Football Rich List

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The Football Rich List has been through a few changes this year and some millionaires and billionaires have seen better times.  Still, it is hard to cry for Manchester City’s owner who climbs from number two last year to number one, a Sheikh worth more than 20 billion pounds, who unseated last year’s number one richest, Lakshmi Mittal of QPR.  Mittal’s worth is, unfortunately, down to a paltry 17 billion pounds.

Let’s save our tears for someone more deserving like Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea who slid to number four with a fortune at 7.4 billion pounds as opposed to last year’s 7.8 billion, shall we.

While David Beckham is still atop the rich players list, he could use a handkerchief after seeing his fortune slip from around 125 million pounds to 100 million pounds.  Wayne Rooney’s troubles have appeared to take a bite from his wallet, as his wealth staggers down from 37 million pounds last year to only £25 million this year.

The richest manager is Fabio Capello who climbed from £30 million last year to 36 million this year, leaving Roy Keane at number two with £28 million and Sir Alex Ferguson number three with £26 million.

Here is the clubs rich list
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Liverpool may sell to the Yanks, again

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Liverpool supporters will see their club purchased by another group of American owners.  It was announced that the Premiere League team is being sold to the owner’s of the Boston Red Sox of American baseball fame.

There are, in essence, a lot of similarities between the clubs from different sports.  Both have one the world’s most well known venues; Anfield in Liverpool and Fenway Park in Boston.  Both have a large population of Irish expatriates as fans.

While it is true that a young player from Liverpool may have big dreams of scoring in front of the Kop, a rookie baseball player heralding from Boston will have dreams of hitting one over the famous Green Monster, Fenway’s 37-foot left field fence.

Liverpool haven’t been able to gain the English title as far back as 1990.  The Boston Red Sox had quite a bit longer loosing streak from 1918 to 2004.  The 86-year drought was called the “Curse of the Bambino”, said Bambino being Babe Ruth, who was traded by the Boston Red Sox to their adversaries the Yankees back in 1920.

Boston’s 2004 route to the championship in baseball was filled with adversity, similar to Liverpool’s 2005 “Miracle of Istanbul.”

On their way to victory, the Red Sox had to compete with the Yankees and many thought the 86-year curse of the Bambino would hold.  Boston, however, came away with a victorious series over New York and then went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals for the championship.

This was just two years after New England Sports Ventures purchased the team, the same folks who will now own Liverpool.

Croydon Athletic Football Club chairman found dead

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Croydon Athletic Football Club chairman found dead The chairman of the Croydon Athletic Football Club was just found dead in a garage.  He apparently died of a gunshot to the head.  Most recently, the club’s owner, Mazhar Majeed, had been arrested on charges of fixing matches versus the Pakistan team.

David Le Cluse, who was the chairman of the Croydon Athletic Football Club, was discovered dead in Surrey on Saturday.  It was reported that his body was found in a garage on Park Gate Road.  The location is not far from his home. The team currently play in the Premier Division of the Ryman League.

The club has reported through spokesmen that they are stunned and distraught at the death of their 44 year-old chairman.  They have also asked that the privacy of his wife and two children be respected as they grieve.

Le Cluse recently admitted that the club was under investigation by Customs and HM Revenues from the time when Majeed was arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud bookmakers.

Certainly, the nature of his death at such a time leaves many unanswered questions.  The police are treating his death as unexplained and will, most assuredly, continue to investigate.

Mr. Le Cluse recently commented that the club was labouring under the burden of money-laundering investigations.  He was admittedly uncertain as to the future of the Croydon Athletic Football Club.

Football Association may fine QPR and Millwall over crowd trouble

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Football Association may fine QPR and Millwall over crowd trouble The Football Association needs to decide how it is going to sort out a crowd situation and assess fines after a disruption led to 11 arrests.  Following a match between the Queens Park Rangers versus Millwall, police were called out onto Loftus Road to deal with disorderly citizens.  There were also arrests in two pubs prior to the match.

Scotland Yard commented that the police themselves had very little difficulty, as they are always prepared to handle these sorts of situations when football matches are scheduled.  Adequate policing and cooperation with the clubs are used to gather intelligence and control possible and actual outbreaks of violence.

The police report continued to offer that one arrest was for drunk and disorderly, one for immigration issues, another arrest for common assault, two arrests were for offences against public order, another two arrests for affray, two more for assault on police, and two people were arrested for possessing offensive weapons.  That brings the total of eleven.

The Football Association has not decided whether or not to fine the clubs over the incidents.  Earlier this year the FA did level 115,000 pounds against West Ham for incidents involving around 64 people last August.

Of course, neither of the clubs feel they should be assessed fines for the incidents.

Diddy interested in buying Rangers

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Diddy interested in buying Rangers Diddy is still thinking about buying a football club.  In the past, he has discussed the possibility of acquiring Crystal Palace.  More recently, however, while performing a gig in Glasgow for MTV Crashes, he mentioned that he could be interested in the Rangers.

He says that he has always wanted to be a sports franchise owner and that owning a football team appeals to him.  He has conditions though, as he says that it must be able to be done the right way, meaning, his way, with flash.  He also said that he would have to be able to build a team that could win, because he is “into’ winning.

He sighted the fact that he has many diverse business ventures and that he is always open to varied business opportunities.  Along with Bad Boy records, Diddy owns a film production company, two restaurants, and the fashion line, Sean John. Recently performing a free concert with his band at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket Gallery, Diddy has shown his love for this city and his fans within it. Watch out Scotland, Diddy might just have reign over the entire Business directory in Glasgow very soon.

Diddy and the members of his band, Dirty Money, were relaxing at the spa of their hotel after a gruelling six-hour long sound check.  Diddy, Kaleena and Dawn, from dirty money were not done making absolutely certain that everything was just right until the early morning hours.

They had apparently been further delayed by a late arrival on the part of fellow performer Skepta.  It seems that Skepta had made an unscheduled stop to see his friend Example perform at 02 ABC.

Diddy took the opportunity to have a long meeting wit the crew and make sure that every little detail was nailed down tight for his performance.