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Keeping up to date with the latest news of Football Finance in English clubs since 2013. YOU MAY NEED TO SCROLL DOWN ON THIS PAGE FOR THE MOST RECENT POSTING - the latest news appears directly below the tags initially. ***** SPORTS MANAGEMENT (including FIFA and football abroad) and EVENTS MANAGEMENT (including FIFA World Cups) news items are also available at http://www.scoop.it/the-business-of-sports-managemen and http://www.scoop.it/t/the-business-of-events-management respectively; for Scottish football finance see https://www.scoop.it/topic/the-business-of-sports-management/?&tag=Scottish+football.. ******
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Frank Whittle Partnership has unveiled plans for a sports and science park in the Fylde area, with a new stadium for the non-league club as well.
John Beech's insight:
6,000 capacity? 2,000 seats stand? Current average league attendance is 260; record attendance is 1,418. There's optimism for you. 
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Arena Coventry Limited also defends its refusal to bring CCFC Ltd out of administration
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“It was decided that serious scrutiny of ACL by Coventry councillors was overdue." Indeed!
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Let's hope some other Premier League clubs show their support for their local non-League clubs. It would cost them relatively little and yet would reflect well on them.
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Lionel Messi and his father Jorge have paid Spanish authorities €5m ($4.2) following accusations of false tax returns
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What with this and Bale, it's hard not to contrast with the situations at Hinckley and at Kettering
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On the first of September 2013 the Spanish football team Real Madrid made public its acquisition of Gareth Bale, for a record price of 100 million Euros.
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Again the state aid dimension to a fooball story. Where can it all be leading?
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City's Labour leaders scotch parallels with the recently bailed out Ricoh Arena company
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Another case of state aid to a private company?
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This overview shows the transfer revenues and expenditures in the current season
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An excellent overview of transfer spending across the Europen Leagues
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By Chris Wright Southampton's top brass had around 20 million fairly good reasons to feel aggrieved when Gareth Bale completed his world record transfer
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The 20/20 vision of hindsight indeed. Things like this give a perspective on the collapse of Kettering and the financial distortion/stretch of the pyramid vertically.
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The fight for survival continues.
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EDDIE Mitchell has today stepped down as chairman of AFC Bournemouth – and sold the family shareholding in the club to Maxim Demin.
John Beech's comment,
September 2, 2013 11:30 AM
Some earlier thoughts on Eddie Mitchell from my blog at http://footballmanagement.wordpress.com/?s=eddie+mitchell
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TRURO City chairman Pete Masters announced this week that the club was officially out of administration.He said that he and vice-chairman Philip Perryman, who stepped into to rescue the club when it...
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Overwhelming Public Support for £260m Anfield Regeneration
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At today’s Board meeting, the Directors of the Football Conference approved a request from Farnborough FC to transfer.....
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This is a big season for Michel Platini. As the architect of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules, all eyes will be on him when the first penalties are handed out next spring.
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FIFA has revealed that its Transfer Matching System (TMS) recorded a reduced number of international player transfers, but an increase in spending, during the 2013 player transfer window.
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September 5, 2013 5:45 AM
Some more detail at http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2167028/
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Cash-strapped Hinckley United could be forced into administration this month.The football club's former chairman, Kevin Downes, said it owed him more than £187,000. He has now started legal...
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Tim Fisher admits some players were registered to Coventry City Football Club Limited despite repeatedly insisting they were registered to another company
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The confusion continues...
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Editorial: When it comes to the transfer of the 24-year-old former Spurs footballer, the superlative sums just flow
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What seems to be missing generally from the debate is the admission that this is an issue of both political and ethical dimensions rather than a simple right or wrong matter.
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Blow for fans as FA confirms 'no prospect' of a rethink as liquidation set to go ahead this month
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English League One football club Sheffield United has acquired a new joint owner, Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Kettering Town are issued with a winding-up order and are poised to go out of business, unless they succeed with a proposed appeal.
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Tim Fisher 'hopeful of a major deal with a new sponsor'
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The problems Coventry City face with retaining old sponsors and recruiting new ones
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The interview is about Nikki Sinclaire's meeting with SISU's Joy Seppala.
Again, the spotlight shifts as much to ACL (and Coventry City Council) as on SISU. The problem at the moment is that all parties are still playing the blame game rather than trying to break the deadlock in the dispute and get the Sky Blues back in the Ricoh. Until that happens, everyone loses.