Paully

More swooping on the vulnerable.............. @skynewsbreak Cycling retailer Evans Cycles which has 60 stores across the UK has been sold to Sports Direct as part of a pre-pack administration

Wow!

RANGERS chairman Dave King has warned of further court action to secure payments it claims it is owed under a past retail agreement with Mike Ashley's Sports Direct. And Mr King warned that court injunctions won by Mr Ashley affecting the current rights to sell club merchandise "will not be the final word". He reacted after Mr Justice Teare last week ruled at the High Court that Rangers breached the terms of an agreement made with a company in the Sports Direct group - and granted an 'undoing' injunction that curbs the club's retail partnership with the Hertfordshire-based football merchandising firm Elite Group. He agreed with Sports Direct that the club made a new agreement with the firm without giving Sports Direct a chance to match that firm's offer. He ruled that Rangers was in breach of a retail agreement with Sports Direct by entering into the non-exclusive Elite agreement and by failing to offer Sports Direct the opportunity to exercise a matching right to their offer. Mr King made his personal response after Sports Direct later called on Rangers to "accept the outcome and move on" and put in place commercial arrangements with Sports Direct which would be for the benefit of Rangers fans and the club. Mr King said: "There is no mention of what benefit such arrangements might bring to the Ccub and its supporters. I challenge Sports Direct to follow up its statement by sharing with Rangers supporters how much last season’s retail agreement benefited the club. " He despite repeated requests, the club had still not received a proper accounting for the retail activities or payments due over Sports Direct's sale of Rangers kit under a prior agereement. "That certainly does not provide me with any comfort in dealing with Sports Direct as a partner. It is solely because of Sports Direct’s refusal or inability to act as expected of a normal commercial partner that Rangers now has no choice but to litigate to secure payments that are due and are long outstanding," he said. "My advice to Sports Direct is that whatever short-term success it might enjoy through its courtroom manoeuvrings will not affect my resolve, nor that of RIFC’s other investors to ensure the best deal for the Club and its supporters. "We continue to show the resolve we have demonstrated over the last three years in resisting all attempts by Mike Ashley and Sports Direct to take further advantage of our club. "As in previous litigation, Sports Direct’s urgent court injunctions will always be complied with - but will not be the final word

I was just going to post this - his quotes yesterday sounds like he's mega peed off at Spurs!

:lol: Incredible!

Zaha the diving bastard robbed me of £650 yesterday!

Early kick off - stupid wanker!

Here it is; Great reply by Michael Martin; https://twitter.com/tfmichael1892/status/1056151318308536320?s=21

Really enjoyed (wrong word perhaps!) the feature and Jenas came across well but what a clueless tit Martin Keown is FFS!

Aha FFS - I should have guessed!

Eh - who from tf is pushing that? I’m in their WA chat and I’ve checked the twtitter accounts and can’t see anything?!

NUFC and Boro double 9/1

Really good interview - he’s getting inducted into our hall of fame next month and rightly so! 68 goals in 83 starts with not one penalty! I’m sure he only scored one in his last 11 too?! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/26/andy-cole-manchester-united-interview-kidney-transplant?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

For the first time in two-and-a-half years at the club Benitez has found himself questioned by supporters and media in recent weeks. Substitutions have been booed while there have been suggestions that the manager's future is a distraction to those inside the dressing-room, especially if they believe he will walk out next year. Benitez, though, says the players appreciate his situation. 'I know a lot of the players closely and, when we talk, they understand,' he said. 'It would be an issue if they could see me and my staff not doing our job. But we are here at 7.30 in the morning and leave 7.30 at night... We are trying to do things in the same way we were last year. 'I have to be calm and I have to believe because we have done this before.. We (me and my staff) have been successful for years. 'When I came, I decided to come because of the potential of the club, the city behind it. I felt it would be a team fighting to be in the top eight. I still believe that, if we do the right things.

Weren’t these linked with Rafa in the summer?

Incredible support that - R.I.P

1-2 Muto and Lascelles Season up and running part 23

Do that and risk getting a clip off a fellow Sunderland fan?! Nar, not a chance! It’s embarrassing how many times it has happened this season and it has to stop! I wouldn’t do it but I can kind of understand why some went to the Burton game at their place last season when they were relegated but random matches at the start of the season wearing NUFC tops? Absolutely ridiculous!

:lol: At least five!

Hebburn have scored three wonder goals this season! Seaham have made several class signings this week so expect them to push on!

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/jonjo-shelvey-interview-gareth-southgate-england-newcastle-rafael-benitez-premier-league-efl-a8602741.html