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Manchester United Increase Their Lead At The Top Of The Premiership As Chel
2007-04-28 16:58:00 The two early kick-offs that were both shown live on SkySports could have helped decide the fate of the Premiership trophy. Manchester United travelled to an emotional Goodison Park where Everton were mourning the loss of old boy Alan Ball. The Toffees players all wore Alan Ball t-shirts before the game as a tribute to the ... More About: Chelsea , Eagles
The Premier League Fine West Ham United Five Million Pounds For Tevez And M
2007-04-28 16:25:00 After a two day hearing in the Premier League kangaroo court West Ham United eluded the points deduction punishment, but were given a huge fine of £5.5m instead. The ludicrous situation that exists is the doing of the Premier League, they are the governing body and they should as part of the registration process require the ... More About: English Premiership , Tevez
Arsenal Goalkeeper Signs One-Year Contract Extension Ruling Out The Possibi
2007-04-27 20:15:00 Jens Lehmann has accepted the obligatory one-year contract extension that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gives to his ageing stars. The Frenchman introduced a policy a few years ago, where he would only offer players over 30 years old one-year deals when their original deals expired. Thirty-seven year old Lehmann had been linked with a number of ... More About: Euro Football , English Premiership , Arsenal Football Club , Signs
David Villa Dismisses Rumours Of A Transfer To Chelsea
2007-04-27 00:26:00 The Spanish striker has been touted for a move to south London from Valencia for some time. He has performed consistently again in La Liga and shone during Valencia?s UEFA Champions League campaign. Villa is also on the wanted list of former Valencia coach Rafa Benitez but he has told the media that he has not ... More About: Chelsea , Liverpool , English Premiership , Transfer
Jonathan Woodgate Gets Dream Transfer From Real Madrid To Middlesbrough
2007-04-26 23:59:00 Yes, the headline is correct! Woodgate has got the move he has dreamed about since he was a boy. He had been on loan as part of his recovery from the recurring injury that ended his Newcastle United playing career. Woodgate has been playing well and receiving rave reviews from fans and pundits alike. However Madrid ... More About: Premiership , Middlesbrough , Real Madrid , English Premiership
Liverpool Need To Win Big In Champions League Semi Final Second Leg Against
2007-04-25 23:43:00 Premiership champions Chelsea have the edge over Liverpool in Champions League semi-final, in the rematch of the same fixture from 2005. The game failed to live up to the pre-match hype, and it seemed almost second rate in comparison to the footballing feast that was offered the night before when Manchester United played AC Milan in ... More About: Final
Youngest Member Of 1966 World Cup Winning England Team Alan Ball Dies Of He
2007-04-25 19:18:00 English football will mourn the passing of one of its less glamorous sons, as while the media glorifies the World Cup final goals of Peters and Hurst, there is little mention of the tireless running of Alan Ball that helped England to win the Jules Rimet trophy on home soil. Hampshire police have reported that Alan ... More About: Team , Land
Rooney And Ronaldo Score To Give Manchester United The Edge Over AC Milan I
2007-04-25 00:48:00 Manchester United got off to the same dream start they had in the previous round when Cristiano Ronaldo put them ahead in the Champions League Semi Final against AC Milan . With just six minutes on the clock the Portuguese winger found an opportunity to put his name on the score sheet. His header from a corner ... More About: Manchester United , English Premiership
Nakamura Goal Makes Celtic Champions Of The Scottish Premier League 2007
2007-04-22 18:59:00 Celtic have been confirmed as champions of the SPL after beating Kilmarnock with a last gasp winner. Celtic have been at the head of the Scott ish Premier League for what seems like forever and with a lead of thirteen points they can no longer be caught in the race for the title. Dutch striker Jan Vennegoor ... More About: Champions , Goal
Last Minute Jermaine Jenas Goal Earns Spurs A Draw Against Arsenal In The N
2007-04-21 17:40:00 Tottenham started the 154th North London derby brightly, containing their visitors and creating a number of chances. Hoping to take advantage of the troublesome week their visitors are having. The normally quiet Arsenal boardroom has been plastered all over the back pages of the newspapers, as David Dein left as the club prepares for a hostile ... More About: Premiership , English Premiership , Jenas , Last
