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Transfer Ban for United?

Transfer Ban for United?
By Adam Mikhail on September 3, 2009

It seems like this is all coming out of nowhere. Any fan of the game knows that the “tapping-up” allegations have always been prominent but rarely has it been so harshly punished. From United’s perspective, they were accused of tapping …

UEFA, You’ve Lost Your Touch

UEFA, You’ve Lost Your Touch
By Adam Mikhail on September 2, 2009

“Giggs looking to pick out Rooney… who’s got there, is that a penalty kick?! What does Mike Dean say?! He says penalty!” This whole routine is getting a little old, isn’t it? Screw diamonds, refereeing mistakes are forever. It’s like …

UEFA to Fine Arsenal and Manchester United £5,000, Why Bother?

By tyduffy on July 24, 2009

UEFA will fine both Arsenal and Manchester United £5,000 respectively for fan incidents during last years Champions League semifinals.  An Arsenal fan hit Nemanja Vidic with a plastic bottle.  A Manchester United supporter hurled a smoke bomb onto the pitch.    …

Do We Really Need A New Football?

By Ethan Armstrong on June 2, 2009

Football’s magnificence lies in it simplicity. The rules, the tactics, the culture have adopted their own complexities over the years, but boots, nets, linesmen, banners and songs all become luxuries when we acknowledge the lovers of the game would play …

UEFA’s Appeal Committee Show No Common Sense

By Paul Bestall on May 11, 2009

Why is it so hard to have a governing body with an ounce of common sense, UEFA just seem bereft of it every time it seems like they’ll do the right thing. Are your matches blighted by neo-nazi’s forming swastika …

Chelsea’s UEFA Conspiracy Claims Are Laughable

By tyduffy on May 8, 2009

With their typical class, Chelsea players and staff asserted their belief, following their 1-1 agg defeat to Barcelona, that UEFA conspired against them to prevent an all-English final in the Champions League. Players, such as Didier Drogba, displayed their sentiment …

UEFA Europa League, A Second Rate Competition

By Christopher Walker on May 2, 2009

  With four games of the Premier League campaign left, Fulham are leading the ‘race’ for seventh place and for the Cottagers it will be a rare European adventure. This would of course be via the all singing, all dancing …