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1. Billionaires always have good home security Which would explain why Salomon Kalou's equalizer on
Sunday means Chelsea haven't lost at Stamford Bridge since February 2004. 2. But Roman Abramovich
should definitely think about building an extension There were less than 42,000 at Stamford Bridge
for Chelsea vs Man Utd.
IT'S no wonder players are going round saying losing with England never hurts as much as it does
with their own club. You'd probably feel the same if you'd been messed about as much as Jamie
Carragher has by his country.
Mark Lawrenson in a pro Liverpool comment shocker
"They didn't want me to move elsewhere, so that's why I was told the news of having been left
out, just after the transfer window had closed,'
Sami Hyppia and how not to treat a club legend
So keen were they to jump into bed with the first "billionaires" to come along with a
sackful of promises, that they found themselves landed with Gillett & Hicks.
Peter Hill-Wood reckons Arsenal should make do without a foreign "sugar daddy". The
Gunners' chairman has seen the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea taken over by billionaires,
while Uzbek-Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov - a major shareholder - is thought to been on buying the
Gunners outright. However, Hill-Wood does not value foreign benefactors as a long-term [.
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As QPR and Derby County wait for a ruling by the Football League, and QPR fan groups announce
their intention to protest
The Times/Martin Samuel - "...Paying a Queens' ransom
Obviously, not everyone does badly in a recession, but Queens Park Rangers are attempting to buck
the trend spectacularly by minting the first £50 ticket for football outside the Barclays
Premier League.
Stuff to read while you scarf down 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes......... The day after hiring
Zola, West Ham's sponsor goes bankrupt. Nice. (Guardian) The good billionaires you want owning your
club. (SoccerLens) Study says vertically striped shirts make you look fat; Ronaldinho needs to make
better club choices.
I'm back in Germany after a week of fun and, err, rain in Ireland, and I'm looking forward to the
resumption of the Bundesliga. Here's one big reason.
Ireland being a country that specializes in weird pursuits like hurling, both on the pitch and in
alleyways behind pubs after too many Guinness, the Irish tend to get their football from the
English Premiership.
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- More Press Focus on the ticket price increases. The Football League is set to rule since,
according to the Derby Evening Telegraph "Clubs set their ticket prices before the start of
the season and have to submit them to the Football League. Any change to prices for away fans has
to be agreed between the two clubs.
