Until now, all the talk has centred around the battle between Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa. But with back-to-back wins against the Premier League leaders Chelsea and Manchester United, Everton have popped up in eighth place. It sounds a long way from the top, but they sit just eight points away from fourth. The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
Seven out of ten games were called off due to weather, but we did see some action at the Emirates and at Birmingham’s St Andrews Ground. Arsenal 2 – 2 Everton Emirates Stadium, London Saturday 9 January 2010 Kickoff: 17:00 Goal Scorers: Leon Osman ‘11 0-1 Denilson ‘27 1-1 Steven Pienaar ‘80 1-2 Tomas Rosicky ‘90 2-2 Birmingham City 1 – 1 Manchester United St Andrews [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Spain 1 – 0 Iraq After putting 5 past New Zealand on Sunday, one expected Spain to continue where they left off against the Iraqi team, but in fact even after making 4 changes to their starting line up, the Spanish side looked rather fatigued and couldn’t easily penetrate the Iraqi defense. It took Spain 52 minutes [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 14, 2009
South Africa 0 – 0 Iraq A very tightly contested match between the host and an unknown Iraqi team. South Africa enjoyed most of the possession while Iraq were happy to just sit back and defend with the aim of holding the South Africans to a draw. Bafana Bafana coach, Joel Santana started the game with [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
Coach Joel Santana has named his final 23 man squad to play in the Confederations Cup in less than two weeks from now. This final Bafana team will play against Poland on Saturday in it’s final preparation match before the tournament. I guess one talking point will be the axing of Nasief Morris and the inclusion [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 8, 2009
So, Joel Santana, Bafana Bafana coach has finally announced his squad that will participate in the Confederations Cup in a couple of week’s time. Of course the biggest talking point is that of the exclusion of Benni McCarthy, I know Benni has had his moments with the call ups, but do you think the South [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 3, 2009
Good evening football lovers, the Barclays Premiership action has come to an end for this weekend and I must say looking at the overall results, there weren’t too many surprises. As a matter of fact, only Everton moved up the log to fifth position after beating Sunderland 2-0, with our very own South African Steven [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 21, 2009
As a breadwinner and a family man, Benni McCarthy should be commended for consciously considering his priorities right. This shows that in spite of having achieved a lot, he has not overlooked his values as an African man, which are to care for his future and that of his family. Everyone is quick to lash-out at Benni [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 12, 2009
Here we go, the GOALS! Enjoy the highlights… Goal Scorers: 0-1: Marouane Fellaini 19′ 0-2: Tim Cahill 23′ 1-2: John Carew 33′ 1-3: Steven Pienaar 53′ 2-3: James Milner 55′ 3-3: Gareth Barry (pen) 67′
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Here’s this week transfer gossip scoop: ENJOY Hull are considering recalling striker Dean Windass from his loan spell at Oldham as the Tigers bid to halt their Premier League freefall. (Daily Mirror) Preston will swoop for Manchester United youngster Kenny Strickland. The 18-year-old right-back turned out for
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