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West Ham v Wigan 15:00 – West Ham led twice against Manchester United in their mid week fixture, with goals from Ricardo Vaz Te and Mohammed Diame cancelled out twice in a 2-2 draw. – Winston Reid is one of a number of players to have shone at Upton Park this season, and […]
Sunderland v Everton, 15:00 – Sunderland host Everton on a high after new manager Paolo di Canio masterminded a famous 3-0 win over Newcastle in their last league game, the first victory for the Black Cats at St James’ Park in 13 years. – Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan were all […]
Norwich v Reading, 15:00 – Norwich came within five minutes of beating Arsenal at the Emirates in their last league outing just to find themselves undone by a late salvo from the Gunner and leave on the end of a 3-1 defeat. – Michael Turner’s 56th minute goal had given the travelling Canaries […]
Bayern Munich travel to Hannover on Saturday in search of another three points to aid their aim of smashing the record number of points ever recorded in the Bundesliga. That number stands at 81 points, the total that the Bavarians can attain with a victory at the AWD Arena. However, with the title wrapped up […]
Liverpool v Chelsea, Sunday 16:00 – Liverpool face Chelsea on the back of successive 0-0 draws against Reading and West Ham, and are now ten points off fourth place and a champions League spot. – Those back to back 0-0 draws don’t tell the full story though, as in the game against Reading Luis […]
Tottenham v Manchester City, Sunday 13:30 – Tottenham’s last Premier League fixture saw things end in a 2-2 stalemate with Everton at White Hart Lane, with goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Gylfi Sigurdsson not enough to earn Andre Villas Boas’ side more than a point. – Emmanuel Adebayor comes up against his former club […]
Fulham v Arsenal, Saturday 15:00 – Fulham were soundly beaten 0-3 by a resurgent Chelsea side at Craven Cottage in midweek, the Cottagers falling victim to some clinical attacking from the Blues. – Even at 34 years of age, Damien Duff remains a force to be reckoned with on the Fulham flank. Duff has […]
Following rumours last week in the football betting news that Manchester United are the latest club to be taking a look at Atletico Madrid goal machine Radamel Falcao it might be time to assess who is likely to make way for the Colombian should he move to Old Trafford this summer. Whether it’s Falcao or […]
June 28th 2009, Fernando Torres: “We [Liverpool] have some very good players but maybe we need other players. I hope Liverpool will bring people like Silva, Mata or Villa. These are small players with quality like United had with Carlos Tevez and also with Paul Scholes. They are clever players and maybe they can make […]
Fulham v Chelsea, 20:00  – Fulham could only battle to a 1-1 draw as they were held by a battling Aston Villa side on Saturday.  – The news of Brede Hangeland’s new contract will have been greeted with great enthusiasm by Fulham fans, the physical centre-half forming the bedrock of their defensive unit. […]
Electronic Arts Inc. today unveiled innovations to the greatest sports game on the planet that will enable fans to experience the emotion of scoring great goals when playing EA SPORTS™ FIFA 14 on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PC. A new feature in FIFA 14 called Pure Shot […]
West Ham v Manchester United, 19:45  – A 1-1 draw at Southampton moved West Ham a point closer to safety last weekend and they will be looking to get way they can against champions-elect Man Utd this week to further that cause. – Matthew Jarvis will be looking for a greater return from his […]
Manchester City v Wigan, 19:45  – Manchester City are on something of a roll at the moment, having now won 4 out of their last fixtures, and dispatching with Man Utd and Chelsea in their last two. They will be looking to sustain any hope of retaining their title when they meet relegation-threatened Wigan […]
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.” Bill Shankly. In that moment, when a ball trickles over a line, when the keeper chooses the right way, when a man flies into a tackle, when a […]
Arsenal v Everton, 19:45 – Arsenal battled back from adversity to claim a 3-1 win over Norwich at The Emirates on Saturday. The result was shrouded in controversy however after the decision to give a dubious corner led to a penalty which swung the match in the Gunners’ favour and sparked a late fightback from […]
It has been announced this week that goal-line technology will be introduced to the Premier League from next season but in my opinion, it’s far too late and far too little. It was inevitable that goal-line technology would eventually be introduced to the Premier League but why has it taken so long? The Hawk-Eye technology […]
Callum McManaman, who has played for Wigan since he was 16-years-old, is a name most football fans are familiar with because of his HORROR TACKLE on Newcastle’s Massadio Haidara last month. However, it has become apparent that the 21-year-old is actually a half decent player, and after scoring in the FA Cup 5th Round, quarter-final […]
It’s no secret, Italian football is regaining the days of its former glory. Without attempting to sound too hipster, but I told anyone who would listen for the past 24months and now it is apparent for all to see. Not many could have foreseen the spectacular demise of Italian domestic football, the national team was […]
Manchester City were lucky to finish today’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea with eleven men after Sergio Aguero was guilty of an awful two footed stamp on David Luiz. With ten minutes remaining, a freekick was awarded to Chelsea for a cynical foul by Aguero which was then followed by the stamp. It is possible […]