By Andrew Warshaw at the ISEM Conference in London
October 12 – One of the UK’s most respected sports business gurus has poured scorn on Liverpool’s bid to lead a Premier League challenge for overseas television rights to be sold individually, branding the idea as a “red herring” and saying it would never get off the ground.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 11 – West Ham United insisted today they still want to take over the Olympic Stadium despite the collapse of the deal allowing the club to move in straight after next year’s Games.
By Duncan Mackay
October 11 – The deal to award West Ham the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games has collapsed, it has been reported.
By Duncan Mackay
October 8 – Premier League club Fulham plan to increase the capacity at their picturesque Craven Cottage ground from 25,700 to 30,000 after shelving plans to move, they have revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference in London
October 6 – Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists the ailing North London club will be able to cope financially without qualifying for the Champions League.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference in London
October 6 – Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson today urged Tottenham Hotspur one last time to drop their “pointless” bid for a judicial review into their failed bid to move to the Olympic stadium after next year’s Games, warning that no further deal would be on the table to help redevelop their own ground.
By David Gold
October 4 – Chelsea are looking to buy the freehold for the land on which their Stamford Bridge stadium is situated as they look to relocate the club.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 4 – After a five-year campaign to defy Big Brother, a suburban English landlady today won her battle to screen authorised live Premiership football in a landmark case described as the Bosman of broadcasting.
By Duncan Mackay
September 29 – Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn today accused London Mayor Boris Johnson of trying to give Tottenham Hotspur “a bung” to try to get them to drop their claim to the Olympic Stadium in the hope of removing the main obstacle to London’s bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships being successful.
By Duncan Mackay
September 29 – Tottenham Hotspur have been given a deadline of until tomorrow to accept an £8.5 million ($13.5 million/€10 million) offer of help from London Mayor Boris Johnson to build a new stadium and drop their complaint over the Olympic Stadium being given to West Ham United or risk it being taken off the table.
By David Gold
September 21 – Yahoo! has agreed a deal with the League Managers Association (LMA) to renew their online media partnership, giving them access to a variety of video and print content from top Premier League managers such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – The future of the 2012 Olympic stadium has taken a potentially significant shift following Tottenham Hotspur’s latest breakthrough to develop their own ground.
By David Gold
September 20 – Manchester City have unveiled plans to build a new academy complex which they hope will enable them to meet UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules and enable them to move towards a self-sufficient business model.
By Emily Goddard
September 19 – Queens Park Rangers has announced a multi-million pound shirt sponsorship deal with Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia – whose owner, Tony Fernandes, also completed a takeover of the English Premier League newcomers last month, that now sees him working alongside the Mittal family, who have retained their 33 per cent stake.
By David Gold
September 16 – Manchester United’s partial flotation on the Singapore Stock Exchange has received the go ahead, following the confirmation by the club last month that they intend to raise capital through selling shares.