Salomon Kalou’s header ten minutes from time cancels out Ji-Sung Park’s opener and preserves Chelsea’s unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United ends honors even at 1-1.Unlike the Liverpool/Manchester United clash last weekend, this was more typical big four fare. The game wasn’t pretty by any means, plenty physical and full of […]
Tags: Chelsea · Edwin Van Der Sar · Ji-Sung Park · Joe Cole · Manchester United · Mike Riley · Nicolas Anelka · Patrice Evra · Petr Cech · Ricardo Carvalho · Rio Ferdinand · Salomon Kalou · Tomass Kuszczak
In less than three weeks, my wife and I have a new arrival planned for our household: our first baby boy. So while my wife was enjoying her baby shower yesterday, I ended up watching our three other children. Needless to say, I didn’t get a chance to watch as much live football as I […]
Tags: Chelsea · Frank Lampard · Jo · Joe Cole · John Terry · Manchester City · Mark Halsey · Nemanja Vidic · Petr Cech · Robbie Keane · Robinho · Stephen Ireland
Fabio Capello asked for patience.
Between the Czech Republic last month and Andorra today, I would say the fans patience has run out.
England’s performance against Andorra this afternoon can only be described in one word, dire. From the team selection that had me wondering if Fabio Capello thought this was a friendly, to a first half […]
Tags: Andorra · Croatia · Emile Heskey · England national team · Fabio Capello · Joe Cole · Stewart Downing · Theo Walcott
The Daily Telegraph must have been so mesmerized by Joe Cole’s performance on Sunday that it forgot what the Chelsea winger’s name was.See the screenshot above from the online version of the newspaper tonight, and don’t be surprised if the headline is fixed by the time you read the article.
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With Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko in their striking ranks, Chelsea own one of the most exciting, powerful and experienced attacking line-ups in world football. And complemented by the offensive starlets of Deco, Florent Malouda and Joe Cole, who themselves sit in front an immensely strong central midfield duo of Frank […]
Tags: Andriy Shevchenko · Carlos Tevez · Deco · Didier Drogba · Dimitar Berbatov · Florent Malouda · Frank Lampard · Joe Cole · Manchester United · Michael Ballack · Nicolas Anelka · Salomon Kalou · Wayne Rooney
England’s performances against USA and Trinidad and Tobago can hardly be described as spectacular, but Fabio Capello has learnt some extremely valuable lessons for when the real business begins in September.
Of course, supporters will expect a much more vibrant and cohesive display of football against Andorra and Croatia in the opening two World Cup qualifiers, […]
Tags: David Beckahm · David Bentley · David James · Dean Ashton · England national team · Fabio Capello · Frank Lampard · Gareth Barry · Jermain Defoe · Joe Cole · Michael Owen · Owen Hargreaves · Paul Robinson · Peter Crouch · Steven Gerrard · Stewart Downing · Wayne Rooney · World Cup
By John Nicholson
Football provides many social functions in society, from instilling local and civic pride to giving people an excuse to avoid doing DIY on a Saturday afternoon. However, one of its least recognized but most important functions is what your psychiatrist might call, if they were uneducated in psychiatry and was in fact a […]
Tags: Ashley Cole · Geoff Hurst · Joe Cole · John Nicholson · Kevin Davies · Mike Riley · Rodney Marsh · Ronaldinho · Stuart Pearce
By Christopher Schachter, EPL Talk correspondent
I really thought Joe Cole was doing his best Damien Duff, an arms flailing dive not 5 minutes into the 2nd half, but unfortunately Mourinho (”I am not a doctor”) offered up the fact that indeed, the England winger must have his knee checked for ligament damage before leaving Chicago. […]
Tags: Chelsea · Damien Duff · Joe Cole · Jose Mourinho · MLS · Major League Soccer
