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ential owner 37 portsmouth here we go yet again the club as company has been more or less continuously the basket case of english football for the past four decades and this last season has proved no exception with the arrest of the latest owners in november 38 and a now familiar drop into administration in february i m going to hold back in my lengthier comments for the moment as we seem to be on the point of either the start of a new chapter in the saga or dénouement suffice it to say in the red corner is balram chainrai threatening to save the club again to me this is a bit like giving up smoking you can t logically apply the phrase on more than one occasion in the blue corner is the pompey supporters trust vested interest declared i have made a pledge to buy shares and would urge all pompey fans to do likewise here prescot cables in an act all too rare in english football the supporter owned club took the difficult but realistic decision to return to amateur status 39 rossendale united effectively defunct at the end of the previous season the club still appeared on my radar screen in march the club was still being chased for 37 000 by hmrc 40 in january the defunct stadium had been gutted by fire 41 and the next month the owner andrew connolly had announced plans to redevelop the site with 50 new houses 42 this forced the abandonment of plans for a resurrection club 43 rothwell town which is by the way five miles from kettering and thirteen from irthlingborough in may 2010 the club had withdrawn from the southern league due to financial difficulties 44 and a mooted rescue did not materialise 45 last october the club went into administration 46 and in march the ground was put up for sale 47 as far as i can make out there have been no further substantive developments again any local input would be appreciated stockport county yet another season of uncertainty for county see postings passim and twohundredpercent the end of a ground sharing agreement for edgeley park with sale sharks will have added to the financial pressures 48 truro city an interesting case of amazing success on the pitch driven by a benefactor which has proved unsustainable 49 the club has been pursued by hmrc 50 struggled to play its players 51 and at the start of the current season has had to seek protection through administration 52 two mysteries remain the involvement of the salisbury city chairman william harrison allison 53 and the sale of the ground 54 the timing of the latter will guarantee that this story has legs widnes the joker in this particular pack destined to be an obscure name that only reappears occasionally in pub quizzes it marks an attempt by steven vaughan he of barrow chester and at one time allegedly wrexham fame see postings passim through his son to create a football club from scratch originally to be called widnes town 55 it had to change its name on the not unreasonable grounds that widens town already existed 56 finding a ground to pay at proved challenging 57 and stephen vaughan seems to have opted to weave his own very particular brand of football magic in malta instead 58 very roughly the clubs involved fall into two groups first here are the league clubs here there seems to be a continuing trend of slightly fewer clubs getting into financial difficulty but those that do do so on a grand scale and perhaps do so on a kind of cyclical basis one crisis leads directly to the next one the second group the non league clubs frequently display benefactor withdrawal syndrome bws the unsustainability of this business model becomes particularly problematic when the benefactor has lifted the club up the pyramid to a level where his withdrawal makes survival especially difficult clubs like crawley town and fleetwood are surely vulnerable to bws not to mention the league and premier league clubs of much longer standing who have become benefactor dependent when i started preparing this posting i did so with as close to a sense of cautious optimism as i manage with the natural exception of portsmouth surely things were beginning to look a little rosier in the football football finance garden having completed it i ve fallen back to more usual mood of pessimism wondering when club owners are going to get a grip and face reality full marks to prescot cables as an exception not that aren t some good practice stories out there wrexham and chester provide the most encouraging examples at least fifteen years ago i wondered when the bubble was going to burst this has obviously proved the wrong metaphor suggestions for a more appropriate one are welcomed 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 benefactors debts hmrc insolvency ownership resurrection trusts tagged benefactors debts hmrc insolvency ownership resurrection supporters trust leave a comment a little light uefanomics posted