The Irish take on France in the World Cup Playoff’s on November 14 in Dublin and November 18 in Paris : Goalkeepers : Given (Manchester City), Westwood (Coventry City), J.Murphy (Scunthorpe). Defenders : R.Dunne (Aston Villa), J.O’Shea (Manchester United), St.Ledger (Middlesbrough), Kilbane and McShane (Hull City), S.Kelly (Fulham), E.Nolan (Preston North End), O’Dea (Reading). Midfielders [ Read More ]
Archive for October, 2009
Arsenal v Tottenham Robbie Keane made a bold statement- that Tottenham have a squad that is at least the equal of Arsenal’s. Tottenham have not defeated Arsenal in almost a decade, a run of 19 matches without a win. Last season Arsenal 4 Tottenham 4 Interesting Facts • Tottenham have not beaten the hosts in [ Read More ]
Categories: English Premiership
Blackburn manager- Sam Allardyce has accused the Premier League officials for not postponing the his club’s clash with Chelsea over the weekend, despite being informed of swine flu cases. 5 (3 players, 2 staff) Blackburn members are currently suffering with swine flu and Allardyce stated that allowing the game to go ahead could have spread [ Read More ]
Categories: Misc
24 players that have been chosen for the two friendlies against England to be held at Doha, Qatar on November 14 and Oman in Muscat on November 17: Goalkeepers: J.Cesar (Inter Milan), A.Doni (AS Roma). Defenders: Maicon and Lucio (Inter Milan), Juan (AS Roma), F.Aurelio (Liverpool), D.Alves (Barcelona), Naldo (Werder Bremen), Luisao (Benfica), Bastos (Olympique [ Read More ]
Categories: World Cup 2010
Transfer Rumours World Cup 2010 Brazilian Squad for friendlies against England in November Misc Swine Flu threat grips football Carling Cup October 27th Results Barnsley 0-2 Manchester United Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Peterborough United Portsmouth 4-0 Stoke City Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa (Villa win 3-1 on penalties) Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Everton Copa Del Rey Real Madrid [ Read More ]
Categories: English Premiership, Indian Football, World Cup 2010
Liverpool Vs Manchester United, 25th October 2009 Last years top two teams will battle it out in Anfield on Sunday. However, Liverpool have been in a poor run-of -form lately, but have no option but to win the game, or else they can lose hopes for the title challenge. The Reds have suffered 4 defeats, [ Read More ]
Categories: English Premiership
FIFA president Sepp Blatter admitted that the World Cup 2010 play-off seedings could have been handled better. The seeding had been criticized especially by the Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni. Blatter told Gazzetta dello Sport: “We should have announced it from the start.” “There is something in the rules, but it isn’t clear. If [ Read More ]
Categories: World Cup 2010
Dempo 2-2 Mahindra United Climax Lawrence saved Dempo from a defeat by scoring in stoppage time. A 10-men Mahindra United looked set to get all three points, until the final “Climax”. Mahindra were brought down to 10 when defender D Ravanan for elbowing a Dempo player, just 33 minutes into the match. Although Dempo took [ Read More ]
Categories: Asian Football, Indian Football
English Premier League English Sunday papers suggest that Chelsea continue to show interest in Anderlecht’s 16-year-old wonderkid Romelu Lakuku. The 6.3ft striker has scored seven goals in 16 games. Portsmouth’s Director of Football – Avram Grant has recommended Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa and Nice striker Loic Remy. According to the News of the World- Liverpool [ Read More ]
Categories: Transfer Rumours
Subroto Paul is named the ‘Player of the Year’ by the AIFF. The Indian goal keeper has had a spectacular season, he also helped India retain the Nehru Cup by saving 3 penalties. Derrick Pereira, his Pune FC coach was delighted by the news and has tipped him to be the next captain of the [ Read More ]
Categories: Asian Football, Indian Football
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