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Perhaps the most intriguing result of European football involved Roma’s 3-1 victory over Juventus, in a tightly contested Serie A where there is still plenty to play for. The home side moved to within just four points of Juventus in first, and with two games left to play, Roma have certainly heaped the pressure on […]
We are two weeks from the end of another fantastic campaign and this week provided everything you could want; a confirmed relegation, comebacks that you wouldn’t believe possible, results that leave a very tense final day for the relegation playoff spot and goals, goals, goals. With all games being played on Saturday, we kick things […]
Galway United proved that runaway Premier Division leaders Cork City are only human after all as they came from behind to draw 1-1 in Eamon Deacy Park. Conor McCormack had given his side the lead but it lasted only two minutes with Stephen Folan equalising. Cork are still twelve points clear at the top but […]
Chelsea v Leeds United. F.A. Cup Final and F.A. Cup final replay. April 1970. The 1970 F.A. Cup final and the subsequent replay was a classic encounter in every sense of the word. It brought together two of England’s top sides, Chelsea and Leeds United, whose intense dislike of each other was well known and […]
A record crowd of 35,271 saw Manchester City Women’s FC secure their first FA Cup Trophy since being re-launched in 2014 as part of Sheikh Mansour and Khaldoon Al Mubarak’s infrastructure investments. It has been five years since Birmingham City won their last major trophy. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2014 […]
On Friday 12th May there were two playoff games to be played in the NIFL Premiership to finish the season: the Europa League playoff final and the promotion/relegation playoff second leg. Ballymena hosted Glenavon in the Europa League final, the winner of which would earn themselves an estimated £200,000 bonus for Europa League qualification. Meanwhile, […]
The most balanced national championship in the world begins this Saturday: the Brazilian Championship, or if you prefer Brasileirão! You can follow everything here with the summary of the main matches of the round, predictions and the main highlights. The championship is the same as previous years, with 20 clubs disputing 38 rounds. The first […]
Some of us only remember Jaime Moreno as a Middlesbrough flop. One goal in 20 games is a poor return. However, some will remember Jaime Moreno as an MLS Legend. The Bolivian had two spells at D.C United playing 376 times in all competitions and scoring 154 goals. Moreno signed for United in 1996, after […]
One of the biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks has been that Prince Philip deciding to retire from his position at the ripe old age of 96. The good news, valued reader, is that this article has absolutely nothing to do with that story at all! While the mainstream media are […]
It’s the penultimate round of fixtures with drama occurring all over the Bundesliga table, and it looks like it will go right down to the wire… Every fixture this weekend will take place at 2:30 pm UK time on Saturday with no Friday or Sunday games. Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund Augsburg come into this game […]
Week 37 in La Liga approaches with key games again at the very top of the table, the Champions League places, the Europa League spots and the bottom three. Espanyol vs Valencia La Liga kicks off on Saturday at the RCDE Stadium with Espanyol looking for the win that would temporarily take Quique Sánchez Flores’ […]
Manchester United may have won their way through to the Europa League Final last night, but there is still the small matter of finishing the Premier League in style and securing Champions League football next season in the traditional way. With the money spent this season, Jose may say that a Europa League trophy would […]
Saturday 13th of March. On this day, one hundred years ago, in Fatima, three little sheep herders were baffled to see a vision of the Virgin Mary, which gave them predictions about the future of our world. After the first two were revealed and confirmed, Fatima’s 3rd secret was all about the Red Sea and […]
To borrow the title from one of Frank Sinatra’s famous songs: “It’s All or Nothing at All” for Roma this weekend when they face off against Juventus. Only one point separates Juventus from their sixth straight Scudetto. The weekend begins on Saturday with Atalanta hosting Milan at 2:45 pm EST (7:45 pm GMT) at the […]
In 1978, FC Hamburg appointed Yugoslav Branko Zebec as the club’s new manager. The German side were desperate to win a league title after finishing a disappointing 10th the previous year. The club was blessed with very good players, and also had English forward Kevin Keegan. Keegan had failed to impress in his first season […]
Saturday Alianza Atletico vs Union Comercio Both these teams broke their bad runs last weekend with both teams picking up wins. A draw seems most likely to be the result. Alianza Atletico still have a lot of convincing to do and while Union Comercio aren’t much better in that aspect, they have a stronger squad […]
Real Madrid lost to cross-town neighbours Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the second leg of their UCL Semi-Final, but advanced to the Final on an aggregate score of 4-2. Isco’s goal was enough to cancel out the effect of Saul and Griezmann’s goals for the home side. Atletico began the match with a bang, storming into […]
Another idea out of the AFA’s ever-revolving tombola of wacky ideas is the Clásico weekend, where all 30 teams are paired against their nearest rivals in a line-up that would have Sky Sports’ marketing men wetting their pants. The Boca-River game will perhaps have the biggest repercussions, and not just because they are the country’s […]
Metz-Toulouse The first match of the 37th round in French football will be between Metz and Toulouse at the Stade Saint Symphorien. Both teams, located in the middle of the table, are direct rivals who are 13th and 12th respectively. The home club possess a 2 game winning streak, accounting for a 2-1-2 record in […]
2001/02; a time when Italian football was coming towards the tail end of its peak as the greatest league in the World, a season that went right to the wire and saw the famous ‘Golaço’ have its last intro on British terrestrial TV. A season that saw controversy, bankruptcy, an overachieving underdog and some of […]
