More involvement by international parties looking to buy a stake or own Premier League clubs. Newcastle – Tyneside businessman Barry Moat will find out this week whether his £80 million bid to buy Newcastle has finally succeeded. West Ham United – An American consortium look to come up with a £100m takeover at troubled Hammers. Birmingham - Carson Yeung, the new owner of Birmingham stated his intentions to make the [...]
Arsenal 6 – 2 Blackburn Arsenal could have finished with a higher goal tally, they played some memorizing football led by Captain Fabregas. The Gunners’ skipper was involved in all goals, before being substituted and had another marvelous game. Arsenal were put in front by Arshavin after being behind Blackburn twice during the half-time, the score reading Arsenal 3 – 2 Blackburn. These were the only goals to be scored [...]
Premier League Manchester United and Liverpool are tracking Real Sociedad’s young left winger Antoine Griezmann. Griezmann has been playing at Real Sociedad since he was 13. Bayern Munich’s Luca Toni was asked to play for the reserves, but refused to do so and is looking to move during the next transfer window. Premier League’s West Ham United have shown interest in signing the Italian. Problems soar within bottom-placed Porstmouth as [...]
Possible starting Line-ups: Man City: Shay Given, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Gareth Barry, De Jong, Zabaleta, Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez, Santa Cruz. West Ham: Green, Faubert, Upson, Tomkins, Ilunga, Parker, Noble, Hines, Diamanti, Franco, Cole. Manchester City team news Stephen Ireland will not start the match due to a sickness bug, he was anyway expected to miss out when he was hospitalised midweek after complaining of dizziness. Gareth [...]
Wigan won 3-1 at home against Chelsea, terminating Chelsea’s 100% league win record. Paul Scharner’s last minute goal added insult to the already injured Chelsea team, who earlier lost Petr Cech in the 51st minute, after he was sent off for fouling Hugo Rodallega. Rodallega converted from the spot and gave Wigan the lead. Titus Bramble netted one early for Wigan (16′). Drogba scored his 100th Chelsea goal in the [...]
There was a flurry of goals in the last ten minutes, the most important one being Owen’s debut goal for Manchester United. Darren Fletcher and Craig Bellamy scored two goals each for Man U and Manchester City, respectively. It was a highly anticipated Manchester derby with both sides showing good form in the league. Although City must have surely felt Adebayor’s loss, who had to miss this game due a [...]
Four of the six matches played in the 6th week of the Premiership saw players scoring from the spot! These included Burnley V Sunderland, Aston Villa V Portsmouth, Bolton V Stoke and West Ham V Liverpool matches. Arsenal dominated Wigan at home, scoring 4 goals with defender Thomas Vermaelen scoring two. The Burnley Vs Sunderland match looked like it would end in a draw, until David Nugent came on and [...]
The premier league has a very interesting past which many of you may have not known! It is the world’s most watched league and the most lucrative – attracting the top players from all over the globe. Hard to believe then that the first ball kicked in the Premier League was as relatively recently as 15th August 1992. The 1980s saw a nadir in English football. Stadiums were crumbling and hooliganism [...]
Manchester City’s Emannuel Adebayor played sensationally in his first encounter against his former club, Arsenal. City finished with a 4 – 2 win over the Gunners. Arsenal have failed to triumph over both Manchester teams, losing to Manchester United two weeks back. Both teams had to cope with injuries to key players; Robinho and Carlos Tevez were both ruled out due to ankle and knee injuries, respectively. For Arsenal, Andrei [...]
