Some fantastic images of the new stadium put out in the last few days. Also announced was the inclusion of a single tier stand to rival the Kop at Anfield as Tottenham attempt to create one of 'the best atmospheric stadiums in Europe'.
The proposed moving dates have also been released to the public with Daniel Levy stating that Spurs will be playing in the their new, as yet unnamed, stadium by 2012. Click to continue reading...

Co-owner George Gillett's push to sell a stake in Liverpool is apparently on at the moment, after reports came out earlier today confirmed that any talks between F6, the Saudi Arabian investment company owned by Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah, and Gillett regarding a sale of the club are 'on hold'. Click to continue reading...

George Gillett has come out recently denying that he said the new stadium work would start within 60 days of them completing the takeover LFC; but here is a video of the first press conference where he says "the first spade has to be in the ground within 60 days"

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George Gillett has come out recently denying that he said the new stadium work would start within 60 days of them completing the takeover LFC; but here is a video of the first press conference where he says "the first spade has to be in the ground within 60 days"

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"You Don't Know What You're Doing"

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks is adamant that he remains committed to building a new stadium for the club.

The Reds were planning to open a replacement for Anfield in neighbouring Stanley Park, with the new ground designed to have a significantly increased capacity.

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Apparently George Gillett's sale of his majority stake in the Montreal Canadians has made things all better between our ownership and RBS. Just about a fortnight ago, the media was having a go at us regarding the future of the £350m loan with company. Local MP, Peter Kilfoyle, even went so far as to try and push for a block on refinancing deal -- a move that was supported by many Liverpool supporters.

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Apparently George Gillett's sale of his majority stake in the Montreal Canadians has made things all better between our ownership and RBS. Just about a fortnight ago, the media was having a go at us regarding the future of the £350m loan with company. Local MP, Peter Kilfoyle, even went so far as to try and push for a block on refinancing deal -- a move that was supported by many Liverpool supporters.

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The financial revelations regarding our club have been rearing their head of late in just about every paper across the world, causing many of us (myself included) to react in ways we normally wouldn't dare. I've thrown stuff across the room; screamed at the telly every time Hicks or Gillett showed their mugs on Sky; as well as changing my occupation from 'journalist' to 'sailor' after using every four letter word in the book to describe the current ownership.

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The financial revelations regarding our club have been rearing their head of late in just about every paper across the world, causing many of us (myself included) to react in ways we normally wouldn't dare. I've thrown stuff across the room; screamed at the telly every time Hicks or Gillett showed their mugs on Sky; as well as changing my occupation from 'journalist' to 'sailor' after using every four letter word in the book to describe the current ownership.

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Remember this beautiful structure in the photo? I'm sure you do as it was once Liverpool's proposed stadium that Messrs. Hick and Gillett promised us a couple years ago. It was a beautiful new stadium that was supposed to put us right at the top of Europe with the most advanced home around.

On paper the new stadium sounded like a wonderful thing.

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Remember this beautiful structure in the photo? I'm sure you do as it was once Liverpool's proposed stadium that Messrs. Hick and Gillett promised us a couple years ago. It was a beautiful new stadium that was supposed to put us right at the top of Europe with the most advanced home around.

On paper the new stadium sounded like a wonderful thing.

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The club have released more progress updates on the re-development plans for the new stadium. So far there is little to be critical of. Yeah, yeah....you heard me right. I guess this is as close as a pat on the back (that's just a single pat of hand to back) I will get to giving our esteemed chairman. Click to continue reading...

Looking for the latest details on our new stadium project? Below is a document that addresses many of the issues surrounding the proposted stadium in Prince George's County. It's long, but really informative. Way more after the jump.

D.C. United Stadium proposal FAQ

Last week, D.

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Looking for the latest details on our new stadium project? Below is a document that addresses many of the issues surrounding the proposted stadium in Prince George's County. It's long, but really informative. Way more after the jump.

D.C. United Stadium proposal FAQ

Last week, D.

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Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it's not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the "50 [. Click to continue reading...

