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  1. Posted

    This is how much has been pumped into Portsmouth, who are top of League One.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68673644

    Portsmouth's yearly accounts reveal a £3m loss for the year ending in June 2023.

    Now into the seventh year of Michael Eisner's ownership, the American businessman has pumped £35m into the club, the accounts also show.

    Michael Eisner's commitment to the club cannot be questioned with an average investment of £5m a year since he took over.

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    Looks like Sheffield United will end up breaking a few unwanted records.

    Currently they've conceded 42 goals at home in 14 games, Watford have the record with 46.

    With 72 conceded from 27 games, Derby's 89 for the season (38 games) and Swindon's 100 (from 42 games) are under threat. 

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    Lai has been at the helm of the West Midlands club for over seven years after acquiring them from Jeremy Peace in a deal worth over £200m in July 2016.

    However, the period has brought turbulence to West Brom, who were relegated from the Premier League in 2018 and despite winning promotion back to the top division in 2020, they were relegated again the following season and have failed to record a top eight finish in either of the two most recent Championship seasons.

    The outgoing owner controversially declined to pay back a £5m loan which was paid to one of his other companies in June 2021.

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    This is from the Athletic 

    Florida-based businessman Shilen Patel has completed his takeover of Championship club West Bromwich Albion.

    Patel, who becomes West Brom’s chairman, replaces outgoing owner Guochuan Lai, who had been in control of the club since September 2016.

    Patel acquires an 87.8 per cent shareholding in West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, the parent company of West Brom, through Bilkul Football WBA, LLC — a company ultimately owned by Patel and his father Dr Kiran C. Patel.

    The proposed price tag is understood to be £10.5million, which will be paid in three instalments over 18 months — £2.5m on completion, £2.5m in August and £5.5m in August 2025. Patel’s group is also taking on almost £40m in debt.

    There is the possibility of bonus payments if West Brom are promoted. Go up this season and Patel will pay Lai an extra £18m. Promotion next season would trigger a £10m payment, £5m the following season and £2m if West Brom have to wait until the 2026-27 season.

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    https://www.aol.co.uk/news/man-prepared-court-over-500-151440352.html

    A man who was fined £500 for putting rubbish bags next to his wheelie bin has said he would rather go to court than pay up.

    Ben Riley, 28, left four black bags next to his own bin on 3 January outside his back garden gate in Ipswich, Suffolk, after getting mixed up with the collection dates.

    The rubbish wasn't due to be collected for another six days and his blue bin was full.

    On 13 February, the father of one received a fixed penalty notice for putting the black bags next to his bin.

    He appealed the £500 fine but was told it had been rejected last Thursday, and while Ipswich Borough Council have now extended the early payment period and reduced the fine to £250, Riley says he would rather go to court than pay.

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    Forest have signed 42 players since securing promotion in May 2022, with owner Evangelos Marinakis sanctioning a transfer spend of around £250m to help the club establish themselves in the top flight.

    Forest believed they had worked within the regulations when it came to the allowable losses with a lot of the issue centring around Brennan Johnson’s sale to Tottenham Hotspur.

    The club’s argument — which they have made in conversations with the Premier League — was that they could have sold Johnson earlier in the window but doing so at that point would have meant accepting a markedly lower price.

    His sale did not go through until September 1, well after the financial year ended, for £47.5m.

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    Interestingly, the GBE rules were changed this summer, which appears to be how we acquired Reyes, Adegboyega, Montoia and brought Lima in on loan. Interesting we used our four slots on youth players.

    https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/jun/14/new-gbe-criteria-140623#:~:text=Home Office approves new GBE Criteria&text=A maximum of four players,of English players they play.

    The additional access will allow clubs playing in the English league the ability to sign a number of players who do not meet the current points requirements. A maximum of four players will be available to Premier League and Championship teams, and two for League One and League Two teams. The number of players a club will be able to sign will be proportional to the number of English players they play. While each club will get at least two places for players in the first season, they will receive between zero and four depending on the number of English players playing in future seasons.

    The Premier League and EFL have also committed to work with The FA on improving the pathway for talented English youngsters. This solution supports both England player development and clubs’ access to overseas talent. The outcomes of both the changes to the GBE system and improvements to the development pathway will be kept under review, which could mean increasing the number of places allowed per club should both be working successfully.  

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  22. Posted

    On 11/09/2023 at 15:09, shefcanary said:

    He did, but he also said lots of other stuff. Like his aim is always investing in players for the future, not buying players who were in the last throes of their career. Isn't it just a tad ironic he has rescued his reputation a little this summer by going against that particular statement. We all live and learn I suppose ...

    Seems a bit harsh to me, we've got a lot of young players, but lacked experience and leadership on the pitch. If Barnes can improve Sargent and Idah on the pitch then he's worth it.

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