Having attended last nights Canberra A-League committee meeting I can tell you things are moving along at an impressive rate.

I can also tell you we are in the fight of our lives and, I believe, only the people of Canberra can secure this team.

Melbourne hae been handed a second spot for 2010. Click to continue reading...

"George Bush today defended the US central bank's decision to bail out giant insurer AIG and sought to reassure markets that his administration was intent on confronting the growing crisis.

The AIG rescue was the fourth taxpayer-funded bailout of the year by the Bush administration, although it is at odds with Bush's free-market ideology and economic policies. Click to continue reading...

Joe Kinnear has talked to BBB Radio 5Live following his appointment today, and said that Ashley told him some investors are ready to buy the club in early October, which is about a week away. Joe Kinnear - Investors ready to buy Newcastle Joe told BBC Radio 5Live following his appointment: "I am aware that the new owners [. Click to continue reading...

Peter Vermes chatted with Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports last week, and the article came out late last night. Rogers used the chat as a platform for discussing some of the big-money investors to join the League in the last couple of years such as Neal Patterson, Cliff Illig and the rest of OnGoal. Rogers also calls PV the most wanted man in MLS and references job offers from LA and Seattle. Click to continue reading...

Take us to the promise land I know that I generally write negative things about the Premier League, but I genuinely feel that its existence has been eroding all that we love about the game of football for too long, and that the world would be a better place without it. Too much money is being funnelled into it, by too many people who don't give a monkeys about the game, or about anything but short term financial reward. Click to continue reading...

A veritable glut of stuff to get through this morning.

I suppose the biggest story is that of Stan Kroenke being appointed to the board as a non-executive director. It's long been rumoured this was going to happen so it's no suprise but given Kroenke's first involvement with the club it's quite a turn-around.

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Yesterday in Dubai, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was offered $360 million for the club by Dubai investors, but called the offer an insult and snubbed Arab investors to instead partake in drinking cocktails at a local bar, according to ArabianBusiness.com. Ashley reportedly received the offer earlier in the day and was supposed to meet with [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is asking for a staggering £481million to sell the club to a group of investors from Dubai, according to Arabian business experts. Despite the Dubai ruling family insisting they are not looking to buy any Premier League club, talks have been opened between Ashley and the Dubai-based group Zabeel Investments, according to [. Click to continue reading...

Media reports this morning claim Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood would struggle to resist a big-money take over from Middle East investors. Despite billionaire Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov already holding significant share-holdings in the Gunners,who have always done their best in the past to resist foreign investment – Hill-Wood has revealed that any serious offer would [. Click to continue reading...

Long-winded people are boring, and writing full sentences is for chumps. So instead you have just SIX words. Sound easy? Good for you. Clearly being bankrolled by big investors has its advantages, but can it also detrimentally affect the running of the Eastlands outfit? Do Manchester City fans have big dreams . Click to continue reading...

Color me sky blue and call me biased. On Monday, my concern about the takeover of Manchester City by Arab investors from Abu Dhabi had me concerned. Could these men be as callous and destructive as the American and other foreign ownership groups that have invested in Premier League clubs? Three days later after much [. Click to continue reading...

Which club is next most likely to be taken over by Middle East investors? ( surveys) If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Bookmark to: yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "Poll: Next Premier League Club Targeted By Middle East Investors"; http://www. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are certainly getting busy on deadline day. They have completed the signings of both Roman Pavlyuchenko and Vedran Corluka after weeks of speculation over the players' future. In total this has set back Spurs a massive £22 million, but it looks increasingly likely that the club will recuperate (and then some! Click to continue reading...

The Central Coast Mariners started with 600 members in Season 1. Two years before the first game is played by the Canberra side, we've hit 602 Foundation Members.

We need more, we want more, but let's just take a moment to recognise what we've achieved in just 8 weeks or maybe less.

$4-5 million dollars locked in. Click to continue reading...

Ivan has sent a message to Foundation Message. I'm one so I got the email. But the update is in full below.

Dear Foundation Member

Wow! What an amazing few weeks we have had in regards to the A-League4Canberra bid. Firstly I must say thank you for signing up to become a Foundation Member, we are certainly on our way to achieving the goal of bringing an A-League team to Canberra. Click to continue reading...

The ACT Government has announced a multi-million dollar deal for the Canberra A-League side this morning.

$2.5 million. We need $6 million and a strong supporter base to get in. With a number of investors already on board we just need to prove to the FFA we have 5000 Foundation Members. www. Click to continue reading...

Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, has detailed his vision for Newcastle in a new club magazine  article, that is out today.  Mike Ashley - still looking for investors in the club Click to continue reading...

FourFourTwo said

Slavich was adamant that if all those who had expressed an interest were to put their hands in their pockets then finance would no longer be an issue.

So sign-up and convince them. Full article below


EXCLUSIVE: Canberra's A-League bid team will use the W-League's capital side as leverage when they meet the FFA next week. Click to continue reading...

