Fisted Away 14 March @ 11:13 AM EDT
Black 'Blacky' Armband : 1850-2010
Premier League clubs will next weekend join forces and don black armbands in memory of Black
Armband. In an official statement Premier League ideas man Richard Scudamore said "The loss of
Black Armband has been a massive shock to the whole footballing community.
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As the curtains drew in on an eventful week in football, there was only one real talking point.
How did Clarke Carlisle win countdown? In all seriousness the only big talking point is how did
Pompey end up in administration?
I must do something I rarely ever do, agree with Richard Scudamore, the only way a well
established and reasonably successful Premier League club can end up in administration is ‘rank
bad management'.
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EPL Talk 01 December @ 09:03 AM EDT
If you want to better understand the Premier League's position on digital rights, go ahead and
read Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore's letter that was published in The
Guardian last week on the topic of The Digital Economy Bill. The proposed legislation would
kick accused, not convicted, file sharers off the Internet in the United Kingdom.
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Premier League reforms are in the wind but what will they mean for Newcastle United? The Premier
League has been undertaking a 'strategic review' since November 2008 and plans to have new
proposals in place by December 2010. Bolton chairman Phil Gartside has put forward plans that would
lead to a two-tier Premier League of between [.
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SoccerLens 15 September @ 10:20 AM EDT
The Premier League have introduced a home-grown player rule and a limit on squad sizes – both
of which will come into effect from next season.
The 20 Premier League clubs have voted to introduce the measures which will see all teams
limited to a squad of 25 of which eight players must be ‘home-grown'.
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The Offside 28 July @ 09:00 AM EDT
Just yesterday Richard Scudamore, head of the Prem, sat himself in front of a bevy of reporters,
not at all influenced by the fact that he was on a block-building mission in Beijing, and touted
the Chinese Super League as the new blossoming world power - the one which may come to rival
Europe's heavyweights [.
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Bolton Chairman Phil Gartside has called for a two-tier Premier League with no relegation to the
Football League.
This controversial idea could offer hope for some of the clubs languishing in the Championship
but cut adrift those clubs in League 1 and 2.
It seems that this will make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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Times they are a changing in the Premier League
Six weeks ago the English press were running around like little school girls gushing over the
brilliance of our national league. Three teams representing the Premiership had reached the last
four of the European Cup two years on the bounce.
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Non-leaguers hit back at claims that they are more expensive than Bolton Manchester United
breakaway club FC United have hit out at Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore over his
suggestion that it is cheaper to watch Bolton play in the top-flight than to watch the non-league
outfit. Scudamore reportedly told a radio show: "They are charging [.
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It's the perennial discussion, still going on: Can "competitive balance" be enforced by government
decree? Andy Burnham, British Culture Secretary, thinks it can. Andy Burnham, the Culture
Secretary, is calling for Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool to share their winnings
in Europe with other Premier League teams.
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Thanks to the millions being shelled out by Premiership teams like Manchester City, Tottenham
and the big four this season, it is easy to forget that English football is currently seized by its
very own credit crunch. Today Luton Town dropped out of the football league for the first time in
89 years in football's equivalent to the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year.
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The Offside 27 March @ 12:35 PM EDT
There#8217;s a PR battle of the heavyweight underway between FIFA President Sepp Blatter and
Premier League chief exec Richard Scudamore. It#8217;s all based in Blatter#8217;s infamous (but
probably never going to happen) 6+5 proposal. Sepp wants it introduced, Scudamore definitely does
not, basically because 6+5=the end of the Premier League as we know it.
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EPL Talk 05 March @ 05:28 PM EDT
So we have another Premier League footballer in trouble with the law. Chelsea defender Ashley Cole
early Thursday morning decided after a night out doing charity work, that he would decide to have a
little too much booze and then get into a one sided yelling match with the police. The police won
when they [.
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EPL Talk 25 February @ 01:13 AM EDT
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore rejected the notion of a salary cap, suggested by
UEFA. "If you say 60% or 50% can be capped on wages, what it really does is absolutely lock in
the natural order," he told BBC Radio Five's Sportsweek programme yesterday. "It would
help the big clubs far more than the [.
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EPL Talk 25 February @ 01:13 AM EDT
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore rejected the notion of a salary cap, suggested by
UEFA. "If you say 60% or 50% can be capped on wages, what it really does is absolutely lock in
the natural order," he told BBC Radio Five's Sportsweek programme yesterday. "It would
help the big clubs far more than the [.
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EPL Talk 23 February @ 02:22 AM EDT
You would think Rafa Benitez would have already learned his lesson. Instead Rafa is left to choke
on more words, and a title dream lost. Before Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Manchester City, Rafa
reacted to Arsene Wenger's comments that Manchester United were untouchable. "I can only talk
of my team but I don't think they are [.
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EPL Talk 23 February @ 02:22 AM EDT
You would think Rafa Benitez would have already learned his lesson. Instead Rafa is left to choke
on more words, and a title dream lost. Before Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Manchester City, Rafa
reacted to Arsene Wenger's comments that Manchester United were untouchable. "I can only talk
of my team but I don't think they are [.
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