Football The 2011/2012 Season Thread

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It was the 4-3 thriller (to spain), can't remember who scored now, just I remember it being the best display of attacking entertaining football I'd seen.
 
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Watched the France - Brazil quarter final from 2006 cause I didn't remember the result

That quality in both teams and Zidane just tearing everything apart at 34 I think he was at the time
 
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Ball rolling on new ground I guess...

CHELSEA FC PROPOSAL TO CHELSEA PITCH OWNERS | Latest Chelsea News | Team & Transfer News | Chelsea FC | Chelsea

Chelsea Football Club today (Monday) made a proposal to buy back the freehold land on which the football stadium at Stamford Bridge sits.The freehold is currently owned by a company called Chelsea Pitch Owners Plc (CPO) which was set up in 1993 after the future of Stamford Bridge as a football stadium had come under a very real threat. This was seen off after a long and financially draining fight.

The idea behind CPO was to put the ownership of the site freehold into many friendly hands to protect it from property developers.

Roman Abramovich's ownership and long-term commitment to the club removes the once real danger that the team could find itself homeless or at a substandard ground, therefore we believe the CPO safeguard is no longer necessary.

Chelsea FC will, in return for the freehold, effectively write off the remainder of a £10 million loan given to CPO 14 years ago to assist CPO's purchase of the freehold.

Stamford Bridge hosted our first home game in September 1905 and has been our only ground since. But the success and rising popularity since Abramovich bought the club in 2003, plus changes to regulations that impact on how football is financed and the limitations of the current stadium site, mean that while there are no plans to move and no discussions over any potential sites, buying back the freehold removes a potential hurdle should a suitable site become available in the future.

It has always been the desire of the club's owner and directors that Chelsea should remain at Stamford Bridge as long as the stadium meets our needs. Many potential ways for increasing capacity have been studied.

The investigations continue but adjacent railway lines, buildings and limited exits are major obstacles and mean that matchday income is limited by a ground capacity that is smaller than many of our rivals.

The proposed transaction would also make it possible for CPO to offer to buy back shares from shareholders if it so wishes.

The club will enter into a legal commitment to CPO that no relocation will take place before 2020 unless it is within a three-mile radius of our current home.

That commitment will also set a new stadium capacity at a minimum of 55,000, and at least 10 per cent of those seats will be made available exclusively to families and supporters under 21 years of age.

Recognising what an important part in our history CPO has played, its shareholders who vote in favour of the transaction will be named in a walk or roll of honour at a new stadium should we move. They would also enjoy priority rights to purchase season tickets at any new stadium.

After its 1993 launch CPO raised funds, by the sale of shares, with a view to acquiring the freehold and putting it out of the grasp of developers, but was considerably short of the amount needed when in 1997 the club was able to lend CPO the approximately £10 million needed. CPO then granted us a 199-year lease for the stadium site at a peppercorn rent.

To date, CPO has sold approximately 15,000 shares, raising approximately £1.5 million. It was never intended to make profit or pay dividends.

A General Meeting of CPO will be held on 27 October with shareholders requested to vote in favour of the proposal either at the meeting or by a proxy form that will be sent to them.

Bruce Buck, chairman of Chelsea FC says: 'Chelsea should always be grateful to those who invested in CPO. We know only too well how close the club came to losing our home prior to the formation of CPO, but that threat has now gone under Mr Abramovich's ownership and with the CPO structure in place we cannot plan with certainty for the future. I hope all shareholders vote in favour of the proposal.'

Chief Executive Ron Gourlay adds: 'I am sure all Chelsea fans have enjoyed the football and success we have witnessed at Stamford Bridge since 2003 and Chelsea Football Club and Mr Abramovich are determined to ensure that the club continues to compete at the highest level of world football.

'We continue to look at options for expanding the Bridge and I should be clear that we have not identified a site for a new stadium elsewhere.'
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Ch3tan said:
It was the 4-3 thriller (to spain), can't remember who scored now, just I remember it being the best display of attacking entertaining football I'd seen.
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That was vs Yugoslavia in Euro 2000 - quite possibly the best match I've seen on TV.


Also I linked that Derdiyok goal pages ago :(
 
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Daily Mail. It'll probably transpire that he's lost his leg in a car crash.
 
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JingleBells said:
That was vs Yugoslavia in Euro 2000 - quite possibly the best match I've seen on TV.


Also I linked that Derdiyok goal pages ago :(
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It was definitely the nigeria game I was thinking of, just got the score wrong.
 
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Yes, but that was after a thriller with spain, being beaten by mini sweden does not change that.
 
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The following from the ECJ ruling will mean no change to broadcast rights:

However, the ECJ did add that while live matches were not protected by copyright, any surrounding media, such as any opening video sequence, the Premier League anthem, pre-recorded films showing highlights of recent Premier League matches and various graphics, were "works" protected by copyright.

To use any of these extra parts associated of a broadcast, a pub would need the permission of the Premier League.

It remains to be seen whether pubs could broadcast match action without using any of these Premier League "extras" and thus breaching the league's copyright.

By ensuring that its branding was on screen all the time, the league may be able to claim pubs were in breach of this ECJ ruling on copyright.
 
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Everz please look into dortmunds prices. What four four two said 7+ months back is skewed. This months world soccer showed their full price breakdown depending on age, then with or without a seat.

Shalke were more expensive so I get the impression dortmund are somewhat of an exception.

Still better value than epl though
 
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£2m for a 15 year old is a bit.... wtf... he must be highly rated..
 
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