People leaving homes so Anfield can be expanded

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In the area around the Anfield stadium in Liverpool many residents are choosing to pack and move away from their homes so that the football club can tear down the family homes and make their Main Stand larger. Over the last six months the club has decided to scrap plans to build a new stadium and instead is now settling for an expansion. The Liverpool city council has been working hard to purchase the homes with the added incentive of legal compulsory purchase.

Most people that are moving are bitter and angry since the area has been steadily declining for the past few years. They are especially angry that the club purchased many homes and left them open for decades leading to the decline of the area.

Some residents are still refusing to be uprooted and are angry that the council offered them a low price for their home owners. These residents want to be paid enough to purchase a new home and receive compensation for the many years of living in the neighbourhood that has suffered from the football club’s decisions.

They are even angrier about the fact that they are being forcibly told they have to move so that the new owner of Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group, can make money. A man who lives on Lothair Road which sits against the Main Stand stated that the house next to him has been empty for years and he is not giving up his home until they forcibly remove him from the property.

The residents are bitter because the club purchased homes decades ago along Lothair Road without telling the community what they intend to do. This has led to the overwhelming idea that Liverpool purchased the homes to purposely drive down the market in the area.

David Moynes speaks out over football club ownership rules

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David Moyes opines that it is the ownership rule that forbids outside investors from holding more than 49 percent of the clubs stakes which is the reason Bundesliga has been having such healthy competition. The other factors which he attributes to the better performance of Bundesliga over the Premier League are the ticket pricing and the development system in force for the youth. David Moyes is the current manager of Everton.

He has been rumoured to be moving off to Germany at the end of this season when his contract expires. He has been a constant spectator at the Bundesliga matches and has held high regards for the teams that form the Bundesliga league. It is more for the passion that he feels would be satisfied in Germany rather than pure monetary gains which have helped his decision to move to Germany when his contract ends here.

That the league has its positive aspects is proven by the fact of Germany being the European Champions for under 17, 19 and 21 levels. He also points at the large number of home grown experts that the Bundesliga is helping to create.

Amongst all the European major leagues, the Bundesliga charges the least for their tickets and there is maximum attendance at their matches. To cite an example the seating capacity of the “Yellow Hall” in Borussia Dortmund is 26,000 where ticket is priced at €15.

He states that his experience at the games he witnessed in Germany were out of the world. The stadiums were chock-a-bloc with tickets sold out well in advance. The work that goes on behind the scenes is also accomplished with clockwork precision and therefore the stadium experience is just wonderful.

He mentioned that clubs in Germany have come a long way since their 2006 World Cup event by way of infrastructure that has been built with the people who would come to watch the event kept in mind. This has been incorporated by every club that is presently running in Germany.

Ashley Young forced out of rest of season with injury

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Ashley Young will not be playing for the last five Premier League games of the Manchester United season as an ankle injury has taken the Winger out of the game. Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed this week that Young will have to sit out the rest of the Premier League campaign in order to recuperate.

Young suffered an ankle injury during the Manchester City derby defeat just a fortnight ago. When the injury first occurred Ferguson stated that the winger would have to sit out for a fortnight but further tests have showed that the damage is actually a lot more extensive and will take longer to recover from.

It is not yet known yet if Young will be able to recover before the post season friendlies start between England and Brazil and the Republic of Ireland. However, at the time that these matches occur Young will have had already sat out two months and may be feeling up to playing again.

Ferguson stated that this is a very bad blow to the team as they have already been dealt quite a few blows due to the absence of two significant players. He went on to explain that they thought that Young would be back in just a few weeks but after a meeting with a specialist this past Wednesday in London they found out that the prognosis is not so pleasant.

Instead, Manchester United will have to make do without him for remaining games of their season. The outlook is not great for the team that has lost several of its key players due to injuries over eth long football season that has not been going in their favour.

Scotland teams to vote on the reconstruction of their football league

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When the ballot involving top-flight clubs in Scotland comes up in the following week, St Mirren has threatened to vote against the reconstruction of the league. The proposal will be put in front of a 12 Scottish premier league clubs, and is designed to merge the Scottish football league, and introduce a 12-12-18 structure.

The Paisley Club has stated that after studying the Articles of association, structure and shareholders agreement, The St Mirren Board Members have declined to support the motion set up in the proposal, which will be tabled on Monday.

The joining of the Senior Football League, and the Scottish League, into a single organisation is supported by the Saints Chiefs. Despite their perceived support for this proposal, they have expressed disdain at some of the terms which the SPL leaders want to put into place before the start of the next season.

A case in point is the proposal to split up the two divisions at the top of the league into 3 groups, with eight teams. These concerns are not just shared by the Saints Chiefs, but also by fans and coaching staff, who were included in the deliberations.

Although they support the proposal to have a new league structure, a single governing body, and a new model of distribution is one that is well thought out. But the way that the proposal is presented will not have the desired effect of promoting Scottish football.

The proposal outlays plans to have teams play 22 games before splitting into 3 groups of 8 teams. However, the middle 8 will lose all the points that they had won in the first round, and this will serve to demoralise players, and affect the game. The system has been tried in other countries and rejected for this reason. The fans would also have to get rid of their season tickets, a fact that will not go down well with them.

A grand day out for Coleen Rooney

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Today was the biggest day in the racing calendar, the Grand National, and one of the UK most famous WAGs turned up looking exceptionally stylish, despite being 8 months pregnant. Coleen Rooney stepped out in a clinging, black lycra dress which emphasised her bump and a lace panel over her boobs. She teamed with a killer set of scarlet heels, dismissing the myth that those so close to giving birth have to live in flats.

Coleen is always a head of the game when it comes to fashion, and her maternity outfits never fail to impress either. She has appeared in a series of great outfits since she announced that she was pregnant with the couple’s second son, who is due to make an appearance next month. Accompanying her to Aintree were her mum Colette McLoughlin, herself looking a lot colourful than we are used to in a turquoise dress with with bright yellow handbag and shoes.

Although husband Wayne was at home injured, Coleen did bring along his little mini-me; 3 year old son Kai. The youngest member of the party was looking very stylish in a pale blue and white ensemble with striped pants, and he even brought along his own Buzz Lightyear booster seat to ensure he missed none of the action on the course.

Wayne’s boss was there too but not as a mere spectator, Sir Alex Ferguson had two horses in the starting line up; What a Friend and Harry the Viking. Neither were in it at the finish however, with the surprise winner being the 66-1 shot Aurora’s Encore. Whether any of Coleen’s group won a few quid is unknown, but if there are was a style race Mrs Rooney would have won by a length.