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Walker to Wilkins, Beckham to Baker – Five of the best and worst Englishmen in Italy
It’s somewhat rare these days to see an Englishman trying his luck in Europe’s top leagues, especially in the tactical cauldron that is Serie A. In fairness, for many, life seemingly begins and ends with the Premier League where visions of a move abroad are often distorted by what many perceive as the ‘greatest league [...]
Continue reading...Fergie must match Real’s £21.5m to land Valencia
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
With the European football season drawing to a close the attention of the UK press is fully focused on transfer tittle-tattle and Tuesday’s big money move centres around Wigan Athletic winger Antonio Valencia. The Daily Mail ‘exclusively’ reveal that the Ecuador international is set to join Real Madrid after Latics boss Steve Bruce thrashed out a [...]
Continue reading...Learning from history: How Benitez must avoid the mistakes made by Houllier
Monday, May 18, 2009
My Grandad always used to say “The Runners Up in anything are just the first losers”. It is a notion that is unlikely to endear himself to the man who he refers to consistently as “Bennertez”, as Rafa Benitez wakes up today contemplating being the “first loser” of this season’s Premier League. But, clichés and mispronunciations [...]
Continue reading...Italian invasion: Five of the best and worst Italians to ever play in England
Monday, May 18, 2009
There haven’t been too many Italians that have made that considerably bold step leap of moving from the proverbial comfort zone of Serie A to the Premier League. Although if young Federico Macheda needs any advice on how he may be able to forge a long and fruitful career at Old Trafford then he may be [...]
Continue reading...Inaugural Wembley Cup set to host Barca, Celtic, Tottenham and Al-Ahly
Monday, May 18, 2009
Tournaments like Arsenal’s ‘Emirates Cup’ and AJAX’s ‘Amsterdam Tournament’ have become big draws for football fans looking for some quality football in the summer season. With high quality clubs and big venues, you almost get the same experience of an early season Champions League group stage match in what is the slowest time of the [...]
Continue reading...Newcastle deserved a point, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United deserved an extra goal
Monday, May 18, 2009
The penultimate weekend of the season provoked plenty of Right Result activity at the top and bottom of the table. Manchester United’s day just about went to plan as they secured their 11th Premier League title with a nil-nil draw against Arsenal. It wasn’t without a few jitters before the end of the game at Old [...]
Continue reading...WBA Are The Latest Victims Of Football Fantasy
Monday, May 18, 2009
West Brom are now mathematically relegated. Well, what did they accomplish? Did they enjoy their stay? And despite all the nice touches their midfielders have had, will we really miss them? Every season one of the promoted clubs takes on their mantle; they will be the promoted side that will play “The Football.” Their manager will [...]
Continue reading...Robbin’ a Van Persie?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Plenty of Tevez talk doing the rounds on Sunday, but we’ll get round to that! The more interesting story concerns Arsenal, with the News of the World claiming that the Gunners are considering cashing in on their niggle-friendly forward. He’s yet to sign a new £70,000-a-week contract at the Emirates and Monsieur Wenger could use that [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Ashley Young to Chelsea?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Today’s Mill will not write that in this standfirst On the outside Sir Alex Ferguson was all smiles, but inside he was surely raging at how his big day had been ruined. And not in an accidental yet hilarious way either. True enough, everyone knew Carlos Tevez was likely to be on his way this summer, [...]
Continue reading...Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter – Title Champions 2008/2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
16 May – What a day! Titles in Europa’s three biggest leagues decided today. In England Manchester United sealed an impressive third successive Premier League title today by getting the point they needed against Arsenal – but the Old Trafford celebrations only started after an afternoon gripped by tension. In the La Liga in Spain Barcelona claimed [...]
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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