You are wrong again, it wasn’t virtually a new club, they moved to a new stadium. If we’d moved to the Amex and changed our name to Brighton and Hove City would you still be claiming we are a new club?
Do you consider Manchester United to be a different club to Newton Heath LYR? They’ve...
It’s the same club, they were formed as Dial Square Footbal club in 1886, a munitions workers team. In 1887 they became known as Royal Arsenal, which was the name of the munitions complex Dial Sqaure was in.
They then became Woolwich Arsenal in 1893 when they became a limited company and were...
As I said in my previous post Arsenal didn’t take Leeds City place in the first division.
Leeds City spent their entire league history playing in the second division, they were never promoted, so it was impossible for Arsenal to replace them in the first division.
Also I’m not sure what...
Leeds City weren’t in the old first division when they went out of business. They were in the second division, Port Vale took over their fixtures. This happened in the 1919-20 season (the first season after WWI) by which time Arsenal had already been admitted to the First Divison.
There are further fines for repeat offenders, so the more times you break the rules the more money you are fined. There are also some restrictions on player trading being brought in as well by the looks of things.
Over in the US this isn't a money making exercise for the leagues with most of...
In the NBA there is a salary cap, but clubs can exceed this, however the luxury tax hits if they go over a certain threshold, They pay $1 for every dollar they are over this threshold. I'm guessing in the PL it would be a fee if wages go above a certain % of revenue rather than a salary cap...