Manchester United announce four-year sponsorship deal with Turkish bank Denizbank
By Tom Degun
November 19 – Premier League giant Manchester United have announced a new four-year sponsorship agreement with prominent Turkish bank Denizbank.
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Premier League hints at introduction of Financial Fair Play model
By Andrew Warshaw
November 16 – England’s top-flight clubs have agreed in principle to introduce a model similar to UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules that ensure teams breakeven.
Manchester United debt down 17 per cent
By Andrew Warshaw
November 15 – Lucrative new sponsorship deals allied to a strong start to the season at home and in Europe have contributed to cut the mountain of debt at Manchester United, regarded as the world’s best-supported club.
Police drop case against Clattenburg
By Andrew Warshaw
November 14 – One of the two investigations into the Chelsea-Mark Clattenburg case has been dropped through lack of sufficient evidence, the latest twist in a debacle that continues to sour English football.
Exclusive: British public divided on Chelsea’s handling of referee controversy, says new poll
By David Owen
November 12 – Chelsea’s handling of the Mark Clattenburg controversy has split British football fans clean down the middle.
Arsenal shareholder Usmanov at centre of controversy after Wikipedia entry doctored
By Duncan Mackay
November 12 – Alisher Usmanov, a major shareholder in Premier League club Arsenal and Russia’s richest man, today found himself at the centre of controversy after a London-based public relations firm edited his Wikipedia entry to remove information that could cast him in a bad light.
Ex-Everton striker Branch jailed for drug offences
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – Former Everton and Wolves footballer Michael Branch, who was once also on loan to Manchester City, has been sentenced to seven years in jail after pleading guilty to drugs offences.
Muamba pays emotional visit to White Hart Lane
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer who suffered a massive cardiac arrest and almost died during a cup game at Tottenham Hotspur in March, made an emotional return to the club’s White Hart Lane stadium for the first time yesterday.
Manchester United announce date of Sir Alex Ferguson statue unveiling
By Emily Goddard
November 6 – Manchester United have announced today, to mark Sir Alex Ferguson’s 26 years in charge of the club, that the statue of Britain’s most successful manager will be revealed at Old Trafford on November 23.
Clattenburg out of action for second weekend as investigation continues
By Andrew Warshaw
November 6 – Mark Clattenburg, the referee at the centre of English football’s latest storm, is being stood down for a second successive round of Premier League action next weekend as an investigation continues into allegations that he used “inappropriate language” towards a Chelsea player during last month’s controversial 3-2 defeat by Manchester United.
Police investigating Chelsea fan’s racist gesture
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – Police have launched an investigation into an apparent racist gesture by a fan who attended Chelsea’s League Cup win over Manchester United on Wednesday (October 31).
FA launches investigation into Clattenburg’s “inappropriate language”
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – The English Football Association (FA) has launched an official investigation into allegations against FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg for allegedly using bad language towards two Chelsea players in Sunday’s (October 28) explosive Premier League clash with Manchester United.
Villa backs campaign for safe standing areas
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – Aston Villa have become the first English Premier League club to publicly back a supporters’ campaign to bring back safe standing areas on a limited and experimental basis – but look certain to encounter strong opposition.
Premier League secures new US deal with NBC
By Andrew Warshaw
October 29 – The English Premier League, already the richest in the world, has now signed a massive three-year deal with NBC to televise games in the United States starting next season.
Chelsea lodges complaint against Clattenburg’s “inappropriate language”
By Andrew Warshaw
October 29 – English football’s domestic racism problems, which appeared to be gradually subsiding, have been plunged into fresh controversy with Premier League leaders and European champions Chelsea lodging a formal complaint of “inappropriate language” by referee Mark Clattenburg during yesterday’s highly charged 3-2 home defeat by Manchester United.