When Saturday Comes

21. Forward move: (Business & finance); ... ases which reached the European Court of Justice in the 1970s confirmed it was illegal to restrict movement on the basis of nationality. The Bosman ruling should have put an end to all this. Yet we ...; Created on 14 November 2000
22. Loyalty bonus: (Editorials); ... United, what was the point of moving anyway? Until Bosman, moving clubs was still often more trouble than it was worth. In the idealised world of football past, it was “loyalty” that bound players to ...; Created on 14 October 1999
23. For better or worse: (Fan culture); ... often noticed is that with the Bosman ruling and so few English players being bought from lower division teams, they are really now at the mercy of the big clubs. The boy from York who went to Sheffield ...; Created on 14 August 1999
24. The right to moan: (Players); ... country (the European Union plus another few countries, such as Norway and Iceland) and those who are not. The Bosman ruling, apart from guaranteeing out-of-contract players free transfers, also established ...; Created on 14 July 1999
25. Way down south: (Clubs); ... a club hopelessly ill-equipped to compete with the big boys, with a small home support and no guarantee of transfer fees for talented youngsters thanks to the Bosman ruling. The plans for the Scottish ...; Created on 14 March 1999
26. Helter Celta: (Europe); The relaxation of restrictions post-Bosman has seen clubs across Europe experimenting with bulk importation of foreigners. Some have got their fingers burned, but Spain's Celta Vigo are a surprising ...; Created on 14 February 1999
27. October 1998: (Diary); ... matches after another stalemate against Liverpool. Afterwards Roy Evans admits that Steve McManaman may be sold during this season rather than being lost under the Bosman ruling in the summer. The McManaman ...; Created on 14 December 1998
28. Councils of despair: (Clubs); ... for a few seasons then selling them. The Bosman Ruling is likely to reduce the amount of money Vale can generate in this manner. Attendances don’t pay the wages, which means that Vale need to diversify ...; Created on 14 December 1998
29. Money go round: (Business & finance); ... 1995 Bosman ruling, which allowed out-of-contract players to move clubs on free transfers, has most changed domestic football and they will talk of the hundreds of foreign players who make a living in ...; Created on 14 October 1998
30. De Boer war: (Players); ... presided over the most important case since the Bosman ruling. If the De Boer brothers Frank and Ronald won the right to tear up their contract with Ajax, players around Europe would be able to follow ...; Created on 14 September 1998
31. Old habits: (World Cup 1998); ... f his own association. Those who finally make it into First or Second Division squads are confronted with one major obstacle: the Bosman ruling often makes clubs take the easy option and sign experienced ...; Created on 14 August 1998
32. Seasonal badwill: (Clubs); ... But whilst Chelsea have launched a £10 million double swoop for Pierluigi Casiraghi and Dino Baggio, West Ham have announced that they have already signed two players under the Bosman ruling. The Chelsea ...; Created on 14 June 1998
33. Waging wars: (Players); ... been in a much stronger position to demand more money thanks to the changes in the transfer system prompted by the Bosman ruling. If the huge rise in club revenues provided the fuel for the fire underneath ...; Created on 14 June 1998
34. Breaking the bank: (Clubs); ... brothers, who had spent the previous two years literally stripping the club of anything that was of value, and a few things that weren’t. Blaming the Bosman ruling, which they claimed would make it impossible ...; Created on 14 April 1998
35. A smart bit of keeping: (Players); ... This post-Bosman beast preys on unsuspecting clubs, wooing them into his bed by negotiating trendy new contracts before striking them down with a killer sub-clause and fleeing into the night, crisp tenners ...; Created on 14 March 1998
36. The Wanna Bes – Scottish Division One: (Clubs); ... and Lindberg, on the Bosman ruling, we will struggle to compete with teams such as Dundee, Raith Rovers and Airdrie who have superior resources. Most important figure? Undoubtedly, this onus falls on ...; Created on 14 October 1997
37. Age of consent: (Players); Sara Gilmore explains why the latest attempt to deal with the aftermath of the Bosman Ruling may prove to be in the best interests of the bigger clubs but a disaster for the rest Currently if an out-of-contract ...; Created on 14 May 1997
38. Contract to kill...: (Players); ... legal challenge on behalf of two Premiership players – one of whom is thought to be Vinnie Jones – against the transfer system. They will be seeking a ‘domestic Bosman’, namely a ruling that players out ...; Created on 14 May 1997
39. Judge for yourself: (Organisation & structure); ... in the Bosman case. Rex Garton, a solicitor and vice chairman of Scunthorpe, hopes that the increasing number of football-related court cases will make the authorities sit up and think. Despite the money-grabbing ...; Created on 14 May 1997
40. Poaching manual: (Organisation & structure); ... the “Wenger” loop-hole, – only French clubs have agreed to the charter. According to European law and backed up by the Bosman ruling, Anelka is within his rights to refuse to sign a new contract with ...; Created on 14 March 1997

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