Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United – English Premier League – 8 November 2008 – Live Blog
Get the latest Manchester United vs Arsenal news. Arsenal (Nasri 22′, 48′) 2-1 Manchester United (Rafael 90′) Stadium: Emirates Stadium Competition: English Premier League Date: 8 November 2008 Kickoff: 12:45…
Can Arsenal save their season by beating Manchester United?
Here we find ourselves, just over a quarter of the way through the season and the usual four-horse race seems to have already become a three-horse race. For the last…
Can a Scottish team ever win the Champions League?
Celtic’s home draw with Manchester United last night dumps them, all but mathematically, out of the Champions League for another year. They opened with, by Champions League standards, an easy…
Real Madrid 0-2 Juventus: Del Piero Is King of the Bernabéu (Champions League Matchday 4)
There was only one king in Spain last night, and his name is Alessandro Del Piero. Royal ADP. Real Pinturicchio. Two blows from the cannon, two thrusts of the mighty…
Can Maradona lead Argentina to 2010 glory?
Yesterday in Argentina, Diego “El Pibe” Maradona was officially presented as the national team coach of the albicelestes. He will be assisted by Dr. Carlos Bilardo, his former coach during…
Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid – UEFA Champions League – 4 November 2008 – Live Blog
Liverpool (Gerrard pen. 90′ + 5) 1-1 Atletico Madrid (Rodriguez 37′) Stadium: Anfield Stadium, England Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group D Date: 4 November 2008 Kickoff: 19:45 GMT, 14:45 ET…
Credit Crunch, Tottenham and Newcastle point way to a better future
Whisper it quietly, but could sanity be returning to the Premier League? Even Chelsea are feeling the effects of the credit crunch and have let 15 of their scouts go…
Premier League Meltdown?
Britain’s current financial climate makes for grim reading. The so-called ‘credit crunch’ has dominated the political agenda, newspaper front pages and talk amongst the average Tom, Dick or Harry in…
A View From Across the Pond
This is a very difficult time to love the beautiful game stateside. So why are things so bad here? There are several reasons why, ranging from women’s equality to no…
Football writing competition? Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy!
Easy peasy, pudding and pie How hard can this be? I’ll just babble on about the game I love. Simple. Let’s start with the criteria; it’s writing, it’s about football…
Barry Glendenning: Modern Football’s Loving Sceptic
“In most ways I am content not to know such information, and to think of sportswriting not as a real profession but more as an agreeable frame of mind, a…
F**K Football!
Whether you’re a Gooner, a Geordie, or a Kop, the most obsessed of us lot all have one thing in common — at one point or another, we’ve all been…
A compelling argument for video referees
I’m probably the biggest proponent of the video ref alive. We all know how things are. Refs are only human. Expecting them to get all their decisions right the way…
Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham – English Premier League – 29 October 2008 – Live Blog
This article refers to an older Arsenal-Tottenham game. For the most recent Arsenal-Tottenham game, click here. Arsenal (Silvestre 37′, Gallas 46′, Adebayor 64′, Van Persie 68′) 4-4 Tottenham (Bentley 13′,…
Could it be Liverpool’s year?
They say all good things must come to an end, and Liverpool fans are hoping their team’s ending of Chelsea’s 86-match home unbeaten run heralds the start of a new…
