By Walter Broeckx The supporters of Manchester City are unhappy. They are unhappy about the fact that they have to pay £62 for a ticket for the game next Sunday. They received 3000 tickets but have returned 912 of them. Tickets that now are being sold to Arsenal supporters. So this means that some 900…
Arsenal have opened Pandora’s Box Don McMahon Following the departure of Cesc Fabregas for a derisory sum of around 30M Euro after add-ons, with Barca’s mocking confirmation that they robbed us, and with the sale of Samir Nasri to City for 25M sterling, there were innumerable cries of outrage and dismay from the British media,punditry…
By Billy the Dog McGraw. Our man in the Depths of Despair Way way back in the dim and distant past – well in 19969 to be exact – Swindon Town beat Arsenal in the league cup final on a ploughed field. The Arsenal team contained famous names like Wilson, Storey, McLintock, Radford, Graham, Gould…
By Tony Attwood With Arsenal not playing until Sunday Saturday afternoon took me to my local football ground – Corby Town. They are in what we used to call the Conference North, now the Blue Square Bet North. Either way it is 6th tier of English football. The ground is 10 minutes from my home…
You wouldn’t know it from the behaviour of the last couple of days, but there is a new rule in football. A new rule that says that clubs must not lose more than €45m between 2011 to 2013 (which is about £46m at current exchange rates). So when Chelsea toddle off and spend around £80m…
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory My article on how the Emirates as financed, was put together as a result of researching for my report for the Commons Inquiry into football. What I was looking to do was compare the debt burdens of Manchester United and Arsenal to illustrate…
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil Gregory The Arsenal Supporters Trust has been busy recently. They gave evidence to the Commons Inquiry into Football Governance; indeed they were invited to give their evidence in person given how widely respected they are in this regard (unlike yours truly,…
By Walter Broeckx How depressing to see teams win titles that are solely build on the money from the owner of the clubs is something that we have experienced the last weeks. Manchester City, Chelsea…two clubs that have been spending money that is not theirs. And winning things that way. Their fans won’t mind it…
Written by Adam Brogden Agents fees 2011/2012 Below we have the recently released fees paid by premier league clubs to football agents, I do not know if this includes exempt persons. Arsenal £5,580,873 Aston Villa £2,730,539 Chelsea £6,490,382 Everton £3,092,891 Fulham £2,581,208 Liverpool £8,600,444 Manchester City £10,537,982 Manchester United £3,681,580 Newcastle United £3,485,503 Norwich City…
By Richard Bedwell and Tony Attwood The formula for popularity? Given that football clubs are brands, the start of each season is a chance to re-measure each brand and see how well it is doing. Brands, we should explain, are what all businesses aspire to be. Being a brand means that your name is recognised…
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