Premier League Season Preview: The Big Four

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool comprise the biggest names in English football, some of the greatest in Europe, and four of the most reowned names in the Wworld. But what does this new season hold for each team? Every season each team set out knowing that they have a massive chance of winning a [...]

Sagna Dismisses Gunners’ Premier League Chances

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Arsene Wenger?s men appeared odds on to secure the Premier League crown going into February, a string of indifferent results against average teams saw them concede the lead to eventual champions Manchester United.
The Gunners look likely to be without at least three key players from the last campaign, as both Aliaksandr Hleb and Emmanuel [...]

Euro 2008: Premier League Scouting Report

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

From an English perspective, Euro 2008 has been a joy to follow, despite - or even possibly because of - the absence of English involvement. As a spectator, there’s no pressure this time because our failure in this particular tournament was sealed back in November so the inevitable quarter-final shoot-out disaster [...]

Champions League Final Preview: Manchester United - Chelsea

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

What: UEFA Champions League Final Who: Manchester United vs. Chelsea When: 21st May 2008 20:45 CET (19:45 BST, 22:45 Moscow) Where: Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
All English Final
It must be first pointed out that this is the first all-English final the UEFA Champions League has seen. Since the [...]

Premier League Replay: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Andrew Discenza spotlights what was best and worst on the final weekend of Premier League action in the 2007-08 season…
The Good ? Fabio RochembackThe Middlesbrough midfielder scored one of the best goals of the season on Sunday when he fired in a fabulous free-kick that highlighted his side?s 8-1 demolition of Manchester City. Middlesbrough, who [...]

Race for the Champions League

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Premier League Replay: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Andrew Discenza spotlights what was best and worst about the weekend’s action in the English Premier League…
A Day Of Captains
The Good – Gareth Barry
The Aston Villa captain’s two goals and two assists led his side to a fantastic 4-0 victory at home to Bolton. The 27-year old’s performance was creative and incisive, and [...]

Wenger: We Can Still Win League

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists that they are still in the title hunt despite the fact that their failure to get the better of Liverpool yesterday means that they could find themselves eight points behind Manchester United by the time all is said and done this weekend.
With just five league games remaining for them things [...]

Seven Up: The Premier League Title Race

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

After a weekend that saw the so-called ‘Big Four’ go head-to-head, there are now just seven games standing between the top three teams and Premier League glory. Gill Clark looks closer…
Currently top of the pile are Manchester United, whose 3-0 victory over Liverpool at the weekend saw them earn a five point lead and ensure [...]

Champions League round-up

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Chelsea celebrate win
Chelsea have become the third British club to secure a place in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals as they swept aside Olympiakos, while Real Madrid again crashed out of Europe at the first knock-out stage.