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News on Tuesday 5th Jul 2005
The Faria Alam debacle has put the spotlight on chaos at the Football Association, but the game’s governing body has for years been reeling from one scandal to another, Tom Bower reveals. Can an organisation dominated by amateurs with little commercial savvy stop the rot?
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News on Friday 10th Jun 2005
The Times: MANCHESTER UNITED ticket prices are to rise by 54 per cent within five years, under plans by Malcolm Glazer, the club’s new owner, to boost club revenues to £246 million by 2010.
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News on Wednesday 1st Jun 2005
Ultimately, unfair as it may seem, Malcolm Glazer’s fate will not be decided by Manchester United shareholders, hooded education committees, independent supporters or Tony Lloyd, MP for Manchester Central.
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News on Saturday 28th May 2005
Directors of Manchester United are sitting on multi-million pound rewards after they were allowed to accept long-term incentive payments by fellow members of the board.
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News on Tuesday 24th May 2005
The full horror revealed…
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News on Monday 23rd May 2005
Marina Hyde in the Guardian
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News on Monday 23rd May 2005
His last-gasp goal won the European Cup, but then injury nearly halted his career. Now he’s on the way back, hears Jonathan Northcroft.
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News on Friday 20th May 2005
Manchester United supporters are attempting to line up a set of alternative commercial deals for fans opposed to American tycoon Malcolm Glazer’s takeover, as part of a boycott of the football club’s official sponsors.
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News on Friday 20th May 2005
A stressed PR man (SPRM) agreed to give Small Talk “two minutes, tops” to chat to Ray Wilkins about tomorrow’s FA Cup Final. And then immediately set his clock running.
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News on Friday 20th May 2005
We’re just numbers to twats like Kenyon…
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News on Wednesday 18th May 2005
Stuart Brennan in the M.E.N… If I hear one more so-called Red on the telly or the radio telling me I should “wait and see” what Malcolm Glazer has to offer, the blood vessels will start to burst.
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News on Tuesday 17th May 2005
Seating plan and directions to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
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News on Tuesday 17th May 2005
The Manchester United takeover reflects a deeper corporate malaise.
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News on Monday 16th May 2005
Winger Ryan Giggs could overtake Bobby Charlton and set a record for Manchester United appearances after signing a two-year extension to his contract.
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News on Monday 16th May 2005
U.S. financier Malcolm Glazer seized full control of Manchester United on Monday, raising his stake in the club to just over 75 percent as part of a 790 million pound takeover, a source close to the matter said on Monday.
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News on Friday 13th May 2005
Statement to the Stock Exchange
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News on Friday 13th May 2005
The battle is over, but the resistance begins. As the Theatre of Dreams becomes Sold Trafford, Manchester United’s irate fans will rally to defy the American carpetbagger, Malcolm Glazer.
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News on Wednesday 11th May 2005
Sir Alex Ferguson estimates Manchester United will not be able to lose more than three games next season if they are to reclaim their position as England’s top dogs.
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News on Wednesday 11th May 2005
Of all the clubs that might have risen to the challenge posed by Roman Abramovich, Manchester United looked the best placed.
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News on Wednesday 11th May 2005
Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney will be left out of England’s squad to tour the United States later this month.
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News on Tuesday 10th May 2005
Sky to show United v Southampton game
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News on Tuesday 10th May 2005
Manchester United have unveiled ambitious plans to build a “super casino” on land close to Old Trafford.
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News on Monday 9th May 2005
As the second-highest scorer in the Primera Liga, the Pichichi - Spain’s golden boot - is within reach.
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News on Friday 29th Apr 2005
No Ruud, Scholes back, Rossi included.
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News on Friday 22nd Apr 2005
Has the most successful manager in the domestic history of English football lost it, and if he has, what is it precisely that has gone?
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News on Thursday 21st Apr 2005
Success finally beckons for silverware-starved Chelsea, but can left-leaning fans march in Roman’s legion?
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News on Tuesday 19th Apr 2005
From the Independent
The fans seethe with resentment. The clubs play for sympathy, but those who have the resources, or the use of a bank’s, submit to the pressure from agents. The players swim along in a tide that so often seems to sweep away any sense of personal responsibility, any relationship between the amount of […]
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News on Monday 18th Apr 2005
Greg Dyke in the Independent:
Television ratings for Champions League football are struggling right across Europe, and have been declining steadily over recent years in Britain. This could well mean broadcasters paying less for the rights when the contracts come up for renewal.
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News on Sunday 17th Apr 2005
David May interviewed in the Telegraph.