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ber i will be spending three weeks lecturing at the russian international olympic university in sochi there will of course be significant gaps in my diary and i plan to focus even more on my particular interest the role of fans in football governance and club ownership how this will affect my blogging is not yet clear if things go the way i envisage i would expect normal service to be maintained there is unlikely to be a significant increase as i have only ever posted when i felt i had something worthwhile to say my tweeting of news items should be unaffected my transition from employee to retiree should all in all be rather less of a transition than for most people i see it as an opportunity and am open to interesting offers share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized 4 comments part and parcel of the modern game posted by john beech on january 29 2013 to develop an old media dictum a ball boy kicking a footballer now that would be news the eden hazard incident 1 was always going to have legs as a story because of its shock horror value its inherent symbolism a goliath kicking a david would guarantee that as has emerged there were nuances of the particular incident which have only added to media interest which will swell up again when hazard s case is heard by the fa not only was it a case of a footballer at this stage allegedly kicking a ball boy it was a case of a highly highly paid footballer allegedly kicking a partisan volunteer to me this was the true shock horror element it epitomised the incongruity of the modern game on the one hand there are in the premier league players on enormous salaries whilst on the other vital contributors to the flow of the game unpaid underage volunteers quite how underage was of course an element which added to the story the ball boy turned out not to be 11 as originally reported but in fact 17 where else but in the modern game would you find a physical confrontation between two people with to use the language of organisational behaviour such a phenomenal power distance between them power distance in football at least as measured by salary is a real oddity participants exist on a greatly extended scale ranging from players through managers where else would a manager earn less than his subordinates then a considerable distance along the spectrum match officials all the way to unpaid volunteers it is a mixture that is explosive and it is surprising that it has rarely exploded chelsea s initial reaction was not surprisingly to defend hazard 2 i say not surprisingly because i am mindful that this was the club that managed to smooth over an incident in which a fire arm was discharged albeit accidentally in the workplace injuring an intern 3 among the many differing reactions was a condemnation of the ball boy for his attempt to waste time this is arguably misplaced as time wasting is undoubtedly part and parcel of the modern game it has of course been officially sanctioned since the 1967 68 season by the process of tactical substation out of curiosity i looked at the substitutions that had taken place the previous weekend in the premier league minutes no 0 9 1 10 19 0 20 29 0 30 39 1 40 49 1 50 59 4 60 69 17 70 79 12 80 89 14 90 2 even a cursory glance shows a wild skew towards the later stages of a match substitutions because of injury would tend to happen far more evenly and it is obvious that tactical substitutions are part and parcel of the modern game that particular weekend all twenty clubs made two substitutions and twelve of them made a third my gripes with this aspect of the modern game are twofold firstly it generates an immense irritation for the fans of one of the two teams and indeed the players as the hazard incident demonstrates well in short it lowers the entertainment value of a match and tends to enhance the feeling of we wuz robbed which is my second gripe time wasting is in my eyes unethical from a sporting perspective tactical substitution is all about trying to cement a current score by allowing the opposition less opportunity to compete on the pitch it simply doesn t make sense from the perspectives of sport as sport or of sport as entertainment it doesn t even make sense from the perspective of sport as business to irritate and frustrate half the people who generate the revenues it s surely time we moved on from meekly accepting what is part and parcel of the modern game started to look at the modern game critically and call for change to ensure that sport as sport is the dominant perspective time in fact for a major and effective review of football governance oh i forgot 4 the time for redefining the modern game is surely badly overdue who though is holding their breath well for once i m just a tiny bit optimistic share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in ethics governance organisational culture tagged ethics governance organisational culture 1 comment the stadium curse posted by john beech on december 3 2012 the topics of the stadium which has become separated from its club in ownership terms and the mixed blessing that a new stadium can bring are ones that i have covered in previous postings see postings passim the battle over fratton park is shortly to be resolved in court 1 the twisted history of portsmouth s financial ills and indeed its ownership ills seem to be moving towards a denouement certainly as a member of the pompey supporters trust and a strong advocate of fan ownership i want the trust to win the case they are not a directly participating party hence the quotation marks the case for a much lower valuation is a strong one and for once i m optimistic that the result will for once go the right way if it doesn t it will almost certainly mean the liquidation of the club and the fight to establish a resurrection club will begin in earnest no doubt nearer to home literally as i live and work in coventry if not metaphorically the issue of the ownership of the ricoh is almost as prominent on my radar its origins go back to the heady days when coventry was enjoying a notably long and unbroken run in the top flight dating back to 1967 and the managership of jimmy hill its then stadium at highfield road dated from 1899 and with a post taylor capacity of approximately 23 500 it lacked any of the facilities that a premier league stadium needed to compete from a business point of view it was not a million miles from fratton park to be honest in 1997 under the chairmanship of bryan richardson grand plans were announced for an ultra modern stadium to be built on a brown field site on the northern edge of the city close by junction 3 of the m6 and adjacent to the coventry nuneaton railway line arena 2000 as it was originally to be called was to be the envy of many a self respecting premier league with a retractable roof and a removable pitch making it ideal for other revenue generating activities such as pop concerts what could possibly go wrong well just about everything the brown field site which had been the site of foleshill gasworks proved problematic contamination of the site required two years of remedial work to make it reusable 2 the club was being operated unsustainably by 2003 debts were at a level of 20 million 3 and continued to rise 4 and rise 