By David Gold
July 8 – Manchester City has announced a 10-year deal with Etihad Airways worth a potential £100 million, which involves renaming their stadium and shirt sponsorship, marking a significant step towards compliance with UEFA’s financial fair play rules, though the nature of the deal could attract attention from Europe’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 5 – The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) today launched an independent investigation into its “internal stadium procedures” following the suspension of its director of services, Dionne Knight.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 2 – Tottenham Hotspur, buffeted by continual rejections of attempts to take over the Olympic Stadium, have applied for a public funding grant to help resurrect the alternative plan to redevelop their White Hart Lane home.
By Emily Goddard
July 1 – An employee at The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) – the organisation that selected West Ham United over Tottenham Hotspur to take over London’s Olympic Stadium after 2012 – has today been suspended on full pay for undertaking paid consultancy work at the East London club.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 30 – Carson Yeung, the Hong Kong-based boss of English Championship club Birmingham City, has appeared in court after being charged with money-laundering, throwing into question the credibility of English football’s so-called “fit and proper person” rules for foreign owners.
By David Gold
June 29 – Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung is “assisting police” with a criminal investigation in his native Hong Kong, the club have confirmed.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 29 – The future of the Olympic stadium after London 2012 remains unresolved after Tottenham Hotspur made one last pitch to take over the venue by announcing they will return to the High Court seeking a judicial review.
By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow
June 25 – Tottenham Hotspur have admitted that building a new stadium close to the site of their existing ground cannot be done without greater commitment from the local authority.
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By David Gold
June 20 – Alisher Usmanov has increased his shareholding in Arsenal Football Club to over 29 per cent, his company Red & White Holdings has confirmed in a statement to the London Stock Exchange.
By David Gold
June 15 – Manchester United could be floated on the Hong Kong stock market in a move which has been cautiously welcomed by the Manchester United Supporters Trust.
By David Gold
June 14 – Birmingham City have refused to accept the resignation of manager Alex McLeish, who announced his intention to leave his post at the club on Sunday via e-mail, and are believed to be looking for financial compensation.
By David Gold
June 12 – Supporters Direct, the group which seeks to encourage fan ownership of sports clubs, could be forced to close down within weeks if the impasse over the organisation’s funding from the Premier League is not resolved.
By David Gold
June 9 – Premier League revenues increased by £49 million ($80 million) to exceed £2 billion ($3.2 billion) in total during the 2009-10 season but are rising slower than total wage costs, which grew by £64 million ($105 million) to £1.4 billion ($2.3 billion), according to the latest report published by accountants Deloitte.
By Emily Goddard
June 6 – DHL, Manchester United’s Official Courier and Logistics Partner, has been announced as the title sponsor of the club’s summer tour of the United States.
By David Gold
June 5 – Blackburn Rovers defender and New Zealand captain Ryan Nelsen has joined forces with marketing expert Hamish Miller to begin Roar Sports Marketing, a mental toughness programme for elite sportsmen and women.