Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
INTERESTING article in the Yorkshire Post about the 'experiment' being carried out by Championship strugglers Doncaster Rovers.
Their chairman John Ryan has recruited agent Willie McKay to bring a host of high-profile names to the club on loans or short-term deals. The idea is that Doncaster do not pay all their wages but that the player gets put in the shop window, having lost out on the opportunity for first team football elsewhere.
Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
THE managerial merry-go-round at Chelsea has again hit the headlines but a fascinating BBC television documentary recently revealed a mess at another London club.
QPR: the Four Year Plan was sanctioned by F1 motor-racing mogul Flavio Briatore when he bought Queens Park Rangers in 2007.
Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
THE financial storm clouds gathering over the world of professional football seem to be growing by the day.
Scottish giants Rangers and Championship team Portsmouth recently went into administration and last week League Two club Port Vale were served with a winding-up petition by HM Revenue & Customs over an unpaid tax bill.
Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
OH dear, it's all getting a bit emotional at Chelsea.
Despite spending millions and millions of pounds on players and changing coaching staff at the owner's whim they aren't winning every single match 6-0. Isn't that a shame.
Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
INTERESTING comments to come from Celtic last week after their Glasgow neighbours and arch-rivals Rangers went into administration.
The club launched an attack on Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond after he reportedly claimed Celtic needed Rangers to prosper.
Football Diary
by Patrick O'Connor
FABIO Capello and Harry Redknapp have been the names in the headlines this past week but for the majority of football clubs in England there are more pressing matters.
Apparently those wise men at Fifa are planning to scrap the emergency loan window (whereby clubs outside the Premier League can loan players outside the main transfer windows) in 2014.