Is it still acceptable to ‘rough up’ skillful players?
Discussing deliberate fouls on fellow professionals has become a bit taboo since Roy Keane’s admission about his premeditated knee-high tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland, but Bolton’s Kevin Nolan has broken the silence to say that he urged teammate Jlloyd Samuel to foul Theo Walcott during their match against Arsenal on Saturday. Nolan said: “I said to…
Coaching Young Players
In these heady days of multi-billionaire takeovers of clubs in the English Premiership and Championship, the subject of developing young players has again risen to the fore. With the best overseas talent being bought up by the top clubs, it is a case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. For other…
ITV’s schedule for England’s World Cup 2010 Qualification
Watch live World Cup matches here. ITV announced last week it had agreed a deal with Setanta to broadcast highlights of all of England’s remaining World Cup 2010 away qualifying matches.
Copy of Nigerian consortium´s official bid for Newcastle United
Following all the speculation about possible owners for Newcastle United, it seems that Mike Ashley is preparing to sell the club to a consortium of wealthy Nigerians. Chris Nathaniel, the chief executive of NVA Management, the company managing the deal, said he is hopeful the Nigerians will become the first Africans to own a Premier…
Arsenal’s first goal was offside, Liverpool didn’t deserve to score
Arsenal moved smoothly to the top of the Premier League and Right Result table with an impressive win at Bolton Wanderers. All did not go according to script at their former bogey ground though….
Maybe money does buy success after all
That is if Manchester City are anything to go by. There is nothing like a 6-0 victory to spark belief that the title will follow (it won´t, of course, but the belief is still there!). But when you look at the team, the only impact the new Arab owners have had is the purchase of…
10 observations on Manchester United v Chelsea
1. There is absolutely nothing to choose between these two sides this season. Expect the tightest title race in years as both clubs could go the distance. 2. Dimitar Berbatov cannot defend. Salomon Kalou ghosted past the ex-Tottenham man to grab the equaliser. 3. Sir Alex Ferguson is not stupid. It seems his talk of…
Video: Respect the ref? As soon as he stops awarding goals like this one
An unexpected side effect of the Respect the Ref campaign has been the joy in pointing out examples of refereeing errors that are so bad that it makes respect impossible and just refraining from running onto the pitch and slapping him senseless with a sweaty shin pad is the best one can do. As examples…
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United – 21 September 2008 – English Premier League – Live Blog
Chelsea (Kalou 80′) 1-1 Manchester United (Park 18′) Stadium: Stamford Bridge, London, England Date: Sunday 21 September 2008 Competition: Premier League Kick off: 13:00 GMT, 9:00 ET Manchester United and Chelsea scrapped and clawed their way to a hard-fought 1-1 draw. Soccerlens had the action live! Click below for the live blog.
Would you pay £50 to watch a Championship match?
No, me neither. Especially since you could watch a Premier League game for less at 14 out of 20 top-flight clubs. But QPR have different ideas. The club has hiked its most expensive tickets up to £50 a pop at the insistence of the club’s owners. Formula One high-rollers Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone must…
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