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Arsene Wengers speech at Arsenal’s 10th Annual General Meeting of Arsenal Holdings Ltd. [Video]
Arsene Wenger gives an emotional speech at Arsenal's 10th Annual General Meeting [AGM]
"Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger addresses hundreds of shareholders gathered at the Woolwich Suite in Emirates Stadium for the 10th Annual General Meeting of Arsenal Holdings Ltd."
A solid 15 minutes after the jump.....
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LMA chief executive Richard Bevan thinks foreign owners ‘want to end Premier League relegation and promotion’
Do foreign owners want to end Premier League relegation and promotion?
Several of the biggest Premier League clubs want to scrap relegation and promotion, according to the League Managers' Association chief executive, Richard Bevan. The chief claims that the American and Asian owners in the top flight are more in favor of a franchising model that ...
EPL News :: LeBron James visits Liverpool FC and Anfield Stadium for the first time
LeBron James visits Anfield Stadium and cheers on Liverpool FC
Miami Heat star LeBron James visited Liverpool's Anfield Stadium for the first time since becoming a shareholder of the 18-time English champions. The two-time NBA MVP sat in the directors’ box for Saturday’s Premier League match against Liverpool rival Manchester United, a North West ...
EPL News :: Liverpool FC minority owner LeBron James is in the house
LeBron James visits Anfield and Liverpool FC
For the first time since he became a minority owner of Liverpool Football Club in England's Premier League in April, LeBron James will be in the crowd this weekend at iconic Anfield to see Liverpool play in person.
via @STEIN_LINE_HQ and @KingJames
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Manchester City’s Sheikh Mansour and LA Galaxy’s David Beckham top “The 2011/12 Football Rich List”
The FourFourTwo Rich List 2011/12
FFT.com brings you the wealthiest people involved in British football : managers, players, chairmen, shareholders and board members
Overall - 1. Sheikh Mansour (£20bn) (Manchester City) : 2. Alisher Usmanov (£12.4bn) (Arsenal) : 3. Lakshmi Mittal (£11.8bn) (QPR) : 4. Roman Abramovich(£10.3bn) (Chelsea) : 5. ...
EPL News :: Chelsea FC and Chelsea Supporters having stadium Issues?
Billionaire owner of CHelsea FC, Roman Abramovich, is looking to clear a major barrier to leaving Stamford Bridge, by buying back crucial plots of land owned by Chelsea fans. Thousands of Blues supporters share the freehold to land beneath the pitch and the stands at Stamford Bridge as part of the Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) initiative set up in the ...
EPL News :: Premier League loses television rights case at European Court of Justice
The ECJ said in a statement: "A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a member state basis and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other member states is contrary to EU law."
I'm not going to even attempt to explain ...