Archive | April, 2010
A:3K Football Champion
On 17th July, 2010 at the O2 Arena, A:3K will bring six of the world’s greatest footballers to compete and be crowned the first A:3K Football Champion. A:3K have gathered over £300 million (transfer value) of global football talent to compete in a serie of gladiatorial games of skill. They have confirmed that Cesc Fabregas, Steven [...]
Continue reading...Looking Forward: The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final
30. April 2010
Bayern Munich v Inter Milan 2010 UEFA Champions League Final Saturday 22nd May 2010 Kickoff: 19:45 GMT Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid As it was written in the ancient prophecies or the Dead Sea scrolls or some such Tyldesley-esque nonsense, Jose ‘The Self-Appointed Special One’ Mourinho will lead his Inter Milan team out against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League [...]
Continue reading...Hats off to humble Hodgson
30. April 2010
Atletico Madrid v Fulham 2010 Europa League Final Wednesday 12 May 2010 Hamburg, Germany This week saw two underdog coaches stride out on to the turf at full-time to salute their fans. Both had achieved results that had taken their clubs to previously unimagined heights. Both were being hailed as strategic masterminds, and both, coincidentally, have an affiliation with [...]
Continue reading...Soccerlens TV: Semifinals of the Champions League & the Europa League
30. April 2010
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 26, Andy Brassell talks about the second legs of the semifinals of Europe’s biggest and second biggest club competition – a.k.a. the Champions League and the Europa League. Inter Milan and Bayern Munich have marched on [...]
Continue reading...TFT Episode 47: James Appell
30. April 2010
Despite being an Aston Villa supporter, I owe as many of my formative footballing years to AFC Bournemouth. Then very much a third tier club, I watched on from the New Stand as Tony Pulis and Mel Machin worked wonders, getting the very best out of a side typically blended from sharp youngsters, Cherries stalwarts [...]
Continue reading...Wayne Rooney Crowned Football Writer’s Player Of The Year
30. April 2010
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has picked up his second individual award of the season after being named the Football Writer’s Association (FWA) footballer of the year. The 24-year-old forward topped the poll of journalists with 81% of the vote, with Chelsea talisman Didier Drogba following in a distant second place and Rooney’s former teammate Carlos [...]
Continue reading...Castrol Creates The “Ultimate Football Player”
30. April 2010
Go ahead, make your own Ultimate Football Player. With the unmistakable hair of Carles Puyol, the eyes of Xavi, Lionel Messi’s dynamic left foot and the accuracy of Thierry Henry’s right, the explosive legs of Cristiano Ronaldo and the imposing height of Peter Crouch, the world’s ultimate performing football player was unveiled today in London, by [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Manchester United in for £17m Lassana Diarra? | Barney Ronay
30. April 2010
Today’s rumours thought Dimbleby won In today’s Sun, Roberto Mancini has put on his best pink velour leisure suit and jangly gold hoop earrings, scraped his hair back into a painful-looking ponytail, dragged heavily on a Lambert & Butler and emerged into the street late at night outside the Mill’s bedroom window in order to shout [...]
Continue reading...Fulham prove that fairy-tales can come true
30. April 2010
April 2008, The City of Manchester Stadium, and Fulham Football Club were 45 minutes away from being compounded to relegation from The Premier League as they trailed 2-0 to Manchester City. 45 minutes later and a stoppage time winner from Diomansy Kamara gave Fulham a dramatic 3-2 win over Sven Goran Eriksson’s men as The [...]
Continue reading...Fabulous Fulham on their way to Hamburg
29. April 2010
The English press have been full of praise for Fulham in Friday’s newspapers after goals from Simon Davies and Zoltan Gera ensured the Cottagers came from behind to beat Hamburg and book a place in the first ever European final. They will play in the Europa League showpiece against Atletico Madrid in Hamburg in May [...]
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30. April 2010
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