Mon, March 27th 2006
A fascinating column from the BBC’s Tim Vickery about hooliganism in South America:
There is a vital difference between hooliganism in England and in South America - the relationship between the club and the thugs.
In England the clubs lived in denial for years, as if the hooligans had nothing to do with them.
Sat, March 25th 2006
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called on referees to stamp out diving by suspending guilty players.
From: BBC
There was surely some irony in his voice when he said this, considering some of Robert Pires’ behaviour (most notably against Portsmouth a couple of seasons ago).
The Arsenal manager went on to say: “I can say that when my team are not involved I am 100% against it.”
Wed, March 22nd 2006
League 2 club Wrexham could find themselves thrown out of the League after a sudden surge of potential buyers might mean they are unable to come out of administration by the League’s June 3rd deadline.
Administrators say they have had nine expressions of interest in buying Wrexham so far.
Mon, March 20th 2006
The powerful G14 group, representing the 18 of Europe’s biggest clubs, fuelled rumours of a breakaway European Super League with their publication last week of their internal policy document ‘Vision Europe’ - a blueprint which demonstrates their intention to more actively influence world football.
The G14 are a group of successful and rich European clubs that formed in September 2004 “to find a constructive way of reforming a system in which their voice was not heard and to establish for the clubs a meaningful executive role in the management of the international game.” (The G14 website)
Fri, March 17th 2006
Fifa has reacted to the apparent inability of national football associations to deal with racism by announcing that it plans to enforce sanctions on consistently offending clubs.
Thu, March 16th 2006
Despite having the backing of other top European coaches, Sven Goran-Eriksson’s attempt to delay the date that World Cup coaches have to choose their squads, has failed.
Reports in the English media indicate that Barcelona claim they have reached a verbal agreement to sign Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.
The Gunners’ inspirational skipper has long been a target for the Catalan giants and his continuing reluctance to sign a new deal in North London has resulted in constant speculation over his future in The Premiership.
From: Sky Sports
Its always been suspicious that Henry has looked to put off talks with Arsenal until the end of the season considering that you would expect his priorities to then lie with France’s attempts to regain the World Cup.
Related: Chelsea to sign Ballack ‘before World Cup’
Wed, March 15th 2006
Germany’s Michael Ballack is hopeful of signing for Chelsea before the start of the World Cup in June. The 29-year-old Bayern Munich captain is out of contract in May and his agent said: “I think there is definitely something happening before the World Cup.”
Tue, March 14th 2006
Former chairman of Wrexham Football Club Alex Hamilton has failed to seize control of its Racecourse ground.
The Appeal Court in London has ruled that the stadium must remain in the hands of the club’s administrators.
The sale of the club will now go ahead and the administrators said the ruling was a “momentous day” in its history.
From: BBC
See also: Wrexham’s future still threatened
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