Peter Etherington, 69, of Ilkley, West Yorkshire, ran a magazine publishing company, PP Global Media Limited, which published football lifestyle magazine, Professional Footballer, and he continued to run the business while he was disqualified from being a director and received more than £100,000 in payments during his ban.

The Insolvency Service said Etherington ‘treated the disqualifications with utter contempt, hiding behind others while he continued to pull the strings’.

While disqualified as a company director for a third time Etherington ran and controlled PP Global Media for several years until he was brought to court by the Insolvency Service.