Greg Clarke: A Bit of A Dinlow Moment?
‘Dinlow’ is proper Pompey. It is used, often affectionately, to someone who has said or done something idiotic. If Greg Clarke has not been a ‘bit of a din’ in...
Death By Committee; FA In Pass The Buck Manoeuvres
You can always tell when an organisation is in denial. They set up a lot of committees to look into the symptoms rather than the causes of their problems. From...
PR Overdrive at Pompey
Ignore the hype. Ignore the sad hypocrisy of the crocodile tears and the valiant claims such as ”I will not allow this historic club to go out of business,” emanating from...
Pompey’s Blame Game
We have been waiting for this since November – but that doesn’t make it any better. The new manager, the younger team, and games like the awayday at Blackpool notwithstanding,...
Too Late for Licensing:Time to Pray at Pompey?
When questions about your football club are raised in Westminster and the Prime Minister agrees that the situation needs investigation then you know you are in a bad way. Not...
Four Star Daydream: the Pompey Owner Saga Part 6.
So, Fantasy Football Owner is being played at Pompey yet again. Against a background of a HMRC winding up order for two months unpaid PAYE – a total of £1.6m...
Pompey: The New Boss Could Be the Old Boss.
Its a form of ‘Pass the Parcel’. A crowd of Russian, Israeli, Hungarian, Hong Kong and even British businessmen sit in a darkened room and spin poor old Pompey around...
Pompey: An Unavoidable Calamity?
Its getting to the point where Pompey fans are wondering if there is some kind of Karmic force coming to a head in the City. Something to do with all...
Policing Football Fans: Civil Liberties Or Taking Liberties?
‘Football fans have been exposed to the type of policing historically that is probably unfair and untargeted. I think it’s evolved, I think it’s moved on. My football unit police...
The People’s Republic Of Elland Road
What on earth is happening at Leeds? I was at Elland Road last Saturday among 600 Pompey fans and the change in atmosphere since last season was palpable. Last year,...
Supporters’ Trusts: Some Hard Questions
This weekend the saga of Trust ownership at Wrexham extends. Plymouth Argyle struggle to find an ownership solution to coming out of administration. In the tales of duplicity and ineptness...
Peter Storrie, Al Fahim and Pompey’s Unbelievable Level
This article first appeared on Pompeyonline in March 2011 and is part of a series aimed at chronicling the history of the club’s fall into administration. “One point two million...
Football’s Values: Unethical, Dishonourable or Ill-Advised?
Currently appearing in the high court are an ex-Pompey director, past owner and recent manager on various charges of tax-evasion. Charged with fraud and unfair trading practices at court...
Arcady Gaydamak, The Israeli Connection and PFC.
This article first appeared on Pompey online in November 2010. Since then, on 29th April 2011 Le Monde reported that Arcady had been acquitted of all charges in relation to...
Custodians, Fans And Ownership: From Arsenal To Wrexham
The Arsenal take-over looks like being a long way from the toxic take-overs of The Glazers and Gillett & Hicks. But, as SJ Maskell writes, custodianship is about doing more...
Safe Standing, The Premier League and Stupid Fans
We have a two-parter on football governance for your delectation this afternoon. First up is the excellent SJ Maskell, who argues that perhaps football supporters aren’t really what those running...
Business, Ethics And Abusive Owners
We are blessed to have been contacted by some terrific writers over the last few weeks, and here’s another of them. Please give a warm welcome to S J Maskell,...