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Coventry City are for sale insists administrator

Submitted by WG on Fri, 17/05/2013 - 08:28

Paul Appleton, the administrator of Coventry City, is insisting that the Sky Blues are available for sale from today and that this includes the golden share which enables the club to play in the Football League.

Top Greek football club AEK Athens is casualty of crisis

Submitted by WG on Thu, 16/05/2013 - 06:55

The economic crisis has hit Greek football hard. Austerity has reduced the disposable income of fans, often drastically, and businesses have also been in difficulty. AEK Athens has become a major casualty of the Eurozone crisis.

They are preparing to declare bankruptcy and seek relegation to the third division. AEK were relegated from the Super League for the first time in their 89-year history in the season just ended. They are in serious financial difficulties and reported to owe 170 million euros in taxes. Angela Merkel, herself a football fan, will be pleased to hear that.

Bid for Coventry City

Submitted by WG on Thu, 16/05/2013 - 06:45

Reports that American millionaire Preston Haskell has tabled a bit for Coventry City and the 50 per cent of the Ricoh Stadium owned by the Higgs Trust have been confirmed. Haskell was in Coventry for nine hours of talks earlier in the week.

One of the continuing problems at the Sky Blues has been the lack of any stake in the stadium, but the Haskell backed bid for a share of the stadium would only go ahead if ownership of the golden share could be secured.

Kuwaitis swoop for Blue Square South side

Submitted by WG on Mon, 13/05/2013 - 12:44

Foreign investment now reaches into the second level of the non-league pyramid with Kuwaiti firm KEH Sports Ltd. acquiring Ebbsfleet United.   A subsidiary of the Kuwaiti European Holding Company, they have been advised by former Charlton Athletic chief executive Peter Varney.

Sir Alex the globalizing socialist

Submitted by WG on Mon, 13/05/2013 - 06:47

More has probably now been written about the depature of Sir Alex Ferguson than that of Margaret Thatcher and it is difficult to say anything fresh or new. Yet The Economist has managed to do so in its Bagehot column, named after the weekly's editor from 1861 to 1877.

United have the structures in place

Submitted by WG on Fri, 10/05/2013 - 13:55

Many United fans seem underwhelmed by the appointment of David Moyes as new Manchester United manager. The fact that he was the choice of Sir Alex Ferguson does not reassure some of them. They think that Sir Alex wanted someone in his own mould, not least a fellow Glaswegian.

Worcester City under threat

Submitted by WG on Fri, 10/05/2013 - 09:25

The future of Worcester City football club is under threat. It's always questionable whether a club should sell its ground without having a new one to go to. Next season there will be a ground share at Kidderminster which is not an easy journey from Worcester (not least because it means coping with the joys of the Kiddy ring road).

Mourinho for Chelsea?

Submitted by WG on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 07:26

With David Moyes set to take up over at Old Trafford, the way is clear for José Mourinho to return to Chelsea. Many United fans might have preferred Mourinho to come to United, but Moyes is clearly Sir Alex Ferguson's favoured successor and will offer the stability the club rightly emphasises.

Fergie is to retire

Submitted by WG on Wed, 08/05/2013 - 06:52

Manchester United have confirmed that Sir Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of the season. He will continue to serve as a director and ambassador for the club.

The sad tale of Wolves

Submitted by WG on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 16:51

When I first started watching football in the 1950s, Wolverhampton Wanderers were one of the top teams in the country, if not the top team (although their Black Country rivals West Bromwich Albion were also in there).  For a small boy, a visit of Wolves to The Valley was the equivalent of Manchester United today.