David Richard Moores (15 March 1946[1] – 22 July 2022) was a British football executive, chairman of Liverpool F.C.
[4] However, Moores increasingly sought external investment to help the club develop a new ground, and ended up selling it in 2007, to American investors Tom Hicks and George Gillett, in preference to Sheikh Mohammed and DIC.
[5] In a letter to The Times in May 2010, Moores admitted that he "hugely regrets" selling Liverpool to the American duo.
[8] Moores said at the time that the decision to sack Souness was made because "the results have been well below what is expected by the club and its supporters.
[citation needed] Dalglish returned as manager in January 2011 but left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season.
Five months earlier in April 1977, Moores's elder brother Nigel died in a car crash in the South of France.
Lady Grantchester, daughter of Sir John Moores was the family head which was ranked joint 32nd in the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List with assets worth £1.2 bn.