Cue the celebration for Adebayor at Villa Park

Blue Days — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:26 +0000

Emmanuel Adabyor has escaped a ban for his goal celebration against Arsenal, at least for the time being. He does get a Ã‚Â£25,000 fine and a two match suspended ban till December 2010. The official City site claims Mark Hughes was delighted. Mark Hughes: "We are just glad to put it all behind us now and I am relieved he will be able to play at Aston Villa on Monday night." "Manu was in great form before his suspension and having him available again is a huge boost to us." In the initial aftermath of the match and back page furore that followed, it looked as though the FA would come down hard on Adebayor. Allowing time to pass before the hearing today may well have worked in City's favour.

FA chief executive Ian Watmore condemns possible Uefa restrictions

Blue Days — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:42:06 +0000

As speculation continues that Michel Platini and Uefa may seek to use the credit crunch and the high levels of debt at some clubs as a justification of bringing in salary caps, the new chief executive of the FA has given another negative reaction.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Anything that makes the competition stronger and more deep, I think has got to be welcomed. We donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t want to see the Premier League becoming a top- four procession every year.

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Cue the celebration for Adebayor at Villa Park

FA chief executive Ian Watmore condemns possible Uefa restrictions