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PostHeaderIcon Annual Review of Football Finance Reveals Disturbing News

Kumcheong Tang asked: In an earlier article (Pssst, here’s ?60m for your soccer team….. ) which I have posted in my blog, I alluded that the Beautiful Game is degenerating into something exclusive to people who have plenty of money to spare. An increasing number of Premiership clubs are being taken over by foreign hands: Manchester United are being owned by Americans, the same goes for both Liverpool and Aston Villa, West Ham United by Icelanders, Fulham by an Egyptian whose p

PostHeaderIcon Texas Football – The Spread Offense

Daniel Shipman asked: The spread offense has quickly become one of the most common schemes in Texas High School football. I have always maintained that scheme is secondary to execution. The scheme really is less important than the players who have to execute the system coaches put into place. The spread gives coaches hands on control right to the snap of the football. But to really be efficient at the spread, personnel is critical.Like most offenses the quarterback is the key. But in no o

PostHeaderIcon Is Teamwork Really Important in the Game of Football?

Raymond Edeh asked: Any football team has eleven first team players. Every other member of the squad is often regarded as a substitute. But the question is whether it is really important for a football team to apply teamwork. Read on and you will definitely find out what I think about teamwork in the game of football.A football team is made up of individual players with individual talents and skills. A great football team has great goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, wingers and strikers

PostHeaderIcon English Football League Clubs – The Home Grown Rule

Damien Cronley asked: English football league clubs are in favour of a rule that will see match day squads of 16 include at least four players who qualify as home grown. The regulation is being introduced in a bid to encourage youth development and assist the promotion of local talent. Support for this rule is unanimous although some suggest the change is not nearly enough. Some experts would like the number of mandatory home grown players in a football league squad increased to five or s