The Bradford Stadium fire alleged to have been arson

If you were a football supporter in England in 1985, you will remember the Bradford stadium fire in which 56 people died. At the time we were reminded of the appalling state of many of the lower league grounds that we went to in those days.  Indeed I recall a book of football stadia, which …

The press are telling us Arsenal can win the league. But why can’t Man C?

By Tony Attwood Manchester City were bought by Sheikh Mansour, with an estimated individual net worth of at least £17 billion with a family fortune of at least $1 trillion, in September 2009. He removed Manchester City’s accumulated debt of over £300m and has since worked, and is continuing to work, on the infrastructure of the …

£1000 for an Arsenal ticket: why reducing the price of watching football won’t help anyone.

By Tony Attwood Every season the media and their allies in the fundamentalist blogs and associated fan support groups make a fuss about ticket prices for matches.  Sometimes Arsenal are singled out, sometimes the whole of the Premier League. By and large the debate is pretty basic stuff made up of two points: a) Premier …