Angry fans count cost of ticket resale platforms February 6, 2014 WOULD you spend £1,000 on 90 minutes of entertainment? That’s the figure Tottenham fans are charging each other for tickets to next month’s derby with Arsenal at White Hart Lane – and it’s all perfectly legal. With demand outstripping supply in Tottenham’s relatively small 36,000-capacity stadium, many are forced to look to the club’s official [...]
City’s expansion plans supported February 6, 2014 FOOTBALL: Manchester City should have plans for a 14,000-seat expansion to their Etihad Stadium approved, a report released yesterday has recommended. City plan to extend their overall capacity to 62,170, work which will create 160 temporary jobs during construction and 110 new jobs on matchdays. The Etihad Stadium would become the second largest Premier League [...]
Liverpool’s SAS can fire Reds to victory tomorrow February 6, 2014 IT’S a massive month for Arsenal as they look to stay top of the Premier League and face big ties in the FA Cup and Champions League. Starting with tomorrow’s game at Liverpool, the Gunners have a horrible run of fixtures which could bring all silverware aspirations to a sudden halt. Chelsea’s defeat of Manchester [...]
Football Comment: Old hands lend edge in drop fight February 5, 2014 Allardyce and Pulis can make the difference WHILE London’s heavyweights fight it out for the title and European places, West Ham, Fulham and Crystal Palace are locked in a relegation battle that could see the capital’s Premier League six-strong population slashed in half by May. It feels tighter than in previous seasons, with only six [...]
Laudrup sacked by Swansea as board seek stable future February 4, 2014 SWANSEA chairman Huw Jenkins sacked manager Michael Laudrup due to doubts over his long-term commitment, the club revealed last night. The 49-year-old helped Swansea win the first trophy in their history when they lifted the Capital One Cup last season, but has since overseen just eight wins from 35 Premier League games. Laudrup was openly [...]
FA Cup: Blunt Fulham dumped out of Cup by Blades February 4, 2014 FULHAM 0 vs SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 (After extra time) FULHAM boss Rene Meulensteen admitted his team’s lack of creativity in last night’s embarrassing FA Cup exit was so alarming they could have played for a month and still not scored. Sheffield United, 23rd in League One and the lowest ranked team left in the competition, [...]
Premier League: Chelsea halt City’s title charge February 3, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 0 vs CHELSEA 1 Mourinho credits club masseur for inspiring victory CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho revealed a team-talk from masseur Billy McCulloch inspired last night’s victory against their title rivals. Branislav Ivanovic’s first-half strike was enough to move Chelsea level on points with second-placed City, and two behind leaders Arsenal, as Manuel Pellegrini [...]
Defeat just a small setback, says Pellegrini February 3, 2014 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini feels his team’s title chances have not suffered despite defeat to Chelsea in last night’s top of the table clash. City, without injured stalwarts Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho, missed the chance to return to the top of the Premier League as Branislav Ivanovic’s first-half goal ended an eight-match winning run. [...]
Premier League: Gunners go top yet boss defiant over panic buy February 2, 2014 AT EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 2 vs CRYSTAL PALACE 0 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger watched his side reclaim top spot in the Premier League with another clinical home win yesterday, before coming out fighting over the bizarre loan signing of injured midfielder Kim Kallstrom. Wenger revealed that Arsenal will pay nothing for the Swedish international until [...]
Investors back BSkyB despite drop in profits January 30, 2014 INVESTORS remained confident in BSkyB yesterday, despite a 18 per cent drop in half year profits, as Britain’s biggest pay-TV broadcaster added over 100,000 new customers during its second quarter. Shares in Sky closed up 4.4 per cent on the results, which included news of a new deal with HBO to secure exclusive access to [...]