It’s not often a barman working in an Indian restaurant and living in an old people’s home attempts to buy a 25% controlling stake in a football club. Carlisle United unfortunately found themselves in that unenviable position when former chairman Michael Knighton thought he had found a suitable buyer for his shares in the club….
We have to nominate everyone involved with Cardiff City who voted for Peter Ridsdale to take control of the club when Sam Hamman moved on at the end of 2006. Like him or loathe him Sam had taken Wimbledon from nowhere to a Cup win, and 1st division residency. He had left and then taken…
Dein: what really happened When, in April 2007, David Dein suddenly left Arsenal, having been not just vice-chairman but also the man who brought Wenger to Arsenal, there was shock and amazement. But what really happened? Although this web site does regularly benefit from insights and information from insiders on this issue it is important…
Bristol Rovers, hired two feng shui “experts” who claimed they could enhance the club’s results. The ancient Chinese art of feng shui creates balance, harmony, and prosperity in your surrounding environment and induces general well-being and the experts demanded staff ensure all toilet seats were down at all times and the installation of a fish…
Gilles Grimandi was one of Wenger’s first transfers into Arsenal. Never a glamorous player, he worked for the squad, playing when required, in any position required. Once he turned out for the first team on sunday, and then led the reserves in a League Cup game the next day. Despite his modest profile he won…
The administrator, KPMG, set up two ballots for creditors to determine the future ownership of the Elland Road club. Mark Taylor, a current Leeds director and member of Bates’s Leeds United Football Club consortium bidding to take over today, said the offshore company Astor Investment Holdings has a claim against the club in the…
World Wide Scouting (sometimes called Global Scouting) Neither the training ground nor the new stadium would be any good at all without the team to go with it. But Arsenal at the time of Mr Wenger’s arrival, was not a rich club – certainly not able to compete with Manchester Utd. Later other teams came…
2: The WengerDrome Mr Wenger made it clear that the Arsenal he wanted could not continue with crowds of 38,000 – and he pushed for the new stadium. Indeed the playing of early European games at Wembley was part of the move towards the new stadium – proving beyond doubt that Arsenal could attract audiences…
1: The Training Ground Obvious and well documented, Mr Wenger had the training facilities for Arsenal totally changed – they were the first thing he changed and now represent the ultimate in training facility. Players leaving Arsenal are invariably shocked at the facilities they took to be the norm are not available elsewhere. Arsenal training…
4: Beautiful Football When Wenger first came to Highbury none of us really knew what was going to hit us – true we started to get an idea when Vieira came on as a substitute for his first match, and we realised that here was a manager who could pick a player we had never…
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