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The Magic of Football – still there in the Cups?
Posted on January 27, 2012
It’s increasingly difficult to see any magic in the beautiful game other than black magic, especially when you look at it from a financial perspective. You only need to think of the narrow escapes at Plymouth and Wrexham recently, and both Portsmouth and Darlington are standing on the edge of the precipice. The Cups may […]
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The ins and outs of the transfer window
Posted on September 3, 2011
So, the transfer window finally slammed shut, to use the mandatory cliché, amid the predictable hype. In one respect this was hardly surprising – of the 289 August deals reported by the BBC (1), no fewer than 93, or 32%, had taken place on the final day. In total 141 (49%) had taken place in […]
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The joy that was, and may yet again be, the Abbey Stadium
Posted on January 18, 2011
Perhaps not the obvious stadium to refer to as a ‘joy’, but it has a special place in my personal history. My very first football-related memory is of being driven along the Newmarket Road as a child aged about 4 years and suddenly catching sight of this enticing building. Yes, it was oddly enticing. Frequent […]
Posted in Assets, Benefactors, Insolvency, Investors, Ownership, Stadium, Trusts | 6 Comments »
Meanwhile, beyond Fratton Park…
Posted on March 7, 2010
… and whichever City bar (that’s ‘City’ as in ‘City of London’) that the Red Knights hang out in, there’s plenty happening, or not happening, worthy of comment. Cardiff City and Southend United are both due back in court against an increasingly confrontational HMRC. Spinmeister Peter Ridsdale has gone unusually quiet – how he survived […]
Posted in Benefactors, Debts, Ethics, HMRC, Ownership, Stadium, Trusts | 8 Comments »
