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Jim Butler 1 h · For this year’s ArchaeologyUK #FestivalofArchaeology I’m delivering a series of guided walks and rides! For details and booking info, please see below! I hope you can join me!

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-citys-psr-situation-explained-9380637?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3agvaisAhCD0G4NXRr3RNvw9FEzZ7qYF2Ca6zRGc4uzBdWfWMVcjj67FA_aem_YEZodXg_csjdoYAkPzDwDA Leicester City's PSR situation explained after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's £30m Chelsea transfer Where Leicester City stand on the EFL's Profit and Sustainability Rules with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall set to complete a £30m switch to Stamford Bridge in the coming hours ByJordan Blackwell 13:29, 1 JUL 2024 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Enzo Maresca chat after Leicester City's 3-1 win over Swansea Cash banked... Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is about to reunited with Enzo Maresca at Chelsea (Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images) Get City transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s £30m transfer to Chelsea will allow Leicester City to breathe a little easier over Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and any potential breaches. While the midfielder’s switch to Stamford Bridge, set to be announced in the coming hours, is officially coming in July, the negotiations started prior to the end of June. That means the deal can be factored into the 23-24 accounts. While it’s not absolutely certain that Dewsbury-Hall’s deal ensures City avoid a breach of the regulations, there is reasonable confidence that they will be okay. It should mean the end of a season-long dispute with the EFL. Back in November, the EFL told City they expected them to breach PSR for the 2023-24 campaign and tried to place them under a business plan that would have forced them to sell players in January. City successfully argued that the EFL’s own rules did not allow that. In March, the EFL, again saying City were on course for a breach, placed the club under a registration embargo. It signalled the need to make some cash before the end of the accounting year. City have now done that. They have made £40m over the past few weeks with Chelsea paying £10m in compensation for Enzo Maresca and his staff before the Dewsbury-Hall deal. The EFL would have assessed City’s finances over the three-year cycle to the end of June 2024, albeit the double-jeopardy rule meant they may have eventually only judged them on a single season, the 2023-24 campaign just gone. In March, City were charged by the Premier League for a breach of PSR for the three-year cycle ending in June 2023. That case will be heard by an independent panel, but in keeping with the Everton and Nottingham Forest cases, a points deduction is expected to be handed out as punishment during the upcoming campaign unless City can conjure up a successful argument against such a scenario. If a club has been punished for a breach of a three-year cycle, when the EFL make their assessment the following season, they cap the losses for the first two years they are looking at, essentially meaning only the most recent season is under scrutiny. For City, that meant avoiding PSR losses of more than £13m. If City had been in breach of that, which they are now not expected to be, it’s not clear what the punishment would have been. Never before have the Premier League handed out a points deduction on the EFL’s behalf, so it could potentially have been a fine, or a suspended points deduction that would only come into play once City were next relegated to the Championship. In the Premier League’s rules, there is no such double-jeopardy ruling, and Everton were dismissed when they tried to put that case forward earlier this year. It means for the three-year cycle ending in June 2025, City will be judged on the past two seasons as well as the upcoming campaign. Allowable losses for the Premier League are £35m, so added together, City have to be within £83m of PSR losses next summer. The Dewsbury-Hall and Maresca deals will help City on that front. But after a year in the Championship where there are not the same financial rewards or broadcast payments, they will still have to be careful going forward.

More rip off than funny

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Yeah I'll update the OP when it's on the OS

We need to remember that we buy players from clubs where the fans feel exactly like we do when we have to sell ours, we're not top of the pyramid so will lose players but we'll also take players. It's always been like that from the day the game went professional subsequent laws, competitions, TV, global coverage have just made it worst.

