The Football Thread - Page 2649

**george anson** · April 16th, 2024, 07:41 PM

I would hate to pour cold water on the achievements of Stockport and Wrexham but they have had the benefit of financial doping. Which is what the sport seems to be all about these days.

Liverpool FC plan to increase season ticket prices despite protests. You would think that with all the money sloshing about fans could get cheaper tickets, those that used to go but cannot afford to do so might get that chance. Or perhaps cheaper food inside the stadium or cheaper shirts. Not a bit of it.

These corporations just want to see how much they can squeeze out of the supporter. I just wish fans here would have the gumption to do what those in the Bundesliga did. Organize stadium protests and boycotts until those in charge got the message.

How for a utopia where all clubs are owned by fans for the fans. Well worth watching this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-l1FVBw2qE

Are billionaires ruining football ? Of course they are. And these shameless clubs have also been involved with some very dodgy companies who have been running scams defrauding millions of people.

https://motleedsnews.com/news/bbc-ne...cruit-victims/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQ

Greed and never ending greed on top. In this case from some who were duped as well. What a grubby sport football has become. Infantino is even worse than Blatter if that were possible.

**victor meldrew** · April 17th, 2024, 08:51 AM

WHU have increased ticket prices by 6 to 8%. Three groups. Adults, under 21 & over 66.

Adults cheapest 345, over 66 u21 £170, u18 £109, all up the back of stands poor view.

Band 1 adult £1175
66 Billy Bonds £1445 all age groups
66 West £1720 All age groups

Closing date June 4th 2024

New rules if you do not attend your ticket must be listed on the club website, four fails and ST will be revoked. Club fed up with all the empty seats on match days, except Euro games. Sullivan maintains they kept prices low as they did not expect to be able to fill the ground. Next season capacity will be 67000 and rumours abound season tickets reduced as DS likes the day trippers as they can sell the seats for a £100+, which explains the new ST rules.

**pierrelm** · April 17th, 2024, 05:29 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...b3c86c8d&ei=41

Henry Winter has been an unusual football journalist. He's consistently remarkably good
Speaking personally, I cannot think of any other football writer who files match reports to games that I've attended and I've found myself nodding in agreement 99.9% of the time.
Now it seems he has been made redundant by the Times. By what measure do they think this is a good thing?
Time was, when Winter was at the Telegraph before his 7 year transfer to the 'Thunderer' he kept up that odd quirk whereby the Daily Telegraph as a newspaper was a woeful right-wing rag, but the coverage of cricket and football was second to none. It was speculated that the DT had two completely different readerships, one of whom never, ever ventured backward of the sports section.

I hope he reappears, and soon - if the BBC want a pundit who really knows his stuff...er...maybe not, then.

**Devius** · April 18th, 2024, 12:02 PM

FA Cup replays to be scrapped from the first round onwards in 2024-25

Quote:

FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.

All rounds of the Emirates FA Cup will also be played on weekends, including the fifth round which has been played in midweek for the past five seasons.

The changes come as part of a new six-year agreement between the Football Association (FA) and the Premier League.

The Premier League has also removed its mid-season break from the calendar.

Matches will start in mid-August following a consecutive three-week summer break instead of a shorter spell of rest in the winter, with the decision coming from "expert advice from medical and technical departments".

In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded Uefa competitions".

Uefa launched the Europa Conference League in 2021 and the number of teams in the Champions League group stage will rise from 32 to 36 next season. Fifa has announced an expanded 32-team Club World Cup for 2025.

The FA Cup qualifying rounds - where teams from the fifth to the 10th tiers of English football compete for 32 spots in the first round - will still have replays.

The first round of the FA Cup sees professional teams from League One and League Two enter, with Championship and Premier League teams joining from the third round.

Other changes will see the fourth and fifth rounds, and the quarter-finals, played without clashing with any Premier League fixtures for the first time.

The fourth round will be played in an extended window from Friday to Wednesday.

The FA Cup final has also been moved to the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season.

It will be played on a Saturday, and will also be independent of any Premier League matches, as will the Friday before the final "to allow focus on the build-up to the showpiece event".

The agreement also sees the Premier League increasing its funding to grassroots football, with an additional £33m being provided.

"The FA Cup is our biggest asset," said FA chief executive Mark Bullingham.

"This new agreement between the FA and the Premier League strengthens the FA Cup and gives this very special tournament exclusive weekends in an increasingly busy calendar.

"We have also agreed new funding for the grassroots game, disability football and the women's and girls' game.

"All football begins at the grassroots, and this is recognised by the Premier League with very welcome additional financial support."

Source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583

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April 16th, 2024, 07:41 PM	#26481
george anson Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Watford Posts: 8,749 Thanks: 21,772 Thanked 293,421 Times in 8,926 Posts	I would hate to pour cold water on the achievements of Stockport and Wrexham but they have had the benefit of financial doping. Which is what the sport seems to be all about these days. Liverpool FC plan to increase season ticket prices despite protests. You would think that with all the money sloshing about fans could get cheaper tickets, those that used to go but cannot afford to do so might get that chance. Or perhaps cheaper food inside the stadium or cheaper shirts. Not a bit of it. These corporations just want to see how much they can squeeze out of the supporter. I just wish fans here would have the gumption to do what those in the Bundesliga did. Organize stadium protests and boycotts until those in charge got the message. How for a utopia where all clubs are owned by fans for the fans. Well worth watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-l1FVBw2qE Are billionaires ruining football ? Of course they are. And these shameless clubs have also been involved with some very dodgy companies who have been running scams defrauding millions of people. https://motleedsnews.com/news/bbc-ne...cruit-victims/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQ Greed and never ending greed on top. In this case from some who were duped as well. What a grubby sport football has become. Infantino is even worse than Blatter if that were possible.

April 17th, 2024, 08:51 AM	#26482
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,776 Thanks: 531,870 Thanked 179,944 Times in 15,764 Posts	WHU have increased ticket prices by 6 to 8%. Three groups. Adults, under 21 & over 66. Adults cheapest 345, over 66 u21 £170, u18 £109, all up the back of stands poor view. Band 1 adult £1175 66 Billy Bonds £1445 all age groups 66 West £1720 All age groups Closing date June 4th 2024 New rules if you do not attend your ticket must be listed on the club website, four fails and ST will be revoked. Club fed up with all the empty seats on match days, except Euro games. Sullivan maintains they kept prices low as they did not expect to be able to fill the ground. Next season capacity will be 67000 and rumours abound season tickets reduced as DS likes the day trippers as they can sell the seats for a £100+, which explains the new ST rules.

April 17th, 2024, 05:29 PM	#26483
pierrelm Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midst the fen mists Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 55,798 Thanked 72,919 Times in 5,422 Posts	https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...b3c86c8d&ei=41 Henry Winter has been an unusual football journalist. He's consistently remarkably good Speaking personally, I cannot think of any other football writer who files match reports to games that I've attended and I've found myself nodding in agreement 99.9% of the time. Now it seems he has been made redundant by the Times. By what measure do they think this is a good thing? Time was, when Winter was at the Telegraph before his 7 year transfer to the 'Thunderer' he kept up that odd quirk whereby the Daily Telegraph as a newspaper was a woeful right-wing rag, but the coverage of cricket and football was second to none. It was speculated that the DT had two completely different readerships, one of whom never, ever ventured backward of the sports section. I hope he reappears, and soon - if the BBC want a pundit who really knows his stuff...er...maybe not, then.