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Opening a can of worms? 27 Mar 2013 | 07:14 pm
The varying relationship between football clubs and their local councils I have, in a previous posting, described as a postcode lottery. It is often a vital one, especially when the stadium sits at t...
For once, a personal note 4 Feb 2013 | 08:25 pm
Apologies to regular readers for an ‘off topic’ posting, but, to be fair, this is a personal blog. Rest assured – it will not become a habit. The sharp-eyed may have noticed a change in the ‘About’ s...
‘Part and parcel of the modern game’ 29 Jan 2013 | 05:57 pm
To develop an old media dictum, a ball boy kicking a footballer, now that would be news. The Eden Hazard incident (1) was always going to have legs as a story because of its ‘shock horror’ value. It...
The stadium curse 4 Dec 2012 | 02:05 am
The topics of the stadium which has become separated from its club in ownership terms, and the mixed blessing that a new stadium can bring, are ones that I have covered in previous postings (see posti...
Pompey – the turning point? 20 Nov 2012 | 07:23 pm
I’ve not blogged recently on the Pompey basket case. Not because there wasn’t much happening, but rather because there has been almost too much happening to stop and take a coherent view. In fact, t...
Round-up of Season 2011/12 8 Sep 2012 | 06:02 pm
The 2011/12 season has been characterised by long-running sagas. Normally I find myself in an annual review recounting a series of relatively self-contained accounts of the woes which have beset a nu...
A little, light UEFAnomics 24 Jun 2012 | 04:42 pm
(with doff of cap to my chum Stefan Szymanski and his co-author Simon Kuypers, the second edition of whose fascinating book Soccernomics is just hitting the book stands) With the Euros now in full sw...
So, is it really ‘goodbye Bluebirds, hello Red Dragons’? 7 Jun 2012 | 09:01 pm
Like the old joke about anti-social behaviour in a lift, what is happening at Cardiff City is just plain wrong at so many levels. The root causes of the problem lie in Sam Hammam’s decision to build ...
Deconstructing Peter Lorimer 16 May 2012 | 04:03 am
Peter Lorimer’s thoughts on fans being on the boards of football clubs (1) were, at least as reported by the BBC, somewhat confusing and even confused. Certainly his assertion that he does not envisa...
Why I shall be especially grumpy this Saturday afternoon 4 Apr 2012 | 01:08 am
“Football clubs ‘in poor financial health’” a headline on the BBC News website has just screamed (1). Apparently “many clubs are continuing to spend too much, principally on players’ wages, as they a...