They have no intention of fuching off as the PL is as if not more important, at least in the short term than any Super League. What they want is to leave the Euro Leagues and have a PL + their own closed shop mega lucrative Super League where they get all the money and control enabling them to play where and when they want.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-transfer-rebuild-club-9379708 England youth ace Golding, aged 18, has been on Chelsea's books for six years and made his senior debut in the FA Cup in January. He was only on the pitch for nine minutes but came close to scoring and setting up a goal. He has captained England and Chelsea at junior level and he was described by the Evening Standard earlier this year as "an attacking midfielder who possesses good leadership skills" while his pen pic for England's under-17s Euros squad last winter said: "One of three brothers in professional clubs’ set-ups, Golding is another who can play in multiple positions and has been very consistent this season."

https://www.lcfc.com/news/4045970/former-player-remembers-larry-may-part-two/featured?lang=en Former Player Remembers: Larry May (Part Two) In this second instalment of Club Historian John Hutchinson’s conversation with Larry May, the former Leicester City centre-back looks back on his time at Filbert Street, as well as recalling his subsequent life in football after leaving the Foxes, both on and off the pitch. ByJohn Hutchinson Picking up the story, Larry recalled the 1980/81 campaign, with the Club back in the old First Division, during which he continued his partnership at centre-back with Northern Ireland international John O’Neill. “The were some really good players in the Second Division,” Larry reflected. “But the the First Division players were just that little bit better. They kept the ball more. They had more composure on the ball. The players were better, including the strikers I was up against. As a side, we were probably a little bit too young. “I loved [Leicester City Manager] Jock Wallace to pieces, but there wasn’t enough experience in the side. He should have kept the experienced Eddie Kelly. That would have helped us more. We were all very young players apart from [goalkeeper] Mark Wallington. “Jock was brilliant for me because he gave me my chance to become a regular in the team. He was a motivator. Everything was about working hard, being passionate about the game, being determined, and having the will to win. “It was fantastic to play in what is now the Premier League,” Larry continued. “The players were better and the crowds were bigger, but at the end of the season, we went down. I would have loved to stay up and, if we had done, I think we might stayed for a few more years. “I played against some great players that season. It was good to be able to pit yourself against them. Kenny Dalglish was brilliant. He was cunning. Joe Jordan was good in the air. Trevor Francis was very quick. Then there was Peter Withe, who I played against at Newcastle and Aston Villa. I liked testing myself against these players. “We had some great days that season. We beat Liverpool (the current league champions and also European champions at the end of the season) at home and away. It was fantastic. Before we beat them at Anfield, they had been undefeated there for 85 games. At the end of the day, we beat Liverpool twice and ended up going down! It’s madness really but that’s football for you.” The following season (1981/82), City reached the FA Cup Semi-Final at Villa Park against Tottenham Hotspur. Larry was an ever-present in this cup run. On the road to the last four, two matches stood out and Larry scored in both of them. These were the fourth-round tie at Hereford United and the quarter-final tie at Filbert Street against Shrewsbury Town. “The game at Hereford was a scrappy old game. It was a soaking wet day and the pitch was really muddy. The game was a battle and a fight, but I managed to score the goal somehow and we scraped through which was great. “The atmosphere at Filbert Street was unbelievable for the game against Shrewsbury. It was a packed house. We had three goalkeepers in that game. Mark Wallington (who hadn’t missed a game for seven years) was injured. Jock wanted him to carry on with his leg half hanging off! Alan Young took over in goal and then Steve Lynex. It was an eventful game. I scored and we won 5-2. “The semi-final against Spurs was a big game. It was a nightmare for us really. I remember that Gary [Lineker] was clattered early on by their centre-half in the first five minutes. Spurs had Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle and Ossie Ardiles in their side. “We gave it a good go, but Ian Wilson scored a freakish own goal when he tried to flip it back to Mark Wallington and Tommy Williams broke his leg. It wasn’t the best day for us. It would have been nice to get to Wembley, but we lost 2-0.” There were no promotion play-offs in 1982. The top three teams were automatically promoted. Despite being fourth in the table with four games to go, Leicester only got one point from the last four games and finished eighth. That summer, Wallace left to become manager at Motherwell. “I was absolutely gutted when he left,” Larry recalled. “I need to know that people like me as a person and, although I’d get the rough edge of his tongue off Jock, as everybody else did, I knew that he liked me and that he rated me as a player, but you have to try to get on with whoever comes in.” Leicester City’s new Manager was the ex-Liverpool and England star, Gordon Milne, an experienced coach who had been successful at Wigan Athletic and Coventry City. Later in his career, he achieved great success managing in Turkey as well as having a spell in Japan. “Gordon was very different to Jock,” Larry continued. “He picked me for every game that season until March but, and I don’t know what it was, I just felt that he didn’t fancy me as a player. I have no idea why, or what it was. “Later that season, my first son was born, and he wasn’t very well so I hadn’t trained all week. Anyway, Gordon phoned me up and said: ‘Can you play against Grimsby?’ I’d been in hospital with my son all week and I ended up saying that I’d play, so I played at Grimsby, but my mind wasn’t right. After five or 10 minutes, I got sent off. I should have stayed at Leicester and fought for my place. It’s the biggest regret of my life. I absolutely loved Leicester. Larry May Gordon had a right go at me and, from that moment on, our relationship was damaged. I should’ve been a bit stronger and said that I couldn’t play. From then on, he played somebody else in my position. I’d never been dropped before. I’d always been a regular. After that I was in and out of the team for the rest of the season, which wasn’t for that long because it was March by then. “At the end of the season (1982/83), we just nicked promotion and went up in third place. We did our pre-season training, but I wasn’t picked for the first game of the season. Then Gordon told me that the Club had had a few offers for me and that they’d accepted one from Barnsley. “I didn’t want to hang around and not play. Also, one of my heroes (the ex-Leeds and England defender) Norman Hunter was Barnsley’s manager. He told me that he couldn’t believe that I wasn’t in Leicester’s side and said that I’d be in his team all the time. They offered me decent money, so I ended up signing for them. “I should never have left Leicester. I was young and naïve. I must emphasise that I have absolutely nothing against Barnsley. They were a great club. It was well run, with good people there. Norman Hunter was my first manager and then we had Allan Clarke (the ex-Leicester, Leeds and England player). “However, I should have stayed at Leicester and fought for my place. It’s the biggest regret of my life. I absolutely loved Leicester. I loved the people, I loved playing for the Club, and I still believe that I would probably have ended up staying there for the rest of my life, perhaps getting a job at the Club one day, like people do.” Thinking back on his successful three-and-a-half seasons at second tier Barnsley, Larry continued: “I was Player of the Year there a couple of times, but I injured my knee there again. That’s what blighted me throughout my career, because there were always rumours that a lot of clubs looked at me.” In February 1987, Larry returned to the top flight when he signed for Sheffield Wednesday, managed by Howard Wilkinson, for a fee of £250,000. Asked about his time playing at Hillsborough, Larry remembered: “Wednesday are a big club and I wanted to get back into the top flight. I liked what Howard said and I liked him, so I went there for the last part of the 1986/87 season. “They paid £250,000 for me which was a lot of money at that time. The next season, I was playing well but, after the first four or five games, my knee was injured. I was out for a few weeks and, when I tried to come back, I was never able to play as well as I could. “Then they brought Nigel Pearson in as well and we played together for a bit. We had some good players in that side like David Hirst, Gary Megson, Lee Chapman, Mark Chamberlain, Brian Marwood and Mel Sterland. Then Howard accepted an offer from Brighton for me and I went there.” He had spent one-and-a-half seasons at Hillsborough, before moving to Brighton & Hove Albion in September 1988. “Brighton bought me for £200,000,” Larry explained. “They’d just won promotion from the old Third Division. Their manager, Barry Lloyd, came up to see me in Wakefield where I lived. He said his side was young and needed experience. I was offered a decent contract and I signed. “I’d always liked the Brighton area so we moved down there. I enjoyed my time at Brighton. I played about 28 or 29 games but, towards the end of the season, I damaged my knee again, but at least I’d helped them to stay up. Expand photoLarry May & Terry Gibson Putting pressure on Manchester United's Terry Gibson during the first month of his stint at Hillsborough. “I tried to train in the pre-season, but my knee kept swelling up all the time. I thought I couldn’t keep doing this, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to walk when I was about 45. I’d done my coaching badges when I was 28. In hindsight, I must have known that I might have to finish playing early. “As I’d done all my coaching badges, Lloydy (Barry Lloyd) asked me to be the reserve team coach and I ended coaching at Brighton for seven or eight years. As well as the reserves, I coached the first and third teams too, with Barry and Martin Hinshelwood. We did everything between us really. “Next, I spent three years as the youth team coach at Portsmouth with Martin again, which was lovely and, after that, I became the first football development officer for Crawley Borough Council. I set up activities in schools, on holiday courses and establishing development centres for the local authority. It became very big. “I did that for three years and then worked for the FA as the football development manager for Surrey, working with the FA with local schools and local teams. Then, after two or three years, I was asked to go back to Brighton & Hove Albion as their football development manager, running all of their football projects for their community schemes. It was very successful. “I had four development officers at East Sussex, West Sussex, Mid Sussex and Brighton & Hove Albion. We turned over £2.5M every year, but it wasn't really about the money. It was about the number of participants in our projects. I worked there for 10 years and it was my last job in football. My wife and I then lived in Portugal for a few years. “I loved my time as a footballer. I’m very lucky to have been in football for most of my life. It’s been a great experience. You meet some great people and have some great times. I still love watching football too, although I can’t stand VAR!”

