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Southampton v Stoke 16:00 Â – Southampton will finish an impressive first season in the Premier League by hosting Stoke, after previously earning a 1-1 draw against Sunderland thanks to a Jason Puncheon goal. Â – Southampton had an incredible 64% of possession against Sunderland, their best in an away game this season. Â – […]
West Ham v Reading 16:00  – West Ham may have been forgiven for thinking they were extras to the David Moyes show in their last outing, as the Hammers lost 2-0 to Everton in Moyes’ last home game in charge of the Toffees. However, Kevin Nolan twice went close to raining on the soon […]
Wigan v Aston Villa 16:00  – Wigan’s fate was confirmed on Tuesday evening as, just days after their remarkable FA Cup Final triumph over Manchester City, they were beaten 4-1 at the Emirates by Arsenal and relegated to the Championship.  – Wigan look to have unearthed a real gem in Callum McManaman but […]
Swansea v Fulham 16:00  – Swansea were not able to spoil Sir Alex Ferguson’s Old Trafford farewell. Despite yet another Michu goal, they fell to a 2-1 defeat on the great man’s final home appearance.  – Wayne Routledge gave the United defence a torrid time last weekend utilising his pace and movement to […]
Taken from Sporting Index.
Much of the speculation has focused on which stars the big-spending Citizens want to sign, with Napoli’s £50 million-rated Uruguayan striker Edison Cavani and Cagliari defender Davide Astori said to top their shopping list. However, UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations and the Premier League’s squad size restrictions mean there are likely to be more exits […]
This time last year it was all going so well for Roberto Mancini and Manchester City. Two goals deep into injury time during the last match of the season against QPR meant the Italian had delivered City’s first title in 44 years in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. The long wait was over. City, who […]
Chelsea won the Europa League final this evening following an injury time winning head from Branislav Ivanovic, after Benfica had earlier had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside. John Terry was not in the squad after being ruled out through injury yet still took to the pitch wearing his full kit. The Chelsea captain received […]
In his 26 years in charge of Manchester United, he’s pretty much done everything he could have achieved several times over. A total of 38 trophies, amounting to nearly three every two seasons, is pretty impressive; but the fact that they’ve won 13 Premier League crowns is even more astonishing. Their latest league win was […]
Chelsea defender David Luiz says everyone at the club would welcome Wayne Rooney with open arms. The England striker, once a firm favourite with betting fans in the first goalscorer markets with Paddy Power, has appeared to fall down the pecking order at Manchester United in recent months and outgoing boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed […]
The cruel truth is that our season seems over. Sunderland inspire so little confidence that many, maybe most supporters feel at least they’ll know the worst by tomorrow night. In other words, Wigan fail to win and we survive, they win and we go down, since few consider Sunderland up to doing the job for […]
Pompous, arrogant, so full of self confidence it borders on delusions of grandeur. Sorry, I’m waffling but that is what came to mind when I was deciding who is the typical French footballer. I mean they’ve had their fair share of these egotistical, overrated and more often than not, offensive to look at footballers. So, […]
Manchester City have tonight confirmed that Roberto Mancini has been sacked. The news was leaked to the press ahead of City’s defeat against Wigan in the FA Cup final on Saturday but Mancini appeared to think it was just paper talk. “You continue to speak about this for six months and also too much in […]
Ladbrokes has delivered a giant hairdryer to David Moyes on behalf of Sir Alex Ferguson. The hairdryer will act as a symbolic ‘baton’ as one Man United boss departs and the other starts a new dawn at Old Trafford. The hairdryer was delivered to Goodison Park before making its way to Old Trafford – paving […]
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April 9th 2003: Watson makes his début for Crystal Palace August 30th 2003: Watson scores his first goal for Crystal Palace in their 1-1 draw with Millwall December 26th 2005: Watson sent off for two yellow cards in Palace’s 2-0 win against Ipswich. May 16th 2006: Watson wins Crystal Palace Young Player of the Year […]
Fulham v Liverpool, 15:00 – Fulham are five points clear of the relegation zone with two games to play, but need to be cautious of complacency after relegated Reading beat them 4-2 last weekend. – Two goals from Bryan Ruiz were not enough to distract from the fact that Fulham now have just one point […]
QPR v Newcastle, 15:00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â – Relegated QPR showed good fight against Arsenal in their last game, losing 1-0 to an early goal but matching the Gunners for much of the game. Â – Andros Townsend, in particular, impressed. He completed six dribbles in the game to take the match to Arsenal, the most by […]
Sunderland v Southampton 15:00    – A John O’Shea goal saw Sunderland fight back to earn a point at home to Stoke in their last outing.  – Adam Johnson remains the main creative driving force behind the Black Cats and manager Paulo Di Canio will be expecting to see him to continue to develop […]