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Didn't know that, thanks! He should produce a regular newsletter called 'The Hockadaily Mail'.

Ajose was, I think, the only signing that Hockaday was responsible for in his brief time at Leeds so it would make sense.

Some Championship clubs have gone a bit bananas but FFP and basic probability seems to have curbed some teams' spending. Fulham went crazy last season but seem a bit more circumspect this year. Birmingham have a restricted budget but a canny manager and look set to be comfortably mid-table. Most...

Yeah, unfortunately Cellino definitely does fail the test as described by the FL. He is also unquestionably a better owner and more sympathetic character than, say, Ken Bates who did pass the test. Still, there's no test that will prevent crooks from taking control of football clubs, only one...

I agree, it's a corporate's dream. A newish stadium, a rugby club and a football club. Covers all demographics. Could be sensitively handled with respect for the heritages of the teams involved but more likely everyone gets a rebrand and the soul gets sucked out of them all. RB Leipzig is...

They are looking at English football clubs apparently as Leeds were heavily rumoured a couple of weeks ago. They did deny wanting to buy Leeds but not that they were interested in getting a team over here. They've bought Leipzig in Germany so they're not afraid of building from a lower division...

More likely to be because Cellino would have to pay compensation than for any other reason. Coventry Sphinx should be worried about losing their manager though. Having said that, we've been in worse hands. He seems very canny with his money, he's looking to buy back the stadium, he got easily...

Congratulations, you lot. Hope it's the first of a long line of things to feel good about.

Surely Andy Dibble's still around? Anyway, Pugh's another long line of players who did well for Leeds on loan and then turned mediocre once we'd signed him. Can play in lots of different positions but is average at best in all of them. Will occasionally wow you with a good game but don't be...

Rangers dropped out of Scottish football to give Rangers a chance! The Scottish leagues just reshuffled the relegation and promotion to create a gap in Division 4 and fill up the gap in the top division. Some say that was a fix, some say it was a realistic way of dealing with the fact that if...

When Halifax went out of existence I believe they had to apply to the lower leagues until they found a league that would accomodate them. In practice you usually have to go low enough until you find a league in which teams regularly disappear for whatever reasons. They're usually adept at...

That statement sounds like the whining of a bunch of hedge fund managers, complaining that a scheme to make them millions of pounds has just been spoiled. Wasn't their JR argument that the council loan was making ACL more viable than it should have been, hence unlawful subsidy? Now all of a...

Well the FL did try in that they failed his "fit and proper" test on the grounds that he was actually being prosecuted for tax evasion at the time but it was overturned on appeal (the "fit and proper" test, that is, not the tax evasion of which he was found guilty). At the time, the then owners...

Think you will stay up although I can see why you might be worried. I genuinely don't know where we'll finish, or even whether we'll end up with a team composed solely of Cellino family members. I'll bet a very real £100 that our new head coach won't be at the club this time next year. Will...

Actually, 5 shit hands if you count Ridsdale, post-Ridsdale consortium who sold all the assets, Bates, Dubai finance house who seem to have created the £1million/month situation and now Cellino. That's a full 12 years of incompetence and/or crookery. Hope you lot fare a bit better.