Football : Season 2012/2013

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Can someone please explain why there was fighting at the Sunderland v Newcastle game ?

Greggs was closed.

[thenry]

[adzii_nufc]

Originally Posted by Derek

Looks like the Newcastle fans weren't happy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...continues.html



Hmmm, they just happened to have flashbangs kicking about.

Disgraceful, teenagers that fail to embrace football as it is, it's a game and a very entertaining one at that, I love all aspects of football from every league in the world and it's as simple as Sunderland deserved it today and Newcastle played terrible, is it so hard to accept that and just go home.

Look at the bloke there that's in his 40's or 50's, what a plonker, identify the lot via the camera's and give them Lifetime bans from football

[colin25]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Disgraceful, teenagers that fail to embrace football as it is, it's a game and a very entertaining one at that, I love all aspects of football from every league in the world and it's as simple as Sunderland deserved it today and Newcastle played terrible, is it so hard to accept that and just go home.

Look at the bloke there that's in his 40's or 50's, what a plonker, identify the lot via the camera's and give them Lifetime bans from football

hear hear...and...don't forget my favourite suggestion..castration

[Dave42]

STATEMENT FROM NEWCASTLE UNITED
We were embarrassed and appalled by the behaviour of a minority of so-called fans who last night were involved in disturbances and disorder in Newcastle city centre after the match.
Newcastle United have been working with Northumbria Police, and will continue to do so, in order to identify all of the individuals concerned.
The Club will take the strongest possible action against those involved in the disturbances and will impose immediate lifetime bans on all those found guilty.

These deplorable individuals have no place at Newcastle United and bring shame on the Club and the vast majority of its proper, law-abiding, fans.


http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20130...281670_3144885

[denphone]

Summed up perfectly Dave.

[Dave42]

Club pays respects

Published: 15 April, 2013
by Stuart Vose

Flags lowered to half-mast.

Sunderland AFC have lowered flags to half-mast today to mark the 24th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

A total of 96 Liverpool supporters died at the FA Cup semi-final between the Reds and Nottingham Forest on April 15, 1989.

Fans gathered at Anfield today for a memorial service, with a minute’s silence held at 15:06 BST.

Two memorials honouring the fans who died were unveiled in the city on Sunday.


http://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2...-pays-respects

well done safc thanks for making us proud the 96 never forgotten

[thenry]

Now that all the Premier League clubs have published accounts for the 2011/12 season, I’ve put together a summary of their financials.

PL highest profit before tax #AFC £37m, #Swans £17m, #NCFC £16m; largest losses #MCFC £99m, #LFC £41m, #SAFC £32m.


For PL profits after tax #MUFC benefit from £28m tax credits, so highest profits #AFC £30m, #MUFC £23m, #Swans £15m.


Half of the PL clubs (10 out of 20) made profits after tax in 2011/12: #AFC, #MUFC, #Swans, #NCFC, #BRFC, #WAFC, #WWFC, #CFC, #NUFC & #WBA.

PL highest revenue: #MUFC £320m, #CFC £258m, #AFC £235m, #MCFC £231m, #LFC £189m, #THFC £144m, #NUFC £93m.


PL match day: some big differences #MUFC £99m, #AFC £95m, #CFC £78m, #LFC £45m, #THFC £41m, #NUFC £24m.


PL TV revenue: Champions League impact is clear #CFC £113m, #MUFC £104m, #MCFC £88m, #AFC £85m, #LFC £63m, #THFC £62m


6 PL clubs relied on TV for over 70% of total revenue - even before new 2013/14 deal (#WAFC highest at 88%).


PL highest commercial revenue: #MCFC £121m, #MUFC £118m, #LFC £80m, #CFC £67m, #AFC £53m, #THFC £42m.


PL by far the largest profits on player sales made by #AFC £65m, then #CFC £29m, #AVFC £29m, #BRFC £23m, #EFC £14m.


PL highest wages: #MCFC £202m, #CFC £176m, #MUFC £162m, #AFC £143m, #LFC £131m, #THFC £90m, #AVFC £70m.


PL highest wages to turnover: #BRFC 92%, #QPR 91%, #MCFC 87%, #AVFC 87%. Lowest #NCFC 49%, #MUFC 50%, #Swans 53%.


PL highest other expenses: #MCFC £146m, #CFC £131m, #MUFC £113m, #AFC £110m, #LFC £100m, #THFC £65m.


PL #MUFC £437m and #AFC £253m have by far highest gross debt, followed by #BWFC £137m, #NUFC £129m, #AVFC £122m.


PL #AFC look better on net debt with £99m, leaving #MUFC out on their own with £366m.


PL highest net interest payable: #MUFC £49.5m, #AFC £13.5m, #AVFC £6.8m, #THFC £5.7m, #BWFC £5.6m.


