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Record revenues but team-building cost weighs on Man Utd’s bottom-line

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By David Owen
November 12 – Manchester United continue to show the financial effects of their attempts to restore their dominance of the English club game, in spite of scoring a near 40% jump in first quarter revenues. A hike in costs, plus a financial hit on transfer dealings as manager Louis van Gaal and colleagues attempt to create a team worthy of the United brand, meant that pre-tax profits in the three months to September 30 were down 36% on a year earlier at £5.2 million.

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Happy Hammers still in profit as they prepare to leave Boleyn Ground after 112 years

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By David Owen
November 12 – West Ham United, the east London club gearing up to move to the Olympic stadium next year, has suffered a fall in annual profits owing to rising costs.

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Xmas comes early at Man City, but will they be singing the blues at New Year?

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By Tom Parsons
November 6 – Manchester City have unveiled their first ever annual Christmas photo which stars first team players such as Joe Hart and Jesus Navas as well as former Manchester City player and local legend Mike Summerbee.

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Mourinho’s ‘special’ outburst lands him back in the stands as pressure mounts

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November 3 – Under-fire Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, the self-styled ‘Special One’ who is suffering the worst spell of his coaching career, has been hit yet with yet another sanction amid reports that he is being sued personally by former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro.

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Kompany sings off the same anti-UEFA hymn sheet as Man City fans

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November 2 – Manchester City’s Belgian captain Vincent Kompany has described as “a joke” UEFA’s decision to launch an investigation into the booing of the Champions League anthem by the club’s supporters.

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Chelsea face legal battle over Carneiro amputation

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October 30 – Lawyers acting on behalf of Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea team doctor who was verbally lambasted by manager Jose Mourinho and had her position downgraded, have served notice of a claim of constructive dismissal against the club after she failed to agree a severance package.

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Man City link up with Ideas Britain to back young entrepreneurs

Man City and Ideas Britain

October 30 – Manchester City are supporting an ‘Innovation in Sport’ competition launched by Ideas Britain via its app which connects young people with great ideas to expert business coaches and brands.

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Pools man ticks all the right boxes to win top financial job at Man Utd

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By David Owen
October 26 – Manchester United, the top English football brand still struggling to re-establish its former dominance of the Premier League under Louis van Gaal, its Dutch coach, has named a new chief financial officer with much experience in the betting industry.

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Manchester’s Etihad Stadium complex to get UCFB campus

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By Mark Baber
October 26 – The University College of Football Business (UCFB) has announced that it is setting up a new campus at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, adding to its existing facilities at Wembley Stadium and Turf Moor.

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When the music stops where will Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham be playing?

Wembley calling?

By Mark Baber
October 21 – Whilst West Ham poured cold water on media reports Upton Park could serve as Tottenham’s replacement stadium whilst White Hart Lane is rebuilt, Martin Glenn, CEO of the Football Association, reaffirmed that the FA would be as “helpful as we can” in enabling a Wembley ground share for Chelsea and Tottenham.

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Chelsea and Spurs top attendance ranking on another bumper PL weekend

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By Paul Nicholson
October 21 – Nine out of ten Premier League clubs reported over 90% capacity at their stadia for the ninth round of the Premier League. Average capacity was 95.71%, with only Newcastle United dropping below 90% at 89.7%.

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Leeds owner Cellino stripped of club duties as fans call for him to sell up

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October 20 – One of England’s most iconic clubs is back in the news for all the wrong reasons with Leeds United’s Italian owner Massimo Cellino banned for the rest of this season from being an owner or director of the club, following his conviction for tax evasion back home.

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Mourinho calls fine a ‘disgrace’ as he complains of witchhunt

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October 16 – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has branded his Football Association fine a “disgrace” – landing himself in danger of a further sanction.

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Saints and sinners: Mourinho penalised for penalty outburst

Mourinho outburst

October 15 – Chelsea’s outspoken Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho, increasingly under pressure after his team’s dismal start to the season by their own high standards, has been slapped with a suspended one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000 by the English Football Association for comments made about match officials.

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Man City joins Premier League profits party with £10.4m showing

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By David Owen
October 15 – Manchester City has emulated the bulk of its Premier League rivals by moving into profit – for the first time since the club’s takeover by Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2008. The club from the blue side of Manchester reported a pre-tax profit of £10.4 million for the year to end-May 2015.