Randomness

Arrived today. do not like it, the dixie statue is a + but they put both chang and JJB on it as well. better than 07/08 but not 06/07

this is on the fifa website from 2006

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter today received the title of honorary member of Real Madrid and a gold and diamond club badge from Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón at a ceremony held at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.

 

"I am proud to receive this important distinction and sign this collaboration agreement with Real Madrid, a club which was a founder member of FIFA in 1904, was declared the Twentieth Century's Best Club in 2000 and was awarded the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit in 2004" said Blatter at the time.

 

"I am convinced that together we can make a significant contribution to making the world a better place and, above all, bring joy and hope to young ones through our sport."

 

'This agreement is part of FIFA's strategy to work in conjunction with clubs to develop social responsibility programmes that help to build a better world through football.'

Not that theres a conflict of interest there.

they are getting rid of taarbet because he was a martin jol player and said at one point last season "things are less fun under Juande Ramos"

£110K a a week isnt bad for a slave though. Them Boys in the old days used to get whipped instead.

out of touch with reality or what eh?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-n...00252-21313645/

WAYNE ROONEY'S agent Paul Stretford has been fined £300,000 and banned from working as a football agent for 18 months by a disciplinary commission, the Football Association announced today.

 

The independent regulatory commission’s sanctions follow charges brought by the FA against Stretford, founder of Proactive Sports Management, relating to how he acquired the right to represent Rooney in 2002.

 

The charges were also for improper conduct in relation to Stretford "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police and giving false and/or misleading testimony to Warrington Crown Court" in a case about the circumstances of how he came to represent the England striker.

 

The ban will not come into force until after any appeal or move to go to arbitration by Stretford. The second nine months of the suspension will not be invoked if he is found to have not broken any other regulations.

 

Stretford has fought a long legal battle against the FA over whether they had the jurisdiction to charge him, and then whether he could go to an arbitration panel before a disciplinary hearing had dealt with the case.

 

The commission ruled as "proved" seven of nine charges brought by the FA against Stretford for breaches of the FIFA players’ agent regulations.

 

The charges included failing to protect Rooney’s interests and failing to respect the rights of third parties.

 

An FA statement read: "The commission found that Mr Stretford did encourage Mr Rooney and his parents to enter into a representation agreement with Proactive Sports Management Limited on July 17 2002 although he knew Mr Rooney was still then under contract with Pro-Form Sports Management Limited."

 

A charge of enticing Rooney away from his previous agent was not proven.

 

In relation to the Warrington Crown Court case, the commission found proven two improper conduct charges .

 

The statement added: "The commission found that Mr Stretford had made a misleading witness statement and had given untruthful evidence in court in criminal proceedings in Warrington Crown Court, particularly in relation to the existence, dates and nature of those representation agreements dated July 17 2002 and September 19 2002."

 

A further charge of entering into a representation contract with Rooney for eight years - six years longer than the two-year limit for written contracts between agents and their clients - was also proved.

 

Two other charges of failing to lodge representation contracts with the FA were also proved, but a third was not.

 

Stretford described the verdicts as "a travesty" and said he will be launching an immediate appeal.

 

He said in a statement released to PA Sport: "I believe the verdicts of the disciplinary panel against me are a travesty of the facts heard by its members during the hearing.

 

"I will be lodging an immediate appeal against the verdicts and continue to maintain my complete innocence of the charges brought against me.

 

"These charges came about as a result of my appearance at a criminal trial as a witness for the prosecution against men accused of blackmailing me with menaces.

 

"In pursuing their case against me, the FA seems almost wilfully to have cast me as the accused in the trial rather than a prosecution witness acting properly in the interests of justice."

 

Stretford believes had the case been heard in public, the outcome would have been favourable.

 

He added: "It has always been my contention that the FA case against me should have been heard in public and by an independent panel. Had that been the case, I believe the verdicts would have been very different.

 

"Finally, I would like to add my sincere thanks at this stage to all those who gave evidence at the FA hearing on my behalf and particularly to Manchester United chief executive David Gill, Gordon Taylor and to Wayne Rooney and his family.

 

"I appreciate their continuing support as well as that of the board of Formation Group with whose backing I shall continue to fight against these unjust charges."

if ever anyone was in doubt about the echo and whether they were sycophantic read

Finding a top class midfielder has long been the manager’s number one priority and Fletcher, who has made 172 appearances at Old Trafford since making his début in a Champions League tie against Basel in March 2003, fits the bill.

No he doesn't. i know its easy to be critical, but at the moment i can't think of a player who would fit the bill, however if we knew how much we had to spend.......

