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La grave crisi che attanaglia il calcio scozzese sembra preludere ad un cambio di format, con un allargamento a sedici squadre che potrebbe prevedere anche il ritorno dei Rangers nella massima divisione.Brutta tegola per il Chelsea che ha perso Terry per almeno diverse settimane, se non mesi. La prima diagnosi faceva temere, tuttavia, un responso ancora peggiore.
SPL clubs to discuss proposal for new 16-team top tier
Scotland’s major clubs are pursuing plans for a new 16-team top tier but will not be swallowed up by the Scottish Football League.
All 12 SPL clubs will meet to discuss the issue with a new league of 16 top of the agenda.
“We remain committed to reconstruction and the leagues remain committed”
Stewart Regan SFA chief executive
The SFL proposes a set-up that would involve SPL clubs giving up their power and merging with the lower leagues.
But SPL sources have told BBC Scotland that there is no chance of their clubs agreeing to the plans.
The SPL’s recent discussions on reconstruction ended in stalemate and were put on hold following the Rangers crisis.
Clubs believe a league of 16 is the popular choice of the fans but have always been held back by a broadcasting contract that insisted on four Old Firm matches a season.
However, with Rangers now in Division Three, that is no longer an issue.
Another option being discussed is an SPL 2 format, with two leagues of 12 teams.
Clubs will meet on 3 December and there could be a show of hands.
Should there be broad agreement, there may even be change as early as next season.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan has revealed that SFL counterpart David Longmuir’s proposal for leagues of 16, 10 and 18 had already been discussed with the professional game board, the body made up by the three governing bodies.
Regan talks to the media as Scotland head for their friendly in Luxembourg
SFL clubs meet to discuss the plan on Wednesday and will report on the response to the professional game board later this month, when the SPL is also expected to give its response.
“If it’s a proposal that the clubs are interested in taking forward then we would certainly be part of the group that moves it to the next stage,” said Regan.
“We remain committed to reconstruction. The leagues remain committed to reconstruction, but that will only happen if the clubs are comfortable with the direction of travel and the proposal on the table.
“Reconstruction has been on the agenda for two years. Just after I came to the Scottish FA, it was part of the Henry McLeish report.
“A number of proposals have been tabled by the SPL. We’ve had debates going on for months and months.
“I think there’s always going to be differences of opinion on any matter involving reconstruction. That has been the case for two years.
“The various iterations that have been put forward have been debated at length and will continue to be debated at length.
“Once we have consensus on a way forward then the professional game board will be the body that takes it to the next step.”
Longmuir’s plan would involve the existing SPL and SFL clubs, plus second teams for Celtic and Rangers.
He said: “We’ve been working with our clubs on ideas and how we might wish to take the game forward and how to improve it.
“We’re going to be discussing a proposal that might re-energise and refresh the game and be compelling for fans and create a better structure for the game going forward.”
“And to re-engage fans and to give them a compelling league structure which creates a bit of excitement, variety and also engages with investors, broadcasters and sponsors.”
( BBC Football )
Injured Terry out for ‘weeks’ rather than months
(CNN) — Chelsea captain John Terry is set to return to action quicker than originally suspected after a scan on his injured knee revealed “no significant damaage,” the English Premier League giants said Monday.
Terry was stretchered off in agony in his side’s 1-1 home draw with Liverpool after a collision with Uruguay star Luis Suarez.
A lengthy spell on the sidelines looked inevitable but after a scan Chelsea said his right knee injury would heal in a matter of weeks rather than months.
The former England international had returned from a four-game domestic ban for racially abusing an opponent, and made an immediate impact as he put the London club in front in the first half at Stamford Bridge Sunday.
Crime and Punishment in sport
Chelsea parade Champions League trophy
Career of John Terry
Racism incidents in footballBut then came his accidental collision with Suarez, who later scored the equalizer for the visitors to put a dampener on Chelsea’s title challenge.
He took to Twitter after the game to send Terry his best wishes. “Hugs to Terry, I hope it’s nothing serious,” he wrote.
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European champion Chelsea had set the early-season pace, but now trail leaders Manchester United by three points after dropping into third place.
