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“I have been a huge Arsenal fan since I was a little kid so this match is really special for me,” Colin Kazim-Richards revealed five years ago ahead of Arsenal’s game against Fenerbahce, his previous club. Today he put them out of the FA Cup, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win.
VIDEO: Chelsea fans continue anti-Rafa songs at Brentford
Moments after Eden Hazard was sent off for kicking a time wasting ball boy in the ribs, the official Chelsea FC Twitter account reacted with dismay. “There are things you can never do & you can never kick a person,” Laudrup said after the game. “I’m sure he will regret it.” The police interviewed the […]
1. Having struggled in the FA Cup in recent years, Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that he now wants to get his hands back on that trophy, and as such, he kept his word and fielded a relatively strong side which looked like it could cause West Ham all sorts of trouble, even […]
Ruby Tuesday. Had Sunderland won last night, that 40th anniversary cup run would still have been on – if only until the visit of Everton that won’t now be needed. An abysmal display against Bolton Wanderers, watched by a paltry crowd of 17,500 including our own, occasionally rejoicing but less occasionally suffering Pete Sixsmith, must […]
I’ve always quite admired Leon Osman. Never spectacular but always diligent, a real team player. And whenever I’ve heard him interviewed I always thought he seemed a decent bloke and reasonably articulate. When he has ever lost his place for a time at Everton, he has always just got his head down, never complained and […]
It has been nearly a week now since Rovers concluded the collective manager searches of the 3 B’s of North West Football – Burnley, Bolton and Blackburn. I say 3 B’s, the 4th B of Blackpool have their own manager search underway but that doesn’t quite fit my story so ignore them, they don’t count. Rovers took […]
Following the FA finding John Terry guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand and Chelsea lodging a formal complaint against alleged racist remarks made by referee Mark Clattenburg on Sunday, the last thing Chelsea would have wanted to see in this morning’s paper is another racist incident linked to their club. The pictures above were taken […]
It has been announced today that Henning Berg has been appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers following the sacking of unpopular former manager, Steve Kean. Whilst Berg is a former player at Ewood Park, the appointment is a strange one when you look at his managerial past. He was sacked from his last post over a […]
There were other things to do on Tuesday night. As storms lashed the Jersey shore, one of us – celebrating a wedding anniversary – walked like a man to see The Jersey Boys. Reading v Arsenal’s 12-goal thriller was on the telly and West Auckland beat Birtley Town 5-4 in a penalty shootout after sharing […]
After going 4-0 down, Arsenal managed to pull off an incredible 7-5 victory over Reading to secure their place in the next round of the Capital One Cup.
Chelsea FC have lodged a complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg for using “inappropriate language” against two of their players. Reports claim that Clattenburg called Juan Mata a “Spanish twat” and more shockingly, called John Obi Mikel a “monkey”. With these comments set to be investigated, it’s interesting to see that Clattenburg doesn’t have a blemish […]
In memory of football’s first pioneers, Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest,who founded the World’s First Football Club on October 24th, 1857: Sheffield FC.
Sitting at the bottom of League Two with the probability of staying in the Football League seemingly decreasing after every game there was very little for supporters of Barnet to be cheerful for around about a week ago, that was until a well known Dutchman in the form of Edgar Davids was to join their […]
Moments after conceding a 77th minute equaliser to Michael Tongue, Sheffield Wednesday keeper Chris Kirkland was attacked by a fan who jumped on to the pitch from the away end situated behind Kirkland’s goal. Aaron Cawley, 21, had already breached his football banning order three times before last night, the last of which happened a […]
I am not really one to wish ill on anybody, certainly not to the point where anyone is robbed of their livelihood and/or their job. But in the case of Steve Kean I am willing to make an exception. After spending nearly two years being a 50% stake in a party systematically taking apart a […]
Internationals weekend means Pete Sixsmith goes out in search real football. A trip to South Yorkshire brought him closer than he might have wished to the flipside of democracy… In Yorkshire near Rotherham. It is a line from one of my favourite songs, Spencer The Rover, of which there are many versions one of which […]
The good ship England football team is in ‘there be dragons territory‘. The old certainties of the Golden Generation are being shredded – Terry is gone, Ferdinand is in the wilderness, Lampard is increasingly a side-lined figure. Gerrard, in the twilight of his international career, is finally playing where he’d like to play. The sad […]
The FA have today published the report which explained the reasons for John Terry’s ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand. In their report, doubt was cast on Ashley Cole’s statement supporting John Terry in his appeal. After reading the report (or being told what it said), Cole took to Twitter to vent his frustration. “Hahahahaa, […]
Radamel Falcao has been linked with a move to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid amid the growing economic crisis in Spain September 5th: Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin – “A French club, PSG, two English, Chelsea and Manchester City, came for Falcao and he stayed because we took a risk we would be […]