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Month: May 2013

Memories of Manchester United’s Brian Greenhoff as an 11-year-old in Barnsley

The sad, early death of Brian Greenhoff took Ken Gambles back half a century to the makeshift pitch on South Yorkshire wasteland where the future star paraded his precocious skills. Greenhoff went on to play more than 290 times for Manchester United and Leeds United and 18 times for England. He ended his career as […]

Champions League final preview: Marco Reus, the one Bayern Munich regret?

It is not breaking news that this Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London Town, the Champions League final will be contested by two German teams, the yellow blacks of Borussia Dortmund and FC Hollywood themselves Bayern Munich but it is a fixture to leave butterflies in the stomach. Bayern Munich go into this final […]

Q&A with Marco Reus: On CL final, Bayern’s weakness and celebrations

Being part of the Dortmund Champions League final squad is a great position to be in for a professional footballer. Did you seriously expect this when you moved to Dortmund last summer? It is truly an amazing feeling to play in the final of the Champions League with the BVB at Wembley. Ahead of my […]

Wenger is still the right man for Arsenal

In the context of having to finish above their rivals, the sight of Arsenal players celebrating fourth spot like they’d won the league was just about forgivable. But, as Alex Ferguson’s many triumphs were being celebrated to mark his retirement from the game, it was also more than a little depressing. After all, Arsenal were […]

Q&A with Borussia Dortmund manager: Klopp on CL final, Bayern Munich and winning

What does being in the Champions League final mean to you personally? To be honest, I have never really thought about that and I also don’t think it really matters. I have had so many things to do, I haven’t even thought about it since we have reached the final. But once the moment of […]

Beckham and Donovan Reaching the End

May has been a month for change in world football, and though the Champions League may be stealing most of the international headlines, it’s the departure of one superstar and the slowing down of another that may be the month’s most interesting news. Indeed, with David Beckham’s announcement that he will retire as soon as […]

Manchester United’s U-18s – a season review

At the end of season awards last week, Paul McGuinness was the United coach who had the hardest task. When being interviewed by MUTV he was the sole coach who couldn’t report back completely positively. The first team won the title and the U21s are in the league final but the U18s have won nothing. […]

STATS: Lampard’s shooting accuracy for Chelsea vs Pienaar’s passing for Everton

Chelsea v Everton 16:00   – Frank Lampard scored twice against Aston Villa at the weekend to become Chelsea’s all time leading goalscorer. He has scored 13 times against Aston Villa in his career, more than any other opponent.   – Lampard has 15 goals this season from 71 shots at goal. He’s hit 67.8% […]

STATS: Lukaku’s shooting accuracy for West Brom vs Rio’s tackling for Manchester United

West Brom v Manchester United 16:00   – A fine season for the most part is in danger of ending on something of a low for West Brom as they fell to a heavy 4-0 defeat at the hands of Norwich. They will be looking to end their season on a high in what will […]

STATS: Coloccini’s tackling for Newcastle vs Walcott’s shooting accuracy for Arsenal

Newcastle v Arsenal 16:00   – Newcastle fans will be breathing a sigh of relief as their Premier League status for next season was ensured following Wigan’s defeat by their opponent’s this weekend. They have also recently been back in the win column after a 1-2 win against QPR at Loftus Road.   – Alan […]

STATS: Toure’s passing for Manchester City vs Bassong’s defensive work for Norwich

Manchester City v Norwich 16:00   – Manchester City recorded their first win following the dismissal of Roberto Mancini on Tuesday night with a 2-0 win over Reading. Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko both got on the scoresheet as City begin their planning their title challenge for next season.   – Yaya Toure will likely […]

STATS: Bale’s attacking contribution for Tottenham Hotspur vs O’Shea’s defensive contribution for Sunderland

Tottenham v Sunderland 16:00   – Spurs came from a goal behind to win 2-1 against Stoke in their penultimate Premier League outing thanks to goals from Clint Dempsey and Emmanuel Adebayor. They come into this final game one point behind North London neighbours Arsenal in the race for fourth place.   – Despite his […]

STATS: Sturridge’s dribbles for Liverpool vs Hill’s defensive work for QPR

Liverpool v QPR 16:00   – Daniel Sturridge scored his first ever professional hat trick in Liverpool’s last league outing to see off Fulham 3-1.   – That took Sturridge’s goal tally for the season to 11. He’s one of 25 players in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to have scored ten of more […]

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