There are signs that the football world is beginning to wake up to the dangers of financial excess.
There are signs that the football world is beginning to wake up to the dangers of financial excess.
by Patrick O’Connor
THEY call it the close season – the time when the league programmes have ended.
But that doesn’t mean there isn’t much happening in the hurly-burly world of football, far from it.
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
THE main football programme may be over in England but there is still plenty of going on, what with cup finals, promotion play-offs and, of course, the forthcoming World Cup.
It’s been a crazy few days if you are a Leicester City fan. They were promoted from League One at the end of the 2008-9 season and continued their fine form throughout last year, finishing in the Championship play-offs.
Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
AS the indulgent, self-obsessed Premier League glorified in its over-hyped finale, there was a splendid illustration that English football has much, much more to offer.
With the Premier League games being played on a Sunday, and my usual fare, the Championship finished apart from the play-offs, I resisted the chance to watch a game from League One or League Two but instead settled down in front on the television on a cold, wet, windy May afternoon.
Thoroughly enjoyed the party to celebrate winning the title at the weekend.
Here in the United Kingdom we are supposed to have four seasons, each of about three months long; winter, spring, summer and autumn (fall in America) - though sometimes we seem to get them all in one day: There's an English saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes and it will change".