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The news has been filtering through over the past couple of weeks that there has been significant interest from Chelsea towards Internacional and Brazilâs midfield playmaker Oscar. What do we know about Oscar? To begin with, his full name Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior. The 20 year old has just begun to break into the […]
Name: Santiago Cazorla GonzĂĄlez Age: 27 (turns 28 in December) Height: 5 foot 6 inches. Skills: Two-footed, versatile, set pieces. Early career: He joined his local team, Real Oviedo, when he was a teenager and was signed by Villarreal CF when he was 17. He spent his first two seasons playing for the B team. […]
Assists – 2011/2012 1. David Silva – 15 2. Antonio Valencia/Juan Mata – 13 4. Alexandre Song/Emmanuel Adebayor – 11 6. Nani/Gareth Bale – 10 8. Robin van Persie/Samir Nasri/StĂŠphane Sessegnon – 9 11. Ryan Giggs/Sergio AgĂźero/Theo Walcott – 8 Assists – 2010/2011 1. Nani – 14 2. Didier Drogba – 13 3. Wayne Rooney/Andrey […]
Lucas Moura is a 19-year old player who is currently at SĂŁo Paulo. He usually wears shirt number 7 at both his club and also at Brazilâs national team. He started his career at Marcelinho Cariocaâs youth academy, and quickly got nicknamed Marcelinho due to supposedly looking like the former Corinthians player. He spent the […]
Daniel Levy could negotiate his way out of hell. At the conclusion heâll be standing behind the desk once frequented by St Peter at Heavenâs Gate with the devil smiling to himself in the flame infested pits holding a Spurs âChampions League 2013â mug proclaiming victory. You donât mess with the chairman of the board. […]
Whilst it is probably unlikely that the FA will act against John Terry after the verdict today, it is certainly possible. To be convicted of a criminal offence, you have to appear guilty “beyond reasonable doubt”. As it cannot be proven that Terry didn’t think he heard Anton accuse him of calling him a “black […]
Why Terry won’t be found guilty – The defence argue John Terry was merely repeating back what Anton Ferdinand said to him. Terry argues he heard Ferdinand accusing him of calling Ferdinand a “black cunt”. Defence also suggest that Terry could have misheard “Bridge” as “black”. – The defence painted Ferdinand as an unreliable witness. […]
‘What if’ Nicolas Anelka remained at Chelsea and after the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas, the player nicknamed ‘Le Sulk’ was made the interim manager. Not many would’ve bet on Nicolas Anelka ever becoming a manager, he never looked the managerial type. Yet, football is an unpredictable game on and off the field and Nicolas Anelka […]
Today started with the closing arguments from the defence and prosecution, with the prosecution arguing that Terry is no stranger from using physical attributes as a means of verbally abusing someone, whilst the defence argued Ferdinand was an unreliable witness and Terry could have easily misheard what Ferdinand said to him initially. “It is unlikely […]
Following John Terry giving his evidence this morning, England and club team mate, Ashley Cole, was called to the stand. The Chief Magistrate asked Cole to stand up but he replied: “I’d prefer to sit.” “I told my lawyer I didn’t want to get involved,” Cole said. “I know JT and I know Anton.” Cole […]
The day started with Anton Ferdinand’s parents finding Terry supporters in the seats they had been sitting in on Monday and Tuesday. The Terry supporters refused to move and the Ferdinands complained to the officials. Duncan Penny, the Crown prosecution, suggested there was a discrepancy between what Terry told the FA about incident in October […]
Day two of the trial began with demonstrators outside Westminster Magistrates Court holding up ‘Climate Emergency’ banners as Terry arrived. Terry⏠swapped his grey suit with pink tie for traditional dark suit with black tie for his expected appearance in the witness box. Anton Ferdinand’s parents and Chelsea chairman, Bruce Buck, were in the public […]
This morning we found out that the argument over John Terry trying to win a penalty after a coming together with Anton Ferdinand lead to a, well, “debate”, as Terry called it. Terry called Ferdinand a cunt, Ferdinand responded by claiming Terry was a cunt for shagging his team-mates’ missus. For clarity, the “shagging gesture” […]
Crown alleges Terry said to Ferdinand: “Fuck off, fuck off, fucking black cunt, fucking nobhead.” Crown says there is “very little dispute” between lipreading experts on what Terry said to Ferdinand but the defence claims it was “sarcastic”. Footage of the incident was shown which was filmed by Chelsea⏠for “future training purposes” and unbroadcast […]
It was confirmed yesterday that Andre Villas-Boas has become the new manager of Tottenham Hostpur, signing a three year deal with the club. But can he be a success for them? Can he take what Harry Redknapp has done and build on it so that they progress as a club? First off, I donât think […]
August 12th 1 990 – Mario Barwuah was born in Palermo 1993 – Mario was fostered by the Balotellis before being permanently adopted 2001 – Mario joined A.C. Lumezzane 2005 – Mario became the youngest player to play in Italy’s third division 2006 – Mario had an unsuccessful trial with Barcelona then signed for […]
Following penalty misses from Ashley Young and Ashley Cole in Englandâs defeat to Italy at Euro 2012, Twitter was littered with some moronic England fans racially abusing them. All the tweets have been deleted and some users have blocked their accounts but the police are investigating complaints made. The FA have then released a statement […]
âWhat if⌠Lionel Messi had been found by the Chelsea scouts and was signed by the Bluesâ. Yes, he probably wouldâve been sold to Huddersfield town or shipped off abroad only to shine on international waters and make the fans wonder âwhy have we let another one go?â But what if he managed to replicate […]