Mick McCarthy pays price for misplaced priorities - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Wolves have quite literally taken the ‘Mick' out of their own club following the sacking of Mick McCarthy after just over five and a half years in charge. A difficult season for McCarthy culminated in a crushing 5-1 home defeat to fierce Black Country rivals West Brom.

(This entry is formulated based on the transcript of the media release issued by the Football Association of Singapore)
"I'm stepping down" said Johan Gouttefangeas(facing front)
SINGAPORE, 30 JANUARY 2012 – The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced today that Mr Johan Gouttefangeas will step down as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the S.

Great news for Chelsea Football Club and the CPO today with news that Hammersmith & Fulham Council have pledged to work with us to try and find ways to extend Stamford Bridge so that we do not have to move from what has been our home since 1905.
In a statement featured here, the a spokesperson for the Council said:

"In light of the recent decision by Chelsea Pitch Owners PLC to retain its freehold of the ground, we reaffirm our desire to see Chelsea FC remain in the Borough and our commitment to help the club to remain at its historic home of Stamford Bridge.

Their Words We understand that the international match calendar is a FIFA matter. But UEFA is providing suggestions via a democratic process involving all stakeholders. The main point is to replace friendly matches with double-header fixtures and to harmonise kick-off times as per the UEFA Champions League approach.

Yesterday in Plymouth, Argyle Football Club was saved from extinction's brink. Lead administrator Brendan Guilfoyle said he was "satisfied that Bishop International Limited has secured the necessary funding and everything is agreed between the numerous parties." And he possibly sparked city-wide guessing games by adding that it had been a "complex deal involving a dozen stakeholders.

Editor's note: This is the first piece for The Shin Guardian from Joshua Wells. Joshua is an attorney and was editor of his law review. He'll be broadly looking at the administrative side of soccer from legality through business practices.

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Comstock and Adams will guide strategies for promoting Olympic sports within the NCAA, encouraging the use of institutional facilities in creative ways, creating coaching education and fundraising programs that increase the value of at-risk programs and Olympic sports at the institutional level, and ensuring a continued review of the mutual obligations of all the involved stakeholders.

Yeah, right FIFA President Sepp Blatter has bowed to pressure and announced a range of sweeping reforms he is confident will placate the beautiful game's stakeholders around the world. "For the first time we will introduce goal mouth technology," he stated. "Special cameras will be positioned to determine whether cocktail olives in fact enter the [.

Balestier Khalsa apparently made it a priority to hold on to their key man - Paul Cunningham (pictured above) this season.
I think this topic has been discussed for a while yet, up to this stage we only seen a handful of S.League players being used by corporate entities to endorse their products or services.

TORONTO, Ont. TSN has acquired the broadcast rights for Major League Soccer previously held by CBC and Rogers Sportsnet, sources say. The public broadcaster and Sportsnet have been carrying Toronto FC games and league championship matches since the team was formed in 2007, but the national package has now been purchased by CTV/ TSN.

BERNE, Switzerland Europe's big-spending soccer clubs were warned on Tuesday that their recent frenzy of transfer activity could affect their ability to meet UEFA's new financial rules aimed at making them live within their means. The European governing body also repeated its determination to stamp out reckless spending one day after the end of [.

A tale of two midfields: ours bossed the game, they didn't use theirs at all. That's Fulham v Stoke in a nutshell, and it feels right that the more attentive and skilful eleven should have prevailed. Which is not to moralise Stoke wouldn't be where they are if they played any other way but equally, if everyone played like they do.

DOHA, Qatar FIFA has announced that there are no plans to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to winter to alleviate concerns over the country's climate. As temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius in the summer in Qatar, there had been strong indications that FIFA was ready to move the tournament. President Sepp [.