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Sale l’ attesa per la finale di Carling Cup che porrà di fronte, a Wembley, l’ Arsenal ed il Birmingham City. Previsto sugli spalti uno scontato tutto esaurito. Prosegue il serrato braccio di ferro tra la famiglia Glazer, prorietaria dei “Red Devils”, e la tifoseria del Manchester United.Dopo le dichiarazioni del presidente americano che ha ribadito di non volere cedere il club, nonostante il pesantissimo indebitamento e la presenza di potenziali acquirenti, i supporters sembrano sul punto di lanciare nuove iniziative per favorire il passaggio di proprietà. I fans si stanno già recando allo stadio, da tempo,  con colori gialloverdi in segno di protesta in sostituzione di quelli tradizionali e si rifiutano di fare acquisti nei negozi ufficiali del club.Intanto sul campo il man Utd si è largamente imposto sul campo del Wigan (4-0). Successi anche per Aston Villa, Everton e Wolves.

INGHILTERRA: Premier League
16:00	Finale	Aston Villa	4 – 1	Blackburn
16:00	Finale	Everton	2 – 0	Sunderland
16:00	Finale	Newcastle	1 – 1	Bolton
16:00	Finale	Wigan	0 – 4	Manchester Utd
16:00	Finale	Wolves	4 – 0	Blackpool

INGHILTERRA: Championship
13:45	Finale	Swansea	3 – 0	Leeds
16:00	Finale	Barnsley	0 – 2	Norwich	(0 – 2)
16:00	Finale	Bristol City	2 – 0	Scunthorpe	(1 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Crystal Palace	3 – 3	Reading	(2 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Doncaster	1 – 1	Watford	(1 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Hull	0 – 2	Cardiff	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Ipswich	0 – 2	Portsmouth	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Leicester	1 – 1	Coventry	(1 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Middlesbrough	0 – 3	QPR	(0 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Millwall	0 – 0	Nottingham	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Preston	1 – 2	Burnley	(1 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Sheffield Utd	0 – 1	Derby	(0 – 1)

INGHILTERRA: League One
16:00	Finale	Brentford	1 – 0	Bristol Rovers	(1 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Carlisle	0 – 1	Sheffield Wed	(0 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Dagenham & Red.	1 – 2	Bournemouth	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Exeter	1 – 2	Hartlepool	(0 – 2)
16:00	Finale	Huddersfield	2 – 2	Leyton	(1 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Milton Keynes	1 – 0	Brighton	(1 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Oldham	0 – 5	Peterborough	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Plymouth	2 – 1	Colchester	(1 – 1)
16:00	Finale	Southampton	4 – 1	Swindon	(1 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Tranmere	0 – 1	Yeovil	(0 – 0)
16:00	Finale	Walsall	0 – 0	Rochdale	(0 – 0)

Carling Cup final
Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Sunday, 28 February Kick-off: 1600 GMT
Coverage: Watch live on BBC One & BBC One HD from 1500 GMT, highlights on The League Cup Show; also live on Sky Sports 1; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website

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Arsene Wenger said Arsenal’s six-year trophy drought will not be a factor on Sunday when they face Birmingham City in the Carling Cup final.

The Gunners’ last trophy was the 2005 FA Cup and victory at Wembley would be the first leg of a possible quadruple.”What is important is not what happened in the last five years, but what we can do now,” said the Arsenal manager.”Success at Wembley can help us to have more confidence for the other trophies that we go for.”Arsenal are second in the Premier League, are in the FA Cup fifth round where they have a home replay against Leyton Orient on Wednesday and they lead Barcelona 2-1 going into the second leg of their last 16 Champions League tie at the Nou Camp on 8 March.They have been defeated only once in 17 matches in all competitions.

(BBC Football )

 

25 February 2011 Last updated at 13:35 GMT

Glazers deny Man United sale as strong figures revealed

The Glazer family has again denied rumours of a plan to sell Manchester United to Qatar, as the football club revealed strong merchandise sales.”No discussions have taken place, Manchester United is not for sale and the owners will not entertain any offers,” said the publicly listed firm.The new results showed revenues of £156m for the six months to December, up 8% on a year earlier.Commercial sales of £50m were up 30%, despite calls to boycott merchandise.However, matchday turnover actually fell marginally, down 0.4% to £52.4m, according to the Premier League club’s preliminary financial results.

Green and gold

A campaign by some fans has sought to discourage spending on the club’s commercial offerings in protest at the Glazers’ ownership.Instead, protesting fans have been sporting the green and gold colours of Manchester United’s predecessor, Newton Heath.A report by business analysts Sport+Markt had claimed that sales were down 10%, but the club claimed this was only true of its stadium megastore, and reflected the lower number of home games played so far this season.But while the movement may have had some impact on local supporters, the company’s results suggested that spending by the club’s mostly international fanbase had nonetheless risen steadily.”The report represents an area of the world [in the vicinity of the club’s stadium] which only contains one in 14 of our 333 million global fans,” said commercial director Richard Arnold ahead of the results’ release.

Debts down

Meanwhile, the football club’s balance sheet – a sore point for many fans since the Glazers’ debt-financed takeover – was somewhat healthier.Gross debts fell and rising cash balances rose, meaning that the club’s net debt position – the difference between the two – fell 9% over the year, to £355m.The Glazers’ insistence that they remain committed to their long-term ownership of the club follows a similarly robust statement three months ago that failed to quash rumours of a possible sale.

( BBC Football )

 

Aberdeen and Hearts cancelled each other out as both were denied a third Scottish Premier League win in a row in an entertaining game at Pittodrie.

Hearts had Marian Kello to thank for a point, the goalkeeper saving superbly from Sone Aluko then denying Rory McArdle and Chris Maguire.Rudi Skacel tested Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield after the break.But Aberdeen were the more fluent side with Ryan Jack missed a good chance and Nick Blackman had a fine effort saved.However, the home side were unable to force what would have been their first run of three successive league victories since December 2008.

(BBC Football)

 

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