Hellas Football

Pan Asia Investments, headed by Thai businessman Paijoj Piempongsant, is keen on buying fallen giants Panathinaikos. The interest is there from both parties, with Piempongsant set to fly to Athens and discuss the major sticking points with Alafouzos. The debt and who it is paid by is said to be the major stumbling block. The proposed takeover offers an enormous boost across the entire club, as the budget for next season would be 20 million Euro. This would significantly improve the squad if used properly. 13 million Euro would be used to pay third parties to whom money is owed to and cover a portion of the existing debts. On top of this, 7 million Euro would go towards a closed TV rights contract, and a further 7 million Euro would be spent on enhancing the facilities at the Koropi training centre. This all sounds good and the group has past experience in European football, but the murky underworld of Greek football operates in a manner that would shock anyone. Would they be ab...

With the Greek Cup final teams set, it is a repeat of last years teams as AEK come up again PAOK. Greg Gavalas and Athan Stylos preview their respective teams. Greg Gavalas AEK meets PAOK in the Greek Cup Final for the 5th time in their history. The Athenians hold a 3-1 record over the Dikefalo tou Vorra. Funny enough, AEK has won all games in Attica whilst PAOK won the only game played outside of the southern capital which was only last season in Thessaly. The final last year was married with horrible fan violence before the game which made for horrible images of violent clashes between the two groups. The final as such will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens which should give AEK a small advantage; it’s also the same venue that AEK last beat PAOK at for the Cup in 1983. Sadly Panagiotis Kone will miss the final under bizarre circumstances… after the amazing goal in the semi final by Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Kone who was on the bench at the time, s...

It’s crunch time in Gamma Ethniki, as the 8 group winners from the regular season battle it out to see which 4 of those clubs will earn promotion to the Football League for 2018/19. The 8 group winners will be split into 2 groups of 4, they will each play each other twice, with the top 2 in each group earning promotion to the Football League for the 2018/19 season. The 8 clubs who have qualified for these playoffs include: G ROUP 1: Apollon Paralimniou – From Serres in Eastern Macedonia. Iraklis – Looking to quickly climb back up the divisions. Tilikratis – A club from the island of Lefkada. Volos NFC – A Thessalian club who topped their group by a whopping 17 points. GROUP 2: Asteras Amaliadas – From the town of Amaliada in the North-West of the Peloponnese. Ethnikos Piraeus – Looking to return to the Football League after a decade. Aittitos Spata – A club from the Eastern outskirts of Athens. Irodotos – A club from Crete, which was founded in 1932 by refugees from the...