What a strange day it was in the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all failed to score. Aston Villa came within a whisker of beating Man United, which would have pushed them into third place. And Arsenal crumbled against Manchester City.
In the closest Premier League season ever, who would have predicted […]
Tags: Arsenal · Aston Villa · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Fulham · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle · Stoke City · West Bromwich Albion
Football is littered with players whose careers have been curtailed before their time, sometimes through off field excesses, sometimes by the wear and tear of top level football, but Matt Jansen is certainly one of those players who certainly had more than a bit of bad luck push him to the periphery of the game. Today, Jansen […]
Tags: Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · General · Graeme Souness · Manchester United · Matt Jansen · New York Red Bulls · Paul Ince
Plans are being finalized for the 2009 Premier League Asia Trophy. So far, Chelsea, West Ham United and Hull City have been invited to participate in the tournament which is likely to be held in China, in either Beijing or Shanghai.
The 2007 edition of the tournament was hosted in Hong Kong where Portsmouth won the […]
Tags: Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Hull City · Liverpool · Portsmouth · Premier League · Premier League Asia Trophy · West Ham United · preseason friendlies
So, how many people thought Hull City would be Premiership cannon fodder, this seasons Derby County, bravely battling against the odds in a futile struggle that would ultimately lead to relegation. If so, how many had actually seen Hull City play before they came up? Not many I bet. Fair enough, I’d only seen them […]
Tags: Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Daniel Cousin · General · Geovanni · Hull City · Manchester United · Marlon King · Phil Brown · Sir Alex Ferguson · Sky Sports · old trafford
If Alan Parry thinks refereeing is so easy, let’s see him be the man in black next week.
Football commentators sometimes stoke the fire by criticizing referees, which makes the TV viewers get emotional and forces undue pressure on referees, as well as countless subsequent articles in the press and people moaning on football radio shows.
Even […]
Tags: Alan Parry · Bolton Wanderers · Gary Cahill · Jose Pepe Reina · Kevin Nolan · Liverpool
Just as it’s difficult to predict who will win the Premier League race this year, it’s going to be even harder to pick which three clubs will be relegated. After watching all of the teams play, none of them look like relegation candidates.
Sure, one week ago Spurs looked like relegation certainties, but with Harry Houdini […]
Tags: Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Hull City · Joe Kinnear · Newcastle United · Stoke City · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion
After watching English football on television for more than 30 years, I’ve watched countless boring tactical games like yesterday’s two nil win by Bolton against Manchester City. But I’ve also seen many incredible games and wonderful individual efforts that still make me jump out of my seat.
This season, the club that is impressing me the […]
Tags: Ashley Cole · Bolton Wanderers · Dirk Kuyt · Fernando Torres · Liverpool · Manchester City · Robbie Keane · Steven Gerrard
Don’t forget that this Sunday morning the clocks are going back one hour in England, which means that all games between Sunday and November 2nd will be shown one hour later than usual for those of us watching from the United States. The games will return to their regularly scheduled time difference on November 2nd […]
Tags: Arsenal · Aston Villa · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Fox Soccer Channel · Fulham · Liverpool · Manchester City · Portsmouth · Setanta Sports · Stoke City · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic
