MJWalker45 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Manchester United has started announcing some of their preseason locations and opponents. Games at Williams-Brice Stadium and SoFi Stadium announced so far. I'd expect AT&T Stadium to be another stop, since NRG Stadium hosted last year, if they are coming to Texas which I think was teased in an earlier post from them. Chelsea and Manchester City have announced a game at Ohio Stadium. Crew fans are hoping this means one of them would be playing against the All Star team, but that's not been confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3gvvx898l5o Arsenal Women will play most of their home games at the Emirates next season. "Arsenal women will use Emirates Stadium as their main home ground from the start of next season's Women's Super League. The north London venue will stage eight WSL matches and three group games in the Women's Champions League if Arsenal reach that stage. Should Arsenal progress to the knockout stages of the European competition, those matches would also be played at the Emirates, the club announced on Tuesday. The WSL team's other matches, including domestic cup games, will be played at Meadow Park, which has been their longstanding home. Arsenal recorded an average attendance of 52,029, which included two sell-outs and three WSL attendance records, across six women's matches at the 60,704-capacity Emirates Stadium this season. Arsenal sporting director Edu said: "There's great passion for our women's team right across our club. "We are one club, with a vision to win major trophies across our men's and women's teams. "This move supports this ambition and we can't wait to continue this amazing journey with our supporters." https://apnews.com/article/st-pauli-promoted-bundesliga-bfe42edd5250b4443e250cc7dd72df12 FC St. Pauli, not Hamburg FC, will be back in the Bundesliga. HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The pirate flag is flying in the Bundesliga again. St. Pauli returned to Germany’s top division after a 13-year absence on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in the second division. Oladapo Afolayan scored twice and set up Marcel Hartel for St. Pauli’s third goal as the home team moved top of the league with an unassailable six-point lead over third-place Fortuna Düsseldorf with one round remaining. At the final whistle, St. Pauli fans stormed the field at the club’s Millerntor Stadium — a short walk from Hamburg’s famous red-light district — getting the party underway beneath a clear blue sky. “I’m so happy for the team, for the whole city. We’ve earned it,” St. Pauli coach Fabian Hürzeler said. “I’m very, very happy to be able to coach this team. The success comes from hard work.” The pirate skull-and-crossbones is synonymous with St. Pauli, popularized by fans who identified as punks. It was first carried by squatters who lived nearby and became a hit when the supporters opened an independent fan shop in 1989. The club eventually purchased the licensing rights in 2000 and co-opted it as an official emblem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40318455/real-madrid-reject-club-world-cup-place-carlo-ancelotti Ancelotti says Real Madrid will sit out the Club World Cup, because they make as much in one home game during Champions League as what is offered for the tournament in the United States overall. That didn't take long! Now they are saying they are in! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv22p313e9zo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c299yn7335ro English Premier League fixtures have been announced! The biggest game for Week 1 is Manchester City away to Chelsea. Newest EPL team Ipswich Town welcomes Liverpool. The first game of the season is Manchester United hosting Fulham on a Friday night kickoff. The last non-traditional Big 6 champ, Leicester City, ends the week vs Tottenham Hotspurs at home. Premier League opening-weekend fixtures in full All times BST Friday, 16 August Manchester United v Fulham (20:00) Saturday, 17 August Ipswich Town v Liverpool (12:30) Arsenal v Wolverhampton (15:00) Everton v Brighton (15:00) Newcastle United v Southampton (15:00) Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth (15:00) West Ham United v Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday, 18 August Brentford v Crystal Palace (14:00) Chelsea v Manchester City (16:30) Monday, 19 August Leicester City v Tottenham (20:00) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group in talks to buy Bordeaux http://espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40526933/liverpool-owners-fenway-sports-group-talks-buy-bordeaux Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna FC 1909 is about to go to Manchester United 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 7/11/2024 at 11:10 AM, TrueYankee26 said: Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna FC 1909 is about to go to Manchester United And now French CB Leny Yoro from Lille is coming to Old Trafford Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5647244/2024/07/19/lesley-ugochukwu-chelsea-france-olympics/ Chelsea pulls back a player from the French Olympic team, primarily because they're trying to send him pout on loan. I'm sure France has time to send another player in, but I would have thought there would be a cutoff date where teams couldn't go back and pull players off teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Sad day for French football. Last minute Fenway Sports Group takeover talks of Girondin de Bordeaux fell through, and because they were in dire financial straights they needed that takeover or else they would be relegated from the 2nd division to the 3rd division of France which is just what happened. Now this: 1 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c51y34k3gk1o Manchester United expected to make a decision on spending $2.6 Billion to replace Old Trafford with a new 100,000 seat stadium, or to refurbish the current stadium. Personally, I think they need to rip the band aid off and build the new stadium. Refurbishing Old Trafford is likely to cost at least $1.5 billion if things go off without any issues. The new stadium would likely be built right next to the current stadium, which would then get downsized into an academy/Manchester United Women's team stadium. I don't think they need 10,000 seats though. I think 80,000 should be the maximum they go for. With added luxury seats and video boards, I'm sure those will also eat into overall seating. They also need to update their disabled persons seating sections. "United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to build a ‘Wembley of the north’ for the side and, together with Trafford Council, has put together a taskforce to assess the feasibility of a new stadium and redevelopment of Old Trafford. The taskforce is chaired by Lord Sebastian Coe and includes Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and former Red Devils skipper Gary Neville, Club sources confirmed the taskforce has already met four times, with discussion largely centred around a new-build rather than renovating the existing stadium, which would cost around £1.2bn and take longer to complete. It has been stressed no decision has been taken. Ratcliffe's £1.25bn deal for his 27.7% stake in the club included £237m for future investment in the club's stadium. His Ineos Group have taken over football operations from majority owners the Glazer family. Complications in renovating the 74,310-capacity Old Trafford, which has been Manchester United’s home since 1910, include a railway line at the back of the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand and having to significantly reduce capacity during building works, causing inconvenience to fans and a major loss of revenue. Unlike Tottenham, who played at Wembley while their £1.2bn stadium was being completed, United have no obvious alternative ground to use". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Sadly it did not take long for the injury bug to kill United https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cg647g1q7w0o Yoro out 3 months, Højlund 6 weeks 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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