But he has been out of the game since his relationship with the Saints directors collapsed less than six months later, subsequently working in union with Bath, Bristol and as part of the England set-up.
Meanwhile, his vision of the self-exiled yet enduringly proud and ambitious director collapses into one of a protector of his self-image and public myth.
Their bid, which also involved the club's current managing director David Haigh, collapsed last Thursday.
Mr. Tese, a former chief executive of the New York State Urban Development Corporation and former director of economic development for New York State, was also Bear Stearns's lead director before its collapse in 2008 and served on its finance and risk committee.
Did the internal reports Mr. Flavin saw in late 1999 as a Fyffes director presage the collapse?
As a case to strike off the former directors of Farepak collapsed, the judge pinned much of the blame on the hard-nosed approach of HBOS bankers who could have saved the company with an extra £3m.
The city regulator has suffered a huge blow to its reputation after one of its biggest financial crime cases, against four former company directors of iSoft, collapsed over a missing file.
Javid asked the Insolvency Service to bring forward its investigation into BHS, urging the watchdog to consider the extent to which the conduct of the BHS directors led to its collapse into insolvency last week, putting 11,000 jobs at risk.
The business secretary, Sajid Javid, instructed the Insolvency Service to consider the extent to which the conduct of the BHS directors led to its collapse into insolvency last week, putting 11,000 jobs at risk.
The most dramatic wake-up call, says Gary Ralfe, its managing director, came with the collapse over the past two years in the firm's share price.
Asim Qureshi, Cage's research director, said on the collapse of Begg's prosecution: "This has been a testing time for Moazzam, his family and the Muslim community.
