Our latest guest post comes from John McGee, gaffer of Carlisle United website, Bring Me the Head of Keith Mincher. The topic of fan ownership has been hotly debated on blogs and twitter in recent weeks. Here, John attempts to make sense of the strident opinion swapping.The topic of fan ownership has become something of a footballing hot potato recently with first The Guardian’s North East football correspondent Louise Taylor making her case for what she calls ‘benevolent dictatorship’ only to be astutely rebutted by ardent Manchester United fan Andrew Thomas at his excellent blog Twisted Blood and Two Hundred…
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New dawn at the Valley?
Taking one’s time over a post can have its downsides. Having begun piecing together an assessment of Charlton Athletic’s situation following the announcement on 31 December that a long-awaited takeover had finally been completed, I didn’t expect quite yet to have to rip up (figuratively, of course) and start again. A feeling no doubt shared by most who filed into the Valley last Monday night.The emphasis of new chairman Michael Slater in his maiden press interview on Friday was firmly on stability. To questions regarding manager Phil Parkinson’s position, he responded: “It’s certainly not our intention to make any change….
Trouble ahead at Portsmouth?
The mainstream press have been rather subdued on the subject of Portsmouth City Football Club Limited in recent months. Following Balram Chainrai’s takeover on October 25, attention has mainly been devoted to on pitch matters. But with Pompey on the end of a good old fashioned hiding at Vicarage Road yesterday, events on the touchline and beyond have become increasingly arcane in recent days.Portsmouth started yesterday’s encounter with a sub’s bench totalling just four individuals. With the smallest squad in all four divisions, sympathy has been extended from elsewhere and the Fourth Estate have been nothing but supportive: the sight of four musketeers - messrs Kitson, Brown,…
Half a Season in the Football League
A year ago, Lloyd and I used a walk along Plymouth Hoe to reflect on half a season’s events in the Championship. A year on, and with Plymouth’s 4-1 hiding of Reading that afternoon still a strong memory, we have reconvened to ponder events since August 2010, bearing in mind our switch to covering the Football League as a whole since June. Here are the results:Lloyd: You’ve been in the US for the first half of the season, LG. Enlighten us on how you went about following the Football League overseas, and whether your extended stay affected your enthusiasm for the…
10 Modest Proposals for a Greener Football
In the modern Business School, Corporate Social Responsibility is probably the single most debated topic of the past couple of years. We aim to cast a spotlight on how the business of football has faced up to this challenge in 2011; but for now, the sport’s impact on the Environment, a crucial element of this overall whole, deserves the most pressing concern.Any study of how we can be greener demands collaboration from a number of actors. So, although it seem that clubs and the game’s governing bodies have been remiss in paying attention to the natural world at large, it’s…
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