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* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the International Olympic Committee’s ban lift […]

By Brian Sears 8 September 2011 Swansea have played three games in their Premier League adventure and have yet to score a single goal – which means they are already on the 10th longest goalless spell at the start of any Premier League season, and within two full games of the longest goalless opening. So […]

By Brian Sears 26 August 2011 Earlier this month we discussed the freakishly good away results being recorded in the early stages of this English season – so many more than we’d expect. And still, after two rounds of games, that trend has continued in the Premier League, with away teams winning 28 points so […]

* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses Tottenham’s dispute over the […]

BOOK REVIEW By Alex Miller 25 August 2011 The great Bill Shankly played his one and only game for Liverpool during World War II, a Merseyside derby in May 1942, when he appeared as a guest player in a performance that left Everton totally outclassed. Shanks also turned down the Liverpool manager’s job in 1951 […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 22 August 2011 Manchester City’s storming start to the 2011-12 Premier League season has highlighted their potential and reminded us how much they’ve spent in recent years. I calculate that Sheikh Mansour has spent around £750m since 2008 on acquiring the club, paying off debts, […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 August 2011 THROUGH the darkest night of Yamilé Aldama’s life, she lay awake with her eight-month-old son next to her, a candle on the table beside them – and with no idea what the future held. Earlier that day, 13 June 2002, she’d been […]

By Brian Sears 19 August 2011   There was one table that Chelsea topped last season where Manchester United didn’t make the top four – the number of Premier League ‘doubles’ achieved within the 2010-11 season. Chelsea did six doubles – winning home and away against six different opponents, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham […]

THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses sports contingency insurance given the […]

By Brian Sears 12 August 2011 If Queens Park Rangers, Norwich and Swansea can manage victories in their opening games of the new Premier League season, then they have a 75 per cent chance of staying up. That at least is what statistical history concludes. QPR begin their campaign at home to Bolton, Norwich travel […]