FIFA has now started accepting bids for the 2018 & 2022 World Cups.  The US is among 10 countries that are expected to submit bids prior to the February 2nd deadline.  Part of that bid must include plans for 12 stadiums that hold 40,000 people. Last May Sunil Gulati, President of the US Soccer Federation, awed [. Click to continue reading...

Rating players has always been a somewhat subjective thing. Which abilities should you focus on ? Is it their passing, tackling, goals, assists, intelligence, teamwork, or how driven they are ? In the case of some Opta stats recently released, they focused on his passing ability (the first player to top 1000 successful passes this season, plus 26 chances created). Click to continue reading...

Rating players has always been a somewhat subjective thing. Which abilities should you focus on ? Is it their passing, tackling, goals, assists, intelligence, teamwork, or how driven they are ? In the case of some Opta stats recently released, they focused on his passing ability (the first player to top 1000 successful passes this season, plus 26 chances created). Click to continue reading...

Rating players has always been a somewhat subjective thing. Which abilities should you focus on ? Is it their passing, tackling, goals, assists, intelligence, teamwork, or how driven they are ? In the case of some Opta stats recently released, they focused on his passing ability (the first player to top 1000 successful passes this season, plus 26 chances created). Click to continue reading...

George Gillett will be at Anfield on saturday as Liverpool face Man Utd in the Premier league.

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Gillet and Hicks have announced that contractors will commence enabling work on the new stadium site very soon (LINK). There's absolutely no mention whatsoever of them securing funding for the new stadium.
So this 'enabling work' is certainly open to interpretation (digging a couple of holes). Given their track record with the promises they make us, I can't help but lean towards a pessimistic (pragmatic) view of this latest announcment. Click to continue reading...

There's far too much uncertainty surrounding Liverpool FC at present for me to get excited about the latest stadium plans being approved. I want to believe that work will commence shortly on building it but how many times have we heard it all before (well ok, 3 times in 5 years to be exact). Not only that but it was previously announced that the revised stadium plans would be for a 71,000 seater but this latest redesign is only for 60,000. Click to continue reading...

UPDATE:
Southend United will know if they have been granted permission to build a new 22,000 seater stadium at Fossetts Farm on Thursday morning.
The government had set a deadline of 6th March to let the Blues know the outcome of their deliberations, but many at Roots Hall thought they would have known a lot sooner. Click to continue reading...

Naturally, a little more than 12 hours after I post something about my confusion over refinancing et al, they announce it's completed. Unsurprisingly, Hicks has also released the new stadium designs at the same time. Yes, we're all just blinded by shiny objects and forget what was bothering us before we saw them. Click to continue reading...

When I first heard that the stadium was going to be slightly downgraded, I feared it might mean a complete redesign of the iconic plans revealed last summer. Fortunately they choose to stick with HKS who only made minor modifications to the original design, what we're left with is something more efficient and still very much unique & iconic in nature. Click to continue reading...

??Liverpool FC have today released pictures of the new stadium set to open in 2011.

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� Liverpool FC have today released pictures of the new stadium set to open in 2011.

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Rick Parry had an interview with the Liverpool Echo this morning and stated that the new Liverpool stadium would be a 'downgraded' version of the plans which were unveiled in the summer. Later on the official LFC site changed his wording to 'different' version.
Since it's been announced there's been numerous delays and construction costs continue to rise exponentially. Click to continue reading...

While it's certainly great news that the new anfield/liverpool stadium has been given the go ahead from Liverpool City Council despite some last minute concerns raised by the police regarding the potential terrorist threat element of the project.
I'm a wee bit disappointed though that it's opening has been pushed back from 2010 to 2011, I imagine this probably has a lot to do with the rapidly rising stadium costs (£285m to £400m) and the subsequent financing of it pushing back the commencement of contruction (now next spring). Click to continue reading...

One of the things which Gillet/Hicks were quick to point out when they bought Liverpool FC is that it wasn't going to be anything like the Glazier's takeover of Manchester United. Instead of heaping debt on the club they were buying the club without any debt (although they did borrow £285 million). Now it's transpired that they intend to borrow £500 million (the debt will be on LFC this time) to refinance the original loan and building of the new liverpool stadium. Click to continue reading...