Mar
9
Red Knights Invading Old Trafford?
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Takeover bids and stories seem to be getting more and more attention these days, unfortunately sometimes even more than the football itself, but the group planning to take over Manchester United sure have an interesting gimmick. They call themselves “The Red Knights”, and are a group of wealthy individuals that seem set to test the [...]
Mar
1
That one is for the horror-books. Arsenal have been no strangers to terrible injuries over the last few years, most notably Eduardo’s leg-break last term, but the challenge by Stoke defender Ryan Showcross on teenager Aaron Ramsey ranks up there with the very worst of them.
The incident happened at Arsenal’s away game to Stoke, which [...]
Feb
28
Pompey hit rock-bottom
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It finally happened—on Thursday, February 25th, Portsmouth became the first Premiership club in history to enter administration. It has been a remarkable change in fortunes for the club that won the FA Cup in 2008, and seemed like a more than respectable Premiership force under the reign of Harry Redknapp.
Administration saves them from complete liquidation [...]
Feb
22
Viera Punished For Three Games
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It didn’t take long for Patrick Viera to go back to his old habits in the Premier League, did it? The new Manchester City signing, who returned to England by way of Inter Milan, came on in City’s 1-1 draw vs. Stoke, but soon got into trouble. After a challenge for the ball with Glenn [...]
Feb
16
Proposal to change Champions League Qualification in England
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The Premiership is reviewing plans which aim to introduce a new system of Champions League qualification in England. The top three teams still qualify directly, but no longer will the fourth placed finisher have a guaranteed spot. Instead, they will compete with the fifth, sixth and seventh placed teams in a sort of mini-tournament at [...]
Feb
9
Chelsea Transfer Ban Lifted
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Europe’s worst kept secret was unraveled a couple of days ago and has quickly faded out of the public’s interest, but I believe the lifting of Chelsea’s transfer ban is worth another mention. The whole fiasco was due to Chelsea “influencing” Lens youngster Gael Kakuta to break his contract and sign for the Premiership leaders, [...]
Jan
25
Tevez and Neville go at it
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The Manchester derby between ManCity and ManUnited has pretty much exploded and become the main talking point of the Premiership this past year, due mostly to City’s sudden influx of cash by their oil-rich owners. Comments like the following directed to Gary Neville by Carlos Tevez after City’s 2-1 win in the first leg of [...]
Jan
18
Merseyside Ground Share Debate
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Merseyside clubs Everton and Liverpool continue debating whether to build a joint stadium or not, as for a while now they have been looking to move out of their respective grounds.
The main reason Goodison Park (Everton) and Anfield (Liverpool) have been deemed inadequate, is that they are simply not big enough and not generating enough [...]
Dec
28
Manchester United have been plagued by a horrific injury crisis all season, and the latest news concerning Rio Ferdinand isn’t any better. The English defender has been missing from action since October, and as of yet doctors have not been able to give him a return date. Not too long ago Ferdinand was part of [...]
Dec
23
Santa Cruz admits unrest at ManCity
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Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz has revealed that there is some truth to the rumors of anger amongst the players after Mark Hughes’ sacking as manager of the club.
Speaking before the Daily Mirror, he said:
“Naturally, there was some anger. We had won the game and things still happened. Garry Cook came down and [...]