爵爷为阿勒代斯鸣不平：纽卡是个奇怪的俱乐部
“纽卡斯尔的期望水平太高了，很多人都这么说，”和纽卡刚下课的主教练阿勒代斯关系很好的爵爷说，“当你分析那里的情况的时候，就会发现那是过分的。他们曾经拥有两个作为球员夺取过世界杯的主帅，杰克-查尔顿和阿迪莱斯 Jack Charlton and Ossie Ardiles ，还有四个球员时代拿过欧洲杯的，基冈、达格利什、古力特和索内斯，还有带领英格兰队进入世界杯四强的博比-罗布森爵士。你会认为他们其中之一，如果得到足够的时间，应该已经为纽卡赢得什么荣誉。我不知道你可以怎么评价他们，那是一家奇怪的俱乐部。”
“我听说过所有传闻，但还是没想到阿勒代斯真的会下课。有时候，当一个教练受到压力，也会影响球队。你可以看到球员试图努力帮助教练，但做不到。对山姆来说，不幸的是麦克-阿什利并不是聘请他的人，对山姆来说，这是最危险的处境。我仍然认为这是个令人惊讶的结局，以他在博尔顿的成就，以及过去的经验，让他得到纽卡斯尔过去的老板(谢泼德)的信任。然而，只是过了24场比赛，他就下课了，这告诉你现代足球的一切。”
“8个教练下课，说明现在的俱乐部太缺乏耐心肋。”
- Group turnover increased 27% to £210m (2006 - £165m)
- Gross turnover (including sales from Nike merchandise and MUTV not consolidated in these results) rose 21% to £245m (2006 - £202m)
- EBITDA rose 72% to £79.8m (2006 - £46.3m)
- Profit before tax jumped 93% to £59.6m (2006 - £30.8m)
- Matchday revenue up 30% to £92.6m, (2006 - £71.3m)
- Media revenue up 35% to £61.5m (2006 - £45.5m)
- Commercial revenues up 15% to £56.0m (2006 - £48.6m)
- Wages to turnover ratio fell to 43.6% (2006 - 51.6%)
- The Club continues to be the only one in the Premier League to disclose the total payments in the year to players' agents - a practice it believes to be something all clubs should adopt. In 2006/07, that figure was £2.1m (2006 - £1.8m).
- Independent research indicates that the Club has 333 million followers around the world with 139 million 'core' fans.
曼联比皇马多赚12欧元？
曼彻斯特晚报的报道称，虽然曼联的总收入只有2.45亿英镑，但如果算上过去12个月的汇率变化，曼联的总收入，比皇马多出12欧元，从而成为世界上最富有的俱乐部。
原文：MANCHESTER United have been declared the world's richest club once more.
Although Real Madrid laid claim to the honour for a couple of years, United officials believe their gross revenue of £245million in the year to June 2007 exceeds that of the Spanish giants by just 12 Euros if average conversion rates during the 12-month period in question are used.
