Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has denied telling a magazine that he "hated" manager Iain Dowie, despite the club´s promotion to the Barclays Premiership in 2004 under his command."What I said was I couldn´t stand Iain Dowie, but it was tongue in cheek and taken completely out of context," Jordan told a High Court judge on the second day of Palace´s £1million compensation claim against Dowie over his departure from Selhurst Park last summer.The magazine - FHM - was "sensationalist" and failed to reflect the manner in which he made his comments, Jordan said. But he agreed with Dowie´s barrister that he had told the manager he did not like working with him and did not think his attitude was correct.
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