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West Ham Chair Wants Standing Areas At Olympic Stadium When Club Moves In05 / 21 / 13EPL West Ham Co-Chair David Gold "has revealed he wants to introduce standing areas" when the club moves into London's Olympic Stadium, according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. Gold claims he is certain so-called "safe standing" would eventually exist in the highest echelons of English footb... Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom |
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Serbia PM Orders Probe Into Racism
Serbia PM Ivica Dacic " is ordering a police investigation" into racist chanting directed at England’s players during the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championships playoff match Tuesday night in Krusevac, Serbia, according to Sam Munnery of the LONDON TIMES. Dacic, who is also Serbia’s p ...
BBC Releases Price Of Football Survey
The average cost of the cheapest adult ticket in the top-four divisions of English football has risen by 11.7% -- "more than five times the rate of inflation," according to the BBC. The BBC Sport Price of Football survey, released Thursday, found that the "average price of the most-affordable ticket ...
RFU Project Will Help Recruit Referees
The Rugby Football Union, with the backing of England Coach Stuart Lancaster, is becoming "ever more serious about changing perceptions" of referees who are often subject to "criticism," according to Mark Souster of the LONDON TIMES. The union wants to persuade young players that "taking up refereei ...
SPL Footballers Facing Wage Cuts
Accounting and business advice company PKF revealed the results of its annual football survey "Leagues Apart," according to Nick Hanlon of the Scottish DAILY RECORD. The results showed that two-thirds of Scottish Premier League clubs do not "expect to make a profit" for the '12-13 season. Only 17% s ...
Man City Fans Upset Over Tickets
Manchester City fans "have blasted the club after dozens of tickets for a sold-out match went on sale online with a hefty booking fee on top," according to Mike Keegan of the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. More than 25 seats in one section of the Etihad Stadium "were made available" for the Tottenham Hots ...
Simon Green To Head New BT Channel
BT has appointed boxing channel Boxnation CEO Simon Green "to run its new sports channel," according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. Green has been hired as the head of the new BT Sport pay-TV channel and "will be responsible for output," including the £738M ($1.2B) of Premier League ri ...
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England Fans To Get Ticket Refunds
Hundreds of England football fans who returned home from Poland after Tuesday night’s World Cup qualifying fixture was postponed due to rain "will be refunded the cost of their match tickets," according to Rory Smith of the LONDON TIMES. Anyone not able to attend the rescheduled match will be ...
FA Hands Out Players' Code Of Conduct
The FA has "issued a new, wide-ranging code of conduct, that covers everything from what players can say on Twitter, how long they are permitted to play video games and whether they can order room service at team hotels, which will be given to every footballer called up for the national team," accor ...
Record Rush For 2013 Ashes Tickets
Next summer's Ashes cricket series is "heading for a record-breaking sell-out," according to Andy Wilson of the London GUARDIAN. Nottinghamshire, which will stage the first Test at Trent Bridge starting on July 10, put its 23,500 remaining tickets on general sale on Monday morning. The tickets were ...
FA To Look For New Chair
FA Chair DAVID BERNSTEIN "will be forced to stand down" next May after the FA Council refused to make an exception to its rules to allow him to keep his post beyond his 70th birthday, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The former Man City chairman had hoped to stay on until after the ...