50,401?? the capacity has Fallen again and we havent even started building!!!

milan will progress if team's give them too muc respect, however as arsenal proved get them over using their legs and they can be beaten

To the Tune of The Baby's Not your's

There's Always Next Year!

THERES ALWAYS NEXT YEEEEEAAR

Oh <Whoever eg Steven Gerrard although Liverpool FC has enough Sylabes to fit>

There's Always Next Year.

Sean Styles : This the Venue where Liverpool and Everton Will Do Battle On Saturday

Irish Kopite : Hey there boay

S.S : What Do you think the score will be

I.K : 4-0

S.S : to be fair i think liverpool will score

No....you must form your own opinion and not be influenced. Otherwise it would never be what the people think but what the persuasive people have persuaded people to think (some would agrue this is what the board are doing)

 

Oh and I do not live in the city but go to every home game & pay into the club, so by your rules my opinion does not count.

i think he trying to say, the decision isn't his.

NSNO already backing away from it...

 

UPDATE : Since we published this story, several other sources have contacted us to let us know that these rumours are just that - rumours, and that there is very little - if any - substance to them. So, back to talking about Mr Moyes and his contract then!

 

Nice thought while it lasted .

But they were all at Goodison right?

googled the guy and i saw this on his wikipedia page

Queens Park Rangers

Recently, Mittal had emerged as a leading contender to buy Barclays Premiership clubs Wigan and Everton. However on 20 December 2007 it was announced that the Mittal family had purchased a 20 per cent shareholding in Queens Park Rangers football club joining Flavio Briatore and Mittal's friend Bernie Ecclestone.[17] [18] As part of the investment Mittal's son-in-law, Amit Bhatia, took a place on the board of directors. The combined investment in the struggling club sparked suggestions that Mittal might be looking to join the growing ranks of wealthy individuals investing heavily in English football and emulating other similar benefactors such as Roman Abramovich.[19]

[edit] Everton

On the 27th June 2008, the Everton board met to discuss an approach by Mittal to buy the club.

That was Awfully Fast!

NSNO saying this...

 

Indian Investor Inbound? : Rumours have reached NSNO Towers of an alternative to the "traditional" Russian investment opportunity in the form of "richest Indian in the world", Lakshmi Mittal.

 

Said to be worth $63 BILLION Mittal is rumoured to have made an offer to the board which was discussed at a board meeting this evening at Goodison Park.

if that is true, they will have to change the club motto's to,

1) Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

2) Kopites are Gobshites

3) Dont have a cow man!

I'm here all week and some weekends too

Well lets take a look see

a)Moyes Could have Resigned

b)DK Has Collapsed without

C) a Call in has Occured

d) Billionaire made an offer for club

e) Other

Louis How did you come to be in knowledge of this info?

You're right once-a-blue, your post won't see the light of day.

you see this just looks like your randomly attacking our group of cretins/Liverpool Fans.

anyway, nice one your brother, although Being invited back to cahill's villa eh?

i know the FSF saga was to get gregg out but who bought him out and how was it done?

he won't sell unless he'll make a profit, someone will probably have to pay over the odds, though surely the club's value would have gone up enough so that a pound for pound bid would be enough to release us from the hands of "blue bill"

yeah its written by the ex Echo Liverpool Reporter, however if/when the stadium collapses we should have £78M right?

Yes, While Andrei "Kanchelskis" Arshavin was the obvious name Pavlychenko was absolutly immense, classy and a good engine (he destroyed that crossbar in extra time) but i reckon we're full with regards to strikers to be honest.

the government may approve it - stadium goes ahead at increased costs

KW sucks money from "future revenue streams" out of moyes transfer budget moyes resigns.

thats not the most pessimistic either, we could get relegated.

but his house is awful taste i'm talking bling hanging off the wall's even copper gold curtain rails. proper tacky. that justifies burning it alone.

just done a quick check,

depite being runners up the season before and champions (without the sky4) this year we're 3rd favourites for the league without man u chelsea etc. 7th overall behind tottenham and villa?

aye but we could be the reality checkers,

October is a bastard month arsenal followed by united. nice

away to fulham on the lastn day, either we finally relegate them or we have to ensure our european football is secured by then.

Saturday, 17 January 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Everton, 15:00

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Barclays Premier League

Everton v Arsenal, 19:45

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Barclays Premier League

Man Utd v Everton, 15:00

OUCH!!

Rumours are that it's Stoke away

i'm not sure if that would do us nicely or be a banana skin, (look at tottenham at sunderland)