{"id":1115,"date":"2011-03-14T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T08:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2011-04-08T16:37:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:37:35","slug":"news-round-up-from-supporters-direct-%e2%80%93-110311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=1115","title":{"rendered":"News Round-Up from SD \u2013 11\/03\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/breaking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"breaking\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/breaking.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/breaking-96x72.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/breaking-38x29.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>The big stories in the news recently, as kindly selected by Supporters Direct. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Scotland<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcbusiness.co.uk\/news\/article\/newsitem=1022\/title=dundee+united+post+profit\">Dundee United post profit<\/a><br \/>\n<em>F.C Business<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>England\/Wales<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twohundredpercent.net\/?p=11300\">Wrexham FC: Familiar Faces And Even More Familiar Divisions<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Two Hundred Percent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/teams\/p\/plymouth_argyle\/9422349.stm\">Gardner and Todd make Plymouth Argyle bid<\/a><br \/>\n<em>BBC News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watfordobserver.co.uk\/sport\/watfordfc\/watfordfcnews\/8903137.Offer_set_to_be_made_for_Hornets\/\">Ashcroft and Simpsons accept bid for Watford&#8217;s parent company<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Watford Observer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footballmanagement.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/05\/onward-and-upward-at-portsmouth\/\">Onward and Upward at Portsmouth<\/a><br \/>\n<em>John Beech &#8211; Football Management<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twohundredpercent.net\/?p=11277\">Halesowen Town Back On The Edge<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Two Hundred Percent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.footballtradedirectory.com\/news\/2011\/march\/quakers-cant-exist-with-current-support.html?eref=mail&amp;msn=1204719\">Quakers &#8216;can&#8217;t exist&#8217; with current support<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Football Trade Directory<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Supporters Direct<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliamentlive.tv\/Main\/Player.aspx?meetingId=7873\">DCMS Select Committee: David Gill, Peter Coates, Tony Scholes, Niall Quinn<\/a><br \/>\n<em>parliamentlive.tv<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2011\/mar\/08\/football-mps-simon-hoggarts-sketch\">An easy ride for football&#8217;s men in suits<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/football\/2011\/mar\/10\/david-gill-hmrc-football-creditors-rule\">David Gill&#8217;s comments could help HMRC battle &#8216;football creditors&#8217; rule<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Comments &amp; Blogs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swissramble.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/sunderlands-problem-is-not-their-fans.html\">Sunderland&#8217;s problem is not their fans<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Swiss Ramble<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footballmanagement.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/04\/argyle-directors-finally-admit-defeat\/\">Argyle directors finally admit defeat<\/a><br \/>\n<em>John Beech &#8211; Football Management<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smogblog.co.uk\/?p=2129\">The Wages of Fear<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Smog Blog<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inbedwithmaradona.com\/the-slow-death-of-english-football\/\">The Slow Death of English Football<\/a><br \/>\n<em>In Bed With Maradona<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Europe\/World<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/football\/2011\/mar\/10\/mohamed-bin-hammam-fifa1\">Mohamed bin Hammam may challenge Sepp Blatter for Fifa presidency<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swissramble.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/is-footballs-gravy-train-slowing-down.html\">Is Football&#8217;s Gravy Train slowing down? <\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Swiss Ramble<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twohundredpercent.net\/?p=11245\">The finance and the Fury \u2013 a lesson from Australia <\/a><br \/>\n<em>Two Hundred Percent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/12674613.stm\">Birmingham City dismiss Europa League financial concern<\/a><br \/>\n<em>BBC News<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Rugby League<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2011\/mar\/10\/willie-mason-hull-kr-debut\">Willie Mason to make Hull KR debut as an Australian or New Zealander<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/news_5122-mp-takes-visa-problems-to-parliament.html\">MP takes Visa problems to parliament<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Last Tackle<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big stories in the news recently, as kindly selected by Supporters Direct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-in-general","category-supporters-direct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}