Ken Bates: Colourful, controversial - and significant

Ken Bates famously bought Chelsea for just £1 [Getty Images]Ken Bates, who has died aged 94, was one of the most colourful, controversial - and highly significant - figures in the modern football era.Bates was best known for his ownership of Chelsea over more than two decades of turbulence and success, buying the club for £1 in 1982 before selling to Roman Abramovich in a £140m deal in July 2003.He started his time in football as chairman of Oldham Athletic in the 1960s, becomi