Adam Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 It was news yesterday, but I don't think anything had been said in the national media until then. It looks like he never actually took up the academy position again after leaving the head coach role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 22, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Leeds United’s friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt in Austria was marred by serious crowd violence, with riot police intervening to separate fighting fans.Frankfurt supporters are reported to have confronted Leeds fans as the crowd entered the pitch following United’s 2-1 defeat, by which time the players had left the field.Local police said 25 arrests had been made, 17 from Frankfurt, while three Leeds fans, two police officers and two stewards needed hospital treatment.Neil Slinn, 53, from Garforth, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “A few of us went over to applaud the Frankfurt fans. I was going to shake their hands. Then their ultras jumped over the [advertising] boards and started attacking us. Some were wearing balaclavas and we were outnumbered.”The Leeds manager Uwe Rösler told ITV: “Our supporters were terrific through the 90 minutes and unfortunately what happened happened, but I didn’t see it.”http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/22/leeds-friendly-eintracht-frankfurt-crowd-violence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 24, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Rotherham United’s Kirk Broadfoot has been handed a 10-match suspension by the FA after targeting James McClean with verbal abuse during a match with Wigan Athletic. Broadfoot, a Scotland international and former Rangers defender, was charged for misconduct following an altercation with the Republic of Ireland winger during a match on 14 March. Broadfoot has also been ordered to pay a fine of £7,500 and complete an education programme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 27, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 A football match was delayed at Oldham Athletic on Saturday after unwanted visitors swarmed around the goalposts.A queen bee had attached herself to one of the posts, causing the penalty area to become a hive of activity.The referee suspended the start of the friendly with Blackburn Rovers until some beekeepers arrived.The club tweeted: "The Bee team has just left the pitch", while Blackburn's twitter feed read: "Un-BEE-lievable scenes here."A club spokesman said: "We are very grateful to the local bee society who arranged for a beekeeper to come along and clear the bees."The sting in the tail for Oldham was that Rovers won the game 2-0. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Fuck being the keeper there. I'd be straight back on that coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 29, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ian Holloway has joined Sky's Football League punditry team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 You can quote him on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 2, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 The Hull City chairman Assem Allam has labelled the Football Association“amateurs” after the governing body blocked his attempted rebranding of the club for a second time.Allam wanted to rename the Championship club Hull Tigers believing it would be easier to market the club and bring in increased commercial revenue but his attempts were rejected by the FA Council last month. “It is a sad day that most of the people who make the decisions are amateurs,” Allam told the Sun. “To go global, we need to market ourselves. The shorter the name, the better.“Look at Google, Apple, Twitter. You don’t go out to the world and say ‘We are Hull City Tigers Association Football Club’. If you do that, expect to fail.”The FA refused to comment on the matter.The club’s decision, backed by a 69.9% vote of its members, followed a recommendation of the governing body’s membership committee. The decision was the club’s second unsuccessful bid following an initial rejection in April 2014 - supported by a 63.5% vote of its members.Allam endured protests from disgruntled fans opposing the change but said he remains popular with the club’s supporters. “Overwhelmingly, they are positive about what I am trying to do,” the 76-year-old Egyptian businessman added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 The funny thing is that "Hull City" is shorter than "Hull Tigers". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 5, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Blackpool have been given a suspended three-point deduction for the pitch invasion that forced their Championship match with Huddersfield to be abandoned in May.Home supporters entered the field of play in the second half of the last game of the season in protest at the club’s owners, eventually forcing the game to be called off when they refused to move for over an hour.Last week the Football Association fined Blackpool £50,000 and decreed they would be made to play a competitive match behind closed doors next season if another game was to be disrupted by fans.A commission set up by the Football League has now announced its ruling on the matter, handing Blackpool a three-point deduction suspended for two seasons.However, despite an application from the League to force Blackpool to compensate Huddersfield supporters following the abandonment, the commission has ruled the club is not required to reimburse travelling fans.The Football League declared in May that the result of the match would be 0-0, which was the score when the demonstrations started in the 48th minute, and the fixture would not be replayed as Huddersfield were already safe and Blackpool’s relegation into League One had been sealed weeks earlier.Blackpool have now been punished by two separate bodies and know they face much heavier sanctions if their supporters show their disgruntlement on the pitch again this season.Similar scenes forced a pre-season friendly against Lancaster to be called off last month and a game at Morecambe was played behind closed doors amid fears of further protests.The match with Morecambe had initially been postponed and Blackpool issued a strong statement on their website at the time vowing to come down hard on those involved in demonstrations.It read: “For the avoidance of doubt, the club will not stand by and allow the actions of a minority continue to hamper football being played.“The club will hand out stadium bans to those involved in pitch invasions to date and pursue civil proceedings for damages, as well as further injunctions to include powers of arrest should anybody under the terms of a banning order attempt to enter the stadium.”The unhappiness at the handling of affairs at Bloomfield Road has not dissipated in recent weeks and the Blackpool Supporters Trust is hopeful of entering negotiations with owner Owen Oyston over a £16m leveraged buyout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 So that means, if the fans continue these protests and force an abandonment of their opening league game this weekend, they'll get a three point deduction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 So that means, if the fans continue these protests and force an abandonment of their opening league game this weekend, they'll get a three point deduction?Yep. If one occurrence happened at any point over the next two seasons they'll be docked three points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 to 5 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 They will be going down anyway, take the three points off now. >_> 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 A reasonably convincing away victory? What complete and utter madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 We won 2-0. This season is a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 No mention of the nonsense that happened in our game? Not exactly what I expect to see at any match, not least on the opening day of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin R.W. Posted August 11, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 I was too busy watching the nonsense at Ewood Park.Another opening day of the season, another pivotal blatant handball just utterly ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 to 5 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 No mention of the nonsense that happened in our game? Not exactly what I expect to see at any match, not least on the opening day of the season.My mum couldn't make head nor tail of it, but thank fuck it happened that way otherwise she may have gone truly nuclear with everything else that was going on that day. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 I listened to Dickov and Flitcroft recap it at lunch, sounds a bit mental but good on Dickov. If they miss out on staying up or going up (Haven't a Scooby what their expectations are this year) by 1 or 2 points now though they only have themselves to blame >_> I was too busy watching the nonsense at Ewood Park.Another opening day of the season, another pivotal blatant handball just utterly ignored.Don't worry, Nathan Delfouneso is here to save our season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 11, 2015 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Will Hughes has done his ACL and is out for six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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