Charlton robbed of Pardew debut win
Rangers sunk by Inverness again
Liverpool buy-out questioned
—– Charlton Athletic are denied a morale boosting win under new manager Alan Pardew by a last-gasp Fulham equaliser at The Valley.
Three days after Pardew became the Addicks third manager of the season, they come from behind to take the lead.
As the game enters the third minute of added time, Fulham are awarded a free-kick which, if anything, should have gone Charlton’s way. From the resultant play, Franck Queudrue salvages a point for the Cottagers.
After his brief break, the former West Ham boss appears to be, understandably, quickly back into the swing of things: “I’m absolutely disgusted. You’d expect the officials to be nice and calm and they made a bad mistake there. We were two minutes away from ecstasy but we feel deflated.”
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—– In the SPL, a brilliant added time goal from John Rankin ends Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s nine-game run without a win to complete a fabulous double over Rangers this season having won at Ibrox in October.
It’s the Highlanders first-ever home win against the Glasgow giants, much to the delight of manager Charlie Christie: “To take six points from Glasgow Rangers and show the appetite and desire that we did was phenomenal. We matched them toe-to-toe and we got a tremendous goal at the end to win it.”
Newspaper speculation questions the motives behind Dubai International Capital’s (DIC) anticipated takeover of Liverpool.
The Daily Telegraph believe their intention is to sell the club in 2014 at a huge profit while releasing only limited funds for player transfers in the mean time.
A spokesman for DIC quickly refutes the allegations though: “Should DIC acquire the club, Liverpool will be well run, both on and off the pitch, and we are currently laying the groundwork to ensure that will be the case.”
—– Leeds United confirm that their Elland Road ground has been sold for a second time, but re-assure supporters that the future of their stadium is safe.
Amid their financial crisis, Elland Road was sold to Manchester-based businessman Jacob Adler in November 2004 but it now emerges that he sold it on to the Teak Trading Corporation of the British Virgin Islands 15 months ago.
United’s chief executive Shaun Harvey explains: “The change in ownership has had no material effect on us. We still have the same lease as originally entered into, albeit with a different company. More importantly, the buy-back provision has also been transferred.”
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