Archive for the ‘Football’ Category

Stoke the Flames

Sidibe celebrating his winning goal in injury time against Aston Villa

New boys Stoke have already assumed parity with last years hapless losers Derby; when it comes to Premiership victories, after their first Top tier contest at Britannia Stadium - against high flying Aston Villa. Having soundly beaten Manchester City in the last round, one could [...]

A Scrappy Injury Time Draw Fails To Impress

England playing at Wembley

England were down, but not out, in their Wembley friendly versus Czech Republic. Joe Cole saved blushes from the hosts with his injury time scrap poke, giving a 2-2 scoreline to the low-tempo International Friendly.
England Coach Fabio Capello had said the time for experiments were over and named John Terry as his [...]

Early Days …but…

With football underway in England and Germany, with Spain and Italy set to follow in the near future, the footy-frenzy is set to reach new heights in the months ahead. While it is too early to make serious predictions, due to good or bad opening performances, some notes are worthy to be made.
Some teams have [...]

The Premier Prediction League 2008/09

 
 
With all the self-proclaimed experts and pundits rolling up their sleeves in anticipation while letting the drivel juice swivel from their conservative pen. We enter the race of gloomy forecasts and untold prophecies, with this, equally bombastic calculation.
 
Brimming with money and confidence, the English Premier League boasts more Brazilians than any other foreign nationality in the [...]

Ron Around the Clock

Much has been said already about the great Cristiano Ronaldo saga that has plagued the sports pages most of this summer; with Ronaldo and Real Madrid seemingly trying to engineer an early Old Trafford exit, much to the chagrin of Ronaldo’s mentor and United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. Rather unsurprisingly the reigning European Champions League [...]

Citizen Sven

So, finally after weeks of speculation the writing is finally on the wall for Sven. After meeting pre-season expectations of a top half finish, and European qualification, Sven can leave with his head held high. He succumbed to his own excellent start in the Blues hot seat, significantly heightening expectations after that early season bravado. [...]

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