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Entries Tagged as 'Football Stadiums'

Football League Playoff Schedule

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Championship League, nottingham forest, wembley stadium

First of all, congratulations to West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City for their automatic entry into the Premier League next season, congratulations to Swansea and Nottingham Forest for heading up to the Championship, and congratulations to Paul Ince’s MK Dons, Peterborough, and Hereford for their promotions to League One. Also, a shout out to Aldershot […]

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Everton Searches for Sponsor to Acquire Naming Rights to New Stadium

May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Everton, goodison park

Chances are that if you’re reading this article, you’re not a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. But if you were, don’t be surprised to see a DVD and possibly even a DVD player being delivered to you from Everton Football Club.
Everton has hired AEG to find a company willing to pay approximately £4.5 million […]

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The Dream Lives On!

May 3rd, 2008 · 18 Comments · Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham, Reading, craven cottage

Fulham is a victory at Fratton Park next weekend away from completing a great escape after their 2-0 win today over Birmingham. A trademark Brian McBride diving header to finish off a fabulous in-swinging free kick from Jimmy Bullard opened the scoring for the Cottagers, and Erik Nevland sealed it late once again to account […]

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Video: Memories of Everton’s Goodison Park

May 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Everton, Football Stadiums, goodison park

It’s one of the oldest and most historic football grounds in the world. It has hosted the FA Cup Final and a World Cup Semi-Final, but its future looks bleak. If Everton Football Club moves to Kirkby, then Everton’s Goodison Park that they’ve been in since 1892 will be no more.
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Why Fulham Needs to Stay in the Premier League

May 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Football Stadiums, Fulham, General, craven cottage

Football stadiums can do bizarre things to people’s minds sometimes. For example, I don’t want Fulham to be relegated. It has nothing to do with the fact that they have several American players. Nor does it have anything to do with an admiration for the pleasing style of football that their players employ. The reason […]

 
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Check Out the Center Circle at the Camp Nou

April 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Football Stadiums, Manchester United

 Obviously this picture doesn’t show the point I’m trying to make. I just had to use for it aesthetic purposes, so I hope you don’t mind.
In all seriousness though, if you’re watching the Champions League semifinal first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United at the Camp Nou right now, take a look at the center […]

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Tevez’s Tally Saves Title

April 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Blackburn Rovers, Manchester United, Premier League, carlos tevez, stamford bridge

You just knew it was coming, didn’t you?
Anyone watching the last 25-30 minutes of the Blackburn-Manchester United game today just knew that the Red Devils were going to pull some magic out of the hat. Brad Friedel made several outstanding saves to keep Rovers ahead, but they only delayed the inevitable.
United were huffing and puffing, […]

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Remembering the Hillsborough Tragedy: Match of the Day Videos

April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hillsborough, Liverpool, match of the day

Nineteen years ago on this very date, 25,000 Liverpool fans traveled to Sheffield for the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. In one of the darkest days in football, 96 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough.
Please feel free to pay tribute to those lost souls in a minute’s silence at 3:06pm GMT/10:06am ET.
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United States to Play England at Wembley in May, 2008

March 20th, 2008 · 13 Comments · F.A., usa, wembley stadium

As reported back in February, EPL Talk can now confirm that England will be playing the United States in a friendly on May 28th at Wembley Stadium.
The match will be an excellent opportunity to extinguish or fan the flames regarding the animosity that many Americans have against English soccer and vice-versa. Across the Internet via […]

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I Missed Me Some Champions League

February 18th, 2008 · 26 Comments · Champions League, Chelsea, ESPN2, Liverpool, Manchester United, anfield, derek rae

It’s that time again, time to listen to the official Champions League Hymn that we hear before and after TV matches and sing as high as we can. Don’t kid yourself; you do it, I do it, it’s no big deal, even if we don’t understand the words.
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Minute of Silence Upheld at Old Trafford

February 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Manchester City, Manchester United, old trafford

I was so glad to see the capacity crowd at Old Trafford respect the minute of silence for the victims of the Munich Air Disaster this afternoon. Many people were worried that some moronic Manchester City fans would ruin the moment and jeer and howl and shout, so much so that City supporters’ groups had […]

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GolTV’s Fitting Tribute to 11-Year-Old Rhys Jones

August 28th, 2007 · 13 Comments · Everton, GolTV, Liverpool, anfield, goodison park

If GolTV will ever get an opportunity to broadcast Premier League matches in the future, soccer fans in the United States got a preview of what type of coverage they could expect during Tuesday’s Champions League qualifying round match featuring Liverpool against Toulouse.
From the second the coverage began, GolTV commentators Phil Schoen and Ray Hudson […]