Captaincy’s diminishing returns: Wayne Rooney will not make a difference
O Captain, My Captain with Robin Williams inspiring his young proteges to find themselves One of the enduring myths...
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Manuel Almunia to retire from football due to heart condition
Almunia had to take over the giant hole left by Jens Lehmann, a tough act to follow Former Arsenal...
Champions League draw: Arsenal, Black and Yellows, Eboue, and Anderlecht
We have seen them before. One year we dumped them out. Last year they got the better of us....
Champions League second leg qualifier: Arsenal scrap past Besiktas on Sanchez’s first goal, 1-0
No Giroud for the next 4 months, no Ramsey, no Arteta, no Gibbs, no matter. Those are four starters...
Man Utd’s problems go beyond Louis Van Gaal and a new system
Tuesday, 26th of August, 2014 will be remembered as a day of infamy for Utd fans. T’was that day,...
Manchester United pay £64m for guardian angel
Not sure what the going rate is for hiring out guardian angels is but Man Utd have shelled out...
Ronaldo notches up his first for the new season
Cristiano Ronaldo notched up his first goal for the new season when he struck late against Cordobato make the...
Manchester City soar over Liverpool
Pellegrini’s team have started the season looking very much as if they mean business.The 2 – 0 win over...
Messi’s back
10-man Barcelona started their Spanish league Season with a 3-0 win over Elche – two of which were scored...
Manchester United glow dimly in stadium of light
The Man Utd strike force of Rooney,Mata and Van Persie looked a bit devoid of ideas on how to...
Arsenal come back from being 2 goals down
Late goals from Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud ensured that Arsenal shared points with Everton.
Diego Costa and Hazard take Chelsea past Leicester
Leicester – back in the top level of the league after a gap of 10 years kept Chelsea at...
Bayern start new season with win
Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben helped Bayern Munich defeat Wolfsburg as they begin their title defence in the new...
Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid in the Super Cup
Mario Mandzukic gave Atlético Madrid a 1-0 lead in the first two minutes and they held on to win...
Galaxy start season with dramatic comeback win
LA Galaxy ended up being 3 -1 down at the end of the first half in the opening game...
Balotelli moves to Liverpool
Mad Super Mario kisses AC Milan goodbye and heads off to Liverpool – to try and fill the Suarez...
Johan Cruyff is still alive
Johan Cruyff – legendary creator of the Cruyff turn – must have got a bit of a turn today...
James Rodriguez scores his first Real Madrid goal…
Move over Cristiano…! Rodriguez came on as a second half sub for CR7 against Atletico Madrid and scored his...
Demba Ba almost scores wonder goal against Arsenal
Stalemate in Istanbul. Arsenal battled it out to a goalless draw against Besitkas in Turkey. Demba Ba almost scored...
Suarez gets to play for Barcelona at last.
Suarez’ initial four month ban was downgraded by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week. They court ruled...
Chelsea make a confident start
Mourinho will have said a few words to his defence for conceding a goal in the 14th minute.But that...
Liverpool win incredibly boring opening game
Liverpool fans too would have fallen asleep in the first half.Dull as ditchwater.Raheem Sterling caused a bit of a...
Cristiano Ronaldo and the lightning counter attack
Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria combine to produce a 9 second counter attack which ends with CR taking the...
Arsenal manage to beat Crystal Palace eventually
Arsenal managed to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to beat a managerless Crystal Palace at home -who,incidentally,were...
Manchester United crash to first defeat of the season
Louis van Gaal began his reign as Manchester United manager with an unexpected defeat against Swansea at home.Suddenly memories...
The EPL is back….!
The English Premier League is back . Manchester City head into the first match of their title defense against...
Mourinho says everyone picks on him
Poor Mourinho.All the match officials always pick on him
Bayern Munich beaten by Spiderman
Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to claim the German Super Cup. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored Dortmund’s second goal and...
Captain Rooney
Van Gaal has put an end to speculation,rumours and idle chit chat by naming Wayne Rooney as captain of...
Ronaldo back among the goals .
Cristiano Ronaldo is back to scoring goals and collecting trophies. He scored both goals against Sevilla to give Real...
Marouane Fellaini scores last gasp winner
Van Gaal’s unbeaten record stayed unbeaten thanks to a last kick winner from Marouane Fellaini which took Man Utd...
Klose will never score for Germany again
One month after breaking the all-time World Cup scoring record Klose has called it quits on his international career....
21 goals in a single game is the new Swedish record
Yanick Djouzi Manzizila has broken a goal scoring record in Sweden that was set way back in 1954. He...
Zlatan the generous
Another adjective to describe the irrepressible Zlatan. Sweden’s national team for players with learning difficulties qualified for the INAS...
Fabregas does a Messi against Ferencvaros
Chelsea beat Ferencvaros 2 -1. Fabregas scored a super solo goal which came at the end of a jinking,dodging...
Arsenal’s hope for a brand new dawn
Manchester City got a 3 – 0 thrashing and Arsenal collected their second piece of silverware in three months....
Manchester United and Bayern Munich legends battle it out
Manchester United’s Legends played their Bayern Munich counterparts in a charity game on saturday. Andy Cole put United ahead...
PSG make a not so good start…
..to the new season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two and missed one penalty to hold Reims to a 2-2 draw...
Diego Costa’s brilliance
Chelsea beat Fenerbahce 2-0 in a pre season friendly during the course of which Diego Costa showed off some...
Barcelona hit HJK Helsinki for 6
Barcelona put the disappointment of the 0-1 defeat against SSC Napoli and went on to beat HJK Helsinki 6-...
Drogba retires from International Duty
Ivory Coast will have to look elsewhere now for inspiration. Drogba played 104 times for his country,represented them at...
Howard Webb says it’s time…
….for him to call it a day.He has put away his collection of red and yellow cards is all...
Napoli beat Barcelona thanks to debut error by Claudio Bravo
Bravo,Barcelona’s €12 million import from Real Sociedad was both hero and villain of the game.He produced a brilliant save...
Meet Frank Lampard of Manchester City.
This is weird for Chelsea fans.
MLS All stars beat Bayern Munich 2-1
Pep Guardiola hit the headlines for refusing to shake hands with his American counterpart after Bayern Munich slumped to...
Xavi says goodbye…
Xavi brings his stellar,sublime,virtuoso international career to a close after 133 caps and being a key player in the...
Manchester United defeat Liverpool in the International Champions Cup
Wayne Rooney inspired Manchester United to a dramatic fightback win and ensured that Van Gaal extended his unbeaten start...
Nicolás Lodeiro soap opera
Nicolás Lodeiro’s transfer from Botafogo to Corinthians has material in it for several episodes of a soap opera. Corinthians...
Werder Bremen beat Chelsea 3 – 0
The return of the prodigal Drogba into the side did not make much difference as they were comprehensively beaten...
Liverpool enter finals of International Champion’s Cup
Joe Allen scored after 17 minutes and Suso scored another late in the game to take Liverpool into the...
Yaya Sanogo scores a hat trick + 1 for Arsenal
Yaya Sanogo scored his first goal for Arsenal and then went on to score 3 more to make a...