We've been talking long and hard about Portland's troubles with their stadium but now it looks
like Vancouver could be joining the mix? While both cities were awarded expansion bids it went with
certain stadium situations that the league agreed on. Now Portland seems to have taken care of
their issues but now Vancouver could be headed down a tough road of stadium fun.
The FA Cup tie that could have been. Twenty-five football matches scheduled for today have
been canceled due to...snow? What? Some puffy white water falling majestically from the
sky? This is particularly ironic considering the prognosticators of climate change doom
predicted an all-year-round Premier League as one of the upsides to flooded capitals, widespread
famine, [.
Last year, MUST got stuck in to Manchester United's ticket policy, particularly where season
tickets were concerned. Then the OFT got on board in MUST's fight after seeing how the normal fans
were being priced out and how unrealistic and unfair the Automatic Cup Scheme was.
Following the investigation, United have told the OFT they do not believe the terms and
conditions are unfair but plan to make things "clearer" in the future, whatever that means!
Great stuff over at a weekend junk pile over at The Offside.
A riot police officer in Argentina -- one of the many jobs I never want to have.
On to the links:
- Rooney hospitalized? [Daily Mail]
- Talking with the W.C. bid committee dude. [Seattle Times]
- An anti-racism award to Balotelli.
Depeche Mode: the only band on the planet willing/capable/worthy of bringing lesbian, foot-fetish
soft porn to Europe's largest stadia. This was shot at the tour's warm up gig in Luxemburg 2 weeks
ago. They kicked off their Tour of the Universe a week later in front of 50K at Israel's national
soccer stadium in Tel Aviv and have had to cancel every date since due singer Dave Gahan's recent
"illness".
Big Story
William McGregor
With no obvious narrative coming out of this weekend's football, despite a few tasty derbies,
the Sweeper turns its focus to the unveiling of a statue at Villa Park on Saturday commemorating
the simple-yet-monumental achievement of Aston Villa administrator William McGregor.
