Why should Football Clubs be special?

Advantages: tighter controls on clubs
Disadvantages: some clubs may go bankrupt

...In short yes. In this day and age of global football brands and huge television contracts football is a business. In any other business if you spend more than you have then adverse consequences happen. Be it a requirement to cut back on expenditure or to fold and go into administration. Business is about discipline and football is no exception. As a supporter of Crystal Palace FC, I've been through administration with a football club and it's not particularly pleasant. Going to a match and not knowing if it'll be the last one your club ever plays is a strange feeling. But then we paid the price for over extending ourselves. Through our then esteemed Chairman Mark Goldberg he instigated his so called 5 year plan which would see us competing as one of the biggest clubs in the country and in European competition year in year out. It...

robertocpfc 24.04.2005 · Read review
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Liquid football!

Advantages: Depth and challenge remain, but so much simpler for the time conscious!
Disadvantages: Well, some people just don't like football - fools!

...FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 (PSP) A long time ago (1992 to be precise) in a bedroom far, far away, sat a geeky football loving goof who, when not outdoors kicking a football about (surprisingly for a geek he was also frigging awesome at football), they were sat on their Amiga 600 being wowed by either the greatest football game ever made - Sensible Soccer - or the beginnings of an otherwise humble football management simulator. Little more than a text database with no discernable graphics or sound, Championship Manager did feature an addictiveness only previously matched by the e-numbers found in a packet of Skittles. Quite simply, there was little better than looking at a bunch of numbers to determine the best starting eleven, the tactics required to utilise the eleven purposefully and identifying future transfer targets to build...

clownfoot 03.08.2009 · Read review
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My kind of clubbing

Advantages: Save money on something you were going to do anyway
Disadvantages: Waistline!

...Do you know what? They made it better! It's still the same price, but they now give a voucher for a free bottle of Proseco (Italian sparkler) with your membership every year when you renew (or two for a joint membership) and you can now submit a members questionnaire every quarter for a £10 voucher. This all just makes this great scheme even better! *** This is a bit of an addicts club (could have been called 'Pizza Anonymous' I suppose) but I am a big fan of it. Now in my 5th year of continuous membership, I continue to enjoy the benefits - and the pizza - and heartily recommend it. *It works like this?* Membership is £40 per annum for one person, £80 per annum for a couple. Four times a year, each member is sent a voucher, valid for the quarter, which can be used at any time in any Pizza Express restaurant in the UK...

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chelsea's greatest moment's as a football club

Advantages: Read Opp
Disadvantages: Read Opp

...This is a sports soccer dvd review called golden goal's. Starring many players throughout Chelsea's history as a Soccer club during the television era. Contained on the dvd are one hundred and sixty two goals on a random selection basis There later is a top twenty goals scored section. I guess that some of them were amongst those considered the greatest scored by chelsea football club. Having watched this, it is hard to disagree with the producers of this dvd overall. Presentation wise it is entertaining to watch from a chelsea supporters perspective. Some really amazing goals naturally have been scored over the years. The dvd also highlighted a number of players that I was previously unaware of including Jon Spencer, and lesser known players or not so well remembered players. More signficantly enough, the dvd goals combined...

costas1234 29.04.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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The Football Fight Club

Advantages: A decent film that focuses on the greatly interesting subject of football hooliganism.
Disadvantages: The film is full of factual inconsistencies.

...'s brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam) he is soon introduced to all other members of the firm and before long is initiated as the newest member of the Green Street Elite. This is London's toughest football firm, and as the FA Cup draw is announced it turns out that West Ham will be playing Millwall; a club with which the Green Street Elite share a torrid and turbulent past. In the build up to playing Millwall, West Ham also play Birmingham along the way, scrapping with their firm in this encounter. Tension builds in the lead up to the Millwall game and a series of events unfold as the big game draws ever closer. What I've always seen as the weakest element of this film is its casting. Two main people are focussed on here, the first of which starred in 'Queer as Folk', and the second was Frodo Baggins in 'The Lord of the Rings' films. Neither...

