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Football & The Media – There’s Something In The Air

Twohundredpercent 20 January @ 05:44 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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In an extraordinary article in the Daily Mirror yesterday, Oliver Holt put forward a call to arms to all football supporters and offered an impassioned defence of those that are protesting against the way that our game is being mismanaged at the moment. Last Friday the Daily Mail, of all people, ran an article on FC United of Manchester that came close to being a eulogy and was at the same time a stinging attack on the Glazer's management of Manchester United.

The Sweeper: The Fan, the Customer and Money in Football

Pitch Invasion 21 January @ 12:59 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Yesterday, we noted that the avalanche of negative media stories about the Glazers' regime at Old Trafford seemed finally to be pushing the moderate fans into the rebellious camp. Pointing to the same piece we noted in the Daily Mirror by Oliver Holt yesterday, Ian at Two Hundred Percent suggests there is a "sea change" in the analysis of football and money by the English media:

In an extraordinary article in the Daily Mirror yesterday, Oliver Holt put forward a call to arms to all football supporters and offered an impassioned defence of those that are protesting against the way that our game is being mismanaged at the moment.