Category: Football In General

I think they’ve missed someone out of their top six… Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: The Joy of Six: terrible managerial stints

A great story in today’s Guardian of events down in Cambridge… Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: The supporters who took on a property developer and won

This is quite a worrying story about a Sheffield Wednesday supporter who was being taken to court by the club he supports for answering a question truthfully! Sheffield Wednesday and Manager Brian Laws Sues Fans!! Since then, the Sheffield Wednesday chairman has been charged by the FA for the derogatory...

Really interesting article from ESPN Soccernet: A league with a social conscience Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger Every once in a while, I glance with a bit of envy at columns sent in by Phil Ball, Roberto Gotta or Jon Carter and Norman Hubbard. They are often about big clubs, bigger names and...

The BBC have an article today about the community initiatives across England at each of the Premier League clubs. There’s a link to the community page of each club’s website, and they make interesting reading – and there’s probably a few ideas there that we could borrow for ourselves! At...

I’m not sure if the idea of “every major decision, on and off the pitch, being put to a members’ vote” is going to work in practice, but MyFootballClub will certainly raise the profile of supporter ownership if it is successful. My big worry (other than the possibility that this...

How’s this for the first major policy announcement of the SFA’s new Chief Executive’s reign? Gordon Smith’s indignation at gamesmanship as a pundit have been followed up with action now that he’s in the top job, if he continues in this vein the game in Scotland can only change for...

I think I know the answer to that one already, but every little helps! BBC SPORT | Football | Can football save the planet?

The Guardian’s David Conn writes about the backbencher who campaigned for an independent regulator for football, but no longer sees the need for one now that he’s become Minister for Sport. Conn argues that the issues that so concerned Gerry Sutcliffe when he tabled his bill as a backbencher have...

Reports from last week’s Scottish Football League meeting suggest that the majority of clubs, including half of those in the first division, want a clearer idea of the financial choices before committing to more talks with the SPL. The two organisations will now wait for the SFA to arbitrate on...