We witnessed yet again the wonders and drama that the Premier League delivers week in week out. Everton 2 Liverpool 2 The honours were all even after a tasty Merseyside derby. Everton had to come from 2-0 down to draw level, and a point was about right for both sides. Liverpool took the lead
Before 2007, the Russian Premier League trophy had only ever made its way out of the Russian capital Moscow once, to Vladikavkaz when Alania won the title way back in 1995. But since 2007, it’s been unwilling to make a return to Moscow, having a brief stay in Saint Petersburg when Zenit claimed the title
It’s just 9 Premier League games into Andre Villas-Boas’ reign at Tottenham and despite a shaky start, he seems to have restored faith with the Tottenham fans after 5 wins in 6 Premier League games, the most high profile being a 3-2 win at Old Trafford. But is the playing philosophy and team ethos AVB
The last four or five years at Barcelona saw Pep Guardiola lead his boyhood club to the most successful era of the clubs history. Winning three La liga titles, two Champions Leagues, two Copa Del Rays, two Super Cups and two World Club Cup’s in just four seasons, Guardiola produced a Barcelona team that is
‘Better the devil you know…’ and all that. I didn’t really get the grasp of this saying until recently. The only time I had come across this was when I used to work in a concrete factory and we had a new boss taking over. All my co-workers kept saying ‘better the devil you know’
In a so far frustrating season both on and off the pitch, the emergence of Stephan El Shaarawy has been one of the few things Milan fans have had to get excited about. Now with the versatile 20 year old, who can play in central midfield as well as in attack, improving seemingly game by
Arsenal forward Theo Walcott’s contract is due to expire at the end of this season and by January he will be eligible to begin negotiations with other clubs. Fans feel very much on the fence with this situation. Some wouldn’t mind seeing the back of Walcott, whilst many are aware of his contribution and remain
Repeating last year’s overwhelming success in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League was always going to be hard to achieve - but 3 matchdays into this season, and everything has proven so much harder than anyone ever expected. After Zenit’s and CSKA’s exploits last season all the way to the last 16, the
“When it rains, it pours” goes the proverb, five words that Arsene Wenger would have come more familiar with over the past week after a dismal date with Schalke on Wednesday night was compounded by the Arsenal Annual General Meeting held at the Emirates on Thursday, another year in which Wenger and Stan Kroenke, the
This is evidently titled racism in football, due to the huge media speculation surrounding the case. We’ve had a prolonged saga with John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, the slightly shorter ordeal of Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra and also, seemingly, incidents stemming from the fans in the stands. A lot is happening in football in
Group A Porto v Dynamo Kiev After a huge win at home to PSG in their most recent Champions League encounter, Porto will host the Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev hoping to make it nine points from nine. However, Dynamo Kiev will be looking to take all three points after they lost to PSG in
Forlan, Lugano, Abreu, Scotti. When you see and hear these great players’ names, you automatically know they’re Uruguayan. Players like Forlan and Lugano hold the great nation on their shoulders, but people are wondering whether their shoulders are becoming too old to hold the pressure of their country? With their recent performance against Bolivia, people
Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor is weighing up a move out of the club, less than 3 months since his £6 million move. The Togolese International is unhappy with the lack of playing time and is yet to start a game this season, managing a measly 82 minutes on the field. Adebayor found himself again on
Ahead of next week’s group of games in the UEFA Champions League, Celtic fans have already started to fret about what Tuesday/Wednesday could bring about. Those going to the increasingly anticipated match v Barcelona could either leave absolutely shattered or absolutely elated. For those who don’t follow the Glasgow side, I think you know which
Group E Shakhtar Donetsk v Chelsea In form Chelsea will travel to Donetsk on Tuesday night in what will be a tricky game in the hostile Donbass arena. Both sides drew to have already drawn to Juventus and beat Nordsjaelland in their other group E games, but only one of the teams will be
Sunderland 1 Newcastle 1 The Tyne-Wear derby never fails to entertain, and this tie was no different. Newcastle were the pace setters in the match, with Frenchman Yohan Cabaye scoring from fifteen yards out after only three minutes on the clock. The game was at a constant high tempo, with tackles flying everywhere, shirts being
In the tone that an underworld criminal might refer to an enemy, ‘We’ll deal with it, don’t you worry’, were the words Sir Alex Ferguson used when referring to Rio Ferdinand, and his latest cause of controversy. The irate manager has opened a debate on whether his comments were justly or not, on a weekend when
On matchday two, we were treated to what would now be labelled an “old fashioned” Champions League match when Manchester City took on Borussia Dortmund. In the days of the European Cup, before the competition’s rebranding in 1992, it truly was a “Champions League” in the sense that only the champions of respective leagues would
Few would fail to recognize that FC Bayern Munchen are having a great start to the season and are probably the team to beat in Europe this season. With eight consecutive Bundesliga wins, FC Bayern have written history and made the best ever start to a Bundesliga season. One might wonder what are the reasons
EA’s FIFA series is rapidly becoming known as the gold standard in football sims. When it first came long in the early nineties for the 16-bit consoles such as; the Sega Megadrive, there was nothing like it at the time. Gamers were used to top down and difficult to control football sims such as Sensible
5th June 2012, Manchester United secured the signing of Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund for an estimated £12 million (rising to £17 million). Upon his signing, football analysts agreed that the Kagawa’s arrival was a signal of a change in approach for Manchester United; Kagawa is a prominent attacking midfielder who
Alex Song, FC Barcelona’s latest summer signing, was signed from Arsenal in order to cover for Keita’s departure and possibly later on converting into a center back like Mascherano did 2 years ago. Alex Song’s debut was against Real Madrid in the Supercup 1st leg. Song gave an impressive performance with the few minutes he
The start of this year’s Primera Division saw three old favourites return to the top flight; Celta Vigo, Deportivo La Coruna and Valladolid were all promoted from the Segunda last season. As with all newly promoted teams they do need a little time to find their feet and adjust to the improvement in standard that
A solid performance for the England under 21 side yesterday as Stuart Pearce - to his credit - yet again guided the side to the European Championship. It’s a shame that the match was somewhat overshadowed by the unsavoury scenes that started at the final whistle, but those issues were dealt with in this article.
As you scan this year’s current La Liga standings, a few things stand out. Atletico sitting joint top is particularly pleasing; Malaga and Real Betis occupying the vacant Champions League spots is pleasant; and Real Madrid sitting nine points behind Barcelona after just seven games is astonishing. So far, this years Primera has been extremely unpredictable and, as you stare