Organisation is the key to many of life's success, and this has been ably demonstrated than by Plymouth Argyle fans over recent days, in dealing with two potential obstacles to the club's exit from administration. The starkest issue was highlighted by Ian King on this site on Sunday as the story broke of attempts by former directors to disrupt and potentially threaten outright Argyle's exit from administration, in order to protect personal financial interests.

Premier League football club Manchester United has received permission from the Singapore Exchange for a planned £634m listing in a deal that would include non-voting preference shares, two sources with knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.

Although precise details of United's plans are yet to be confirmed, it is thought the Glazer family are looking to sell 25% of the club, which they hope will net them £600m.

"Even if the voting is clear on June 1st, Port Vale's future remains anything but", was where we left Vale's ownership soap opera last month. But the voting on June 1st at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Vale shareholders was as clear as a very foggy day in Fogsville. And even FIFA's Sepp Blatter, machinating furiously at the same time, might have glanced at the goings-on in Burslem and thought: "Blimey, that's a bit much".

Sam Allardyce had been West Ham United's manager for precisely eight hours when first notice of the funhouse he has taken over was served. While he was speaking live on Sky Sports, news broke that Tony Fernandes, the Malaysian businessman who is team principle of Formula One's Team Lotus, had tweeted to claim he had offered to buy the club from David Sullivan and David Gold.

By CALEB SONNELAND

Tuesday, it looked fairly certain that American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke's takeover bid for English side Arsenal was likely to succeed, but today's headlines tell a different story.

Alisher Usmanov, who still holds a sizeable chunk of the London-based side's shares at 27 percent, refuses to sell his shares to Kroenke, as he says he "loves" Arsenal — despite the club's insistence that the remaining shareholders accept the American's offer of £11,750 per share.

American sports mogul, Stan Kroenke, is on the verge of a complete takeover at Arsenal after reports are confirming that after reaching deals with Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith for control of 16.1% owned by Fiszman and 15.9% owned by Bracewell-Smith.

In total, Kroenke would control 62.

Arsenal's ownership structure, unlike that of most of our competitor clubs, has been held by a plurality of shareholders, making management by the board of directors a much more democratic process. According to many sources, tomorrow that may all be about to change.

Everyone is reporting that "Silent Stan" Kroenke is set to launch a takeover bid.