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West Ham’s Takeover Is Well-Considered, Stable and Boring

by tyduffy on June 8, 2009 · 7 comments

For those not emotionally invested, the sale of a prominent Premier League club is chum in the water.  We want easily caricatured nutballs in charge, huge transfer budgets, grandiose schemes destined to fail and decimations of the club’s staff.  We want entertainment.
Given that context and the club’s unique penchant for disaster, West Ham’s sale was [...]

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You Cannot Make a Revolution with Silk Gloves

by tyduffy on February 16, 2008 · 4 comments

ESPNsoccernet is reporting that Red and White Holdings Ltd. has increased it’s share of Arsenal F.C. to 24%, making the group the second largest shareholder behind Daniel Fiszman who has 24.11%.  The lock-down agreement preventing a takeover bid expires in April.
Cue the Darth Vadar Theme (David Dein enters)

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