APRIL 26th 2016 West Ham Utd and Newcastle Utd had their offices raided by the HMRC, who were searching for fraud in the clubs' income tax and national insurance records. The French tax men were also interested in this, including Chelsea in their investigation. Chelsea's Joey Barton (surely not?) was involved in more trouble being awarded an 18th month ban from the FA for placing 1260 bets on various football matches during his career, including matches that he played in!
The Premier League was also unsure about Chinese businessman's, Gao Jisheng's "fitness" in a take over of Southampton FC. His "fitness" seemed not to suit the League's standards for club ownership, with £200 million on offer from the investor. So important was this news that......
Rhian, one of the red tops' stunning page 3 ladies of The Sun, and Boris calling Jeremy Corbyn "a mutton headed mugwump" items were relegated to the inner pages.
More seriously on this day in 2016, the second Hillsbrough Disaster Inquest verdict was finally reached-the 96 supporters at the FA Cup semi-final were unlawfully killed. The jury came to the verdict that those who died, did so due to the incompetence of the police force present and the ambulance services under the control of Chief Superintendent David Duckinfield, who was "responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence". The Liverpool fans, originally blamed by the police were found to be innocent of contributing to the disaster. It took 27 years and cost £100m to get to the truth.
In 1902, on this day, Newton Heath FC, wearing green and gold as their club colours were seriously in debt and needed a fresh investment, which led to them changing their name to Manchester United and changing their colours to red and white.
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