By Brian Sears 24 February 2012 So Wolves have found themselves a new manager in the form of Terry Connor, at least until the end of the season. But they’ve never yet managed to find a win against Newcastle United in the Premier League. And where are they going this weekend? That’s right: St James’ […]

By Sportingintelligence 24 February 2012 Portsmouth landlady Karen Murphy has had her conviction for showing Premier League games with a foreign decoder overturned. Reports here and here. But she is no closer to her original objective of being allowed to show live Premier League games in her pub using a foreign decoder. The Premier League have […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 February 2012 Blackburn Rovers have agreed to sell centre-half Chris Samba to one of Russia’s richest clubs, Anzhi Makhachkala, for an initial fee of £9m that will rise to £11m with ‘achievable’ add-ons, sources have confirmed to Sportingintelligence. The sale of the 27-year-old Congolese […]

. By Sportingintelligence 24 February 2012 . The graphic below depicts the cumulative growth in combined net transfer spend and first-team wages at Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal since 2002. This graphic is a companion item to the news feature LINKED HERE. In essence: Chelsea have spent loads on transfer fees and huge amounts on wages […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 February 2012 When Tottenham play Arsenal on Sunday, they’ll kick off with a 10-point advantage over their North London rivals in the Premier League, and with realistic hopes of finishing this season as London’s highest placed club. The last time they […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 February 2012 It’s happened to the Italians three times. It’s happened to the Germans three times. It’s happened to the French nine times. It’s even happened to the Spanish. It’s never, yet, happened to the English. The terrible fate of which we speak? No club in […]

By Sportingintelligence 21 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the beleagured former owner of Rangers, has today issued the statement below, published in full, admitting he repaid the Lloyds bank loan at the heart of his takeover with cash leveraged against future ticket sales. The wide-ranging statement, published here verbatim, also claims that Whyte wants to gift […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the absent former owner of Rangers whose takeover and nine-month period of control at Ibrox is currently under investigation, broke cover to hold a meeting with administrators Duff & Phelps at their London offices in Portman Square (below) yesterday, Sportingintelligence […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 19 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the controversial businessman at the heart of the crisis enveloping Rangers, ignored advice given to him last May about how he could settle some of the club’s disputes with HMRC, Sportingintelligence can reveal. Rather than follow a plan which might […]

By Brian Sears 17 February 2012  A blank Premier League weekend leaves a statistician with no top-flight matches to get statistically steamed up about. No goals will be scored, and none conceded as England’s top level takes a break for the FA Cup. Don’t get me wrong, I know all too well that football exists outside of […]