January 16, 2008

“Love it!”: Keegan is back at Newcastle

IT’S KEEGAN! AGAIN!

Amazing! Keegan has been running his football circus in Glasgow in 2005; now he’s going back to run an even bigger one (thank Jamie for that fantastic comparison, there).
Keegan’s managerial record at Newcastle
Games: 251
Won: 138
Drawn: 51
Lost: 62
Win %: 55%
Now, Shearer for assistant?
David.

January 16, 2008

G14 is now no longer

The G14, the group of the fourteen biggest clubs in Europe (although technically there are… or should I say were, eighteen clubs), is to be disbanded after UEFA and FIFA agreed to listen to their bones of contention.
Instead, a new body called the European Clubs Association, will represent clubs of Europe at European and international [...]

January 16, 2008

Capello and the Italian tax system

Oh dear. Or is it ‘oh dear?’ Fabio Capello is under investigation by Italian authorities for tax evasion.
It’s difficult to know what to make of this story. At the most extreme end, it will ruin his England career if it’s proven relatively quickly, although I doubt that’ll happen.
Yet on the contrary, it seems that in [...]