Top 10 football financial disasters

Dan Morris | April 26, 2009

In the wake of Southampton’s point deduction and relegation this week, OTP looks at the English clubs which have been left looking like a bunch of bankers.

1. Leeds United
Peter Ridsdale led Leeds to football’s archetypal financial meltdown. While they only cost small change compared to the millions spent on managerial compensation and outlandish wages, Ridsdale’s [...]

Football video: Leyton Orient fan reminds MK Dons’ Jude Stirling how to take a throw-in

Rob Parker | February 2, 2009

Free advice from the opposition fans

When a professional footballer from your club makes a mess of something as simple as a throw-in, it can be frustrating. But when MK Dons full-back Jude Stirling made a right pig’s ear of his throw against Leyton Orient the away supporters seemed to be more annoyed than Stirling’s own [...]