Former United States International and Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel had his highly suspect Red Card against Liverpool at the weekend looked over by the FA and justly decided to overturn the mandatory ban, clearing him for the upcoming Villa vs Manchester United match.
After being assessed by the English National Team Medical Staff, defender Ledley King was sent back to Spurs following his inability to sufficiently recover from the match at the weekend.
After losing his status as an elite Premiership Referee following allegations about his personal life and business debts, Mark Clattenburg was given a lifeline following the decision to cut his ban down to just 8 month rather than the lifetime ban first handed down.
“PREMIERSHIP stars are getting booked on purpose to miss matches and skive off, the News of the World reveals today. The astonishing betrayal of fans by prima donna players was exposed by top Premier League ref Steve Bennett. Last night the league’s bosses launched a probe and said: “We will be asking Bennett for an explanation.”
Due to heavy snowstorms in England, the English Premier League is looking to extend the Winter Transfer Window beyond the 5pm window today on case by case basis.
We’ve already seen Round 1 between West Ham and Sheffield United go to the Blades with their desire to go the Arbitration Claim route and Round 2 looks set to begin with the FA and Premier League launching their own investigation.
UPDATE - Joe Kinnear is not happy about the charges brought against him and plans to fight.
He said: “I’m going to defend myself against any charge because on this occasion I have done nothing wrong and I’m determined to clear my name.
“I still haven’t been told exactly why I was sent from the dug-out, but I believe it was for supposedly saying something to the linesman.
“I will fight this because I’m frustrated and disappointed it has happened. The thing that I find strange is, I’ve no idea how the linesman has heard what I’ve supposedly said from where he was standing and with all the noise that was going on.
“Chris (Hughton) was having his say and I did say something, I know what I said, but I’ll wait until I have to give my defence before I talk about that any more.
“There was plenty of noise around, the fans behind the linesman were absolutely furious and they were saying plenty to him as well, the whole place went crazy.”
Newcastle short term head coach Joe Kinnear has once again been taken to task by the English Football Association after being sent off during Newcastle’s 2 - 2 draw against Stoke.
Aston Villa’s Brad Fridel has broken the English Premier League record for consecutive EPL starts that dated back to August 2004.
