Was there football pre 1992? part 6. John McFarlane Snr 25/05/2021
Jump to last To conclude the theme that football was certainly alive and kicking before the TV companies highjacked it with the creation of the Premier League, I have endeavoured to capture some highlights since I first visited Goodison Park in 1948 as a 10-year-old schoolboy.
Season 1985-86
Bobby Robson said that he was not happy with the League s refusal to postpone matches before England s World Cup qualifying games.
Jack Charlton resigned as manager of Newcastle United after fans called for his resignation during a pre-season friendly with Sheffield United.
Charlton Athletic agreed to move to Selhurst Park after the Greater London Council condemned the east terrace at The Valley. Their last match at The Valley in September attracted their largest crowd of the season; after the game, fans dug up the pitch for souvenirs.
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Crystal Palace Chairman has written the below column for the Sunday Times, republished below in full.
After three years of meticulous planning or three days, depending on who is telling the story Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, spilt the beans over lunch to, of all people, the La Liga president, Javier Tebas, who said that what he heard amounted to “a Super League of PowerPoints there is not enough television money in the world to match the figures they were talking about”.
Tebas called everyone and anyone who mattered, including the Uefa president, Alexander Ceferin.
The Super League news reached me last Sunday while on a run/stroll and a wry smile came over my face. I thought, ‘So, at last I will get to find out if it’s them or me that’s nuts, surely they wouldn’t be so stupid as to finally attempt to pull up the drawbridge and consign every other club to the perennial also-rans they believe us to be?’
Crystal Palace Chairman, Steve Parish, has said that the proposed UEFA Champions League reforms would have “a devastating effect” on English football.
UEFAâs proposal would see 100 more matches and four extra dates created for European fixtures before Christmas.
Parish has voiced his disapproval over the plans, which will inevitably threaten the status of the EFL Cup.
“It feels like we’re expected to accept these proposals because they are not as bad as they could have been,” he said.
“This would have a devastating effect on domestic competitions in England. The League Cup is the largest financial contributor to the Football League and this will either be the end of that cup in its entirety or reduce it to a youth competition.
A former Crystal Palace Chairman, Simon Jordan, has told Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, that Anthony Martial will get him sacked from