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Could the flawed Lord Griffiths ruling that forced West Ham to pay compensation to Sheffield United now be used against the Blades?
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West Londoners vastly overestimate value of watching their team
Standing firmly on the side of fans who are tired of being ripped off at stadia up and down the country, Derby County, have refused to accept a ticket price hike imposed by QPR for their visit to Loftus Road on September 27:
The club said a pre-season price of £30 for adults and £20 for concessions had been agreed but had been sent tickets priced £10 above those amounts by QPR.
Club spokesman Matt McCann told BBC Radio Derby: “We think it’s too high and we don’t think that’s fair.
“We have stood our ground and QPR have exercised their right to appeal that to the Football League.”
Regardless of our completely fudged economy, how many Rams fans would be willing to pay out £40 to see a side that has not won a league match on the road since March 2007 (excluding the May 2007 play-offs, that is)?
It’s pretty extortionate for a Championship tie, particularly considering that Manchester Utd are charging £41 for most Premier League away fans who visit Old Trafford this season.
If Derby fans are looking for a way to protest against against Queens Park Rangers’ co-owner Flavio Briatore, perhaps they should pelt him with wet sand, much like disgruntled Italians did when he and his billionaire cohorts recently crossed a Sardinian beach.
Rubbish team will strike, but English club could save the day
Fresh from a bizarre centre circle protest last week, relegated Levante are planning to ruin Real Madrid’s championship celebrations on Sunday. Players of the financially-troubled club, who are owed around 18million Euros in wages, are unapologetic about a plan to strike and spoil Real’s big day. Captain Luis Manuel Rubiales said:
“Madrid has fans all over Spain, including in our team, and we are the last ones to want to cause it [sic] trouble.”
Levante has not been training all week and are adamant they will not play the league game, which means Madrid will be awarded all three points. If they find themselves contractually obliged to show up for a friendly tie, however, the players also have a scheme to enrage the Bernabeu faithful: according to some Spanish reports, they will field seven players (the minimum
‘Grotesque’ new homes anger toffee-nosed villagers
Residents of a posh Cheshire village have taken time away from their backgammon games, wine racks and learning the Daily Mail by heart to complain about ‘The Rooney effect’, whereby Premiership footballers, almost always from a different part of the social spectrum, knock down perfectly good houses to make way for their vast pleasure domes. The Torygraph reports:
Norman Moffitt, the vice-chairman of Prestbury parish council, said: “We’ve seen some very nice houses being knocked down and replaced by new ones, some of which are pretty grim and others which are simply horrific.”
Wayne and Coleen, who need just one bedroom, bulldozed a five-bedroom family home to make way for their humongous new gaff (pictured above, under construction) - a trend started by Mark Hughes and continued by the likes of Michael Carrick, Roy Keane and cricketer Andrew Flintoff.
Petitions have been organised to stop more of the monstrosities springing up, while Alderly Edge resident
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