More Misery For Jose The master of deflection was at it again on the weekend as Manchester City thumped Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea 3-0 at the Etihad stadium. By declaring the defeat as […]
Stick It In The Mixer! Champions Touched Up In Manchester
Stick It In The Mixer! — The Premier League Returns
The Big Kick-Off The 2015/16 Premier League season commenced at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime as the Manchester United hosted Spurs. A drab 1-0 win left Louis Van Gaal pondering his next move […]
Why Chelsea Could be Champions-Elect by New Years’ Day
The festive season is firmly among us as Advent calendars begin their obesity-inducing countdown to Christmas. One third of the season has elapsed and the Premier League table is now taking shape. Chelsea have […]
Why World-Class Wayne Rooney’s 100th Cap Demonstrates that the Blame for England’s failure Lies Collectively and not Individually
On Saturday evening, England host Slovenia at Wembley and Wayne Rooney will become the latest Three Lions centurion. Despite a hugely successful club career where the Manchester United forward has accumulated five […]
Why Champions League qualification is the be-all and end-all for Manchester United this season
In July, Manchester United announced a record-breaking £750m 10-year kit deal with Adidas. One of the world’s richest clubs became even richer but it was also noted that the colossal £75m annual […]
World Cup Final 2014: Mario Gotze Delivers the Midas Touch as Die Mannschaft Tops the World for a Fourth Time
Germany 1-0 Argentina (AET) After contesting both the 1986 and 1990 World Cup final, familiar foes Germany and Argentina met again in their third World Cup final. La Albiceleste won the first encounter […]
World Cup 2014: Semi-Final Round-Up—Brazil Butchered by the Brutal Germans and Messi’s Dream is Kept Alive after Penalties
Brazil 1-7 Germany For over 60 years, Brazil has been tormented by the memory of El Fantasma (The Ghost). It was at the Maracana in the 1950 World Cup Final when Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguay’s […]
World Cup 2014: Quarter-Final Round-Up—Brazil Progress but Lose Neymar as Germany Sets a New Record
The feverish excitement surrounding the group stages and last-16 led to arduous claims that 2014 was well on its way to becoming the ‘best-ever’ World Cup. So, in response to the overly used ‘best-ever’ […]
World Cup 2014: Extra-time Drama as Argentina and Belgium Both Scrape Through to the Quarter-Finals
It was a night for history. A first for the up-coming quarter-finals and a first for a goalkeeper. Five of the eight second-round matches went into extra-time. Already more than the entire […]
World Cup 2014: The Germans Book a Quarter-final date with Les Bleus
France 2-0 Nigeria Late strikes from Paul Pogba and a Joseph Yobo own-goal were enough to take Les Bleus into the World Cup quarter-finals. Given the entertaining matches both teams had previously […]
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