Arsenal Football Club has finally succumbed. For a long time the Gunners, backed by their influential supporters trust and long time majority shareholders, remained steadfast in their belief that mixed public ownership was in the best interests of the club. But after 5 years of cold war competition between an American property magnate and...
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Current Trends in Football Club Ownership
Ryan Giggs – Yeh Fine it’s a Bit of a Eulogy
This is for the Premier League generation. Those whle teens coincided with a sense that MTV was so last decade, the Internet was a birth right and music was most certainly not to be paid for. The footballing landscape of this group of computer savvy thief’s was dominated by the introduction of Murdoch’s millions...
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The Plague of English Football Part One
Wayne Rooney……Wayne bloody Rooney. The finest English footballer since Gazza or a sordid, overblown representation of so many of the things that are wrong with football in this country? Anyone who witnessed Rooney’s remarkable rise to prominence as a 16 year old at Everton…and then proceeded to cancel his sky subscription and move to Tahiti...
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The Plague of English Football Part Two
Three of the most talented teams of all time failed to win a World Cup; the Hungary of Ferenz Puskas, the Netherlands of Johan Cruyff, and the Brazil of Zico and Socrates. These were teams of unparalleled skill and flair, containing the greatest players of their day. They also represent the shattering of a nations...
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The Plague of English Football Part Three
In May of this year England’s Under 17’s won the European championships, defeating Spain in the final. These players are widely recognized as the best group of passers and technicians England has produced for a generation. Players like Conor Wickham (Ipswich), Josh McEachran (Chelsea) and Ravel Morrison (Man Utd) combine the dynamism and aggression of the...
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The Sporting Public
It’s mid-February. Our world has turned a monotonous shade of grey. We rise before daybreak and trundle through the sludge on our way to work. Our thoughts are dominated by holidays in the sun and coffee break conversation follows a familiar pattern; ’grim out there…!?’ Then Sunday comes. Something happens to millions of men...
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FC United – Community Share Scheme
I know I’ll probably be castigated for posting this as a United fan. But as a football fan I have immense respect for what FC United have achieved and what they continue to strive towards. Never mind the FA cup run, the club’s attempts to raise finance for a new stadium through a community...
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La Maisa and Spanish Success
Barcelona’s victory over Real Madrid on Monday the 29th of November will long be remembered as perhaps the greatest team performance of the modern era. Under the stewardship of Pep Guardiola Barcelona have scaled some remarkable heights, and have at times threatened to redefine what it means to be an effective footballing force. But...
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