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The Best of 2011/2012 Premier League Fixtures: Part One

The Best of 2011/2012 Premier League Fixtures: Part One

Watch the best of the 2011/2012 Premier League season with Sky Sports HD. The 2011/2012 Premier League season kicks off with a bang – a Manchester derby in the FA Community Shield as the curtain raiser for a fast start to the season that sees Arsenal host Liverpool and United host Tottenham and Arsenal –…

Britain’s most succesful football cities

Britain’s most succesful football cities

Football has always thrown up rivalries, mostly between two or more side’s that inhabit a city. Liverpool and Everton, Manchester United and City, Glasgow Rangers and Celtic all are at loggerheads with each other and are constantly looking for bragging rights in their individual battles. However there are also rivalries between cities, with the north…

Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?

Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?

The hunt is on for creative midfielders this summer as managers across England look for the perfect solution to unlocking packed defences. With Paul Scholes retiring, Frank Lampard ageing and Carlos Tevez agitating for a move, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are all looking for a player to shoulder attacking responsibility on the pitch…

How the mighty have fallen: Unexpected relegations

How the mighty have fallen: Unexpected relegations

Argentine giants River Plate are enduring the bleakest period in its 110 year existence after succumbing to what seemed nothing more than an improbable assumption, relegation to the second tier of their domestic game. The thought of one of South America’s premier entities falling from grace  would have seemed an absurd thought, yet the old…

United spend 50m before July 1st, but who will they sign for central midfield?

Manchester United have taken their spending to 50m in the close season as David De Gea flew in today to undergo his medical, making him the third player to be signed in this transfer window by the 19-time English champions. De Gea joins Phil Jones and Ashley Young in infusing the United squad with youth…

Why Barcelona Beat Manchester United in This Year’s Champion’s League Final

FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC went to battle at Wembley for the 2010/2011 Champions League on 28 May, the Spanish giants running the English champions ragged in a 3-1 victory. It’s now not so hard to believe just how comprehensive their victory was, but before the game, bookies and pundits were arguing that this…

Who needs Alexis Sanchez more – Manchester United or Manchester City?

One of the hottest names in this transfer window is Chilean International star, Alexis Sanchez. After leading Udinese to a historical qualification to the Champions League, scoring 12 goals (his best ever goalscoring tally in a single season) and providing six assists, “El Niño Maravilla” looks mature enough to step up to one of Europe’s…

Manchester United enter the race to sign Alexis Sanchez

Manchester United enter the race to sign Alexis Sanchez

It seemed a foregone conclusion this time last week that Alexis Sanchez would be ending his fairytale stay at Udinese to seek pastures new in Catalonia with European Champions Barcelona. However, reports emanating today from various British outlets claim that Manchester United have entered the fray to sign the multi-talented Chilean international Although there were…

Liverpool fund Manchester United’s transfer of 16m defender

Liverpool’s pursuit of Sunderland’s Jordan Henderson has an unwanted side-effect – Sunderland are set to use the funds to bring in the Manchester United trio of John O’Shea, Darron Gibson and Wes Brown (collectively priced at 12m) while Manchester United are not only cutting down on their wage bill but also using the Sunderland (Liverpool)…

Can We Please Just Stick to the Football for Flocks Sake?

Can We Please Just Stick to the Football for Flocks Sake?

How long will it take before employees of Manchester United fathom the club is King and they mere pawns? I fear the answer is ‘longer than they’ll be afforded’. Public conduct will forever be a subjective topic, but for me, a players behaviour is no business of mine. It should however be of paramount importance…