Delia Smith has stepped down as Norwich City director and will take up a new role at the club. The TV chef agreed to hand over her majority staketo American consortium Norfolk Holdings in the summer.
She has not received a penny for passing on the reigns and gives up control to secure the “long-term financial security of the club”.
The 85-year-old and her husband Michael Wynn Jones will reportedly still own ten per cent of the Canaries.
And the duo will still attend games in their new role as “honorary life presidents”. Who can forget her well-oiled rallying cry.
Smith has been on the Norwich board for 28 years after buying the team she supports in November 1996.
She was invited to invest in the club amid their financial struggles following relegation from the Premier League.
The cook pumped in £2million before becoming the majority shareholder a couple of years later.
Smith also revamped the catering at Carrow Road and famously tried to rally supporters in 2005 with a passionate half-time speech, saying: “Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be ‘avin’ you Come on.”
With her at the helm, the Norfolk-based side have been promoted to the Prem six times and relegated six times.