5 on the pitch gordon strachan failed in the battle to keep the club up in 2001 in 2002 it was only possible for the building project to continue with the formation of a new joint company arena coventry limited 6 50 owned by coventry city council and 50 by the alan edward higgs charity a wealthy local charity for children which has a strong sports interest sponsorship of the stadium by local car manufacturer jaguar itself under financial pressure fell through as production of their cars in coventry ceased 7 to cut a long and tortuous story short the stadium was built but to a significantly lower specification than originally planned capacity was reduced to 32 500 ricoh took on the sponsorship and championship coventry played their first game there in 2005 not that this proved a particular turning point for the club in 2007 a potentially club saving takeover by american consortium manhattan sports capital partners fell through 8 then having come within twenty five minutes of going into administration the club was acquired by venture capitalists sisu 9 although sisu planned to buy at least the 50 of the shares owned by the alan edward higgs charity this has not happened and the club continues to rent the stadium from arena coventry limited from the club s financial perspective the stadium is thus a monthly liability rather than the major asset and revenue generator originally envisaged relegation from the championship to league 1 in 2011 exacerbated an already difficult situation attendances and revenues were hit the agreed rent reported to be 100 000 per month became significantly unrealistic for a league 1 club to sustain again cutting a long story short the owners and club have been unable to agree a compromise rent that is realistic and the club sisu that is started a rent strike in march last year 10 obviously this is a situation that cannot run on indefinitely and in the last few weeks matters have come to a head with both sides apparently digging their heels in and maintaining collision course on the one hand deputy conservative leader john blundell says that acl may have to seek a winding up order over the unpaid arrears 11 while on the other coventry city chief executive tim fisher accuses arena coventry limited of pulling out of talks 12 whatever the rights and wrongs of the respective protagonists some compromise needs to be reached and rapidly as well as the two confrontational tales of fratton park and the ricoh there is a crumb of comfort on the stadium front at stockport county s edgeley park 13 where a deal has been announced that will see the club running the stadium at a reduced rent and retaining the revenues from it let s hope there will positive news to report shortly from both coventry and portsmouth share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in assets investors ownership stadium trusts tagged assets investors ownership stadium supporters trust 7 comments pompey the turning point posted by john beech on november 20 2012 i ve not blogged recently on the pompey basket case not because there wasn t much happening but rather because there has been almost too much happening to stop and take a coherent view in fact the last time i posted was back in march 2011 when i commented portsmouth city football club ltd is dead long live portsmouth football club 2010 ltd 1 and it reads today like some historical piece and at least a tad ironic to boot the tagline was onward and upward at portsmouth the announcement that a conditional sale to the pompey supporters trust has been agreed 2 brings at least some sort of turning point that the alternative bid from balram chainrai was turned down by the administrator can only be good news just how many times can the same person save a club trevor birch s choice may or may not have been influenced by the blogs of micah hall 3 but certainly the lack of response to the questions micah posed to tavistock communications portpin s pr company spoke volumes micah s digging deserves an award and shows how far a fan can go in the bigger picture of financial decision making the fly in the ointment of the sale is of course the issue of the value that chainrai is trying to place on fratton park unless he finally decides to bow out gracefully accepting that he made a very bad business call the matter will go to court with independent valuations at a much lower level the trust stands a very good chance of getting the desired result there is also the matter of a potential further ten points deduction on coming out of administration here i am less optimistic i fear it will be yet more evidence that the deduction of points is an entirely dysfunctional sanction but let s not burn our bridges before we come to them all in all there does finally seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel and this hopefully will prove a turning point in the club s miserable fortunes in the bigger picture it may well prove to be a turning point in the road to fan ownership of clubs it does need to be seen though as one of many turning points as i m sure brentford chester exeter wrexham and wimbledon fans and that s not a definitive list would be quick to point out it s significance will depend on how well the hybrid model involving high net worth individuals will work in practice if it does work it will doubtless encourage the supporters trusts at bigger clubs such as liverpool manchester united and newcastle as a member of the pompey supporters trust i feel considerably more confident regarding the future than i have for a very long time i ve even put a bottle of bubbly in the fridge but i ll not actually open it though until fratton park is in the fans hands the only certainty is the debt of gratitude pompey fans owe to the pst board let s show our gratitude by uniting behind them share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in community fans insolvency ownership points deduction sanctions stadium trusts tagged community fans insolvency ownership points deduction sanctions stadium supporters trust 3 comments round up of season 2011 12 posted by john beech on september 8 2012 the 2011 12 season has been characterised by long running sagas normally i find myself in an annual review recounting a series of relatively self contained accounts of the woes which have beset a number of clubs but many of those listed below are far from resolved scenarios the selection is not systematic it consists of the clubs who have found themselves on my radar screen further suggestions are welcomed ashford town for a club to have its two co owners feuding 1 was always likely to lead to tears before bed time add to this a withdrawal from its league in 2010 2 and there is a clear downward pattern this july hmrc issued a winding up petition 3 billingham town a long dispute with hartlepool over who should pay for improvements to the billingham stadium 4 had been resolved in december 2010 but in january this year billingham sought to wind themselves up 5 however hmrc then stepped in with their own winding up petition 6 the former of the these two seems to have been granted in april 7 but nonetheless the club is still is playing any insight into what has happened would be much appreciated coventry city coventry city have faced 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