The English Football Thread

[Laylabelle 9,534]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp92njv53k3o

With the situation with Awoniyiwonder if the offside situation will change as a result. Does seem dumb but then something like this also rare!

[Special Juan 28,095]

The whole 'delaying a flag' thing was always going to end in disaster, this is a case proven point. There are enough fall backs with VAR to scrap this stupid way of officiating, it's both dangerous and not logical what so ever.

The PGMOL and FA need to get together, scrap it and go back to type.

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West Ham takeover? | American investor with Chelsea connection named

https://www.claretandhugh.info/american-investor-with-Chelsea-connection-named/

The latest name of American investors who may approach West Ham is believed to be Guggenheim Partners, a global investment firm with over £260 billion in assets. The firm is well known to existing West Ham shareholder Tripp Smith, who owns 8%. He was previously reported to have met with Guggenheim partners in Doha, Qatar, in January 2020 about potential investment in the Hammers.

It is rumoured that Smith is looking again to form a potential American consortium, of which Guggenheim could be part. The Gold family could sell all of their 25.1% holding now that the probate of their father has been settled, potentially giving a Smith US consortium 33.1%, making them the second largest shareholder after David Sullivan with 38.8%.

Daniel Kretinsky could probably be persuaded to sell his 27% of West Ham if someone doubles the £168.75m he invested in 2021. A bid of £338m could be enough to seal the deal.

That could potentially give the US consortium a controlling 60.1% share of West Ham to outvote the remaining shareholders.

Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter co-owns Chelsea in another US consortium, he is claimed to personally own just under 13% of the West London club with Todd Boehly, a former president of Guggenheim Partners.

Walter is best known for his extensive investments in professional sports. He is the primary owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, which have won two World Series under his leadership.

He is also the primary owner of auto racing organization Andretti Global, which operates the Cadillac Formula 1 team, and the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Sparks. In addition, he owns 20% of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Lakers and 12.7% of BlueCo, a holding company that controls Premier League club Chelsea and Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg.

Premier League rules restrict ownership of more 9.9% of any one club meaning Water could be forced to sell 2.8% of Chelsea to meet that requirement.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Money
It's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

New car, caviar, four star, daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team

Money
Get back
I'm alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack
Money
It's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit

[Strike 7,474]

Spurs have a second XI but they're playing well so far 

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1 hour ago, Strike said:

Spurs have a second XI but they're playing well so far 

'so far' was the key

because now it is

 

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[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

On 11/05/2025 at 21:41, Laylabelle said:

The Bradford fire documentary is so sad. The speed of the fire is something else

The guy I work with is one of my closest friends he’s abit older than me, he was at the game when he was 20, massive Bradford fan as well, I’ve seen the documentary and heard the story’s off him, absolutely horrific how he describes it

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1 nil Palace

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Eze

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2 nil Palace

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Munoz

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it will be chalked off

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yep offside

it hit Sarr

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1 nil FT

Palace first major trophy ever

164 year wait ends