by john beech on june 24 2012 with doff of cap to my chum stefan szymanski and his co author simon kuypers the second edition of whose fascinating book soccernomics is just hitting the book stands with the euros now in full swing much media emphasis has been placed on the cultural differences of the various competing nations with justification there has been much concern placed on racism the investigative and selective panorama programme highlighted this although a similar programme might have been made about england by polish or ukrainian broadcasters to be met with howls of indignation in england clearly there is an issue here but the scale of the issue is very difficult to gauge especially from the uk it s not this issue that i am looking at though but at another cultural one having spent some of my early years living and working in central europe and having made work visits to eastern europe in the period leading up to the fall of communism and subsequently last week i was in bucharest and i m currently in st petersburg i ve found myself wondering whether eastern europe had caught up with western europe in footballing terms if the emergence of democracy had resulted in improved social conditions such as in the areas of education disposable income access to sports facilities etc now being on a par with western europe this should be reflected in the qualifiers for euro 2012 and in their fifa rankings as an indicator of form leading up to the euros country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified spain 1 1456 y germany 3 1288 y netherlands 4 1234 y england 6 1185 y croatia 8 1053 y denmark 9 1019 y portugal 10 996 y italy 12 977 y russia 13 975 y france 14 964 y greece 15 953 y sweden 17 910 y republic of ireland 18 907 y switzerland 21 868 norway 26 787 czech republic 27 771 y bosnia herzegovina 29 756 slovenia 30 742 hungary 31 735 turkey 33 732 serbia 34 725 wales 38 658 slovakia 39 649 scotland 41 611 montenegro 50 581 armenia 51 579 ukraine 52 572 y h romania 52 572 belgium 54 564 estonia 57 528 austria 58 524 poland 62 518 y h belarus 69 497 finland 75 464 latvia 76 459 albania 79 451 israel 81 427 lithuania 88 380 bulgaria 90 373 georgia 95 359 macedonia 101 338 northern ireland 103 336 azerbaijan 112 300 luxembourg 121 283 faroe islands 122 279 cyprus 125 266 iceland 131 248 moldova 140 212 kazakhstan 141 209 malta 147 195 liechtenstein 148 177 andorra 199 15 san marino 206 0 y yes y h yes as host the first conclusions that one must come to are that fifa points correlate pretty strongly with qualification for euro 2012 which is hardly surprising as the qualifying games are included in the fifa points and that poland and ukraine were unlikely to have qualified had they not been the co hosts the czech republic were the tail end charlies in qualifying and switzerland and to a lesser extent norway must feel disappointed at not qualifying given their recent form the first stage of the euros in its round robin format should also show some correspondence with form the knock out stage probably less so the following table is sorted by points achieved in the first round at the euros country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points germany 3 1288 y 9 spain 1 1456 y 7 england 6 1185 y 7 portugal 10 996 y 6 czech republic 27 771 y 6 italy 12 977 y 5 croatia 8 1053 y 4 russia 13 975 y 4 france 14 964 y 4 greece 15 953 y 4 denmark 9 1019 y 3 sweden 17 910 y 3 ukraine 52 572 y h 3 poland 62 518 y h 2 netherlands 4 1234 y 0 republic of ireland 18 907 y 0 netherlands fans have the most right to feel disappointed at their team failing to progress those of the czech republic the most elated the first difficulty in setting about looking at the relative strengths of different blocks of countries arises with the fact that the e in uefa is not quite the europe we learned about in school as with the eurovision song contest the boundaries of europe have been stretched while it may be obvious that uefa includes ukraine it is perhaps less obvious that uefaland actually stretches as far as the border between kazakhstan and china i have divided the countries into the following blocks the old western europe we the old eastern europe ee the old soviet union sb the old yugoslavia yu which always maintained a position on non alliance and was a country which always allowed its players to work for western european clubs and the others oth who do not fit into the main categories israel and turkey to add the uefanomics dimension i added a column showing the population of each country based on latest actuals or estimates and to allow for size a column showing the number of fifa points per million people the latter is of course a very crude indicator and does not allow for the anomalies at the ends of the spectrum the minnows where the random talent of individuals has a much stronger relevance to success and the giants where