Month: August 2008
SL Week in Review: UEFA Champions League, Arsene Wenger’s Legacy, La Liga 08/09 Predictions, and more
Updated:We’re about to head into a new week, and if you’ve missed anything on SL over the last week, here’s your chance to get caught up on some of the…
Read more »Summer 2008 Transfer Lists
Updated:In addition to our daily transfer news and rumours column, we also cover all the transfers happening in the Premier League. This summer we’re taking our coverage to the next…
Read more »Jugs, sex workers and why names are important in football
Updated:Today is the second-last day of the transfer window for English and Scottish football – it was supposed to end at midnight tonight but Alex Ferguson threatened to finger Scudamore…
Read more »Who makes your football kits?
Updated:Here’s a list of football shirt manufacturers and the clubs they make kits for in the Football League:
Read more »08-09 Carling Cup 3rd Round Draw
Updated:See the latest Carling Cup 3rd round draw here. The article below refers to last year’s draw. Carling Cup 08/09 3rd round draw:
Read more »Transfer Rumors (30 August 08): Bayern bid for Berbatov?, United offload Saha to Everton, Liverpool’s Riera deal almost done, and more
Updated:We’re into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it’s sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I’m back to give you…
Read more »Interview with ITV.com’s Marc Webber
Updated:Last week I talked to ITV.com’s head of content, Marc Webber, about ITV’s new website, their focus on football (and especially football video) and how he saw the online football…
Read more »Serie A 07-08 Attendance Map
Updated:The Serie A 08-09 season kicks off this weekend with a host of tasty fixtures (the highlight of the opening weekend being the Fiorentina v Juventus game on Sunday evening)….
Read more »Weekend Predictions: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton and Villa to win, Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle and Man City to lose
Updated:I’ve never really understood the need for foreign travel. It makes no sense to leave a perfectly good country for a significantly poorer one; although this is never a real…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (29 August 08): Man City complete SWP deal, Tottenham in for Veloso, Everton and Spurs after Larsson, and more
Updated:There are only a few days left in the window, so I’m sure there’s a lot in store for what I hope will be a frantic few days in transfers….
Read more »Manchester – Vidic might not be happy, but we love it!
Updated:Nemanja Vidic was quoted as saying some not very nice things about Manchester this week, which he has since denied, although some have doubted how sincere his denial of the…
Read more »UEFA Champions League 08-09 – Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG
Updated:This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article. The DRAW for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Group…
Read more »How much will England and Liverpool miss Gerrard?
Updated:Steven Gerrard will undergo groin surgery in a bid to have an injury-free season and will miss two league games and two England World Cup qualifiers in the process. How…
Read more »If Style Won You Silverware…
Updated:Who would win the Premier League? The Champions League? The FA Cup? Would Manchester United and Chelsea still fight for the title? Will Arsenal and Liverpool be dumped out of…
Read more »Is Football Bad For Your Health?
Updated:Football has a pretty big role in terms of UK culture, and never more so since the birth of Sky Sports and the Premier League, enhanced even further by Euro…
Read more »Stevenage struggle to get started
Updated:Many a preseason favourite for the title have struggled to start their campaign in the manner that the media hype would suggest, but few have done so quite as spectacularly…
Read more »Liverpool appoint Mrs Redknapp as assistant manager
Updated:‘Onest ‘Arry Redknapp appears to be feeling the pinch of the credit crunch. Obviously Lord Stevens’ enquiry into bung-taking in football found no evidence he was anything other than an…
Read more »Why Liverpool should be 2 points ahead of Chelsea and why West Ham should have lost by 4 goals…
Updated:After the second weekend of the new season, there’s only one Premier League team left with a 100% record, according to the Right Result.
Read more »SL Week in Review – Rivalries, Barry-gate, David v David, and more
Updated:Just in case you’ve missed anything on SL over the last several days, here’s a quick recap of some of the top topics from the last week.
Read more »Manchester City v. West Ham United – Live Blog
Updated:Manchester City (Sturridge 65′, Elano 70′ 76′) 3-0 West Ham United Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday 24 August 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 11:00 EST…
Read more »Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland – Live Blog
Updated:Tottenham (Jenas 73′) 1-2 Sunderland (Richardson 55′, Cisse 83′) Stadium: White Hart Lane, London Date: Saturday 23 August 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST Sunderland…
Read more »Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)
Updated:Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this…
Read more »Football Rivals You Love To Hate
Updated:I hate Liverpool and I hate Liverpool fans. This isn’t to say that I don’t have a mate or two who is afflicted with Liverpool support and this isn’t to…
Read more »Weekend Predictions: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd and Newcastle to win, Tottenham, West Ham, Everton and Man City won’t
Updated:The Olympic Games have been a real disappointment. The only event that I was desperate to watch was the diving, but it turned out to be a few lunatics jumping…
Read more »Wenger talks about Barry – isn’t that wrong?
Updated:Question for Arsenal fans: Now that Wenger has commented twice on Gareth Barry (here and here), will you:
Read more »Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
Updated:Watch Argentina v Brazil live online. Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball,…
Read more »Terry is England Captain
Updated:Fabio Capello has named John Terry as England captain – and this appointment is expected to last at least till the end of the World Cup qualifiers, and most likely…
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