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Michael Owen To Sign With Manchester United. (Yes, You Read That Correctly.)
By: chris |
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And no, it’s not FC United of Manchester as some would believe. It’s the Red Devils. Old Trafford. Three time defending Premier League champions. That one.
Two days ago it was thought that Michael Owen would be signing for a team which was aiming for the Europa League, not world domination. His stint at Newcastle was [...]
Tags: Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, Karim Benzema, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michael Owen, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, World FootballYet Another Reason For British Clubs To Spend Obscene Money
By: chris | 4 Comments
Most, even the Brits among us, have at one point or another decried the excessive, borderline loony, transfer fees among Premier League clubs, and particularly those for Brits. Tottenham was a nice example last year, doubling David Bentley’s value overnight before loaning Robbie Keane to Rafa & Co. for six months, netting a free £5m.
Well [...]
ESPN Are Anti-Big 4; Name Hull City Preseason Prem Favorites.
By: chris | 15 Comments
ESPN’s football coverage is, shall we say, sub-par at best - which is fine, they do the others well enough. The economic recession forced them to, presumably, fire all of their Soccernet copy editors, resulting in strange typo after strange typo. And now they’ve got more faith in Frazier Campbell than we do, putting Hull [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueNewcastle Goes Up For Sale; Continues To Torment Supporters.
By: chris | No Comments
After the mild surprise that Kaka cost quite a bit less than expected, we have the news of another footballing institution whose price has dropped. A lot. And that’s Newcastle United, a club which has been put up for sale by Mike Ashley much to the delight of NUFC supporters. Just not exactly by traditional [...]
Photo: Waving Goodbye to Newcastle United
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Full time at Villa Park yesterday, and a Villa fan waves goodbye to his Newcastle counterparts. The two probably won’t be meeting again for a while.
Painful stuff for Newcastle fans, who have my sympathies.
You could argue that the Toon were relegated because of Mark Viduka’s disallowed goal vs Fulham, or Damien Duff’s bad bad luck [...]
Category: English Premier League Tags: Aston Villa, English Premier League, fans, Newcastle United, relegated, Relegation, Villa Park, wavingThe Arshavin Files: The Quote Machine Returns - Women Beware.
By: chris | 8 Comments
Andrei Arshavin is officially the best thing to happen to the Premier League ever. All 17 years of it or so.
Last we spoke Andrei had just finished a haircut by a stylist flown in from Russia because his wife doesn’t trust the stylists in London to make him look like an 11 year old [...]
Man Utd 18-18 Liverpool
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
With today’s 0-0 draw at home to Arsenal, Man Utd won their third Premier League title in a row, and Alex Ferguson’s 25th trophy in 23 years. “It makes you want to go on for ever,” said Fergie, who actually might do exactly that.
Arguably more importantly, today’s title win brings Man Utd level with Liverpool [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueLondon’s Not Calling Chelsea Strikers, Home Is.
By: chris | 6 Comments
Two rumors which have popped up today are so unbelievable they’re believable - but still didn’t warrant mention in transfer talk. It seems a couple of Chelsea strikers - one who actually plays in London and another merely on the books…but will be returning very, very soon - have developed a bit of homesickness and [...]
Adebayor Tells Us What We Already Knew: It’s All About The Money.
By: chris | 9 Comments
We’d like to think that footballers have an overwhelming attachment to the shirt or that their love of the game supersedes all. But they don’t and it doesn’t. At least not typically.
No need to sit down and catch your breath for this one: Emmanuel Adebayor doesn’t play for Arsenal or the fans or his [...]
Category: English Premier League€70m for Franck Ribery? Football Has Gone Mad
By: chris | 15 Comments
It must have. Right? Surely that can be the only explanation. Because there’s no logical reason why Manchester United have reportedly lodged…wait for it…a €70m bid for Franck Ribery.
Don’t readjust your screen, rub your eyes or contact your “guy” to ask if you got the wrong stuff - you read that correctly. €70m. £62.5m. [...]
Tags: Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, Franck Ribery, Manchester United, World FootballMatch-Fixing Alive & Well
By: chris | No Comments
Despite the European seasons winding down and races beginning to dwindle, the betting industry has seen some marked spikes in betting. So marked a few big bookmakers were forced to suspend betting this weekend in lesser UK leagues after suspicious patterns arose.
The Blue Conference Premier League match between Grays and Forest Green Rovers - [...]
Photo: Eric Cantona. 2,000 Times Over.
By: chris | 1 Comment
FC United of Manchester will have over 2,000 Eric Cantonas on their side as they seek a place in the Unibond premier play-offs. Fans attending Saturday’s crunch match against fellow promotion chasers Bradford Park Avenue will be handed rubber masks for a publicity stunt organised by the company behind the new Ken Loach film “Looking [...]
Category: EnglandWhen Frank Lampard Attacks. (Or Defends.)
By: chris | 5 Comments
Frank Lampard’s ex (Elen Rives for those allergic to gossip) had a vino-fueled tirade the other evening in which she said she’s living in a small flat with their two children after the breakup while Frank lives in their nice, big house (which would make sense since he is one of the highest paid footballers [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueWhat Would It Take for You to Stop Watching the English Premier League?
By: Daryl | 45 Comments
The Premier League is pushing it. Game 39? The copyright gestapo? Premier League II? The powers that be seem to think they can get away with anything and we’ll all just keep watching. I think they’re wrong.
Everyone has their limits, even us football fans.
Take Chris from TwoFootedTackle for example. He makes a very convincing argument [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueAre Liverpool the Most Exciting Team in the World?
By: chris | 11 Comments
They may be out of Europe and the title may be an uphill climb - Manchester United now have two games in hand, after all - but Liverpool can take a small bit of consolation in the fact that they are, over the last two or so months, Europe’s most exciting team and perhaps the [...]
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