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Philadelphia Union

Vote MacMath for Save of the Week!

Zac MacMath is ranked at No. 10 on the latest Castrol Weekly Top 20. In the Full Castrol Index, MacMath comes in at No. 29, followed by Sheanon Williams at No. 70 and Brian Carroll at No. 78. The previous highest ranked Union player was (I think) Danny Califf at No.

The Old Firm is infirm. At least one of them is. That would be Rangers who are on the precipice of bankruptcy and face administration as the only viable option. They are said to owe a whopping £75m in taxes which owner Craig Whyte is unable to pay off. In the next 10 days the club will appoint an administrator, a CVA will be drawn up if the tax authorities (HMRC) can be persuaded to issue a moratorium on the taxes owed, to pay off the first line of creditors with a reduced sum.

Two pieces of excellent news for the lovers of integrity in football.
I spent yesterday afternoon with two very senior officials from HM Revenue & Customs.
This was a most fruitful discourse.
Aside from matters relating to the current spheres of reality, off the record we touched on two other matters, Rangers FC and the trial of Honest Harry Redknapp.

1. Poor old Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy probably had another busy Sunday explaining that he's not a referee to irate Manchester City fans. 2. Great to see Paolo Di Canio at the centre of the biggest shock of the weekend as Swindon saw off Wigan. He might be left disappointed by his hopes to [.