Month: November 2010

In a development that reveals just how low they now deem themselves to have sunk in FIFA’s estimations (and how far back they have fallen back in terms of the…

A decade ago, tempestuous teenager Jay Bothroyd was told by Arsenal’s head of youth development, Liam Brady that he would never play for the club again after the surly young…

For those fans whose expectations of this year’s Premier League title race were shaped by the English press orgasming over Chelsea’s prowess, I have to burst your bubble – Chelsea…

The biggest shock Ipswich 1  Barnsley 3 The team that can’t win away has gone and done it twice in five days. The result and how comfortably it was secured…

It took half a slip on a rainy night from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and half a touch by Zidane’s Rachel, Marco Materazzi for referee Paolo Tagliavento to call it a penalty…

The solitary late second half goal from Argentinean striker Gonzalo Higuain saw Real Madrid maintain their pole position in La Liga. Sporting Gijon’s manager wasn’t very happy about Jose Mourinho…

Probably the biggest shocker of the season so far, Sunderland completely overwhelmed Chelsea with three goals at the Stamford Bridge. Their loss to Liverpool seems to have shattered their winning…

Everton got a consolation goal out of a game that was all Arsenal’s. Bacary Sagna gave Gunners the lead in the first half the two teams went back to the…

How do you solve a problem like Mancini? Ger McCarthy looks at what’s going wrong at Manchester City in the wake of the Premier League club’s third consecutive league game…

Manchester United did well to rescue another match away from Old Trafford, but there comes a point when a point is not enough. The United players bowed their heads for a minute’s worth of silence before the match to honor the brave men and women that have served their country, but they should all hang their in disappointment after that disparaging showpiece they put on at Villa Park.

Fullback’s aren’t all they are cracked up to be – at least, not at the moment.

Fabio Capello has announced an experimental / fresh-looking squad to play France on Wednesday at Wembley which is bound to ruffle a few feathers, although at this point anything Capello does provokes a mini-lynching from sections of the press.

Villarreal did cause some tension in the Barcelona camp when Nilmar scored in the 26th minute to equalize David Villa’s opener. The second half turned out to be going only…

Either Manchester United is extremely lucky or they’re just too damn good. Stealing a point from Aston Villa after going 2-0 down in the 76th minute – the first was…

The last two results for Manchester United have not been very favorable to say the least, however, there have been positive signs from the younger players. The young players at United have taken major steps to show that they have the character, and can potentially be a long-term player for the club by showing that they are not afraid to face adversity – or an opponent.

With their 25 match unbeaten streak clearly hanging in the balance, Manchester United scored two late goals to secure a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa. Villa went two goals to the good through Ashley Young and Marc Albrighton, and it looked like United were left for the dead, but two goals in five minutes from Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic.

Burnley v Watford How have they been doing? Struggling. Burnley have 1 win in their last 7, Watford have 2 from their last 8. Check out . . . A…

Football Manager has always been called a PC game and the thought was that the only users bought the game to play on their computers. However, sales figures from the…

José Mourinho has carried on his tradition of getting under people’s skin wherever he goes, but this week he came under fire from two sides as he was labelled “ill-mannered”…

Arsenal’s vainglorious striker Niklas Bendtner has never been one for the subtle understatement, lest we forget that it was only a few months ago he claimed himself to be the…

Juventus and Roma are on the up after both suffering indifferent starts to the season. The Bianconeri and Giallorossi are evenly poised in Serie A by just the one solitary point. Victory on Saturday for either team will enhance their prospects for a title challenge with the loser being left to pick up the pieces. A huge night in prospect in Turin.

Rarely a week goes by where we don’t get some manager, player, or chief executive spouting off to the press about some vapid issue or another. This week we were…

It was today confirmed by Carlo Ancelotti that Frank Lampard will be out for a further 2 or 3 weeks despite reports that he’d be back this weekend against Sunderland….

It might have been over ten years since Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid and more than fifteen since the same club won the league title, but few can remember the…

While the amount of British players to have made themselves a name in Spain is relatively small – David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Laurie Cunningham to name but three – there…

Ex-Real Madrid and Villarreal boss Manuel Pellegrini, appointed Málaga manager seven days ago, marked his return to Spanish football with a 3-2 triumph over Hércules to send his new team…

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