Delia Smith for Sainsbury's. In May 1993 she and her husband launched New Crane Publishing to publish Sainsbury's Magazine: the company also published several of Smith's books for BBC Worldwide. Although Smith and Wynn-Jones sold New Crane Publishing in 2005, Smith continues to be a consultant for Seven Publishing which now publishes the magazine. Smith has developed other business interests outside of her culinary ventures, notably a majority shareholding in the Championship football team Norwich City, with her husband. Both Smith and Wynn-Jones were season ticket holders at Norwich and were invited to invest in the club, which had fallen on hard
Alan Smith (football manager) Palace under new Chairman Simon Jordan. Palace reached the 2000–01 Worthington Cup semi-finals, but Smith was sacked in April with relegation looking imminent. Survival was achieved against all odds by caretaker manager Steve Kember. Smith was not employed in football for eight years after his dismissal from Palace in April 2001. Smith joined Middlesbrough as a Football Consultant in July 2009. He joined the club to help Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate, who played under Smith during his time at Crystal Palace, with their bid to return to the Premier League following relegation. Southgate and Chairman Steve Gibson discussed the matter