Trevor Fancis, I believe that's when they won the European Cup. Yes, I did remember that not look it up.
Cloughie etc will be turning in their graves. Football was an institution, a way off life for generations. A working mans sport. Go down the pit, go to the shipyards etc, Saturday comes around, it was the time. Working mans game. Packed terraces, Kids eager for their dads to take them out. Social bonding at it's best. Sorry for anyone who disagrees, but this Prem is simply swiping away the way the nation has grown up, with the bond between going to work and relaxing on a Saturday..
They can’t squeeze much more out of the U.K. market mate, the PPV during the period grounds are closed will generate buttons for some of those fixtures. The only way it continues to expand via the current TV model is via the overseas markets. The big clubs ideas are obvious, they think they can generate their own revenue via internet based PPV or subscriptions, which could be worldwide. I think this model would be doomed to failure as it’d massively skew the playing field and kill the competitive nature of the league that makes it what it is. Clubs seem to be somewhat oblivious to this, and seem to think their own club is the reason people tune in and pay. Only if they were winning 6-0 every week they’d soon realise that it isn’t
You buy an ex league one player, who spends a few seasons at a club like Leicester and get mugged off for £80M. Anyone know how things went for England tonight?
Government I believe have already placed a shot across the bow of the PremierSHIP, more or less get your house in order or will do it for you.
Probably. If it were me, I would restructure certainly L2 and the National League or whatever it's called these days. I think it should be more regional based, North/South divide. I certainly would prefer to see more local clubs then clubs hundreds of miles away when down in those leagues. That also reduces the cost of travel or any overnight stay for clubs out of its finances. What I'm saying is I'd prefer to watch the Gills against Dover (NL), then against Salford (L2) on a Tuesday night.
I remember when we were down in L2, one winter, we had someone like Morecambe or Macclesfield, I wanted to fall a kip during the game. It's fooking soul destroying.
No mate, it will not happen and I don't want it to happen. If it happens, I'd want it to be in the FA Cup, straight knock-out game. I've seen half the Premiership club names play in passing at some point in my life anyway.
Unfortunately nobody come calling for us and we ended up with a buffoon from Eastleigh. Our old owner actually wiped all the debts on his way out for us so we'd be in a strong financial position. That was the perfect chance then for somebody to come in with a few quid and go at it hard. Our owner can't afford to fund the club himself and I'm worried about the future of the club the longer he stays here when there's very little revenue coming in.
