We asked Cameron Carter to sit down and watch as much of ITV's Premiership coverage as he could stomach. He emerged unscathed but unsympathetic
ITV have got football. It’s like the Childcatcher and, frankly, I’m scared. With the first edition of The Premiership going out at the Blind Date time of 7pm, ITV were always going to have one eye on the committed fan and the other on its family audience. I sat down to watch it with two packets of Frazzles and a heavy heart.
Divided opinions as two fans debate as to whether Scottish football would be better off without the Old Firm
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The reaction of Scottish Premier League managers and administrators to the suggestion that Rangers and Celtic were to leave for the English Premiership was predictable, with much “Woe is me” wailing. Less predictable was the reaction of a sizeable number of fans of other clubs, which could best be summarised as a well-known two-fingered gesture and a hearty cry of “See you later”.
Brighton's chief executive Martin Perry talks to Andy Lyons and recalls the club's fraught period groundsharing at Gillingham and draws some parallels with Wimbledon's current situation
“If Brighton had had to stay at Gillingham for any longer than we did, I don’t think we would have survived. In our final season at the Goldstone (1996-97) our average gate was around 6,000. But in the first season at Gillingham gates dropped to something like 2,500. It was a 150-mile round trip for our fans, similar to that now being proposed for Wimbledon supporters. Travelling fans were setting off before lunch and getting home after eight at night.
Wimbledon supporters are mad as hell and they're not going to take it any more, Kevin Rye tells how the Milton Keynes plans finally roused Dons fans into action
What is so unusual about calling for the chairman of your football club to resign? Criticising the board is almost part of the fabric of football, but when Wimbledon supporters recently turned on Charles Koppel for applying to the Football League to relocate the club to Milton Keynes, it was also the beginning of the end of years of apathy and denial by their fans.
Keith Butterick looks at how Deloitte have gradually enhanced their reputation
The Deloitte & Touche Annual Review of Football Finance is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Things have changed dramatically since Gerry Boon, Oldham Athletic fan and an accountant at Deloitte’s Manchester office, produced the first report. Colleagues, who tolerated his interest in comparing the finances of football clubs like an indulgent father looks at his son’s latest craze, considered him slightly barmy.