The ongoing anti-Glazer protests by a vocal minority of Manchester United fans seems to be having an effect as Manchester United have announced that they have failed to reach their target of season ticket sales this summer, On not reaching their goal, Man United’s chief executive David Gill tried to spin it like this: “I’ll […]
Premier League
A look at the winners and losers in week three of the English Premier League. Winners Wigan Athletic It had been a terrible start to the season for Roberto Martinez. Two hammerings and a trip to White Hart Lane, scene of last years 9-1 thrashing. Not many Latics fans would have approached Saturday’s game with […]
A look at the winners and losers in week two of the 2010-2011 Premier League Season Winners Gareth Bale Another brilliant performance by the best left footed player in the Premier League. Chelsea Played two, won two. Scored twelve and conceded none. When Roman Abramovich hired Carlo Ancelotti last season, one of his mandates to […]
UEFA has announced the 12 nominees for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. The award will be presented during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 26 August. The nominations are decided by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knockout stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. […]
The Premier League season kicked off this weekend and that means that it is time for another edition of Premier League Winners and Losers. Winners Chelsea Written off a week ago by many pundits after losing to Manchester United in the Charity Shield, the champions showed the sort of form on Saturday that won them […]
What a day it was for Blackpool fans. After waiting all summer, the team that everyone has tipped to get relegated, went to Wigan and thrashed Wigan 4-0 to move top of the Premier League for a couple of hours. This was a great performance by Blackpool who were dominant from the start with Gary Taylor-Fletcher […]
Real Madrid have signed defender Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea, the English Premier League champions announced on their web site. “Chelsea Football Club can confirm it has agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Ricardo Carvalho. The transfer is subject to a medical and the player agreeing personal terms. Chelsea would like to thank […]
In a massive shock, especially this close to the start of the season, Martin O’Neill has resigned as Aston Villa manager with immediate effect. No reason has been given for O’Neill’s decision to so suddenly but my only conclusion is that O’Neill had a major disagreement with Villa owner Randy Lerner In a statement O’Neill […]
Last September the chairmen of the Premier League teams agreed to new squad rules changes andit seems that managers have only know started to realize the consequences of the new rule. Basically the squad rules says that each Premier League club must name their 25-man squad by September 1, the day after the summer transfer […]