Saturday, October 8, 2011

A year of snoods, handshakes and World Cup agony – on and off pitch


The year begins with Chelsea two points clear of Manchester United, who lose at home to Leeds in the FA Cup, before beating their noisy neighbours City in the Carling Cup semi-final. As Uefa propose new rules on financial fair play, City come up with a good wheeze after announcing a £93m loss: Sheikh Mansour simply writes off £394m the club owe him, allowing them to claim they are debt-free. Owen Coyle upsets Burnley by leaving to join Bolton as Gary Megson's successor. Emmanuel Adebayor's Togo withdraw from the African Nations' Cup in Angola after the team bus is ambushed and their driver killed.

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