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Posts Tagged ‘Financial Disasters’
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged 1860 Munich, Anderlecht, Argentine National Team, Arsenal, Ashley Young, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Copa America, FC Timişoara, FC Vaslui, Financial Disasters, Fulham, Guus Hiddink, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Michael Owen, Portsmouth, Romelu Lukaku, Sam Allardyce, Samir Nasri, Stewart Downing, Turkish National Team, West Ham on June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Avram Grant, Carlton Cole, David Sullivan, Demba Ba, Financial Disasters, Olympic Stadium, West Ham on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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Hoffenheim Director Bails Out Fifth-Tier Club
Posted in Bundesliga, tagged Dietmar Hopp, Financial Disasters, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Waldhoff Mannheim on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Hoffenheim story is one of the happier instances of money changing a club. Dietmar Hopp, former Hoffenheim youth player, decided to return to the club back in 2000. Instead of coming back as a player, however, he came back as one of the richest men in the world; he’d bombed out as a footballer [...]
Paint It, Blue
Posted in Bundesliga, tagged 1860 Munich, Bayern München, Bundesliga, Financial Disasters, Idiot Fans on March 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Last weekend it was revealed that 2.Bundesliga side 1860 Munich was in dire financial straits. With the end of the season looming, the club was going to have to come up with €3.5 million to finish out this season, plus an additional €4.5 million to secure an operating license for next season. Per president Dieter [...]
Grasshopper Club Aarau?
Posted in Swiss Super League, tagged Financial Disasters, Grasshopper Club-Zurich, Swiss Super League on February 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Grasshopper Club Zurich is the all-time winningest (most winning?) team in Swiss football; their 27 titles over the last 125 years dwarfs the number of wins by fellow stalwarts Servette (17), FC Basel (13), FC Zurich (12), and BSC Young Boys (11). The club was home to tactical innovator Karl Rappan (the inventor of catennacio) [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged MLS, David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Wayne Rooney, Portsmouth, West Brom, Sunderland, Newcastle, Stoke City, Bolton, Wigan, West Ham, Blackburn, Everton, Fulham, Houston Dynamo, Birmingham, Blackpool, Seattle Sounders, English Premier League, Chicago Fire, Rangers, Real Salt Lake, Columbus Crew, Colorado Rapids, Chivas USA, Toronto FC, Kansas City Wizards, DC United, Philadelphia Union, FC Dallas, Financial Disasters, Juninho, San Jose Earthquakes, John Terry, Marouane Chamakh, PSV Eindhoven, Kenny Miller, Roberto Mancini, Mark Clattenburg, Ibrahim Afellay, Celtic FC, Wolves, Ola Toivonen, Geek Porn, William Hesmer, Chris Wondolowski, Dedryck Boyata, James McCarthy, Chris Kirkland, Ali Al-Habsi, Jonathan Reus, Balazs Dzsudzsak, Jeremain Lens, Orlando Engelaar, Eddie Gaven on October 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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All ‘Pool’s Exes Live In Texas
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on October 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Fun little international legal note: apparently, Texas has jurisdiction over England. I was certainly unaware of this, but sadly the legal team representing Tom Hicks was not. Yesterday at something like 3:25 PM EST (which is something like 8:25 PM in England), Hicks put a stop to all that nonsense about Liverpool celebrating the end [...]
Liverpool’s Board 1-0 Liverpool’s Owners
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool, Martin Broughton, Tom Hicks on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We’d be remiss to not mention this today, but there really isn’t much to say that other, more informed sources haven’t already said. All told, Liverpool’s board was today granted a pretty decisive win over Liverpool owner Tom Hicks in high court by judge Mr. Justice Floyd. Essentially, the issue came down to exactly what [...]
Is this the Golden Sky at the End of the Storm?
Posted in English Premier League, Financials, tagged Financial Disasters, George Gillett, John Henry, Liverpool, Tom Hicks on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Note: This is mostly just a “the story thus far”; if you’ve been following this all day, there’s not much new stuff here.) A storied franchise. A classic stadium. Iconic players. A rabid fanbase with deep ties to tradition. Yesterday, these were the only things that Liverpool had in common with the Boston Red Sox; [...]
