Former Town chief executive Simon Clegg has been appointed the chief operating officer of Baku 2015, the organisers of the inaugural European Games which the European Olympic Committees are staging in Azerbaijan in June 2015.

Clegg, who was previously a senior consultant on the project, left his role with the Blues in February last year.

Clegg, who takes over from American Jim Scherr, who has resigned after a year in the job, said: "I am flattered to have been invited by the [Azerbaijan] Minister of Youth and Sport to take up this new role within the Operating Committee.

"There is an outstanding existing team within Baku 2015 many of whom I have worked with over the last nine months and I know that together we can deliver an event which the Azerbaijani people, the European Olympic Family and most importantly the athletes of Europe can be proud of.

"Any inaugural event creates exciting opportunity to establish something different and our desire is to establish the European Games in Baku at the forefront of continental sporting events around the globe."

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MickMillsTash added 11:51 - Apr 28 The talk of the games will be the nicely painted turnstiles
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BLUEBEAT added 12:04 - Apr 28 Wow. Really interesting. Would love to know what Derek Bowden is doing now. Really.
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ArnieM added 12:25 - Apr 28 Clegg is just a glorified ( and certainly overpaid) Journeyman. well rid IMO
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silkcutblue added 12:31 - Apr 28 clegg out
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itfchorry added 13:13 - Apr 28 Poor old Baku
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itfc1981 added 13:27 - Apr 28 haha
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WhoisJimmyJuan added 15:16 - Apr 28 He left a faint secretion on the carpet as he slithered out of PR
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sirbenofmorlingshire added 15:57 - Apr 28 Does anyone else reckon that Simon Clegg is actually a real life 'Ian Fletcher' (of Twenty Twelve and more recently W1A, fame). I bet he is. So that's all good...
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CanadianBlue added 16:07 - Apr 28 All the best to him.
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itfchorry added 19:20 - Apr 28 Good news for The people of Gwam
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Taricco_Fan added 19:52 - Apr 28 Who?
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RegencyBlue added 20:12 - Apr 28 Sorry Phil but I'm really not interested in what this idiot is doing now and I fail to see why its news on this site!
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Gilesy added 20:57 - Apr 28 Regency Blue - ask for a refund. It's an outrage. You pay your fees and they don't even tailor the news to your taste. Oh, hang on....
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Moscow_Blue added 22:01 - Apr 28 Derek Bowden is CEO at Essex County Cricket Club. Don't really understand the vitriol against David Sheepshanks. He is often in the East of England Co-op Stand for home games - shows where his loyalty still lies.
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wayway added 20:45 - Apr 29 One of the tossers responsible for putting us where we are today
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