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Continua il duello al vertice della EPL tra le due formazioni di Manchester, sebbene i “Red Devils” vantino un consistente + 7 dopo il successo di entrambe le formazioni nell’ultimo turno. Polemiche sono seguite al successo esterno dei Citizens sul terreno dell’ Arsenal. In Scozia a fine mese dovrebbe essere archiviata la fallimentare esperienza della SPL. Essa sparirà per rientrare nella federazione scozzese che gestisce le leghe minori, la quale, forse, si darà una nuova denominazione. Le prime tre categorie dovrebbero essere ridisegnate secondo una di queste due formule: 12-12-18 oppure 14-14-14 (numero delle formazioni per ciascuna categoria ). Nove arresti dopo gli scontri tra le tifoserie del Falkirk e dell’ Hamilton, altri soggetti coinvolti potrebbero essere individuati nei prossimi giorni.
Manchester City clinched an eventful win at Arsenal to keep up the pressure on leaders Manchester United.
The Gunners had Laurent Koscielny sent off after 10 minutes for hauling down Edin Dzeko in the box, but Dzeko saw the resulting penalty saved.
City poured forward and James Milner put them ahead with an angled finish.
Dzeko made it 2-0 from close range but Arsenal dug in after half-time and Vincent Kompany’s late red card meant both sides finished with 10 men.
Kompany will feel the decision, for what referee Mike Dean adjudged to be a reckless tackle on Jack Wilshere, was harsh but it gave the Gunners hope in the last 15 minutes.
Even then, the home side struggled to create chances, and their first serious shot on target came in the 90th minute when Theo Walcott beat Joe Hart but saw Joleon Lescott clear off the line.
City’s win did not end up being as resounding as it had threatened to be, but it was still a crucial result in the title race.
Manchester United’s victory over Liverpool earlier on Sunday had increased their advantage at the top of the table to 10 points, piling the pressure on City to respond with a positive result.
The defending champions’ appalling record at Arsenal – they had not beaten the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium or Highbury in the league for more than 37 years – did not offer Roberto Mancini’s men much encouragement of managing that before kick-off.
But Koscielny’s 10th-minute sending off, after he had wrestled Dzeko to the ground inside the area by wrapping two arms around the Bosnian striker to prevent him running on to a Gareth Barry header, handed City the perfect platform to change that awful statistic, and keep their neighbours in sight.
City’s long wait to beat Arsenal
Manchester City had waited more than 37 years for an away league win against Arsenal. None of their last 27 league visits to Highbury or Emirates Stadium ended in victory, with their previous success coming when Asa Hartford, Joe Royle and Rodney Marsh scored in a 3-2 win at Highbury on 4 October, 1975.
Dzeko made a hash of the resulting penalty, firing it straight at Wojciech Szczesny’s legs and seeing the Gunners keeper grab the ball after it rolled back towards him along the goalline.
It did not take City long to make their extra man count, however. Arsenal switched off at a free-kick, which Barry took quickly, and Carlos Tevez slid Milner clear to beat Szczesny with a powerful angled finish.
More chances followed, with Javi Garcia heading the best of them wide. Arsenal could do little but try to halt the relentless pressure, but they conceded a second goal after 32 minutes.
Again, more could have been done more to prevent it. Milner fired in a dangerous cross after Pablo Zabaleta got the better of Kieran Gibbs down the right and, although Szczesny kept out Tevez’s initial effort, Dzeko was on hand to tap home the rebound.
Only a Wilshere header off the line stopped Garcia heading home a third before half-time and, at the interval, City might have been thinking of how they could give their goal-difference a boost.
Instead, Arsenal showed commendable spirit to stop the flood of City attacks, even if they rarely threatened at the other end.
Szczesny did well to dive at the feet of Tevez when he ran clear but, aside from an Olivier Giroud header that flew over Hart’s bar, that was the most meaningful incident of any kind until Kompany saw red.
