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What does Brexit really mean for Football?
What does Brexit really mean for Football? Will the UK’s departure from the EU create a recruitment or immigration crisis for our domestic game? Perhaps wishing to erase from our memories the failings of our national team at Euro … Continue reading
Legal redress for YD7 & YD10 compensation disputes?
Following our earlier articles on the often controversial issue of compensation and YD7 and YD10 forms when a young player wishes to change footballs clubs/Academies, this article considers whether or not a player/parent has the legal right to challenge a … Continue reading
Immigration Advice for Motorsports
Whilst immigration and work permit/visa advice is commonly sought by football clubs and footballers (and their representatives), Full Contact are seeing an increasing need for advice tailored to motorsport. In advising various motorsport teams we have recently highlighted the problems faced … Continue reading
Is Going Dutch the way forward?
Following on from our recent article about the prominence of non-league football and Full Contact’s concerted recruitment efforts at that level, we consider another marketplace of real value to us. Full Contact’s Head of Football Lee Payne was one of the … Continue reading
Vardy to Ladapo – the rise of Non-League Football?
Full Contact yesterday completed the transfer of non-league player Freddie Ladapo from Margate to Premier League Crystal Palace – a jump from the sixth tier to the top-flight for the 23 year old striker. In a week where Jamie Vardy again … Continue reading
Full Contact Race Driver Management
As a parent you will want what’s best for your son / daughter and will rely on your management team to guide, advise and make suitable recommendations that will ultimately achieve your / their aim either within the chosen motorsport … Continue reading
New work permit rules start to bite……
New work permit rules came into force on 1st May 2015 but with the transfer window in full swing, clubs are only starting to discover the impact. Sheffield Wednesday have hit difficulties in trying to sign former Leeds … Continue reading
Training Compensation; the Category 4 loophole?
In the latest of a series of articles discussing training compensation, we take a look at a potential solution that players and their advisers might consider where (a) they can not sign for a new club without the former … Continue reading
EPPP : the curious YD forms?
Shortly after the introduction of the much heralded Elite Player Performance Plan (“EPPP”) I had cause to write an article; EPPP: can the player vote with his feet ? What I had perhaps not envisaged at the time was quite how … Continue reading
Full Contact Racing Driver Management
As a parent you will want what’s best for your son / daughter and will rely on your management team to guide, advise and make suitable recommendations that will ultimately achieve your / their aim either within the chosen … Continue reading
Player Solidarity Payments: a hidden goldmine?
After advising a lower league football club this week that they were owed substantial sums of money in respect of a player solidarity payment, it has occurred to me that many clubs – in these difficult economic times for … Continue reading
Playing for Kicks: the Consequences of Sporting Violence
Rumbling along in the background to the recent Lions tour of Australia was an interesting disciplinary issue concerning an alleged stamp by Australian captain James Horwill on Alun-Wyn Jones. The incident, which went unnoticed at the time, was cited, … Continue reading
Financial Fair Play not so Fair?
The Legal Weasel had been wondering when the first legal challenge to UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Rules would be made. The FFP rules, you will recall, are the brainchild of UEFA presudent Michel Platini, and are designed to ensure … Continue reading
Information and Consultation in TUPE – the SPFA’s case against Rangers
The Professional Football Association for Scotland (SPFA) has brought a claim at the Employment Tribunal against Rangers FC for the old club’s failure to inform and consult about the TUPE transfer of players from the oldco to the newco. The … Continue reading
Much Adu About Nothing
Today’s modern footballer needs more than just talent to succeed – they need a whole host of factors to align in their favour. Yes, talent is crucial, but so are hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. Further, and of growing … Continue reading