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The FA Cup final is often said to have a global audience of some improbably huge figure – the current favourite guess is over a billion. In practice this simply means that a significant proportion of the population of each country that takes the live broadcast is presumed to be watching the match. Estimations of the total viewing statistics will be revised downwards this year because the final can’t be presented as a showpiece for some of the best players. Well, good.

In the recent past, the decade-long dominance of the Cup by the current Big Four had prompted concerns about the health of the competition, with attendances generally in decline. Now some at the FA are said to be worried about the diminished global viewing audience for the 2008 final while Sky have long been resigned to a falloff in advertising revenues ever since Manchester United and Chelsea were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Concerns about profit – how much can be made and how much can be lost – seep into most public discussions about football now. Money’s corrosive influence is embodied by the increasingly absurd chief executive of the Premier League, Richard Scudamore, who continues to pop up with reminders, or warnings, about his Game 39 plan. Meanwhile, several Premier League clubs have justified fielding weakened teams in FA Cup ties on the basis that the first-choice team needs to be saved for League fixtures – avoiding relegation being deemed to be more important than a cup run..

Of course there is monetary value attached to reaching a cup final, not least in boosting the transfer value of the players involved, such as Cardiff’s Joe Ledley and Aaron Ramsey. Any manager who hasn’t taken the FA Cup seriously might feel that he was right if his team stayed Continue reading ‘The Global Game? Portsmouth Cardiff City West Ham Liverpool’

By Joe J (Rooster)

Carlos Tevez, hero of West Ham, is to have a movie made about his life.

The movie will start with his life in the mean streets of Buenos Aires known as Fort Apache, and hopefully finish with conquering the Champions League title against Chelsea.
West Ham FC will play an important role in the movie showing his accomplishment on how he and fighting West Ham Warriors made the great escape from relegation in 2007.
The film will also include the problems Tevez and West Ham had to face after the season ended (Need i say more?)
The movie will also show Tevezs’s major role in making this season successful for Manchester United, as there is no doubt they will

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By Dave Hall

Despite the three four nil losses on the trot, Robert Green has been a solid backbone for the back four and has shown why he should be called up for England.

Looking back at his penalty saves and other superb blocks, we have to be proud of the lad and his abilities. He has been a shining light for our club last season, despite a good deal of low performances from other members of the squad, who at times seemed as though they had already been sitting on the beach. But next season will come around quick enough, and if the likes of Continue reading ‘The grass is greener’

By Frank Williams

We have all heard some rather strange and wonderful rumours in the last week or so, could this 1 be any worse?

I received a comment on a recent post
The Comment said:-

If nobody has heard the rumours yet then let me be the first to start the ball rolling. Curbs is waiting for the chop. all the chairman is waiting for is the manager we all want to make his mind up before he leaves….. lets hope he wins the FA cup to sign

Continue reading ‘Could this be True? Curbs out - Harry In? Portsmouth - West Ham’