Looking at English football fan arrests from the 2006/2007 season
In a recent article, I discussed the incident involving Manchester United and Roma fans that resulted in four United fans being jailed for assault and resisting arrest, and whether or not football violence was getting out of hand. In October 2007, the Home Office released a report detailing the number of arrests that occurred in…
Agent: Berbatov should be allowed to leave Tottenham
Talk about royally screwing over your employer’s employers. Emil Dantchev, Dimitar Berbatov’s agent, has told the Sun that he has talked to Daniel Levy about Berbatov’s future at Tottenham and that if a big club comes knocking for Berba in January (or next summer), he should be allowed to leave Tottenham for his sporting ambitions.
Espanyol Emerging Out of Barcelona’s Shadows
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona would be hammer and nail at each other as always for La Liga title, Atletico Madrid should possibly be there barging onto the duopoly, Villarreal, Real Zaragoza and Sevilla FC would be trying to smother each other for the remaining UEFA Champions League place. That was the popular conviction at…
L’Équipe’s All-Star Best XI of 2007
It’s the end of the year. A popular time for various press publications to make “Best Of 2007″-type rankings. The Times (UK) did the Best 100 movies of 2007, the New York Times the 10 Best Books of 2007, mCalcio.com the Reuters (RNPS) Best Sports Pictures of 2007 (oh what a shameful plug from my part), and Time Magazine…
Divining Liverpool’s future from Hicks’s interview
Not having read the SI interview in full (mind you, 99.99% people haven’t, they’re just commenting on the excerpts from it), I think it’s easy to see how the media can turn one person’s honest analysis of the situation (Hick’s) into a fresh attempt to create a problem between the Liverpool owners and the Liverpool…
Transfer Gossip: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Napoli, Reading
If you don’t care for Italian football, scroll far, far down, because there’s a lot of Serie A-based news forthcoming.
Phil O’Donnell – Motherwell Captain – Dies
Motherwell captain Phil O’Donnell has died after collapsing towards the end of his side’s Scottish Premier League game against Dundee United.
Top 20 Young Footballers for 2008
Also See: Top 20 Young Footballers to Watch in 2009. Few years, like 2007, can claim to have served as the launching platform for many of the talented youngsters football has to offer. From Cristiano Ronaldo to Cesc FÃ bregas, passing by Giovani Dos Santos and Bojan Krkic, through to Karim Benzema and Alexandre Pato, not…
Football Quotes of the Year – 2007
Here are some notable quotes made during the past year. Each was stated by the named individual; however, my responses were created, and are not meant to represent the views of the individuals. Nor libel them in any way. This is both a factual and (hopefully) a light-hearted article.
Fergie’s Greatest Ever? We may well be looking at them…
Towards the end of 2006, certain pundits and magazines were proclaiming the birth of Sir Alex Ferguson’s third (for some, fourth) great team stemming from his 20-year tenure at Manchester United.
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