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Nei preliminari di Champions’ League i portoghesi del Braga si sono largamente imposti sui Celtic (3-0 ), mettendo una seria ipoteca sul passaggio al turno successivo. Nonostante diversi milioni di sterline spesi sul mercato la stagione degli “Hoops” non è iniziata con un’inversione di tendenza rispetto alla deludente annata appena finita. Diverse associazioni di supporters stanno puntando il dito contro l’ usanza di quasi tutti i club britannici di rinnovare ad ogni avvio di stagione le tre divise ufficiali da gara. Per venire incontro alle esigenze dei tifosi, spesso costretti a spese supplementari, Liverpool ed Arsenal hanno promesso che non modificheranno la prima maglia per almeno due stagioni. Inoltre continue rivisitazioni hanno spesso creato discussioni circa presunte infedeltà ai colori sociali originari. Sul fronte calciomercato i Celtic inseguono il portiere James mentre i Rangers guardano a Jelacevic e ad un paio di anzionali del Sud Africa. Hibs e Barnsley si contendono Alan Gow.
Braga 3 – 0 Celtic
Celtic have a mountain to climb to stay in the Champions League after an toothless display in their opening qualifying tie in Braga.
Osorio Alan tucked away a first half penalty after Ki Sung-Yeung handled.Uwa Echiejile took advantage of some slack defending to prod in a second goal from a corner on 76 minutes.And a late curling 30-yard free kick from Nascimento Matheus flew beyond Lukasz Zaluska to complete a miserable night for Neil Lennon’s side.
( BBC Football )
Fans hit out at increased kit changes by clubs
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Roman Pavlyuchenko in one of Tottenham’s three new kits this season
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Fans groups have hit out at the increased number of Premier League clubs who are launching a new home shirt every season.
In 2000, the Premier League charter pledged that replica strips would be released every two seasons to save fans digging into their pockets too often.But 18 clubs issued a new home shirt last season and all 20 Premier League clubs are doing the same this term.Tottenham have launched three new kits every year for six seasons in a row.The north London club have also decided that a different sponsor will adorn their home, second and third kits for Cup games this season, meaning there will be six shirts on offer, costing £45 each on the club’s website.
Arsenal and Liverpool are the only teams who are releasing a new kit this season, who did not do so last term.While Premier League clubs are within their rights to release a new home kit every season, the extent of the current situation is in stark contrast to recommendations made by the Football Task Force, chaired by former MP David Mellor, which were included in the 2000 Premier League charter to give fans a fairer deal.The group’s suggestions, which also included issues around ticket pricing, encouraged clubs to ensure a two-year gap between new replica shirts, which led to clubs releasing home and away shirts in alternate years.
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606: DEBATE
Alistair M – BBC Sport
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Most clubs, including many in the Football League, now issue third strips and commemorative jerseys, but Arsenal and Liverpool still say in their customer charters that “home shirts will have a minimum lifespan of two seasons” although the Gunners stipulate that there may be exceptions.”This gives the shirt more longevity in comparison to releasing one every season and our fans better value for money,” a Liverpool spokesman told BBC Sport.According to Premier League rules clubs must “allow for market research to be undertaken with regard to the frequency of strip changes and to its design”.
They must also “identify the intervals at which strip changes are intended to take place and the date of the next intended change” and each club’s customer charter must be available to the public, outlining its policy with regard to ticketing and merchandise.But Tottenham Supporters Trust chairman Bernie Kingsley said his group had not been consulted, while Football Supporters Federation chairman Malcolm Clarke labelled the club’s decision to offer six new shirts as “frankly ridiculous”.Kingsley told BBC Sport: “The club do talk to us but any decisions that might affect their income revenue they don’t generally consult us.”Last season we said that we didn’t like the yellow stripe on the home shirt and asked if it could be changed, but the club said if they changed it based on what the fans said they would be considered a laughing stock.”Kingsley said the request had been based on a similar discussion between fans of the Dutch club Feyenoord where supporters’ requests were granted.Birmingham City have also just launched a new kit for the coming season where fans chose the design from four on offer.A Tottenham spokesman denied Kingsley’s claims and told BBC Sport: “Our aim going forward was to continue to meet demand for greater variety and choice in all of the merchandise ranges that we offer, including replica kit.
Birmingham’s Cameron Jerome (left) in a kit chosen by fans
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“As a result the club took the decision from the start of season 2005/06 that all our replica kits would have a one-year lifespan and we regularly discuss subjects such as this at our quarterly meetings with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust.”Clarke said: “I think Spurs’ actions are frankly ridiculous. Given the price of watching football in London you have to be very rich to be a Spurs fan already. If you’re paying for six shirts that would be about £250.”Kingsley added: “It is down to the individual whether to buy them or not but in the current financial climate I think the club should be more sensitive.”The club will argue that by issuing new kits it provides more revenue streams in which to buy new players and some supporters will go along with that, but it’s just another example of football ceasing to be a sport and more a business.”Manchester United and Manchester City are another two clubs who have both released new home and away shirts for the coming season having done the same thing last term.
