Crystal Palace have parted ways with chief commercial officer Barry Webber after 10 years at the club, with his departure linked to a future role at Luton Town. Webber leaves behind a record stretch of commercial growth, a new 2026-27 front-of-shirt sponsor de
Barry Webber’s decade-long run at Crystal Palace has ended, and the club’s Selhurst Park calendar now faces a familiar question: what happens to the machine once the person who built it leaves?
Crystal Palace’s chief commercial officer has left after 10 years in the role. His next step is understood to be a move to Luton Town. where he is set to become managing director and head up the Power Court stadium project. while Luton’s chief executive officer Gary Sweet will continue to lead the rest of the operation.
At Palace, Webber was credited with steering a historic commercial period and overseeing the club’s commercial operations. That remit covered everything from sponsorship and premium hospitality to pre-season tours and kit launches.
The numbers attached to his tenure underline how much revenue shifted during that time. Palace sponsorship income grew by £2.9million in the previous financial year. Gate receipts rose by 12 per cent even though season ticket prices were frozen during the 2024-25 season.
Across 2025, Palace’s commercial revenue growth ran at 25 per cent, rising from £31m in 2024 to £38.7m in 2025.
One of Webber’s final acts as CCO was securing a new front-of-shirt sponsor for 2026-27 onwards. The club had been tied to a Net88 deal, which had expired, and gambling sponsors were outlawed in the Premier League—changes that have left several clubs still searching for replacements.
Palace moved quickly. They secured tech firm Temporal on a multi-year deal. The regulation change has hit revenues across the Premier League, with dramatic decreases reported elsewhere, but Palace’s new kit sponsorship package is worth more than their previous deal with Net88.
Alongside sponsorship work, Webber also served as a trustee for the Palace for Life foundation. He also engineered the donation of the sponsorship space on Palace’s UEFA Conference League kit last season.
That European campaign brought additional opportunity too. The Eagles negotiated their own TV deal with Channel 5 for their qualifier against Fredrikstad last August, creating another revenue stream during his time in charge of commercial development.
Webber is also credited with a moment that pulled Palace deeper into popular culture. He helped secure the deal that saw the Apple TV series Ted Lasso—starring Jason Sudeikis and based on fictional club AFC Richmond—film at Selhurst Park.
For Palace fans and event partners alike, his legacy isn’t limited to branding. During Webber’s tenure, the club also hosted World Championship Boxing at Selhurst Park, as well as an influencer charity match.
That wider activity now sits alongside redevelopment plans that could reshape what the venue can offer. Future events are on hold while the Main Stand redevelopment is carried out. The new stand is expected to increase capacity by 8. 000. with the club aiming to bolster commercial revenue through an additional £20m annually via increased corporate hospitality. premium seating and non-matchday venue hires.
Webber was part of the executive team overseeing the redevelopment, focusing on commercial modelling and revenue generation.
His exit comes after another departure in the executive suite: chief operating officer Jonty Castle left Crystal Palace in February after 11 months in post, and he has yet to be replaced.
Palace’s next commercial appointment may come from elsewhere in the EFL. Watford’s chief commercial officer Paul O’Brien—who recently secured BOXT Boilers as the Hornets’ front-of-shirt partner—is set to replace Webber at Selhurst Park.
In a club building its next chapter around a bigger, busier Selhurst Park, Webber’s departure lands at a sensitive moment—just as events and revenue plans are paused for construction, and just as the commercial focus shifts to what the new stand can unlock.
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