England squad for France friendly
Fabio Capello has announced an experimental / fresh-looking squad to play France on Wednesday at Wembley which is bound to ruffle a few feathers, although at this point anything Capello does provokes a mini-lynching from sections of the press.
Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United Match Highlights (13 November 2010)
Either Manchester United is extremely lucky or they’re just too damn good. Stealing a point from Aston Villa after going 2-0 down in the 76th minute – the first was…
Standing Up And Being Counted
The last two results for Manchester United have not been very favorable to say the least, however, there have been positive signs from the younger players. The young players at United have taken major steps to show that they have the character, and can potentially be a long-term player for the club by showing that they are not afraid to face adversity – or an opponent.
Villa 2 United 2: From The Depths Of Defeat
With their 25 match unbeaten streak clearly hanging in the balance, Manchester United scored two late goals to secure a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa. Villa went two goals to the good through Ashley Young and Marc Albrighton, and it looked like United were left for the dead, but two goals in five minutes from Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic.
The Championship Weekend Ahead (13th-14th Nov)
Burnley v Watford How have they been doing? Struggling. Burnley have 1 win in their last 7, Watford have 2 from their last 8. Check out . . . A…
Football Manager 2011 Tops Sales Charts in the UK
Football Manager has always been called a PC game and the thought was that the only users bought the game to play on their computers. However, sales figures from the…
Mourinho under fire ahead of Sporting Gijón clash
José Mourinho has carried on his tradition of getting under people’s skin wherever he goes, but this week he came under fire from two sides as he was labelled “ill-mannered”…
Bendtner Threatens To Quit Arsenal As Chelsea Chase ‘Ronaldo’
Arsenal’s vainglorious striker Niklas Bendtner has never been one for the subtle understatement, lest we forget that it was only a few months ago he claimed himself to be the…
Juventus looking to end Roma’s good run
Juventus and Roma are on the up after both suffering indifferent starts to the season. The Bianconeri and Giallorossi are evenly poised in Serie A by just the one solitary point. Victory on Saturday for either team will enhance their prospects for a title challenge with the loser being left to pick up the pieces. A huge night in prospect in Turin.
Football Managers Are Hypocrites
Rarely a week goes by where we don’t get some manager, player, or chief executive spouting off to the press about some vapid issue or another. This week we were…
What Now For Sergio Asenjo?
It might have been over ten years since Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid and more than fifteen since the same club won the league title, but few can remember the…
A British Revolution In Southern Spain
While the amount of British players to have made themselves a name in Spain is relatively small – David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Laurie Cunningham to name but three – there…
Pellegrini starts Málaga reign with a win
Ex-Real Madrid and Villarreal boss Manuel Pellegrini, appointed Málaga manager seven days ago, marked his return to Spanish football with a 3-2 triumph over Hércules to send his new team…
Fergie Time: Didier Drogba’s Malaria Proves That Nobody Knows Anything
Welcome to Fergie Time, a roundup/newsletter type deal that delivers news, opinion and links directly to your screen. As the name suggests, there will be some exaggeration, nsfw moments, canceled…
Villa Preview: Don't Get Mugged By The Villains
With no time to really recover, Manchester United head to Villa Park for the early lunchtime kick-off on Saturday to face Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League. Following their nil-nil draw with Manchester City on Wednesday, United need to get a positive result from this match with Villa to keep pace with the other teams at the top of the league, but this was their bogey team from last year.