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Michael Golding English footballer Description Michael Heinz Golding is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea. Wikipedia Born: 23 May 2006 (age 18 years), Kingston upon Thames Nationality: English Height: 1.77 m Current teams: Chelsea F.C. (#68 / Midfielder), MORE Stats Chelsea U-21 Chelsea U-21 League League Matches Games played Goals Goals Premier League 2 Premier League 2 2023-24 2023-24 12 12 0 0 Football League Trophy Football League Trophy 2023-24 2023-24 1 1 1

You could still become a member, you don't have to be active, the more members the bigger the influence.

I'm guessing they only have the rights to show PL highlights

The BBC have no real influence as they only get to show FA Cup games Domestically, they do try to include lower league teams early on but once the big boys join they are prone to select them. They're the same with pandering to established stars using them to front all sorts of programmes instead of new young blood. I believe when someone works for the BBC and becomes famous the BBC should move them on and not pay out big salaries just because they are famous, time for Lineker to move on.

But their plan for the Super League included staying in the PL but with even more money and clout.

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because everyone thought Vestergaard was crap and Coady would be playing most games

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It's football Jim but not as you know it.

....and that's what is pissing him off, maybe he should concentrate on all the expensive shite they bought it was plenty enough for them to have won the league.

it's just another way of saying 'We don't want too many Leicesters'

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-leicester-jim-ratcliffe-9377681 Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe fires warning amid Leicester City promotion New Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe wants leading clubs to have more influence in how the Premier League operates ByPeter Smith 16:30, 29 JUN 2024 Sir Jim Ratcliffe Calling the shots... United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe New Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe has suggested the Premier League’s ‘big six’ do not hold enough sway on how the division is run in a warning that might struggle to gain sympathy from neutrals. The billionaire minority stake holder, who oversees the football side of the operation at Man Utd, has told Bloomberg that “the six clubs who drive interest in the league” should have more influence than clubs like Leicester City or Nottingham Forest. “I don’t think I have enough experience in understanding quite how Premier League works yet,” he said. “I mean, I think everybody has an equal vote and there used to be, I believe, as was explained to me, there used to be a sort of coalition of the six major clubs who would have a certain level of influence in the Premiership. But that broke down after the Super club, you know, the European Super Club Initiative. “And I think they need to be careful that the top six clubs are not disadvantaged because they don’t sort of get a reasonably strong say in the committee. Because at the end of the day it’s those top six or seven clubs that drive the Premiership, and that’s what the world’s interested in.” Ratcliffe completed his purchase of 27.7 per cent of Man Utd in February and is tasked with turning the club into trophy winners again. Man Utd have a net spend, by his own calculations, of £1.1 billion in the 10 seasons after Sir Alex Ferguson left and he doesn’t want any Financial Fair Play rules or independent regulator – intended to safeguard the future of football and clubs in England – to interfere with his plans. “I just think the Premiership needs to be careful it doesn’t get itself into an endless legal wrangle with lots and lots of clubs,” he said. “Because, at the end of the day, the Premiership is probably the most successful sporting league in the world – certainly the most successful football league in the world – and we have this expression in the north of England: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. “If you start interfering too much, bringing too much regulation in, then you finish up with the Manchester City issue, the Everton issue, the Nottingham Forest issue, and on and on and on. And if you’re not careful the Premiership is going to finish up spending more time in court than it is thinking about what’s good for the league. “We’ve got the best league in the world. Don’t ruin that league, for heaven’s sake.”