Football betting: No home comforts for Manchester City as West Ham aim for double January 21, 2016 Things have changed an awful lot at Upton Park in the last couple of years. In January 2014 Manchester City beat a hapless West Ham 9-0 on aggregate in the League Cup semi-finals, with the Hammers stuck near the bottom of the Premier League. As they prepare to welcome City again on Saturday, Slaven Bilic’s [...]
Football betting: Arsenal and Chelsea to share the points in Premier League derby stalemate January 21, 2016 It says plenty about Chelsea’s dominance of Arsenal in recent years that, even during this nightmare campaign, they still managed a comfortable 2-0 win in September. Chelsea are undefeated in their last eight competitive clashes against their London rivals. New boss Guus Hiddink beat Arsenal 4-1 at the Emirates in 2009 but don’t expect the [...]
Leyton Orient appoint former West Ham and Newcastle midfielder Kevin Nolan as player-manager January 21, 2016 Former West Ham and Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan has been named player-manager of Leyton Orient. The East London League Two sid have signed the midfielder to a two-and-a-half-year deal as a replacement for Ian Hendon who was sacked on Sunday. Nolan appeared in the Premier League for West Ham last season but has been without [...]
World’s richest football clubs 2016 revealed: Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea lead way as Premier League tightens its stranglehold on Deloitte’s Football Money League January 21, 2016 [custom id=”125″] All 20 English Premier League clubs could feature among the world’s 30 richest football teams once bumper new television contracts worth £8bn kick in next season. Read more: Man Utd poised to replace Real Madrid at top of rich list That forecast, which underlines the financial superiority enjoyed by even modest English sides [...]
World’s highest earning football clubs 2016: Arsenal overtake Chelsea as Tottenham, West Ham and Crystal Palace make Deloitte Money League’s top 30 January 21, 2016 They may have swept all before them in a Premier League title-winning campaign of rare dominance last season, but that was not enough to make Chelsea the money-making kings of the capital. Read more: All Premier League teams set to make rich list top 30 The Blues have been eclipsed by London rivals Arsenal in [...]
Top 20 richest football clubs in the world: Manchester United poised to reclaim top spot but Real Madrid stay No1 for now January 21, 2016 Manchester United are poised to reclaim the title of the world’s richest club – a status enjoyed by Real Madrid for the past 11 seasons – despite their turbulent recent on-field fortunes. United have fallen one place to third in the latest Deloitte Football Money League – the annual ranking of the world’s top revenue-generating [...]
Leicester City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2: Pochettino boasts of squad depth as Spurs eye assault on three fronts January 20, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino revelled in the depth of squad at his disposal after a much-changed Spurs side disposed of Premier League high-flyers Leicester in their FA Cup third-round replay last night. A stunning strike from Son Heung-Min and second-half finish from Nacer Chadli booked Tottenham’s place in round four, where League One strugglers Colchester [...]
How football clubs are funding their fight for Premier League riches by selling shares of their future revenues January 20, 2016 With the treasures of next season's £5bn TV deal coming ever closer into view, Premier League and Championship clubs are exploring alternative avenues to fund their promotion push or relegation resistance in the January transfer window. City A.M. has learned that some football clubs within England's top two tiers have boosted their available transfer funds [...]
Respite and financial boost for debt-ridden Bolton in FA Cup third round replay against fifth-tier Eastleigh January 19, 2016 ENGLISH football’s crisis club Bolton were granted a modicum of respite and a much-needed financial boost by a 3-2 FA Cup third-round replay victory over fifth-tier Eastleigh. Wanderers are rock bottom of the Championship and saddled with £172.9m worth of debt, while on Monday they avoided a High Court winding up order after their case [...]
Tottenham move to Milton Keynes would be good, says Mauricio Pochettino, amid talk of sharing Wembley with Chelsea January 19, 2016 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he would be happy for the club to relocate 50 miles to Milton Keynes while a new 61,000-capacity stadium is completed in north London. The controversial proposal, which would see Spurs stage their home fixtures at MK Dons’ Stadium mk for the 2017-18 season, is under consideration as an alternative [...]