The Football News Thread 2016/17 - everything not Wolves

[lemonjelly]

the ongoing northampton town saga provides even more astounding news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38045149

A company under investigation over missing public money intended for a football stadium redevelopment received almost £1m in VAT repayments, the BBC has learned.
1st Land Ltd, set up to redevelop Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium, had been passed £7.25m of a £10.25m loan from Northampton Borough Council.
The redevelopment remains unfinished and 1st Land is in liquidation.
Owner Howard Grossman said the VAT repayments were "all legitimate".
Mr Grossman did not elaborate on how 1st Land qualified for the repayments, but said they were all "in accordance with HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) rules".

 

[Lycan]

No way https://streamable.com/0344

 

[Alan]

No way https://streamable.com/0344

Ikeme is hurt now; sign him up!

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

No way https://streamable.com/0344

I saw that on Twitter. 95th minute equaliser. Impressive!

 

[BillyDee]

The German FA will allow teams to make a fourth substitution in the DFB Pokal if a game goes into extra time. https://t.co/IovDC92PQU
Very sensible IMO, should have been a rule everywhere a long time ago.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Aguero serves 4 match ban after yesterday's challenge on Luiz. Fernandinho serves a 3 games ban as well.

Sepp Blatter loses appeal against his six year ban.

 

[Freddeno]

What about Rojo then?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They can't do anything about that, ref saw it, booked him. Obviously should have been a red but can't be changed now.

 

[Freddeno]

Aah ok

 

[FrankMunro-371]

They can't do anything about that, ref saw it, booked him. Obviously should have been a red but can't be changed now.

I am sure that having seen it again, the referee would agree it should have been a red card. A shame the FA cannot do anything about it.

 

[Tredman]

Listened to 5 live on my drive home this evening, Joey Barton was one of the panelists. Amazingly I thought he came across really well and made good reasoned points. I'd always assumed he was just a complete idiot on and off the pitch.

 

[Tony Towner]

Barton always comes across well on either TalkSport or 5Live. It's when he can't put his therapy into practice when in the moment that he let's himself down.

 

[Lord Knows]

Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has been banned for 18 months - effective from Feb 1, 2017 - for breaking the FA's agent regulations.
Cellino's suspension prevents him from being a director or shadow director of any club, while he and Leeds have each been fined £250,000.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Good read - http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/amer...lture?utm_source=vicefbuk&utm_campaign=global

 

[Alan]

Good read - http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/amer...lture?utm_source=vicefbuk&utm_campaign=global

We're learning.

His points are pretty well-founded, though. The more "organic" feeling aspects of MLS crowds are overwhelming the ones that find their roots in Mexico and South/Central America. The things we try to borrow from across the Atlantic, short of Germany's tifo obsession, are generally a bridge too far for us.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Dario Gradi has been suspended by the FA.

 

[YoungWolf]

Sevilla v Leicester
Bayern v Arsenal
PSG v Barcelona
Man City v Monaco
Leverkusen v Atletico
Real Madrid v Napoli
Porto v Juventus
Benfica v Dortmund

 

[Nando]

Arsenal :icon_lol:

I'll be surprised if any English team makes it through.

 

[Jolemai]

They really don't get it easy, do they?

 

[darlowolf64]

"Arsene, whatever you do make sure you win your group to get an easier passage in the knockout round"... Ah crap! :icon_lol: