Depending on how you read between the lines, Sir Alex Ferguson managed to persuade Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Manchester United for “one more year”. Remember, of course, that the rumours of a move to his boyhood club Real Madrid first surfaced during 2008. Six Alex and those higher ups at Man Utd rubbished the rumours [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 30, 2010
Just how can the Premier League ensure that clubs field the strongest possible team? There has been a lot said about the matter by (especially) Wolves boss Mick McCarthy and Fulham’s Roy Hodgson so far this season. Wolves were given a £25000 suspended fine by the league after making 10 changes to a midweek team that faced [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 23, 2010
We’ve been treated to some interesting outbursts from Premier League team owners through the course of this season. It’s arguably been one of the most entertaining seasons in recent memory. At least since the Special One and his utterances left Chelsea. Particularly interesting has been the effect of the pronouncements by owners on the performances of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 16, 2010
Supporters of the Premiership’s top clubs – Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool – will blindly tell anyone who will listen that the English Premier League is the strongest in Europe. This despite the failure of any of England’s bigger clubs to progress to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League this season. Liverpool failed to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 12, 2010
The FA Cup semi-final two. Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 2 Portsmouth (AET) Wembley, London Sunday 11 April 2010 Kickoff: 16:00 Goal Scorers: Frederic Piquionne ‘98 0-1 Kevin-Prince Boateng ‘116 (pen.) 0-2
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 – 0 Stoke City Molineux, Wolverhampton Sunday 11 April 2010 Kickoff: 13:00 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 Manchester United Ewood Park, Blackburn Sunday 11 April 2010 Kickoff: 14:30 Liverpool 0 – 0 Fulham Anfield, Liverpool Sunday 11 April 2010 Kickoff: 16:00 Manchester City 5 – 1 Birmingham City City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Sunday 11 April 2010 Kickoff: 17:00 Goal Scorers: Carlos Tevez ‘37 (pen.) 1-0 Carlos Tevez ‘39 [...]
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The FA Cup semi-final one. Aston Villa 0 – 3 Chelsea Wembley, London Saturday 10 April 2010 Kickoff: 17:00 Goal Scorers: Didier Drogba ‘67 0-1 Florent Malouda ‘88 0-2 Frank Lampard ‘90 0-3
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Hull City 1 – 4 Burnley KC Stadium, Hull Saturday 10 April 2010 Kickoff: 16:00 Goal Scorers: Kevin Kilbane ‘2 1-0 Martin Paterson ‘34 1-1 Graham Alexander ‘63 (pen.) 1-2 Graham Alexander ‘69 (pen.) 1-3 Wade Elliott ‘90 1-4 West Ham 1 – 0 Sunderland Upton Park, London Saturday 10 April 2010 Kickoff: 16:00 Goal Scorers: Ilan (Ilan Araujo Dall’Igna) ‘50 1-0
Continue reading...Friday, April 9, 2010
Game on! The Premier League this season has really morphed into three distinct battles. Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will fight for supremacy over the next five games. It’s by no means a foregone conclusion that the top three will remain in this order till the last day – the lead has already changed hands [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Manchester City 3 – 0 Wigan City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Monday 29 March 2010 Kickoff: 21:00 Goal Scorers: Carlos Tevez ‘71 1-0 Carlos Tevez ‘73 2-0 Carlos Tevez ‘83 3-0
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