Exeter City club board chairman Nick Hawker is to step down from his role. Hawker, who is chair of Exeter City Supporters’ Trust – which owns the club – had been on the board for eight years. Also leaving the club is chief executive Joe Gorman, who first joined City as chief financial officer in...
Levy has held his position at Tottenham for more than 25 years with Frank becoming the 13th permanent manager in that time. “I’ve got very broad shoulders,” Levy said. “Failure is not an option, the desire [is] to succeed. And because it’s so difficult, I want to succeed even more.” Levy and newly-appointed Spurs chief...
TalkTV host David Bull has been named as Reform UK’s new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who quit last week after clashing with colleagues over calls for a burka ban. A long-time ally of party leader Nigel Farage, 56-year-old Bull has held several roles in Reform and its predecessor the Brexit Party, but is best known...
Farage said Yusuf was “a huge factor” in the party’s success in last month’s elections, when Reform won a by-election, two mayoral races and gained 677 new councillors. “Politics can be a highly pressured and difficult game and Zia has clearly had enough. He is a loss to us and public life,” he wrote on...
City players have raised concerns about the relentless fixture schedule, with defender Manuel Akanji joking last year that he may have to retire at 30, while Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who missed the majority of the season with a serious knee injury, said players had been close to going on strike. City manager Guardiola said...
Calvin Ford wants to take Livingston “back to where they belong” in the Scottish Premiership after becoming the club’s majority shareholder and chairman. The great-great-grandson of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford has acquired all of John McIlvogue’s shares in Baycup Ltd, who have held a controlling interest in Livi for around two years. “It’s...
And King, who says mid-June is a realistic timescale for completion of the deal, commented: “The situation regarding Leeds, as I understand it, is not going to be a distraction from Rangers. “With Rangers you don’t have the yo-yo risk. No disrespect to Leeds. At least when they come into Rangers, they know if they...
Leeds United chairman Paraag Marathe has said he has “ended speculation” over the future of manager Daniel Farke by confirming the German is “my man”. The Whites secured promotion back to the Premier League two weeks ago and won the Championship title with a 2-1 victory at Plymouth on Saturday. Despite their stellar campaign, which...
Hundreds of Tottenham fans took part in a protest showing their anger at the club’s board and owners on Sunday, and calling for chairman Daniel Levy “to get out of our club”. The demonstration happened before Spurs’ Premier League match at home to Southampton, with Ange Postecoglou’s side 16th in the table after a disappointing...
Tom said he is “incredibly honoured” to have been chairman for more than three decades. His involvement in Tiger spans 61 years, starting as a player who made 130 appearances for the club. “It has always been about playing the role of custodian to me, ensuring this club continues long into the future for the...
St Helens – who lost to Warrington on Friday – are the most successful club in the Super League era, and were champions four years in succession between 2019 and 2022. But McManus, who has been owner and chairman since 2002, said that in the past four years, clubs had suffered “a £30m-per-year downturn in...
Various reports in recent years have valued Tottenham at between £3.5bn and £4bn. Chelsea were bought in a deal worth up to £4.25bn from Roman Abramovich in 2022 by a consortium led by American investor Todd Boehly and private equity firm Clearlake Capital. The purchase price was £2.5bn with a commitment to spending £1.75bn over...