By Andrew Warshaw
November 30 – Ian Tompkins (pictured), the man who spearheaded West Ham United’s aborted move to the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 is back in work four months after being suspended, insideworldfootball can reveal.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 30 – Crisis-torn English club Portsmouth could be docked points after its parent company, controlled by Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov (pictured), entered administration.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 29 – Sponsors of the FA Cup, the world’s oldest domestic knockout competition, have taken the trophy to China in an attempt to generate the same kind of passion that Asia has for the English Premier League.
By David Gold
November 28 – Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has promised that there will be no ‘Game 39’ – the controversial plan to play an extra league game overseas – during his tenure.
By David Gold
November 24 – Chelsea have appointed Mike Hussey, chief executive of property investment and development company Almacantar, to investigate the possibility of the club constructing a new stadium at Battersea Power Station.
By David Gold
November 18 – Manchester City have recorded a gargantuan loss of £197 million ($311 million/€230) for 2010-2011, placing in doubt the club’s ability to comply with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules.
By Duncan Mackay
November 18 – A second man has been arrested in connection with claims Tottenham Hotspur spied on officials from the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) during their campaign to be awarded the Olympic Stadium after London 2012.
By Duncan Mackay
November 16 – Tottenham Hotspur today officially gave up their controversial pursuit of moving into the Olympic Stadium even though the tender process has been reopened, leaving the way clear for rivals West Ham United to negotiate a new deal to take it over after London 2012.
By David Gold
November 16 – A group of West Ham United fans organised under the name WHU’s VIEW? have written to the club for a second time to request an independent ballot of members and season ticket holders before going forward with any attempt to move to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.
By David Owen
November 15 – With the next round of English Premier League broadcasting rights expected to be presented to market next year, new research suggests that clubs as well as television companies might be better off if more matches were broadcast live.
By Mike Rowbottom at City Hall in London
November 8 – Baroness Margaret Ford, chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), today publicly accused Tottenham Hotspur of putting all her board “under surveillance” during the recently discontinued negotiations to decide the future owner of the London Olympics Stadium.
By David Gold
October 27 – Chelsea have suffered defeat today at the hands of their supporters, after the Chelsea Pitch Owners refused to sell the freehold of the club’s Stamford Bridge stadium, which they currently lease to the Premier League side.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 27 – The American powerbroker in charge at Arsenal today broke his silence by backing manager Arsène Wenger and declaring his commitment to the club.
By David Gold
October 28 – Carlos Tévez’s record £1 million (€1.13 million/$1.61 million) fine has been halved after the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) refused to back the Premier League club’s reasoning for the penalty.
By David Gold
October 26 – Carlos Tévez (pictured left) is reportedly considering suing his Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini (pictured right) following the record fine handed to him by the Premier League leaders.