City’s captain got the ball when he slid in on Wilshere and protested his innocence to referee Dean, but the official made it clear he felt it was a dangerous challenge.
With parity restored in terms of men on the field, the home fans tried to roar their side forward.
But the closest Arsenal came to a reply was when substitute Lescott denied Walcott, leaving Arsene Wenger’s men six points adrift of a top-four spot, albeit with a game in hand on fourth-placed Tottenham.
(BBC Football)
Rangers reveal proposal over league reconstruction
Rangers are proposing three leagues of 14 as an alternative to the 12-12-18 format to be voted on at the end of the month.
Chief executive Charles Green has been critical of that Scottish Premier League-backed proposal.
And he warned against “sleep-walking” into a solution.
“It seems absurd that, when most fans are so implacably opposed to the model, their views are being cast aside,” said Green.
One of Rangers’ concerns is that, as the likely winners of the Third Division, they would find themselves playing the same teams again next season in the so-called 18-team National League, should the vote for a restructure go ahead.
“The greater good of Scottish football cannot be ignored”
Charles Green Rangers chief executive
The new format would mean Rangers would still be in the bottom tier of Scottish football, but their route back to the top would take the same length of time, whether league changes are made or not.
The 12 SPL clubs need a vote of 11-1 to pass the proposal, while the Scottish Football League clubs need 75% of their members to agree to the change.
Rangers, as associate members of the SFL, do not have a vote.
The club does not detail how the three leagues of 14 would operate, but a 6-8 split after two rounds of matches would mean the top teams playing 36 matches (2×13 + 2×5) and a 7-7 split would mean 38 games.
In a statement on the Rangers website, Green said: “The recent widespread debate on the reconstruction of Scottish football has been welcome and I am glad that Ally McCoist and myself have contributed and helped stimulate discussion rather than watch everyone sleepwalk into a solution that very few, if any, football fans across Scotland want.
“To be absolutely clear, it would have been easy for me, on behalf of Rangers, to support this model. There is no model on the table that offers our club a potentially quicker route back to the highest echelons of Scottish football.
“However, I believe that while all clubs have to look out for their own interests, the greater good of Scottish football cannot be ignored.
“I would like to set out what Rangers believes to be a workable way forward that may appeal to fans of all clubs.
“First, we think any reconstruction should be implemented not next season but the following season so that every club knows what it is playing for at the start of the season.
“Secondly, we believe that further consideration should be given to a 14-14-14 model, which can be constructed in a way that ensures there is no loss of games but will deliver greater competition through the leagues, particularly with the implementation of play-offs.
“Finally, I am fully aware of the unique challenges a club the size of Rangers face in Scotland. That is why we must explore all options for the long-term, including playing outwith Scotland.”
The authorities should listen to the concerns of fans regarding the current proposals, Green added.
(BBC Football )
Bairns fans in street fight before match
Published on Friday 11 January 2013 18:40
Falkirk Football Club has pledged to take action against any Falkirk fans involved in a brawl before last Saturday’s match in Hamilton.
The incident saw a police helicopter hovering above the town’s New Douglas Park during the first half of the 1-1 draw.
Five males aged 21, 20, 19, 18 and 16 – reportedly Falkirk fans – were arrested, along with four Hamilton Academical supporters, after a scuffle broke out in John Street.
This morning, officers from the national Football Co-ordination Unit for Scotland arrested nine young men in the Falkirk area.
They were all aged 15 to 19 years.
These arrests followed a retrospective investigation carried out by FoCUS officers, who were assisted by colleagues from Central Scotland Police.
A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police confirmed the alleged incident involved fans from both clubs.
Falkirk FC general manager David White said: “The club don’t want anything to do with this kind of behaviour.
‘‘As far as I’m aware this incident happened outside the ground before the match.
“If the police do get back to us and confirm these people were in fact Falkirk fans then we will take action against them.
‘‘We can then give them a written warning or withdraw their season ticket – the action we take will depend on the seriousness of the offence.”
(The Falkirk Herald )
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