Former Manchester United chairman, and current United director, David Gill has been appointed chairman of UEFA's extremely influential Club Licensing Committee.
The Club Licensing Committee essentially decides which clubs are entitled to licences to play Champions League and Europa League football.
One problem it seems that we have ALWAYS had is comments and quotes made by our overseas players when they are away from Chelsea whether it's on International duty or back to their homeland for holidays etc. These quotes made are either miss-interpreted or used to create unnecessary gossip regarding their future at the club.
Newcastle had a very good season last year, when we finished 5th top and qualified for Europe for the first time in six seasons, and then of course in the season just finished, we managed somehow to finish 5th bottom and just avoid relegation. Alan Pardew under pressure to deliver And talking about yo-yos, [.
We keep hearing that the goal next season for Newcastle is to be in the top ten in the Premier League, and we suppose that's better than the bottom ten, but is that being ambitious enough for a club that gets 52,000 fans at each home game? Mike Ashley will the owner become more [...]
There was a good demonstration of loyal support by the Newcastle fans in our last game of the season, when Newcastle played a good game against Arsenal, but still went down by a score of 1-0 but the fans supported the players and the manager throughout the 90 minutes, and even after the game [...]
Well it's all over, the season has finished and that "what the hell do I do with my weekends?!" feeling has began to really settle in for many so why not spend a moment of your time having a read through The Liver Bird's pocket sized season review taking a look back at the Reds journey after finishing 7th in the Premier League.
Fernando Torres has been the focus of media attention over the last few days.
Firstly, because of his two goals in two games that played a big part in us winning the Europa League and in addition, his winner against Everton that sealed a third place finish in the Premier League and automatic qualification to the Champions League group stages.
Starting next season, the UEFA Europa League champions will have a protected place in the Champions League the following season.
UEFA confirmed the news on Friday, hoping to give teams more motivation to play stronger sides in the competition. The decision would also ensure a the winner of the Europa League a place in the Champions League despite where they finish in the league.
Newcastle gave out many signals over the last few weeks, that Alan Pardew and his coaching staff, including the popular John Carver would not be fired, and sure enough, we learned yesterday that the management team will be kept in place for next season. Pardew and assistant Carver one season to prove themselves But [.
Tony Pulis' second spell as Stoke City manager has come to an end following a disappointing season in which the club finished 13th in the Premier League. After his initial three years with Stoke between 2002 and 2005, Pulis returned in the summer of 2006. He won promotion to the Premier League and eventually led Stoke to their first ever FA Cup final in 2011 and a spot in the Europa League.
With the managerial merry-go-round going on at full speed in the Premier League at the moment, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has insisted he has no plans to leave the Emirates any time soon. The Frenchman is now by far the longest standing manager in the English top flight, having seen Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson decide he will retire at the end of the season after over 26 years at the helm at Old Trafford.
And to think last August we had dreams of doing well in the Europa League and again challenging for a top six position or even a top four position in the Premier League. Alan Pardew after one of the many disappointments this season But as so often happens at Newcastle, those dreams were not [...]
Alan Pardew went on nufcTV immediately after the third successive home defeat, in which we have conceded 10 goals and scored none. Alan Pardew I've learned a lot So we've gone from 5th top to 5th bottom in a short twelve months, and that's kind of par for the course for Newcastle fans. Alan [...]
Since January of 1997 Newcastle have had 12 managers Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Gullit, Bobby Robson, Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce, Kevin Keegan, Joe Kinnear, Alan Shearer, Chris Hughton and Alan Pardew in that order. Alan Pardew longest serving manager for 9 years So 12 managers in 16 years makes [.
It's a Wall Street proverb and modus operandi familiar in just about any business-oriented environment, that of which modern football has shifted closer and closer to in recent decades.
In fact, so valued is the ability to turn a profit or just to break even in the world of football, that new UEFA laws—the impending Financial Fair Play act—are soon to be introduced with the aim of rewarding those who get their balance right while punishing those who do not.
By Kirsten Schlewitz / Senior West Coast Beer and Aston Villa Correspondent
It’s not the Champions League final. It’s not even the most exciting match on tap this week. Yet the Europa League final means midweek soccer and the chance to drink beers in the afternoon, so there’s no reason to miss Wednesday’s game.
After a commanding Bundesliga title campaign and a thrilling UEFA Champions League Final victory, Bayern Munich wraps up their storybook season on Saturday with a shot at the first treble in German history.
Bayern take on Stuttgart today in the German Cup final, a competition the powerful Bavarians last won in 2010.
In 2010, Atlético Madrid beat Fulham 2-1 to win the inaugural UEFA Europa League, fresh from being rebranded after being called the UEFA Cup for almost 40 years. Atlético, however, did not enter the Europa League until the knockout stages of the tournament – they finished 3rd in their group in the Champions League with a measly 3 points and no victories.
Today's soccer action is kicked off in Rome, where the Coppa Italia Final will see local rivals AS Roma and Lazio square off in an intense battle for cup glory and a spot in next season's Europa League.
American midfielder Michael Bradley and Roma have the opportunity to claim the club's tenth Coppa Italia cup trophy, which would move Roma ahead of Juventus as the competition's most successful club.
UEFA introduces long-overdue changes to European football - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Tottenham missed out on Champions League qualification in 2011, despite finishing fourth in the Premier League, due to sixth-placed Chelsea winning the tournament. However, this will be a thing of the past from the 2014-15 season, as Uefa is set to eradicate the rule and allow an extra team from the winning country entry, should the Champions League winners not finish in a qualification place domestically.
