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Chelmsford sign attacker Bakare

Blue Square Bet South club Chelmsford City sign striker Michael Bakare from Bishop's Stortford

John Henry's first Liverpool anniversary

JOHN W HENRY will mark the first anniversary of his takeover at Liverpool by dealing with a crisis at his Boston Red Sox baseball club.

Cherries keen on Eastwood

Bournemouth boss Lee Bradbury would be interested in Freddy Eastwood, but fears the Coventry striker is out of his price range.

John W Henry's biggest signings – in pictures

Following our exclusive interview with the Liverpool and Boston Red Sox owner John W Henry this week, we look at the American's most lavish sporting purchases

'We may have overpaid for players'

• Henry was initially unconvinced about appointing Dalglish • Fenway spent £301.5m on Red Sox and Liverpool squads • Read David Conn's full story on Fenway Sports Group John W Henry, the principal owner of Liverpool, has suggested his Fenway Sports Group has overpaid for...

Having a Football Man at the FA has been one big failure | Marina Hyde

Football Man's experiment ended in ignominy in Bloemfontein, in Gelsenkirchen, Shizuoka, Lisbon and Charleroi Yes, but is he a football man?" For ever and a day, this has been the only question the FA appeared to consider when appointing directors to its board. "Football man" denotes innate –...

Boston to Liverpool: Timeline of Fenway Sports Group - in pictures

Nine years after buying the Red Sox, Liverpool's owners are seeking a radical change to English football's finances Sachin Nakrani

Boston to Liverpool: Timeline of Fenway Sports Group

Nine years on from buying the Red Sox, Liverpool's owners are seeking a radical change to English football's finances 2002 New England Sports Ventures buys the Boston Red Sox for $700m (£480m). Theo Epstein is hired as general manager to oversee an overhaul in player recruitment 2004 The Red...

Boston Red Sox and Liverpool: how they compare

Two sporting entities, an ocean apart, united by Fenway Sports Group Boston Red Sox Year formed 1901 Honours World Series titles 7 , American League pennants 12 , East Division titles 6 Stadium: Fenway Park Opened in 1912 by then Red Sox owner John I Taylor before it...