighbours of his actions, put up posters and attempted to embarrass Archer into reconsidering his decision to sell their club's ground. But in the words of one resident "In my opinion, he will let it pass without a thought." This turned out to be the case. [http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1996/10/5/843547.html]
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