Liverpool ticket price protest: Premier League clubs should not lower the cost of attendance February 10, 2016 The ticket price row at Liverpool is only the latest squabble about the cost of attending football matches. The new £5bn-plus TV deal guaranteeing Premier League teams huge increases in revenue offers an occasion for clubs to lower admission prices. Retired footballers, journalists, media commentators and MPs all seem to be convinced that that they [...]
West Ham United 2, Liverpool 1 (AET): FA Cup victory ranks as one of club’s best, says Bilic February 9, 2016 West Ham boss Slaven Bilic insists that his side’s extra-time victory over Liverpool in last night’s FA Cup fourth round replay deserves to be ranked amongst the finest moments in the club’s history. A last-gasp header from Italian centre-half Angelo Ogbonna catapulted the Hammers into round five after Michail Antonio and Philippe Coutinho had traded goalscoring blows [...]
Leicester’s superb technique is the overlooked facet of their unlikely assault on the Premier League February 9, 2016 Leicester's charge to the top of the Premier League has got all neutrals rooting for the Foxes and also reminded me of my old Everton side in 1984-85, the season our group of players first won the title. Just as lifting the FA Cup in the previous campaign gave us impetus to carry on, so too [...]
Grainger joint venture goes on £57m west London buying spree February 9, 2016 Grainger and Dutch pension fund APG have bought a large residential estate near Kew Bridge in west London for £57.3m, as the pair continue to expand their presence in the private rental sector (PRS). GRIP, the residential property fund set up by Grainger and APG in 2013, has acquired the freehold of Kew Bridge House [...]
Everton takeover: American investors John Jay Moores and Charles Noell near £200m deal February 9, 2016 Everton could soon become the latest Premier League club with foreign ownership following reported progress in takeover talks with American investors. John Jay Moores, the owner of Major League Baseball franchise the San Diego Padres, and businessman Charles Noell are reportedly nearing a £200m takeover of the Merseyside club following a six weeks period of [...]
New Premier League logo unveiled for 2016/17 season February 9, 2016 The Premier League has unveiled a "new visual identity" from next season featuring the most notable change to its logo since the league's inception in 1992. Working in tandem with UK firms DesignStudio and Robin Brand Consultants, the league's first major rebrand in around 10 years will be comprised of five colours – purple, sky [...]
Knee injury set to rule Chelsea centre-half Kurt Zouma out for season February 8, 2016 Chelsea centre-half Kurt Zouma is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury during his side’s Premier League clash with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The 21-year-old defender is set for surgery and six months on the sidelines after his right knee buckled on landing during [...]
Football INDEX’s Adam Cole talks Messi, tech in Bangkok and lads’ mags on VHS February 8, 2016 Plenty of entrepreneurs describe their lightbulb moment as realising that they could fix somebody else’s problem. Adam Cole’s moment, back in 2000, had a touch more glamour. “I was having dinner at a friend’s, and his wife said to me, ‘darling, the FTSE is so dull; us girls know nothing about it. Imagine if we could [...]
Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 2: Wenger turns up heat on title rivals after declaring bid for Premier League back on track February 7, 2016 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to conceal the significance of his side reviving their stuttering Premier League title bid with victory at lowly Bournemouth before turning up the heat on rivals Leicester. Two goals inside 88 first-half seconds from playmaker Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ended Arsenal’s four-game winless streak and propelled the Gunners to third [...]
Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp to miss Sunderland game at Anfield with suspected appendicitis February 6, 2016 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will be missing from the dugout this Saturday, after suffering from a suspected bout of appendicitis. First team duties for the visit of Sunderland to Anfield on Saturday afternoon will be taken over by Klopp's assistants Zelkjo Buvac, Peter Krawietz, Pepijn Lijnders and John Achterberg. Liverpool have been one of the most [...]