Hotel snag hits potential rescue deal for beleaguered Reading FC August 21, 2024 The long-running takeover saga at Reading has been further delayed by a dispute over the status of an IGH hotel at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig has agreed a £25m deal to buy the League One club that also includes the stadium and the training ground, thus ending the disastrous [...]
Aston Villa decide against joining Man City in legal challenge to Premier League rules August 21, 2024 Aston Villa are unlikely to follow through with threats from owner Wes Edens to follow Manchester City and mount a legal challenge to the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules. The club’s proposal to increase the three-year rolling loss limit from £105m to £135m was defeated at the Premier League’s annual general meeting in June. [...]
Haringey Council hands Tottenham Hotspur huge financial ‘Beyonce boost’ August 21, 2024 Tottenham Hotspur are set for a major financial boost after Haringey Council extended the club’s licence for hosting major non-football events, such as concerts from the likes of Beyonce, from 16 to 32 a year. The club’s commercial income has already trebled from £70m to £228m since their move from White Hart Lane in 2019, [...]
England cricket chiefs using Ratcliffe’s Man United deal to sell Hundred stakes August 20, 2024 Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s purchase of 27.7 per cent of Manchester United is being used by the England and Wales Cricket Board to help market Hundred franchises. The Ineos founder’s stake at Old Trafford is being used as an example of how a minority investor can attain huge influence at a major sporting institution if the [...]
Premier League club stripped of licence by Financial Conduct Authority August 20, 2024 Premier League football club Wolves have had their right to offer credit brokering services removed by the Financial Conduct Authority. The regulator took the step of cancelling the club’s Part 4A permission on Friday after concluding that Wolves were not using it. Wolves had held the licence since November 2016 and were warned by the [...]
Ivan Toney left out of Brentford squad – Thomas Frank explains why August 18, 2024 Toney, 28, has scored 72 goals in 141 games for the Bees but has just one year left on his contract and has long been expected to move this summer.
Tottenham clear-out gathers pace as Leicester agree £20m transfer August 18, 2024 Skipp, 23, is expected to complete his move on Monday before the two clubs meet in their first Premier League match of the season in the evening.
Premier League club owners ahead of 2024/25 season August 16, 2024 The Premier League is back and set to enthral us for yet another season. And with 20 teams eager to win titles and stay in England’s top flight, money talks. While Manchester City faces 115 financial charges and Chelsea passes 40 first team players, City A.M. have taken a look at who owns each Premier [...]
Premier League shirt sponsors as ban on gambling firms approaches August 15, 2024 “Who are ya, who are ya, who are ya?” The age-old football chant often rings around about players and teams in the Premier League. But what about the sponsors? England’s top-flight has seen a surge in front of shirt sponsors that are unknown to the vast majority of British fans. But who are they, and [...]
Who gives a crap? Lewes FC confirm new sponsor of ‘crappiest kit of all’ August 14, 2024 Lewes FC, the world’s first gender equal football club, have announced eco toilet paper brand, Who Gives A Crap, as its new sponsor. It is claimed the kit will be the first “created by a toiled brand” as the club looks forward “to a season of clean sheets”. The two-year-deal sees the Who Gives A [...]