#AFC have easily the highest cash balances with £154m, followed by #MUFC £71m, #CFC £17m, #NCFC £17m and #THFC £16m.


https://twitter.com/SwissRamble

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Inter Milan want Corinthians' manager Tite

http://www.lancenet.com.br/corinthia...901709852.html

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...eculation.aspx

there are too many reports ignoring that above from Fergie. Rooney to PSG. Falcao to Utd. now that would be a scoop and something to bat City with on a financial level. Hernandez is in the mix too. Can you see Hernandez turning it around picking up form at any point like he once did ?

[colin25]

Originally Posted by thenry

there are too many reports ignoring that above from Fergie. Rooney to PSG. Falcao to Utd. now that would be a scoop and something to bat City with on a financial level. Hernandez is in the mix too. Can you see Hernandez turning it around picking up form at any point like he once did ?

tis the season for rumours....I prefer waiting for something to actually happen...saves disappointment

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

tis the season for rumours....I prefer waiting for something to actually happen...saves disappointment

Well one things certain by the end of the season and that is the sacking of a few more managers l am afraid.

[denphone]

Chelsea cough up £6.4m to the taxman.

http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/spor...p#.UW0dnppwbIU

[Shadow Demon UK]

Originally Posted by thenry

there are too many reports ignoring that above from Fergie. Rooney to PSG. Falcao to Utd. now that would be a scoop and something to bat City with on a financial level. Hernandez is in the mix too. Can you see Hernandez turning it around picking up form at any point like he once did ?

There are still reports of it because the same thing happened with De Gea. We put a down payment for him during the season, Fergie rubbished the rumours and we ended up signing him in the summer. We have apparently done the same with Falcao. There are reliable sources saying that Rooney is definitely out in the summer, I haven't heard anything as concrete regarding Falcao. Also, It would be stupid to get rid of Hernandez, he gets about 20 goals a season mostly from the bench. I think to say he is out of form is a bit harsh because hes hardly played.

[Dave42]

Exclusive: Arsenal to make Sunderland offer for £10m Simon Mignolet at end of the season

Arsene Wenger ready to install goalkeeper as No 1 ahead of Wojciech Szczesny


Arsenal will make a formal offer to Sunderland to sign their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet at the end of the season.


Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, has had the player watched repeatedly by his scouts and has made checks about the character of the 25-year-old Belgian.

Wenger is expected to restore Wojciech Szczesny to the Arsenal starting XI for tonight’s Premier League match with Everton because of injury to Lukasz Fabianski. The 22-year-old Szczesny had been left out since the Champions League tie with Bayern Munich, and his situation was not helped by comments his father made about his son’s treatment under Wenger.

However, the return to first-team football at the Emirates could be short-lived for Szczesny. Wenger wants to sign Mignolet and install him as his No 1 as he looks to rebuild his squad in the summer. He may have to be prepared to pay up to £10m for Mignolet, who has caught the attention of the leading sides after an excellent season.

Sunderland are not keen to sell Mignolet, who was signed by Steve Bruce almost three years ago. He arrived for just £2m from Sint-Truiden in Belgium. Bruce had fought off competition from PSV Eindhoven and FC Twente to sign the player. He was used more than expected in his first season in the North-east, as a result of injury to the then first-choice goalkeeper Craig Gordon, and eventually ousted the Scot and similarly held off competition from the Irish goalkeeper Keiren Westwood the following season.

This has been Mignolet’s standout campaign, keeping 10 clean sheets in a Sunderland side fighting relegation. He won the North-east football writers’ player of the year and only Joe Hart, Pepe Reina and Petr Cech have kept more clean sheets in the top flight this season. He has also made more saves than any other Premier League keeper in the current campaign.

Wenger has struggled to find a commanding goalkeeper since Jens Lehmann initially left in 2008. Manuel Almunia and Fabianski have played more than 200 games for the club without convincing. Szczesny, who spent a season on loan at Brentford in 2009-10, was supposed to be the commanding keeper that Arsenal needed to usher in a new era at the club, but it has not happened for the Pole.

That has led Wenger’s scouting team to search for a reliable, long-term replacement who would fit in at Arsenal. Mignolet, a thorough trainer and reliable character, has almost three years’ experience in the English Premier League.

His agent recently admitted he would need to move to a bigger club to dislodge Atletico Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois from his position as the No 1 for Belgium. “Our ambition is for Simon to play somewhere that he can engage in competition with Thibaut,” he said. Mignolet and Sunderland distanced themselves from the quotes the following day, but Arsenal’s interest will prove extremely difficult to hold off.

Wenger wants the Swansea captain Ashley Williams and has also targeted the Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Götze. However, Götze looks set for a further season in the Bundesliga before possibly moving to Barcelona in 2014.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...n-8575590.html


hope this is more paper rubbish story

[thenry]

we're linked to all keepers atm.