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Premier League club to increase stadium capacity as part of £40m development By Pete Hayman


Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (WWFC) have unveiled plans for a £40m revamp of Molineux stadium, which will increase the venue's capacity to 36,000. The initial two-phase project


which will be carried out over a three-year period, will see the Stan Cullis (North) and Steve Bull (East) stands replaced with new two-tier structures. Stage One will comprise the


construction of a new stand to replace the Stan Cullis (North) stand due to get underway at the end of the 2010-11 season and will feature a museum, a café and a club shop. A family information centre,


pitch-facing hospitality facilities and a large video screen also


NTC opens new recreation sites


A number of new and revamped recreation facilities, including a new skatepark at Parks Leisure Centre, North Shields, have been unveiled by North Tyneside Council (NTC). The skatepark, which


was designed with the help of local skaters, includes features such as a rainbow grind. Meanwhile, the area's


first fully-staffed adventure playground is due to open later this summer in Shiremoor, while a further ten play sites have been improved. Funding for the play


improvements came via the government's Play Pathfinder scheme, which saw NTC allocated £2.5m over a two-year period.


© Cybertrek 2010 Deloitte warned that EPL clubs are spending too much on salaries By Pete Hayman


Deloitte has raised concerns that English Premier League (EPL) clubs are spending too much of their revenue on wages, following the publica- tion of its Annual Review of Football Finance. During the 2008-09 season,


the 20 top-flight football clubs posted a £49m increase in revenue – less than half of a £123m increase in wage costs.


Wage growth is expected to


"outstrip" revenue increases yet again for the 2009-10 season and Deloitte's Sports Business Group warned that the trend cannot be sustained Deloitte's Sports Business


Group partner Alan Switzer said: "We expect wages growth to outstrip revenue increases again in 2009-10. This will further reduce operating profitability, a decline that cannot continue indefinitely."


IN BRIEF


£200,000 Tinsley Park revamp complete Sheffield International Venues has completed a £200,000 overhaul of Tinsley Park Golf Course in Sheffield. Forming part of wider investment plans for the site, Tinsley Park has benefited from a renovated clubhouse and work to upgrade the public areas and changing rooms. Other improvements have included the creation of a new café and bar in the downstairs area of the clubhouse.


An initial two-phase overhaul will be carried out over three years


form part of the proposed new stand in the first phase, which will extend into an open corner at the north east of the venue. The second stage will involve


the replacement of the Steve Bull (East) stand, which will be rebuilt over a two-season period between 2012-14 and is


due to be fully open in time for the 2014-15 season. WWFC said plans are afoot


for a third and fourth phase – comprising a new second tier on the Jack Harris (South) stand and a redeveloped Billy Wright (West) main stand, depending on supporter demand.


Concerns over EPL clubs' wages


Red Knights takeover bid 'put on hold' A consortium of investors has


shelved plans to launch a bid for Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) as it does not believe it would achieve a "fair value" for the club. The Red Knights has been looking to acquire the Premier League club from the Glazer family, but has expressed concern that "inflated value aspirations" would make its bid likely to fail. In a statement, the consortium said it remained committed to efforts to return ownership of MUFC to its supporters and reduce existing debt levels, but would only pay a "sensible" price for the club.


RCBC unveils two new football pavilions Two new football pavilions – at


Smiths Dock Park, Normanby, and the renamed Mo Mowlam Memorial Ground, Dormanstown – have been unveiled by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC). The facilities, which were opened to the public on 29 May, were developed with the help of funding from the council and the Football Foundation (FF). Mo Mowlam Memorial Ground secured a £244,231 grant from the FF towards the £419,000 pavilion, while a £169,788 grant helped fund the £311,000 facility at Smiths Dock Park.


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