Fixture rescheduling

Following the announcement of the 2025/26 Premier League fixtures, the FA have cautioned that due to the increased number of teams playing in Europe, "There is an increased likelihood of Premier League fixtures moving at relatively short notice."

If a team wants a game rescheduled to give them more time to recover for Europe, or to recover for a league match after a European game, then that's fine. No problem. In the interests of fairness, the FA should definitely try to help try to help out by rescheduling games when European matches are a factor.

However, they should only do so on the proviso that the club agrees to pay all additional travel costs incurred by fans who have already made travel arrangements for the previous date.

After all, why should the fans be the ones hit in the pocket? If rescheduling a match is genuinely an issue, then I'm sure the club won't mind covering the additional costs incurred. Alternatively, if they're not prepared to reimburse the fans, then perhaps rescheduling the match wasn't that important after all?

How to get rid of the parasite owners from football

Here's an idea...

Bring in a new rule that PL owners aren't allowed to pay themselves a dividend, i.e. all profits must remain in the club. To ensure no financial shenanigans, make it a rule that owners also can't pay themselves (or family members) a salary of more than £100,000.

That would soon get rid of the parasite owners from football.

Reality check for Man City haters

First of all, I'm not a Man City fan. I'm enjoying them having a poor season by their usual standards.

However, whatever your personal feelings about Man City, you have to live in the real world, and I've noticed that many Man City haters are convinced that when the case involving 115 charges is decided, Man City are going to be demoted four divisions (or worse).

So let's consider how likely that scenario is...

i) Premier League clubs, as part of their contract to play in the Premier League, are blocked from taking legal action against the FA. (They can only go to independent arbitration).

ii) This restriction doesn't apply to non-Premier League clubs, i.e. non-Premier League clubs can bring legal action against the FA (and their bosses).

Given the above, how likely do you think it is that the FA will relegate Man City, thus putting themselves at risk of prosecution?