The Europa League is a competition that doesn't carry quite the prestige you would expect for a European competition, particularly in country's with larger leagues that are far more interested in Champions League glory.
UEFA just might have the way to make the competition matter much more.
Obviously Chelsea are extremely happy that they have won yet another European trophy this season, despite the fact that they were only in the Europa League after being knocked out of the Champions League in the Group Stages.
Wenger thinks that this should not happen, and the teams that are given another chance in the Europa League are basically being "rewarded for failure".
No final decision has been made yet regarding the future of FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go.
While we know that FOX Soccer will morph into FXX later this Summer or early Fall, and FOX Sports 1 will broadcast matches from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and other soccer rights including Sky Sports News, the future of FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go is still up in the air.
After Fulham survived a tough season in the Barclay's Premier League, slipping to 12th in the league, the speculation continued about the future of Fulham manager Martin Jol. Sacking a manager happens often, but when is the right time for a change? How long should Fulham stick with Jol?
Fulham have been a mid-table club for a long time, so how do they progress forward and be a club that is fighting for a Europa League spot each and every year?
The excitement is building for tonight's post-season exhibition game between Chelsea and Manchester City, which will be played in St Louis. Players from both teams have been training in the States this week, with the Europa League champions Chelsea ready to play against Manchester City, the team that has been stealing all the headlines this week after their announcement of their MLS sister club, New York City FC.
Barcelona reached 100 points on the final day of the season in Spain, while Jose Mourinho signed off with a win. Real Sociedad pipped Valencia to the final Champions League place, but Mallorca, Zaragoza and Deportivo La Coruna were all relegated.
Goals from David Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Martin Montoya and Andres Iniesta gave Barcelona a resounding 4-1 win over Malaga at Camp Nou to bring up 100 points for the season, matching Real Madrid's achievement of last season.
Barcelona reached 100 points on the final day of the season in Spain, while Jose Mourinho signed off with a win. Real Sociedad pipped Valencia to the final Champions League place, but Mallorca, Zaragoza and Deportivo La Coruna were all relegated.
Goals from David Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Martin Montoya and Andres Iniesta gave Barcelona a resounding 4-1 win over Malaga at Camp Nou to bring up 100 points for the season, matching Real Madrid's achievement of last season.
Branislav Ivanovic had a great night in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago for two reasons! He scored the winner that won the Europa League trophy for Chelsea and he has caught the attention of big spending Monaco, backed by a wealthy owner who is prepared to pay top dollar to sign the Serbian this summer.
Graeme Souness has said that he did not enjoy his time as manager of Newcastle, and if he had stayed at Blackburn Rovers and not left for Newcastle in September of 2004, , he would probably have still been in management. Graeme Souness with Craig Bellamy Freddy Shepherd fired Bobby Robson in late August of [.
Alan Pardew has been interviewed in the Evening Chronicle today, and Alan is saying we would have been much stronger but for the Europa League last season but I thought our aim is to be in Europe every season? Alan Pardew - it was the Europa's League's fault This is what Alan said today [...]
The revival of Radio Cuju begins with an "unofficial" show as Ginge and new co-host Alicia dip their toes back into the podcasting waters. We discuss all the biggest stories from around the world of football (formerly known as headlines), the Europa League final, the MLS Players Union statement about ball kids and red light cameras.
The revival of Radio Cuju begins with an "unofficial" show as Ginge and new co-host Alicia dip their toes back into the podcasting waters. We discuss all the biggest stories from around the world of football (formerly known as headlines), the Europa League final, the MLS Players Union statement about ball kids and red light cameras.
After 22 years with Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga, goalkeeper Oka Nikolov is on his way to play in the United States.
The 39-year-old German-born player, who joined Eintracht in 1991 and never left, terminated his contract with the club on Tuesday in order to continue his career in America.
Below you can see two Newcastle United "teams of the season," which I have assembled based on player statistics from whoscored.com, OPTA and transfermarkt.co.uk. The first (and most important) is based on performances in the Premier League, with the second based on performances in the Europa League. The figures below the player's names are their [.
Over the course of the last 15 days, Benfica saw Porto overtake them to win the Liga Portuguesa with just two fixtures left after topping the table for almost the entire season before that and, added to their domestic misery, they also had Chelsea pip them to the Europa League title courtesy of Branislav Ivanovic's last-minute winner just four days beforehand.
Although bragging rights in the Italian capital would normally be enough reward for the winner of the fierceLazio-Roma derby, a major domestic trophy and a spot in next season's Europa league will also be on the line when the two sides meet in the Coppa Italia final this Sunday.
In an attempt to boost the popularity of the Europa League, Uefa has announced that the 2015 Europa League winners will qualify for the following season's Champions League.
More importantly, the Europa League winner will not take one of the designated Champions League spots that each league has, if they finish outside the Champions League qualifying spots.
There was news yesterday that Samuel Eto'o from Anzhi has urged St. Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join him at his Russian club, and of course Anzhi were eliminated from the Europa League earlier this year by who was it again oh yes Newcastle. We smashed then 1-0 in the two legged [...]
Berlin to host 2015 Champions League final, Warsaw to host 2015 Europa League final - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
UEFA's general secretary, Gianni Infantio, made the announcement today that the Olympiastadion in Berlin will host Germany's first Champions League final in 2015. The Europa League final was awarded to Warsaw's National Stadium in Poland.
