Archive for January 2009

Times Fantasy Football Review

Times Fantasy Football Review

The official blurb of the Times Fantasy Football game reads as following: “11 players to pick, £100 million to spend and £100,000 to win — are you ready to prove your football management skills in the 2008/9 season of Times Fantasy Football? Use skill and judgement to manage your team throughout the season. Players score…

FA Cup Holders Portsmouth Dumped Out at Home, Chelsea to Visit U.S. in July, Dimitar Berbatov Is Smarter Than You Think, and more

Giant-killer Nathan Dyer silences the Fratton Park faithful.

Nothing like an FA Cup upset or two to add a little spice to your Saturday. Well, unless you’re on the receiving end of said upset, at home nonetheless.

UEFA Football Team of the Year 2008

UEFA Football Team of the Year 2008

After 3.3 million votes cast by 256,000 online users (slightly less than last year), the uefa.com Team of the Year 2008 was revealed earlier this week. As can usually be expected with these things, this starting eleven will please many and disappoint others (especially those whose favorite player was not selected) but this being said,…

Transfer Rumors (24 Jan 09): Tottenham offer Bent plus cash for Sunderland’s Jones, Arsenal to rival Fulham for Leeds wonderkid Delph, Real Madrid fail in bid for Roma striker Vucinic, and more

With action on the pitch dominating the sports pages today, there’s not a lot of transfer news and rumors to report on, but we still have a few tidbits for you to tide you over until tomorrow..

Guardian Fantasy Football Review

The Guardian has always fancied itself as a bit different from your usual rags when it comes to football. But in a sneaky way. It doesn’t so much avoid the idle speculation and in-your-face headlines associated with the Red Tops, as dress them up with fancy words and add their own two-cents worth as well….

Daniela Cicarelli – Ronaldo’s list keeps growing and growing

Daniela Cicarelli – Ronaldo’s list keeps growing and growing

Daniela Cicarelli Lemos was born on 6th November, 1978 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She’s a fashion model and a former MTV Brasil hostess. She has been a model since before her teens and she gained popularity after a Pepsi commercial in 2001. She then joined MTV Brasil in 2003 and started dating the legendary Ronaldo…

Federica Fontana – Another reason why Serie A is better than Premier League

Federica Fontana was born on 30th April, 1977 in Italy. She’s a TV hostess and a TV sports announcer; especially for football. Modeling is like her side-business. She started off with public campaigns at a rather young age. In 1995, when she was 18, she won the second place crown as Miss Buona Domenica and…

Transfer Rumors (23 Jan 09): Aston Villa beat Liverpool to sign Wigan’s Heskey, Hull win race for Fulham’s Bullard, West Ham to sign Brescia’s Nsereko in record deal, and more

A couple of noteworthy signings are coming through the newswire today, which makes me quite happy, and should make fans of certain clubs quite happy as well. Of course, if you don’t care much for the actual signings as you do for the sizzling speculation, there’s plenty of that for you as well.

Football giving less and less time to managers

“Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the longest-serving managers, and that’s no coincidence. When they had difficult times – and both did – they were given time to get it right and bed things down. Yet at other clubs, the manager leaves straight away, because he isn’t given any control.” “I’ve been here six years,…

Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – F.A. Cup – 24 January 2009 – Live Blog

"I only have three fit players for this match?  Bloody hell!"

The article below refers to a previous United-Tottenham game. To watch the latest United-Tottenham game, click here. Manchester United (Scholes 35′, Berbatov 36′) 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Pavlyuchenko 5′) Stadium: Old Trafford, England Competition: F.A. Cup, Fourth Round Date: 24 January 2009 Kickoff: 17:15 GMT, 12:15 ET Manchester United eliminated Tottenham, 2-1, in their Fourth Round…