The details behind Chelsea’s £68.6m loss for last season are starting to come out an they don’t make pretty reading. Chelsea’s annual wage bill soared last season to £172.5million, which is almost £40million more the next highest payers Manchester City paid. In 2009, Chelsea spent £165.6million on wages but that sum included pay-offs worth £12.6million […]
Arsenal
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-1 to stay five points clear of Arsenal, who won 2-1 against Everton, at the top of the Premier League. Wayne Rooney had scored just one league goal from open play prior to his first-minute strike against Villa. The England striker controlled Edwin van der Sar’s clearance with delightful ease […]
Arsenal scored three times in the second half for a 3-0 victory over Ipswich Town to win their Carling Cup semi-final match up. It took Arsenal over an hour to break down Ipswich but three goals in 16 minutes sent the Gunners to Wembley. Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring for Arsenal in the 61st minute, […]
Dimitar Berbatov scored his third hat trick of the season as Manchester United thrashed Birmingham 5-0 to move two points clear at the top of the Premier League. Wingers Ryan Giggs and Nani were the other scorers at Old Trafford for United, which swept to an easy victory to now make it 22 games without […]
Manchester United are officially the best supported club in Europe according to Futebol Finance. Futebol Finance based their analysis on attendances last season, and with an average Old Trafford attendance of 75,304 last season, United surpassed Real Madrid, the 2009-2009 winners. What is surprising is the lack of Premier League sides on the list. Just […]
After getting hammered 7-0 by Chelsea at the weekend, nobody gave Ipswich Town much hope against Arsenal in the Carling Cup semi-final. But with new boss Paul Jewell watching from the stands, Ipswich scored a last goal to beat Arsenal 1-0. Tamas Priskin was the Ipswich hero, holding off a defender before sliding the ball […]
Newcastle was shocked by League Two side Stevenage in the FA Cup third-round as they were one of four Premier League sides knocked out of the cup at the hands of lowly opposition. Despite Newcastle making five changes from the side that routed West Ham in midweek, it was still a strong side that went […]
Arsenal hit the post twice but could find no way past Manchester City as the Premier League title rivals drew 0-0 on Wednesday. Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas both hit the post in the first 30 minutes, but Arsenal were not able to turn their possession into goals. Both sides finished with 10 men […]