Walking past a Canberra Bus Stop this morning I heard two more Canberra A-League investors ready to jump on board. The bid is expected to receive another $1 million later today. Two individuals are expected to confirm their plans with Ivan Slavich ahead of next weeks investor meeting.

Oh and another Gold Sponsor was on the bus when it arrived. Click to continue reading...

Every few weeks or so, D.C.'s own Soccer Insider, Steven Goff, answers questions about all things soccer.

This space will compile his thoughts on prospects for a new D.C. United stadium. To say that Mr. Goff spends some time around United would be an understatement, so its just obvious that he provides a unique perspective on the stadium issue.

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Looks like Vancouver beat Montreal to the punch. Here is what we know:

The Vancouver Whitecaps and Steve Nash, in a press conference to take place later today, will announce that they have formally applied to join MLS.

Most likely the MLS Board of Governors have already given tacit approval to their plan to play at BC Place until a soccer specific stadium is built. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League is riding high as the top football league in the world. Last season saw two Premier League teams playing in the Champions League Final for the first time and the League continues to attract new investors from overseas, while enjoying a massive television contract. This summer English teams seem more interested in [. Click to continue reading...

This comes to us from a very credible source within US soccer journalism who wishes to be anonymous:

Obviously keep my name out of this but I'm hearing MLS is seeking investors for Miami. I'm not sure if this means Beckham/Fuller or they are looking for a backup plan. MLS I have heard thinks on reflection they rushed to pull the plug on the Fusion because of a non-soccer fan investor who owned that club (Horrowitz) who didn't know it would take time to build.

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This is in response to the editorial below. We at MLSR are not of uniform opinion on this and this writer strongly disagrees. Here is why.

Today MLS Commissioner Don Garber is expected to announce a firm expansion plan which would include 20-24 clubs.

The question is this: Once MLS has 24 clubs what does it do with the other investors who might want in? Click to continue reading...

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Swindon Advertizer /Andy Cryer - Club will be loser as Power court case is adjourned
A FRUSTRATED Andrew Fitton admits "the only winners will be the lawyers" as Town's murky financial past looks set to linger into 2009.
A High Court battle between former investors' Bill Power and Phil Emmell and previous owners the Wills family over £1. Click to continue reading...

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Another interesting interview from Vital Football/QPR with Ex-QPR World's Billy Rice - Billy Rice Interviewed - Part I


And an "Official" site interview with Les Ferdinand (who says nothing unexpected!)

QPR Official Site SIR LES SPEAKS: PART ONE
Les Ferdinand is 'backing Rangers all the way' to win promotion to the top-flight of English Football. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow sees Indonesian football enter a(nother) new era with the much heralded Super League. But will the 18 clubs who reached the holy land finish the season?

Now I guess it's too late to replace any late withdrawals but this is Indonesia and anything can happen.

PSMS were threatened with the boot but, like a cat, they seem to have endless lives and keep hanging on in there. Click to continue reading...

If you read our story about fans finding an MLS to Portland website and you went to the link www.mlstopdx.com you no doubt got a page which had its content removed. Now it simply features the logo above. Prior to this however the following video/slide show appeared on the site. Who is behind it? Click to continue reading...

The line for a MLS expansion team just got a little longer as Eugene Melnyk, owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, has meet with league officials to discuss a move to Canada's capital.

The report says Melnyk and MLS met last Thursday. Although no specifics are known, Melnyk does bring with him a $1. Click to continue reading...

According to this rumor, New York expansion supporters club, the Borough Boys had a sit down session with major players within the Bloomberg Administration at City hall similar to the ones another supporters group, Sons Of Ben had with the local and state officials prior to Philadelphia becoming an official expansion club. Click to continue reading...

Can England Go Pro Part II - A Sponsor? One thing the yanks seem certain to have is a sponsor for their League. Although the section on their website labelled "Official Partners - Sponsors" simply says they'll be announced soon, the League is so far developed that they must have some sort of investors set up. Click to continue reading...

Can England Go Pro Part II - A Sponsor? One thing the yanks seem certain to have is a sponsor for their League. Although the section on their website labelled "Official Partners - Sponsors" simply says they'll be announced soon, the League is so far developed that they must have some sort of investors set up. Click to continue reading...

Can England Go Pro Part II - A Sponsor? One thing the yanks seem certain to have is a sponsor for their League. Although the section on their website labelled "Official Partners - Sponsors" simply says they'll be announced soon, the League is so far developed that they must have some sort of investors set up. Click to continue reading...

Can England Go Pro Part II - A Sponsor? One thing the yanks seem certain to have is a sponsor for their League. Although the section on their website labelled "Official Partners - Sponsors" simply says they'll be announced soon, the League is so far developed that they must have some sort of investors set up. Click to continue reading...

Can England Go Pro Part II - A Sponsor? One thing the yanks seem certain to have is a sponsor for their League. Although the section on their website labelled "Official Partners - Sponsors" simply says they'll be announced soon, the League is so far developed that they must have some sort of investors set up. Click to continue reading...