EPL titleholders Manchester City claimed second on Sunday with a 2-1 win at home to Tottenham, coming from behind before substitute Edin Dzeko snatched a late winner.
Chelsea’s momentum was derailed following claims of racism laid against referee Mark Clattenburg after the controversial home defeat by United on October 28, which was followed by the arrest of a Chelsea fan who made an alleged monkey gesture at a United player in a cup game just days later.
Terry wasn’t selected for Wednesday’s Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk, where David Luiz and Gary Cahill looked shaky in defense, but the former England skipper made his mark at Stamford Bridge.
The 31-year-old scored his 50th career goal for Chelsea in the 20th minute as he lost his marker Daniel Agger at a corner and powerfully headed home at the near post from Juan Mata’s delivery.
But he had to be replaced by Cahill after Suarez fell on his knee during a tackle, following a mistake by Terry that gave the ball to Steven Gerrard.
Suarez, a hate figure with opposing fans after last season’s Patrice Evra racism controversy, matched Robin van Persie’s EPL-leading eight goals this season when he headed home from Jamie Carragher’s flick-on in the 73rd minute.
The Uruguay striker could have later ended Liverpool’s run of five games without a win but was denied by keeper Petr Cech.
The draw, Liverpool’s sixth in 11 league matches, left Brendan Rogers’ team in 13th place — 15 points behind bitter rivals United.
Manchester City moved to within two points of Alex Ferguson’s United team, who came from two goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 on Saturday.
The pressure on manager Roberto Mancini appeared to be increasing when England goalkeeper Joe Hart failed to keep out a header from Tottenham defender Steven Caulker in the 21st minute.
But last season’s top scorer Sergio Aguero capitalized on poor defending to level in the 66th minute and Dzeko once again proved his worth off the bench with an 88th-minute winner.
It was the Bosnia striker’s sixth league goal this season, and five have come as a sub.
“The goals are my message. That’s the only thing,” Dzeko said after the match.
“Again from a free-kick we conceded a goal as stupid as against Arsenal. We have to improve there. But after goal we were the better team for the 90 minutes and in the end we deserved it. Even when we are losing we come back.”
City also came from behind in midweek to draw 2-2 with Ajax in a result that all but ended hopes of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League.
Newcastle salvaged a 2-2 draw against Bruges in the second-tier Europa League on Thursday, but could not repeat the trick against West Ham.
Kevin Nolan scored the only goal against his former team, giving visiting manager Sam Allardyce victory against the club that sacked him in 2008.
The result lifted West Ham up to sixth above Tottenham, while Newcastle stayed 10th.
(CNN)
Italian football hooligan game given yellow card by sports officials
Play Ultras players must dodge baton-wielding police figurines to reach football stadium while avoiding a stay in hospital
- guardian.co.uk,Friday 2 November 2012 17.17 GMT
As Italy struggles to bring football violence under control, a new board game celebrating the exploits of rampaging hooligans has been denounced by government officials.
Modelled on Monopoly and selling for €49, Play Ultras swaps the car, the hat and the boot for miniature hooligans armed with belts, sticks and bars.
Players must pass helmeted, baton-wielding riot police figurines to reach a football stadium. The winner is the player who can get the largest number of his pieces into the stadium to watch the game, while avoiding a stay in hospital.
“This is not a positive or educational game and seems designed simply to make money,” said Roberto Massucci, the vice president of Italy’s National Observatory for Sporting Events, part of the interior ministry.
Giacomo Lonzi, one of the game’s developers, defended Play Ultras and insisted he was not encouraging violence. “I am an ex-ultra against any form of violence,” he told Corriere della Sera. “The message is: go wild on the board with the dice – but stay calm when you go to a match.”
At least 1,000 copies of Play Ultras have reportedly been sold since its launch this week at a games and comics fair in Lucca. An English-language version is in the works.
Massucci said Italian football was cleaning up its act after years of clashes between ultras and riot police. “Fighting your way past the police to get to the stadium is over, so at best this game is a way for people to relive something that doesn’t happen any more,” he said.
“If I was an ultra I would be offended since it defines ultras as people who smash up stations and clash with police and they are not all like that.”
(The Guardian )
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