Search results

Not according to many on here who have been predicting mid-table mediocrity.

Ah...the good old days....pre 1992....before real football started. Eventually the sporting history books will be re-written and reflect how Neanderthal it all was. Aimless hoofball, aimless scurrying about, no tactics, no formations and no skill anywhere. I guess there will be a general burning...

Not all. I should have made it clearer that I was referring to a financial gap not a playing gap.

....just gone back and looked at English football in the 70's and 80's and believe it or not......just found out the following....... 1 ) Liverpool.......won the European Cup ( now the Champions League ) in 1977 and 1978 and 1981 and 1983. 2) Nottm Forest...won the European Cup in 1979 and...

Thirty odd years ago there was a chairman and manager of a certain North London club ( between Borehamwood and Enfield ) who had no qualms in thrashing out their personal terms, before it ever got round to discussing the player involved. I knew people who had dealings with them and their...

Yes. It was either a winding-up order from Inland Revenue or Customs and Excise. The club was hovering on the brink and were only hours away from closure. He was the only asset that could have realised the sort of money needed. Mark Beeney saved the club.

( cut off in my prime )....continually failing to provide value for money. The PL has driven the cost of watching football beyond the pockets of many. Whilst the overweight, forty-something, business owner, Range-Rover driver and a group of similar mates can afford to hold simultaneous ST's at...

Agree with that. The PL was formed to strengthen the position of the elite few. The two main drivers of the idea, were two smart guys, Irving Scholar and David Dein. They wanted to protect the interests of their respective clubs. The PL is divisive. It doesn't unite football, it divides it. The...

Even if it's just Falmeresqueian delay tactics going on it looks like they would probably be able to delay article 50 until the next election. ....and run the risk of the biggest political voting backlash in British history?.

Football is the new boxing. Years ago, boxing was the sport with the really big bucks and it attracted the sleazeballs and slimeballs of society. Some boxers were owned by organised crime..i.e the Mafia. They controlled them and rigged fights. They manipulated the market. They made fighters...

I can see that. If you were on £3m a year, why on earth would you want to be grubbing around for smaller sums of money?

They will...one by one....in a long, drawn out saga. There is so much mileage in this for them, that they will be licking their lips at increased publicity/sales for weeks to come. As a poster said, the weekend will probably see the first name, which will be a taster. Not a really big name. The...

The FA is just like FIFA, UEFA and the IOC. When there is corruption from within, you cannot cure the problems without. Does anyone actually believe that the FA is whiter than white? The scandal of new Wembley has left a stain on the game for years to come and left certain FA officials with a...

Unless you get someone like Pep who had no hesitation in ditching Hart and Toure.

Rooney has been playing at the highest level for nearly 15 years. It was obvious that he would struggle to sustain a career much past 30, with his build and his lifestyle. His body is slowing down and he can't do things he was doing 5 years ago. He is not the future for England. We have to play...

Leopards and spots.

Good point. I don't actually know. Whoever it is....WHU or Newham Council....at those prices they are going to make a lot of money.

Gold and Sullivan both put £100m into the club originally. They sold Upton Park for £300m and are also getting £100m+ from the PL. They haven't invested hugely in players and the stadium costs are covered by sponsorship.The club will not release the extra 10,000 seats ( up to 66,000 capacity )...

Me too. Got £30 on at 15-1 with 24 point handicap over scratch ( Man City ) Thought they could get close to last season's total of 62 points and the best part of 85 points( incl handicap ) would take some beating. Looks a million miles away now.

Look folks...this is hardly surprising. Anyone with contacts within football knows that there are certain managers and certain agents who ' sail close to the wind ' It just so happens that two of them share the surname Allardyce. If the FA weren't aware of this, then they are either naive or...