By Mike Rowbottom
May 10 – Former Welsh international footballer Ivor Powell, whose role as the world’s oldest working football coach was recognised in 2006 by the Guinness Book of Records, today unveiled a bronze statue of himself to mark 37 years of service to the University of Bath.
By David Gold
May 10 – France national team coach Laurent Blanc has been cleared by the Government inquiry into the proposal to introduce ethnic quotas restricting the number of players of African and North African origin being trained in French academies.
By David Gold
May 10 – Ahsan Ali Syed has defaulted on a repayment of Racing Santander’s debt to their regional Government, placing his takeover of the club in doubt.
By David Gold
May 6 – Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznan will play their respective Polish League games against Korona Kielce and Gornik Zabrze in front of empty stadiums after rioting following the cup final between the two sides last week.
By David Gold
May 6 – The ethnic quota row engulfing French football has accelerated this week, with national team coach Laurent Blanc’s position in doubt, despite the suspension of the French Football Federation’s (FFF) National Technical Director Francois Blaquart.
By David Gold
May 6 – Craig Whyte (pictured) has completed his takeover of Glasgow Rangers after paying £1 ($1.63) for Sir David Murray’s stake in the Ibrox club.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 6 – The inner sanctum of European football’s governing body has pledged its “unanimous support” to Sepp Blatter in the upcoming FIFA Presidential elections.
By David Gold
May 4 – The French Football Federation (FFF) chief community officer, Mohamed Belkacemi, is reportedly the source of the leak which revealed secret plans by senior French football officials to implement a quota restricting the number of black and north African players in the country’s academies.
By David Gold
May 4 – Hooligans went on the rampage as UEFA officials looked on after Legia Warsaw defeated Lech Poznan on penalties in the Polish Cup Final, much to the embarrassment of local authorities.
By David Gold
April 30 – François Blaquart, the National Technical Director of the French Football Federation (FFF), has been suspended over plans to implement a quota restricting the number of black and north African players in French youth academies.
By David Gold
April 30 – The Spanish Football Federation will look at changing the rules regarding time wasting and consider bringing in new sanctions after the increase in the use of multiple balls to hold up play.
By David Gold
April 29 – The French Football Federation (FFF) will hold an investigation into reports emanating from French website Mediapart, which claimed officials within the organisation are in favour of quotas limiting the number of players recruited by academies from immigrant communities.
By David Gold
April 28 – Rangers were fined €40,000 (£36,000/$59,000) and their fans banned from the club’s next European away game following the behaviour of its supporters during a Europa League match earlier this season.
By Andrew Warshaw at Westminster
April 26 – UEFA President Michel Platini’s top adviser says the English Football Association is arguably the worst run in Europe – mainly because of the power of the Premier League.
By David Gold
April 26 – The purchase of debt ridden Swiss Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax by Chechen businessman Bulat Chagaev will go through on May 12.