When people join together in a pressure group to achieve a common aim, it's not unusual for there to be divisions over strategy and tactics.   Some favour campaigning based on rational argument and an appeal to the media, if possible through the use of visual symbols.   Others favour more militant, direct action tactics which they consider will yield quicker dividends than what they see as a 'softly softly' approach.

Spanish football authorities are trying to bring about more restraint in spending by clubs.   The Spanish Football League is trying to introduce a self-regulated system that would limit spending on salaries, transfers and agents' fees to 70 per cent of revenue.  Uefa figures suggest that average club revenues in Spain were €72m in 2008, but their debt was €860m, much of it owed to the banks.

Portsmouth have received more good news after Balram Chainrai, one of the club's main creditors, agreed to drop his claim for immediate repayment if the Premier League brought forward television revenue of around £6m.   The league made it known last week that it was willing to advance tv revenue and even parachute payments that were due to the club if the money was used to pay off football creditors and keep Portsmouth afloat until the end of the season.   The league was concern

The FA has been plunged into crisis as it lost its sixth chief executive in eleven years with the resignation of Ian Watmore after only nine months in the post.   Failure to make progress on disciplinary issues was one of his concerns and there were also tensions with the chairman of the Premier Leahue.  The straw that broke the camel's back appears to have been the leak at the weekend of an E-mail to a national newspaper.

The Premier League has more than doubled the revenue it will receive from overseas broadcasting rights in the 2010-13 period.  It will raise about £1.4bn, more than double the previous level of £625m.   With deals in Albania and Russia still to be concluded, the Premiership expects to raise each club's average annual income from overseas rights from £10m to about £23m per season from this summer.   This success reflects the growing

Rappers appear to be the new source of potential investment in Premiership football.  American rapper and Arsenal supporter Jay-Z has told Arsenal Magazine that he would like to invest in the club if the opportunity should arise.   Jay-Z, whose name is Shawn Carter and who is married to Beyonce, owns a portion of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is said to be worth around £500m.

The points deduction they received for going into administration may prevent Southampton getting out of League 1 this season, but they are a classic example of how going broke can lead to new owners coming in who turn a club's finances around.   It hasn't been a case of splash the cash, and spending on players in particular has been prudent, but £1m has been spent on upgrading the training ground.   The longer-term ambition is to bring Premiership football back to S

The completion of a two-year Ofcom review of the pay television market is imminent.   Ofcom is expected to order British Sky Broadcasting to sell premium content, especially Premier League football, to rivals at wholesale prices set by the regulator.   These are likely to be 20 per cent to 35 per cent below current levels.   The beneficiaries would include providers such as BT Vision, Virgin Media and Top-Up TV.

Merthyr Tydfil fans have launched a last-minute appeal to save thier club.  The Martyrs have been in administration since last June.   They want supporters to loan fans' group Martyrs to the Cause £100 each to launch a bid to buy back the club before a March 26 deadline set by administrator Mark Bowen.

It's the Red Knights at Manchester United, but Blue Square Premiership outfit Cambridge United are looking for an Amber Knight.   Fans have pledged about £1.2m to buy the Abbey Stadium back for the club.  But the supporters face a race against time to attract someone willing to stump up a £350,000 non-refundable deposit and prove they can raise the rest of the £3.5m needed to match what Grovesnor Developments have agreed to pay current owners Bideawhile.