July 2 – Irish Football Association President Raymond Kennedy (pictured centered) and his deputy David Martin are on the verge of being forced to resign from their posts as the top two leaders in Northern Ireland football only two weeks after being re-elected unopposed.
June 30 – Former chief executive of the Football Association, Ian Watmore (pictured right), who controversially resigned in March, has a key new role trying to help cut Government waste, it was announced today.
June 26 – Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, a member of the Qatar ruling family, has bought the struggling Primera Liga club Malaga for $44 million (£29 million), the first foreigner to own a Spanish club.
June 21 – It cost the Irish Football Association (IFA) £516,000 ($760,000) to get rid of chief executive Howard Wells (pictured), newly published accounts reveal.
May 31 – Adrian Bevington (pictured right) will take up his new role as Club England managing director with immediate effect, the Football Association have announced.
May 27 – Alex Horne (pictured) has been appointed general secretary of the Football Association on a permanent basis to succeed Ian Watmore, who walked out as chief executive in March.
May 5 – English football’s financial problems are beginning to grow after it emerged that National Express will not be renewing its multi-million pound sponsorship with the Football Association.
April 19 – Gordon Smith (pictured) has surprisingly resigned as the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), it was announced tonight.
April 19 – Real Madrid have revealed that shirt sales featuring the name and number of world record signing Cristiano Ronaldo have already helped surpass the initial £80 million ($122 million) it took to sign him from Manchester United last summer.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
April 19 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been accused by Lennart Johansson of tricking him into standing for re-election for President of UEFA only to then support his rival, Michel Platini.
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March 20 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) could announce next week whether he intends to bid for another four-year term it has been reported.
March 18 – The Football Association have appointed Julian Eccles (pictured) as Group Director of Marketing and Communications, it was confirmed today.
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March 18 – Gordon Smith, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), is to warn the British Government that if they force them to sell their international matches to a free-to-air television channel then it will cost them nearly £30 million in lost revenue.
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Celtic and Rangers face expulsion from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) if they dare try to negotiate their own television deals, warns SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster (pictured).
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Former UEFA general secretary David Taylor (pictured) has attacked football’s spiralling debt and says measures must be implemented to stop the situation getting out of control.