Government issues response to petition for Huddersfield Town to replay play-off final after 1-0 defeat The petition was filed following the game at Wembley on May 29 which saw Huddersfield Town lose 1-0 to Nottingham Forest. A petition calling for a rematch was submitted to the government on May 31 but has since been rejected. Explaining the reason why, the Parliament UK website said: "It’s about something that the UK government or parliament is not directly responsible for. "We can only accept petitions about things the government or parliament are directly responsible for. Decisions about sporting events are a matter for their organisers, not the UK government or parliament. We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards." https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/spor...ssues-response-petition-huddersfield-24162264
Football pundit and One Show host Jermaine Jenas is being prosecuted for using his mobile phone while driving. The ex-Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder was driving a black Range Rover in Stanmore, north London, at the time of the alleged offence in October. The Match of the Day analyst, 39, is being prosecuted under the single justice procedure. The case is due to be heard behind closed doors on Friday. The former Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United player, from Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, will appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court after allegedly driving "when he was at the time using an interactive communications device, namely handheld mobile device", according to court papers. Using a phone while driving can lead to six points on your driving licence, a £200 fine and/or a driving ban, according to the government.
austrralia beat the uae 2-1 in a world cup qualifier today. jackson irvine scored the first aus goal.
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Simon Dobbin Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering football fan Simon Dobbin, who died five years after he was attacked while walking home from a match. Dobbin was left with permanent brain damage after being attacked following Cambridge United's game with Southend United at Roots Hall on March 21, 2015. He was left unable to talk and required full-time care.
Blackburn Rovers are expected to announce former Newcastle United striker Jon Dahl Tomasson as their new manager in the next 48 hours.
Laurence Bassini has exchanged contracts on a takeover at Birmingham City and is confident of completing a deal. EFL approval needed which is the next step.
Laurence Bassini. Mr Fit and Proper. Bassini was bankrupt for about a year and it was during this time that he changed his name to Bassini to have a "fresh start". Bassini's tenure at Watford was marked by allegations of financial impropriety culminating in the 'Safegate' scandal when just prior to the sale of the club in June 2012 Bassini called the police after an employee refused to hand him the keys to the club safe. He wore a red builder's helmet giving interviews to the local paper. In March 2014, Bassini lost a High Court battle against the Russo brothers. The former Watford F.C. directors claimed that they were owed more than £3.5 million by Bassini. He was ordered to pay the sums of £3.5 million and £135,000 (plus an additional £568,000 in interest and £150k in costs); a total of £4,353,000. He has been told that he cannot appeal. During the trial, in which he was described as 'evasive' and a maker of 'empty threats', the court heard Bassini had made numerous accusations of conspiracies against him without providing any evidence. Among these were that the Russos still secretly owned half Watford F.C. with the Pozzo family and were orchestrating a campaign against him. Bassini, who had been in court for the whole trial, left before the end after complaining of 'feeling dizzy' following 'a slip' on the High Court steps. On 17 April 2019, it was announced that Bassini had agreed to take over financially troubled EFL Championship club Bolton Wanderers. On 7 May, it was reported Bassini's takeover was on the "brink of collapse" after a repeated failure to provide proof of funds to the English Football League. On 8 August 2019, Bassini won a court order blocking the sale of Bolton Wanderers to Football Ventures. His efforts, however, were eventually unsuccessful, with Football Ventures securing the completion of the sale on 28 August 2019.[19] In March 2020, Bassini was reported to be interested in buying EFL League Two club Oldham Athletic, but this was quickly labelled as "false". In May 2020 it was revealed Bassini had a provisional agreement to buy Charlton Athletic for £1.2 million however he pulled out of the deal on May 27 due to problems stemming from Roland Duchatelet owning The Valley and Charlton's Training Ground. He instead decided to look into taking legal action against Bolton in an attempt to unravel their takeover and gain control of the club as it was revealed he had in fact officially owned Inner Circle Investments, the company that owned Bolton Wanderers at the time, after Ken Anderson had agreed to sell the club to him. In November 2021 it was reported he was interested in buying Birmingham City for £27m. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Bassini
when substitutions go wrong: https://www.flashscore.co.uk/match/EHyfOQeE/#/match-summary/match-summary
Bordeaux have been relegated to the French Third Division for financial reasons. Oh dear, that’s some fall for a club that size.
