Admin Lineker Posted June 30, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Good. Cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Not that it matters, but he wasn't sacked. Left my mutual consent. As far as his managerial career goes, he's come away from that job with a lot of credit because it was basically impossible at Southend this season, they were dismal and had no resources to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 I'm sure he'll be back somewhere else soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNB Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Great result for Luton today, 5 points from a run of Preston, Swans and Leeds is pretty damn good. We will now get thrashed by Reading, in typical Luton style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Quote Wigan Athletic have gone into administration, becoming the first English professional club to do so since the coronavirus pandemic began. Wigan have been struggling to manage their finances and say there was no alternative if they were to safeguard the club. The move may see the Championship side deducted points. Paul Stanley, Gerald Krasner and Dean Watson of Begbies Traynor have been appointed as joint administrators. Stanley said: "We understand that everybody connected with the club and the wider football world is seeking clarity on the future of Wigan Athletic. "That's exactly what we are seeking to provide as we move through this process and we seek out interested parties to rescue this famous old club here in the region. "It is a fast-moving situation and we will provide updates on key developments." Krasner, former chairman of Leeds United and now a partner at Begbies Traynor, added: "Our immediate objectives are to ensure the club completes all its fixtures this season and to urgently find interested parties to save Wigan Athletic FC and the jobs of the people who work for the club. "Obviously the suspension of the Championship season due to Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the recent fortunes of the club. "Wigan Athletic has been a focal point and source of pride for the town since 1932 and anyone who is interested in buying this historic sporting institution should contact the joint administrators directly." Until 2018, Wigan was owned by Dave Whelan, who steered the club from the fourth tier of English football to the Premier League. The Latics also won the FA Cup in 2013. Whelan sold the club to Hong Kong-based International Entertainment Corporation in November 2018. Wigan have won all three of their league games since the resumption of the Championship season on 20 June. Paul Cook's side beat Stoke 3-0 at the DW Stadium on Tuesday and are 14th in the table, eight points above the relegation zone. The standard points deduction for an English Football League club entering administration is 12 points and, should that penalty be applied this season, it would drop them to the foot of the table, four points from safety with six matches left to play. - BBC Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ellis Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Saw the name Gerald Krasner and a chill went down my spine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Paul Stanley, eh? I'll look forward to all the KISS branding at Wigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 How were Next Leader Fund allowed to buy Wigan a month ago if they couldn't manage to fund the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 1, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Lol, fit and proper person test. These people invested in Wigan and then just failed to put the cash in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 1, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Quote The Premier League will charge newly promoted clubs £8m each next season and in 2021-22 to help soften the blow of broadcast revenues lost because of the Covid-19 crisis. The development has caused bewilderment among Championship clubs with hopes of going up. They question why they must pay a penalty that relates to a Premier League season in which they have played no part and some are viewing it as akin to paying an entrance fee for an exclusive members’ club. In their opinion, the top division ought to be spreading its largesse down the leagues – as the government has demanded – and not, in effect, make a raid on upwardly mobile Football League clubs. The Premier League has been forced to agree to rebates of £330m to broadcasters because of the failure, through no fault of its own, to deliver its product as advertised. It will not pay the money now but in instalments over next season and the one after – years two and three of a three-year broadcast deal. Under the plan, which Championship clubs learned of last week, the three teams promoted would each pay £8m, with the three coming up in 2020-21 doing the same – adding up to £48m. Promotion is estimated to be worth £180m to a club and the likelihood would be that the £8m would be deducted from money paid out by the league. Clubs relegated can expect parachute payments of between £75m-90m over two or three years and they too would be expected to contribute towards the broadcasting rebate. It will most likely be taken from their parachute payments. The argument in favour of charging the promoted clubs, of making them bear a portion of the responsibility, relates to the knock-on effects of coronavirus; how it will affect not only this season but the next one and even the one after. The next Premier League season will kick off later than planned and the league, in negotiations with broadcasters over the rebate, has essentially paid a price to control the flexibility of the start date. Therefore the promoted clubs are being told to contribute to that premium. A further counterpoint is that promoted clubs are entering a changed landscape, a competition operating with altered costs over the next two seasons. It is a reality and, as they will belong to that competition, it is felt that they should pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 What the shit is that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 What. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar hendershow Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 So they're franchises now? What is this shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 The absolute audacity of that. All the money the Premier League has (and will still have after Covid subsides) and they want to take more from EFL clubs, instead of helping them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNB Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Not surprising though really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 3, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 League One playoff semi finals tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin Lineker Posted July 3, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 It's incredible. Here's a Guardian write-up: The administrator of Wigan Athletic has said lawyers have been appointed to investigate the circumstances of the club’s collapse, including the rumour of a possible gambling connection cited by the EFL chairman, Rick Parry. The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy also jointly wrote to Parry calling for the EFL to conduct an investigation, saying: “There are serious questions to be asked about the EFL’s processes, with the club’s new owner being approved just a matter of days before it was plunged into administration.” They also asked the EFL to suspend the club’s 12-point penalty for going into administration – which could apply this season or next depending on its final league position – pending the outcome of the investigation. Rumours have been swirling through football since the Wigan directors, including the chairman Darren Royle, were said to be shellshocked by the sudden plunge of the club into administration by a Hong Kong-based owner, Au Yeung, on Wednesday, immediately after he took over the club. According to documents filed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, the previous owner, International Entertainment Corporation (IEC), sold Wigan for £17.5m only five weeks earlier to a consortium including Au Yeung, who then took overall control last week. IEC, based and listed in Hong Kong, registered in the Cayman Islands, operates a hotel casino complex in Manila, capital of the Philippines. The chairman and 56% owner, Stanley Choi, is a Hong Kong-based businessman and high-stakes poker player. On Thursday Parry was recorded without his knowledge outside his home, discussing one of the rumours with a Wigan supporter, saying: “There’s rumours that there is a bet in the Philippines on them being relegated, because the previous owner has got gambling interests in the Philippines.” An EFL spokesman explained that Parry had had “a much wider and impromptu discussion” in which “various rumours and reports that have been circulating” were also discussed. “Whilst the chairman was unaware he was being filmed, he was happy to engage in the debate and appreciates this is a concerning and challenging time for all those associated with the club,” the spokesman said. The administrator, Gerald Krasner, said other stories were circulating as well as the one Parry discussed, and that they would be investigated, although he declined to disclose details. “As a result of information I have received today, I have instructed lawyers to open an investigation file, to look at certain matters that have been brought to my attention,” Krasner said. Royle, son of the former Everton and Manchester City player and manager Joe Royle, was introduced to IEC at a conference in mid-2017, according to IEC’s original document setting out its purchase of Wigan Athletic. Darren Royle then introduced IEC to Wigan’s previous long-term owner, the local retail magnate Dave Whelan, when Whelan was considering selling the club, and IEC bought it from him for £15.9m in November 2018. After it bought the club, Darren Royle became the chairman, and Joe Royle a director. Neither IEC not Au Yeung has yet commented on the administration or its circumstances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 The Play Offs have not gone very well for Joey Barton and his Fleetwood thugs tonight. Lost 4-1, two men sent off and despite there being no fans (bar mannequins dressed like a hooligan firm) the home lot still managed to throw a flare onto the pitch. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Brentford came from behind very late against Charlton to keep the pressure on West Brom and Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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