the sheer size of the country makes it perhaps difficult to identify all individual players talents i ll make the same disclaimer that peter snow used to make for the famous swingometer remember it s just for fun country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population block faroe islands 122 279 49 267 56 630 we liechtenstein 148 177 36 010 49 153 we montenegro 50 581 625 266 9 292 yu iceland 131 248 320 060 7 749 we luxembourg 121 283 509 074 5 559 we malta 147 195 452 515 4 309 we estonia 57 528 1 340 194 3 940 sb slovenia 30 742 2 050 189 3 619 yu cyprus 125 266 838 897 3 171 we croatia 8 1053 y 4 4 290 612 2 454 yu wales 38 658 3 006 400 2 189 we latvia 76 459 2 217 053 2 070 sb republic of ireland 18 907 y 0 4 588 252 1 977 we bosnia herzegovina 29 756 3 839 737 1 969 yu northern ireland 103 336 1 799 392 1 867 we denmark 9 1019 y 3 5 543 453 1 838 we andorra 199 15 84 082 1 784 we armenia 51 579 3 262 200 1 775 sb macedonia 101 338 2 055 004 1 645 yu albania 79 451 2 831 741 1 593 ee norway 26 787 4 985 870 1 578 we lithuania 88 380 3 187 176 1 192 sb slovakia 39 649 5 445 324 1 192 ee scotland 41 611 5 254 800 1 163 we switzerland 21 868 7 952 600 1 091 we serbia 34 725 7 120 666 1 018 yu sweden 17 910 y 3 9 415 295 967 we portugal 10 996 y 6 10 578 776 942 we finland 75 464 5 404 956 858 we greece 15 953 y 4 11 305 118 843 we georgia 95 359 4 469 200 803 sb hungary 31 735 10 014 324 734 ee netherlands 4 1234 y 0 16 847 007 732 we czech republic 27 771 y 6 10 562 214 730 ee austria 58 524 8 414 638 623 we moldova 140 212 3 559 500 596 sb israel 81 427 7 869 900 543 oth belarus 69 497 9 503 807 523 sb belgium 54 564 11 007 020 512 we bulgaria 90 373 7 364 570 506 ee azerbaijan 112 300 9 165 000 327 sb spain 1 1456 y 7 46 030 109 316 we romania 52 572 19 042 936 300 ee england 6 1185 y 7 52 234 000 227 we italy 12 977 y 5 60 681 514 161 we germany 3 1288 y 9 81 799 600 157 we france 14 964 y 4 65350000 148 we poland 62 518 y h 2 38 186 860 136 ee kazakhstan 141 209 16 600 000 126 sb ukraine 52 572 y h 3 45 888 000 125 sb turkey 33 732 74 724 269 98 oth russia 13 975 y 4 143 030 106 68 sb san marino 206 0 31 887 0 we can the faroe islanders really be the top achievers well certainly they are no longer the minnows who could be relied on to roll over and be thrashed as scotland infamously discovered i find it particularly interesting that the top four achievers who qualified were croatia the republic of ireland denmark and sweden all deserve credit for qualifying for the euros and commiserations for not making it beyond the first round russia on the other hand emerge as massive underachievers finally to return to my original query i ve sorted the table by country block putting israel and turkey to one side western europe country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population faroe islands 122 279 49 267 56 630 liechtenstein 148 177 36 010 49 153 iceland 131 248 320 060 7 749 luxembourg 121 283 509 074 5 559 malta 147 195 452 515 4 309 cyprus 125 266 838 897 3 171 wales 38 658 3 006 400 2 189 republic of ireland 18 907 y 0 4 588 252 1 977 northern ireland 103 336 1 799 392 1 867 denmark 9 1019 y 3 5 543 453 1 838 andorra 199 15 84 082 1 784 norway 26 787 4 985 870 1 578 scotland 41 611 5 254 800 1 163 switzerland 21 868 7 952 600 1 091 sweden 17 910 y 3 9 415 295 967 portugal 10 996 y 6 10 578 776 942 finland 75 464 5 404 956 858 greece 15 953 y 4 11 305 118 843 netherlands 4 1234 y 0 16 847 007 732 austria 58 524 8 414 638 623 belgium 54 564 11 007 020 512 spain 1 1456 y 7 46 030 109 316 england 6 1185 y 7 52 234 000 227 italy 12 977 y 5 60 681 514 161 germany 3 1288 y 9 81 799 600 157 france 14 964 y 4 65 350 000 148 san marino 206 0 31 887 0 average population of country in western european block 15 352 615 eastern europe country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population albania 79 451 2 831 741 1 593 slovakia 39 649 5 445 324 1 192 hungary 31 735 10 014 324 734 czech republic 27 771 y 6 10 562 214 730 bulgaria 90 373 7 364 570 506 romania 52 572 19 042 936 300 poland 62 518 y h 2 38 186 860 136 average population of country in eastern european block 13 349 710 former soviet block country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population estonia 57 528 1 340 194 3 940 latvia 76 459 2 217 053 2 070 armenia 51 579 3 262 200 1 775 lithuania 88 380 3 187 176 1 192 georgia 95 359 4 469 200 803 moldova 140 212 3 559 500 596 belarus 69 497 9 503 807 523 azerbaijan 112 300 9 165 000 327 kazakhstan 141 209 16 600 000 126 ukraine 52 572 y h 3 45 888 000 125 russia 13 975 y 4 143 030 106 68 average population of country in former soviet block 22 020 203 average population of country in former soviet block excluding russia 9 919 203 former yugoslavia country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points 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