Allan Galley, chairman of the Manchester City Supporters Club said: “People do want to wear them as a way of relating to the club, but I think it’s unfair to bring them out every season at £45 each.”It’s not a popular policy. Young children like to wear them too, but it’s not as if they are particularly cheap for them either.”But Mark Longden of the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association said: “If you are daft enough to buy a new football shirt every season then that is up to you.”You don’t have to buy them, the only thing that concerns me is the ticket prices and the club have not put them up this season, so it doesn’t directly affect me.”Former sports minister Kate Hoey, who was in government when the Football Task Force was active, said the issue was more relevant for people who could not afford to go to football matches but added that parents had to take a firm stand against persuasive children.”The Premier League clubs are a law unto themselves and if people keep buying them then they will keep selling them,” she told BBC Sport.”I don’t take the line where children come home and say, ‘everybody else has got a shirt why can’t I have one?’ I was brought up in an era where I was told by my parents, ‘we can’t afford it, sorry’.”
( BBC Football )
Transfer Talk – July 28: Celts reschedule James talks, Gers to up offer for Jelavic, Hibs in fight for Gow
ENGLAND goalkeeper David James will meet Celtic boss Neil Lennon at the Emirates Cup in London this weekend for talks over a move to Parkhead. (Daily Mirror)
RANGERS will have to better their £1m offer for Rapid Vienna striker Nikica Jelavic with the Austrian club determined to hold onto their prize asset. (Daily Express)
SOUTH AFRICA international defender Bongani Khumalo has suffered an ankle injury, putting his switch to Rangers in the balance. (Daily Express)
EX-CELTIC and Hibs striker Chris Killen has signed for Chinese Super League side Shenzhen Ruby after his contract ran out at Middlesbrough. (various)
HIBS face competition from Barnsley for the signature of striker Alan Gow who has been released by Plymouth. (Daily Mail)
EX-ABERDEEN defender Jamie McAllister believes Bristol City team mate Paul Hartley will be a top player in the SPL again if, as expected, he concludes a move to the Dons today. (Daily Star))
COWDENBEATH have handed ex-St Mirren, Ayr United, Dundee and Queen of the South keeper Ludovic Roy a one-year contract. (various)
STRANRAER have signed former Celtic and Scotland under-19 full back Grant Gallagher. (various)
A Passage to Portugal (part deux)
July 27, 2010 by The Hovian
I’ll be brief with this post because A) There’s been plenty of talk in the Argus and on the interweb about Albion’s second ill-fated match in the Algarve B) I’m tired and fancy a wee nap.
We arrived late Saturday afternoon at the Estadio da Nora in Ferreiras, 3-4 miles north of Albufeira itself, in good time for a few shants before kick-off. The stadium bar were not interested so we found a bar out on the main drag where we met up with other travelling Seagulls on the same mission.
The match itself was never going to reach the same levels of satisfaction as Wednesday’s for two good reasons. Portimonense are not Sunderland, and they were never going to be troubled by an Albion team reduced to the archetypal ‘kick and rush’ British style of play so denigrated by the Great Beckenbauer. The second was that the small crowd was full of Albion fans, a few locals, and a scattering of Portimonense followers. I missed the Mackems and their noise and banter.
We met up with a regular Withdean mate, who drove over from Lagos with his missus and her two daughters. The girls weren’t that keen on watching this game, and they way it ended up made me certain my pal wouldn’t be hassled for a young person’s ticket at the Theatre of Trees anytime soon.
Now the meat – after Portimonense took a well deserved 2-0 lead I was feeling that regular down-to-earth-bump you always get as a Brighton fan. The difference in style between these two sides was enormous. I was scrutinising two guys in particular on the park – Messrs Poke and El-Abd. Poke looks dodgy – that’s all I have to say – but of course he could be better and it’s only pre-season, but the doubt is there.
Adam El-Abd has always warmed the cockles of the residents of Casa Hovian. The big bruiser is the consummate club man, an all-round good guy who shut up a few critics last year with some sterling displays alongside Tommy Elphick at the back of our defence. With the arrival of Gordon Greer – who looks, is built the same, and runs like Elphick – El-Abd has his work cut out keeping his slot at centre back. Greer was Lawrenson-esque on Wedsnesday, poor old Bomber was Hawkins-esque on Saturday night.
The “Brawl”? Nothing, nada. I didn’t see what happened until I saw first the Albion bench empty, then the Portimonense bench empty, followed by two local coppers, and finally, assorted handbag wavers. For the referee to abandon the match over what amounted to a bunfight was ludicrous, almost as ludicrous as his burgundy coloured outfit and his haughty, imperious manner, not in keeping with officiating a friendly match in the Algarve in July. He is obviously an admirer of a certain bald off-duty copper from Rotherham, and this was his World Cup Final. A bellend.
After the ritual booing of and gesticulating to the Portuguese team as they left the field, most of our fans were at a loss thinking of what to do next. Some (including us) retired to the nearest bar again for a soak, others waited for taxis that never came; the rumour was that the cab firms heard the news “Football stadium? Check. Fight? Check. English fans? Check.” and gave the place a wide berth. We were lucky in that after we sank a couple of beers our generous host ordered us a cab home.
We flew out of Faro the next morning, the fastest week of our lives over, until the next foreign holiday of course. All in all it was a great experience and I loved every moment of it.
Hang on, I said I would be brief! But I love waxing about the Albion, I’ve missed the buzz since May, and my season ticket arrived home today, that has given me a much needed post-holiday lift. First game for me will probably be at home against Rochdale on August 14th, I’m working on the day we go to Swindon. Bugger.
( The Hovian )
PORTA SOTTO L’OMBRELLONE……….
Dopo il grande successo di “Lads 2009” (ultimissime copie )
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