Has the Blazer Brigade doomed football?
Posted in News on Tuesday July 5th, 2005 1:11pm
Long article from The Guardian:
Sustained by vain tycoons anxious to bask in the limelight, but with no real affiliation to any particular community, the social importance of the clubs is under threat. Only the FA, as a respected regulator, can oversee takeovers of clubs by newcomers such as the Glazers. But, self-defeatingly, the FA declared itself unable to interfere with the purchase of Manchester United, a publicly quoted company. The club is now private and, if the Glazers’ business plan fails, there is the prospect of Manchester United imploding. The notion might seem fanciful, but few predicted the demise of Leeds.
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