Michael Owen
Michael Owen is an established England striker and after an illustrious club career playing for Liverpool and Real Madrid, now plays for Newcastle United. Known for his deadly finishing skills and recently, his fondness for getting injured.
Footballers and the continued connection to horse racing
Ownership of a horse is a sign of wealth and affluence, with modern day footballers some of the richest people in sporting circles both in the United Kingdom and further afield. With the money attached to horse racing and betting, leading figures in football stand to make more money than their already inflated wages. The…
Premier League Weekend Preview: Title deciding Manchester derby and more!
The top two go head to head on Sunday when Manchester United take on neighbours and arch rivals City at Old Trafford, and Sir Alex Ferguson’s side have to be the call at odds-against. Manchester Derby: The title decider? Indeed it’s not often that United can be backed at 2.1 to win at home,…
Manchester United Season Review 2010/11: How the Premier League was won
Manchester United secured their 19th league title recently. James, Chief MUFC Writer for writtenoffside.com, chronicles the highs and the lows of a another memorable season. Pre-Season Manchester United kicked off the 2010-11 season with three new additions to the squad. Chris Smalling had agreed his transfer from Fulham back in January 2010 but the deal…
2011 Champions League Final Live Blog: Barcelona – Manchester United
Whichever way the 2011 UEFA Champions League final goes, both of these teams will be remembered as dynasties. Manchester United are playing their third Champions League final in four years, an astonishing testament to consistency and excellence in a competition more often ruled by luck and fate. Domestically, United wrapped up a record 19th first…
This Summer’s Best Free Transfers
Is your club completely skint? Still waiting for your Arab oil sheikh to sink billions of his black gold profits into your first team? Just like the rest of us, you’ll probably we waiting a long time. As Manchester City fans are going to find out in the next few seasons, money can’t guarantee you…
Manchester United must spend for Ferguson to retire on top
Sir Alex Ferguson has spent most of the last twenty years at the top of English football. In order to retire there, no matter when that day comes, he’ll need to spend.
Where will Owen and Keane go from Man Utd and Spurs?
As the January transfer window closes Michael Owen and Robbie Keane in particular face uncertain futures at their respective clubs, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Rewind ten years and these two players represented the future of the English Premier League. Michael Owen was in his third full season as the main striker at Liverpool while…
The Curious Case of England
It was a coming together of two world powers, so to speak. An England side that seems to have lost their way took on a France side that seems to be finding theirs. Both were still in the process of trying to blot out the same caustic memory of a depressing World Cup. Since June’s…
‘Stupid’ Tevez Billboard Is A Sign Of The Times In Manchester
Between the years 1989 and 2002, Manchester United comprehensively dominated local rivals City when it came to the derby ties betwixt the two clubs. After hammering United 5-1 at Maine Road in September of ’89, City then endured a 13-year barren run before finally emerging victorious again in November of 2002, thanks mainly to Shaun…
Time For Michael Owen To Accept The Inevitable?
Some footballing headlines are just so unfathomably inevitable that they may as well remain unreported, with the masses left to just assume that Occam was right about his razor and that parsimony has indeed prevailed. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that, despite being pencilled in to return to action against Wolves in the…
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