Whole country behind West Ham Olympic Stadium bid
By Mike Rowbottom
February 4 – Support for West Ham United and Newham Council’s joint proposal for the Olympic Stadium and its legacy has spread across the nation.
Premier League
It’s all Greek in broadcast battle for pub landlady
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – A surburban English publican has won a crucial stage in her claim to screen unauthorised live Premiership football in a landmark case described as potentially the Bosman of broadcasting.
LMA agrees online media partnership with Yahoo!
February 3 – The League Managers Association (LMA) and Yahoo! have announced the launch of an online media partnership that will see video and print content from some of the biggest names in football management published across Yahoo!’s UK media platforms and social media channels.
UEFA warn Premier League clubs will be banned if they break fair play rules
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – UEFA has issued a fresh reminder about overspending following the record-breaking January transfer window in the Premier League, including Fernando Torres’ £50 million ($81 million) move from Liverpool to Chelsea.
England Athletics attack “self appointed group” who want Tottenham to get Olympic Stadium
By Mike Rowbottom
February 2 – England Athletics, the official representative body for all English athletics clubs, has attacked the endorsement of Tottenham Hotspur’s bid for the Olympic Stadium by the Association of British Athletics Clubs (ABAC), claiming the body has “no legitimacy”.
Clubs with muscle make loud noise to shatter sound of silence
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The staggering £225 million spent by Premier League clubs in the January transfer window, including the £35 million Liverpool paid to buy Andy Carroll (pictured) from Newcastle United, beat the previous record in 2008 by £50 million, according to report by accountants Deloitte.
Exclusive: Tottenham and West Ham should both play at London 2012 Stadium claims Olympic architect
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The architect who wrote the original Olympic Park study over a decade ago insists that ground-sharing is the only solution after next year’s London Games and that the Government must step in to resolve the ongoing dispute over the future of the site.
Scrap January transfer window say English managers
By Andrew Warshaw
January 31 – English football wants to scrap the mid-season January transfer window so that clubs can compete more fairly.
Orient claim that they are being “steamrollered out of existence” in Olympic Stadium row
By Duncan Mackay
January 30 – Leyton Orient today pleaded not to be “steamrollered out of existence” and blasted the Premier League and Football League for refusing to listen to their appeals about West Ham United or Tottenham Hotspur being allowed to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012.
Exclusive: Spurs need Olympic Stadium to compete in Champions League, warns Mabbutt
By Andrew Warshaw
January 30 – Tottenham Hotspur icon Gary Mabbutt (pictured) has entered the increasingly bitter Olympic Stadium debate by warning the North London club would struggle to play Champions League football if they do not move to a bigger ground.
West Ham unveil images of Olympic Stadium post-London 2012
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 27 – More than 50 MPs have signed their support for the West Ham United and Newham Council joint bid to take over the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after London 2012 as the Premier League club unveiled how it would look if their campaign is successful.
Tottenham’s Olympic Stadium bid “will stand the test of time” claims leading AEG Europe executive
By Andrew Warshaw
January 26 – The global entertainments group backing Tottenham Hotspur’s controversial plans to take over the Olympic Stadium after 2012 today went public for the first time over why they have decided to partner the Premiership club.
We’ll have to move with or without Olympic Stadium, Levy warns Spurs fans
By Andrew Warshaw
January 25 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has revealed the club will almost certainly have to leave their current ground even if they fail to win the right to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
Exclusive: Postponing Olympic Stadium decision OK with me – as long as West Ham win in the end, says athletics supremo Diack
By Tom Degun in Christchurch
January 25 – Lamine Diack (pictured), President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told insideworldfootball the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) postponing the decision on the future of the Olympic Stadium is not a problem.
London 2012 Olympic Stadium decision postponed
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 24 – A decision on the future use of the Olympic Stadium has been postponed, it has been announced this afternoon.