The football blog for fans of all clubs
by Hyperakt. Following a 5-0 win over Moldova, England continue their World Cup 2014 qualifying bid with a game against Ukraine tomorrow night. The last time they met was in the Euro 2012 group stages when Wayne Rooney returned from his suspension to score in a 1-0 win. The infographic above shows the history of […]
This picture can be found in Brendan Rodgers’ home. Honestly. You do have to wonder what the motivation could possibly be for someone to have a portrait of themselves on their wall. He doesn’t gouge peoples’ eyes out like Jose Mourinho, ban journalists for asking questions like Sir Alex Ferguson, or make a yearly […]
The end of another transfer window and it’s still another one that makes me constantly shake my head in shame at what has just happened. I say shame as I still can’t believe it. Some of the money spent is just laughable and I can’t see it happening anywhere else in the world to this […]
Managers and pundits alike can often be found talking up the importance of scoring the first goal, but just how vital is it to establish a 1-0 lead? In order to find out, I will take a look at both the completed 2011/12 campaign and the embryonic 2012/13 season in the top two divisions of […]
Earlier this week, Alessandro Del Piero was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool, only for him to opt for Sydney FC instead. Liverpool are in desperate need of a striker after selling Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy, as well as loaning out Andy Carroll to West Ham. Brendan Rodgers even refused to rule out […]
Athletics is a very virtuous pursuit, isn’t it? Strip away all the corporate endorsements (and performance enhancing drugs) and you’re left with sport in its purest form; raw athleticism in a quest to achieve a sort of human perfection. You can’t say the same about football. Team sports are different – and football is different […]
And we all thought Chelsea spent big this summer! Just two days before the close of the Russian transfer window, Zenit St Petersburg have stunned sport news outlets by splashing out £64m on just two players. The Russian club swooped in to sign Hulk for a staggering £32m from Porto, while Benfica midfielder, Axel Witsel, […]
Learn about infographic design.
John McCormick has been giving a lot of thought to Martin O’Neill’s dealings in the transfer market and the part a study of football economics, with a title and at least one turn of phrase to make you wince, may have played in guiding his hand… Now that the transfer window has closed how do you feel? […]
In the summer of 2008, instead of basking in the glory of being Champions of England again and winning the European Cup for the third time, Manchester United fans were forced to spend 3 months hanging on every word of one man. The fragile little Orchid that is Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite the fact that he […]
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. 1. Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Aston Villa) 2. Podolski (Arsenal v Liverpool) 3. Dembele (Spurs v Norwich City) 4. Van Persie (first) (Man Utd v Southampton) 5. Van Persie (third) (Man Utd v Southampton) So there are 5 brilliant goals […]
Passes 1. Michael Carrick 115/126 – 91.3% 2. Morgan Schneiderlin 57/64 – 89.1% 3. Steven Davis 56/60 – 93.3% 4. Nemanja Vidic 51/58 – 87.9% 5. Tom Cleverley 50/53 – 94.3% Manchester United 518/587 – 88.2% Southampton 402/487 – 82.5% Attacking third passes 1. Michael Carrick 25/29 – 86.2% 2. Antonio Valencia 18/23 – 78.3% […]
Boo. Boooooooooo. The act of booing is a childish one. You see booing on Jerry Springer or Jeremy Kyle, or in the playground at primary school. Grown adults, sometimes thousands of adults in unison, getting together to go ‘booooooo’ when the referee makes a decision you disagree with is fairly stupid when you think about […]
Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal Passes 1. Mikel Arteta 87/92 – 94.6% 2. Joe Allen 69/74 – 93.2% 3. Santiago Cazorla 65/72 – 90.3% 4. Abou Diaby 58/64 – 90.6% 5. Glen Johnson 56/67 – 83.6% Liverpool 473/522 – 87% Arsenal 413/491 – 84% Attaching Third Passes 1. Glen Johnson 21/30 – 70% 2. Steven Gerrard 21/25 […]
Liverpool v Arsenal 13:30 • Liverpool came close to victory over reigning champions Manchester City after a very promising performance made up for their opening weekend defeat to West Brom • New signing Joe Allen was prominent throughout, and covered the most ground among the Liverpool players with 6.78 miles • That makes Allen’s performance […]