RazzaLazza 19.03.2008 · Read review
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A poor quality footy shirt from a big club

Advantages: light material, a good colour scheme, neat design
Disadvantages: feels cheap, expensive, hard to wash

...football on TV . The make up of the shirt is 100% polyester mesh except for the decoration i.e the badges of nike and the football club itself so hence the light plastic feel. Barcalona are renowned for not having a sponser so it is blank other then these two effects, thank goodness as it would probably peel of or come off in the wash. The best part about the shirt is the badge it is well made and stands out and is good thickness a good desighn. I collect football shirts and this is a diapointment in quality without a doubt. When this shirt is worn in hot weather you know about it, I believe modern shirts are desghned to allow the player to keep cool, I have this shirt on not for playing football but for day to day use for example holidays etc. I overheated and sweated lots, yes you say because it is polyester, but for me...

dingoo 22.09.2005 · Read review
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The football management game

Advantages: 3D match engine, all players in the world are available, better than LMA manager
Disadvantages: Sometimes strange results like team in 1st place being beaten by team in 24th

...Football manager 2009 has continued the football manager series with the same features and layout of the game as the past versions, but this time features a new 3D match view. The game has many good features that would make me more willing to buy this game over the biggest competitor, LMA Manager 2009. Firstly, the game can be installed very quickly, and you can choose the countries and the leagues who wish to play in, or buy players from. For example, if you only wanted to play in the English leagues, you can do so by only entering the English leagues to play in, however if you then in future wanted to play in another countries' league(s) you would have to hope that that country or club makes you an offer to manage them. If not you will be stuck with only being able to take over teams in the country that you have selected. Many fans...

LukeG91 18.09.2009 · Read review
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The Spirit of Clubbing and Collecting

Advantages: 3 points per pound spent = 3% off voucher
Disadvantages: combining club points with 10% student discount doesn't work

...[Esprit: French, from Latin spiritus, English: spirit] ESPRIT are an international fashion chain with a number of outlets in the UK, mainly in and around the London area. Their trademark white ESPRIT logo on warm red background can be easily identified. Initially a company formed in San Francisco in 1968 is now majority German owned. That?s probably why I always thought it was a German fashion label. I have become a regular visitor to the ESPRIT stores (plus I occasionally order online) and one of the first things I did was to sign up to their loyalty card scheme. What is the ESPRIT Club Card Like so many loyalty cards, you are hoping to get something for nothing, not realising that to receive rewards you have to put in time and money. ESPRIT Club is a loyalty card system that allows you to collect loyalty points...

Tempus_Fugit 19.04.2009 · Read review
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Club Penguin Elite Penguin Force DS Game - Virtual penguin world

Advantages: Upload coins to your club penguin website account
Disadvantages: Once you have completed it. thats it.

...The game is pretty basic, with good colouring throughout, but it has a nice style and the simplicity works well for the target age group. There is a certain amount of vagueness that potentially makes the game more difficult. If a player gets stuck there isn't a lot in the game that says what to do next. There is a lot of reading through speach bubbles between the penguins, though the reading level is very basic. Adventure games rely heavily on the story and writing, and in Club Penguin the writing is actually pretty good. There's a lot of humor and charm with the characters of the Elite Penguin Force, and the story is very kid-friendly, but manages to be fairly action packed. The game very linear, but the over a dozen missions offer a fairly lengthy gaming experience. During the adventure the player will participate in a number...

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Football Manager 2009 - Greatest football game of all time!

Advantages: Very addictive game and expand your knowledge of football.
Disadvantages: May take over your life.

...Football Manager 2009 is a life like football managerial game. This year?s game is the best yet and the all new 3D pitch gives the game the edge over its competitors. After playing many football games including, Champion Manager 2009, PES 2009 and FIFA 2009, I firmly believe that football manager is the best by a long way. Football manager 2009 is a new era of managerial gaming and is as close as many of us will get to manage a football club. From training, scouting, press conferences, player talks, match day talks, contract negotiations etc football manager 2009 offers it all. Another realistic aspect of the game is the transfer prices and contract wages, also the fact that your club can get taken over is a bonus as well as you can get approached by national teams or other club teams that are interested in your services...

niall155 09.07.2009 · Read review
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