The Football News Thread 2014/15 - Everything not Wolves News Related

[Kenny]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...ng-rovers-takeover-in-serious-doubt-1-6735481

 

[darlowolf64]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...ng-rovers-takeover-in-serious-doubt-1-6735481

Oops....Only one and a quarter million pounds short of their £2m target

 

[Lord Knows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcqeA8PONxE&feature=youtu.be

Louis Van Gaal first press conference at Man Utd.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The MP leading calls to force changes in football governance has warned the Football League that the situation at Coventry City could be a tipping point.

Damian Collins MP has campaigned to scrap the ‘football creditors rule’ – which allows other members of the football family to be paid ahead of any other creditors when a club becomes insolvent.

Mr Collins says the rule is unfair as it usually means local suppliers – and even taxpayers – are left short changed when a club suffers financial problems.

The Football League recently successfully defended the rule in court after a challenge from HM Revenue and Customs – and used its insolvency policy as an example of how other creditors are paid what they would have received through the administrator and Company Voluntary Agreements.

But, it is understood the situation at Coventry City is now being monitored by HMRC and Mr Collins says he believes the decision taken by the Football League, over an amount owed to the Ricoh Arena operators ACL by club owners Sisu, could see the rule scrapped.

The Football League initially ordered Sisu to pay ACL £590,000 by the end of May – the amount ACL would have received through the administration process.

But club bosses now dispute the amount and the Football League’s board are set to discuss the matter on August 7.

Mr Collins said: “This could be a prime example of the failure of the football creditors rule and a prompt for action.

“I am monitoring the situation. It will be a concern if the stadium doesn’t get that money and the club walks away.

“I think the Football League has to order the club to pay the full amount. It is money the club fairly owes. They entered into the agreement and they should honour it.

“There is no justification for the football creditors rule. It is massively unfair on other creditors and the community and it encourages irresponsible financial behaviour.”

The MP has resubmitted a bill calling on the government to force governance changes in football over concerns about how the game is run and it is due to be discussed in Parliament later this year.

Mr Collins also believes governing bodies should apply tighter regulations around club ownership – and said Sisu should never have been allowed to take over Coventry City.

He said: “Coventry is the worst example in football at the moment of the problems clubs can get into with poor ownership and the need for the FA and the Football League to intervene.

“If governing bodies won’t act, they need to be forced to through legislation.

“This situation is appalling. It underlines that Sisu should never have been allowed to take over the club and run it the way they have done.

“They are an example of how a bad owner can destroy a football club and it should never be able to happen again.

“The situation at Coventry underlined the importance and the need for legislation. The problem hasn’t gone away and they need to act.”

A spokesman for HMRC said: “We don’t comment on individual cases. Our view remains that the Football Creditor Rule is unfair to all other unsecured creditors who are forced to make do with much smaller returns – if anything – on monies owed to them by Football Clubs which enter administration.”

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Why are the Football League meeting on August 7th - TWO DAYS before the start of the season - to discuss that? Do it now you procrastinating melons.

 

[Kenny]

back to Donny for 2 seconds......"The Doncaster Rovers takeover is OFF. John Ryan has told us he's finished with football"

 

[Kenny]

Lahm retires from international football

 

[Lord Knows]

Jose Mourinho: "Higuain is the laziest player I have ever managed. If he was allowed, he'd come to training in a pyjama."

 

[ROVERT47]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/joleon-lescott-unsettled-west-brom-3881958

Oh dear!, Seems someone didn't do enough research on Jeremy Peace!

 

[Johnny75]

Why are the Football League meeting on August 7th - TWO DAYS before the start of the season - to discuss that? Do it now you procrastinating melons.

Getting their blazers dry-cleaned?

Backs my point that more and more people think the FA are impotent, slow, dim witted and easily out-thought. It needs to be stripped out from top to bottom.

 

[NorwayFB]

Alan,in the 16th league round Stabæk found there is something called drawing a match,1-1 vs Brann.They took a 1-0 lead in the 90th minute but 90 seconds later it was 1-1.

Molde beat Sandnes Ulf 3-1 with an 'old' FM hero scoring a hat trick,Tommy Høiland.No sign of Siggy,still injured.

 

[Premier Quality]

Norwich beat an Italian team 13-0 today. Quite a few of their fans really happy about it on Facebook

Turns out they're a serie D/1 side...

 

[Alan]

Why even schedule a match like that? What can possibly be gained?

 

[Lycan]

Why even schedule a match like that? What can possibly be gained?

They were scheduled to play Novara but it was cancelled at the last minute and the minnows were the best they could get at such short notice.

 

[Premier Quality]

Novara wouldn't have been much better being serie C

 

[Alan]

Weren't Novara in Serie A just two or three years ago?

 

[MARKakaJIM]

What would be the point in Wolves scheduling friendlies against Irish teams who just send out teams half full of reserves and trialists seen as they're mid season?

Early pre season games are about fitness, nothing more.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

What would be the point in Wolves scheduling friendlies against Irish teams who just send out teams half full of reserves and trialists seen as they're mid season?

Early pre season games are about fitness, nothing more.

 

[Nando]

Six Shakhtar players have gone AWOL in Lyon after a friendly stating that they have no desire to return to Ukraine.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Gerrard retires from England duty.