Chelsea A Step Closer To The Quadruple But Mourinho Future Still In Doubt
2007-04-16 00:09:00 Jose Mourinho is uncertain about his Chelsea future, even though he is still fighting on three fronts having already secured one title this season. Chelsea need to overcome Manchester United to retain their Premiership title. The Blues play Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final and face the possibility of facing Manchester United in the Champions League ... More About: Future , Close , Stil
Football Association Get Their Dream Manchester United v Chelsea FA Cup Fin
2007-04-15 20:43:00 Blackburn Rovers pushed the premiership champions all the way in their FA Cup semi final. Chelsea needed a goal from German midfielder Michael Ballack to secure their place in the New Wembley Final. Frank Lampard put the blues ahead on sixteen minutes. Didier Drogba held up the play before giving the ball to Ballack who played ... More About: Manchester United , Football , United , Soci
Manchester United On Course For Premiership FA Cup And Champions League Tre
2007-04-14 21:47:00 Sir Alex Ferguson is on course for his second treble as manager of Manchester United . His side secured a place in the FA Cup final when they beat Watford 4-1 at Villa Park. United continued from where they left off in their mid week thrashing of Roma. It took Wayne Rooney just seven minutes to open ... More About: Premiership , Champions League
Chelsea v Manchester United FA Cup Final A Fitting Curtain Raiser For The N
2007-04-12 00:18:00 The FA Cup Semi Finals are later this week and with Manchester United taking on relegation threatened Watford and Blackburn Rovers plaing Chelsea , it all looks set for a United v Chelsea Final. If Watford were to use the form book they would be forgiven for thinking that they could beat Roma 14-2 seeing that they ... More About: The N
Liverpool Chelsea Champions League Semi Final After An Easy Passage Past PS
2007-04-11 23:32:00 Peter Crouch was on target for the Reds as they strolled in to the semi finals. PSV posed little threat to the Live rpool goal and with Rafa Benitez resting a number of players, Liverpool looked a little sluggish and were unable to create space to attack. PSV looked like a different team from the one that ... More About: Champions League , Chelsea , Champions
More Italian Opposition For Manchester United As AC Milan Go Through To UEF
2007-04-11 23:02:00 A Two goal victory in Germany has set up a semi final Manchester United . Milan did the hard work in the first half and were two up in half an hour. The first goal was scored by dutch veteran Clarence Seedorf with Milan?s first shot on goal, with a shot from the edge of the area. ... More About: Italia , Italian
Blackburn Confident Of Beating Chelsea In FA Cup Semi-Final
2007-04-11 18:06:00 Rovers Midfielder Aaron Mokoena thinks that Mark Hughes Black burn Rovers side have what it takes to get a result against Chelsea this weekend in their FA Cup semi final at Old Trafford. Mokoena told the Lancashire Telegraph that he believes “Chelsea are a big team. They have fantastic players, but so do we as well,”. He ... More About: Blackburn , Final , Semi
Fulham Sack Chris Coleman And Appoint Northern Ireland Manager Lawrie Sanch
2007-04-11 10:44:00 A poor run of form has cost Fulham Manager Chris Cole man his job, Coleman had been hailed earlier in the season for being one of the refreshing young managerial talents in the Premiership, but his side have not won a game in seven attempts and they are now just four points from the relegation zone. Coleman ... More About: Ireland , North , Northern Ireland
Manchester United Score Seven As They Seal Champions League Semi-Final With
2007-04-10 23:45:00 AS Roma travelled to Old Trafford with a one goal advantage after the bloody first leg in Rome, and many pundits thought that the game would be explosive for all the non-footballing reasons. The Manchester United players had other ideas, within twenty minutes they were winning 3-0 with goals from three different players. The first came ... More About: Champions League , With
Last Minute Essien Strike Sends Chelsea Into The Champions League Semi-Fina
2007-04-10 23:30:00 The game started with the home side with a slight psychological advantage having scored an away goal in the first leg in Stamford Bridge. Former Liverpool striker Fernando Morientes increased the Valencia advantage just after the half hour, when he slid home Joaquin?s cross in to the Chelsea goal. For the third time in as ... More About: Champions League , Last , Champions , League
Watford Thrash Portsmouth In Preparation For FA Cup Semi-Final Against Manc
2007-04-09 23:18:00 Just two days after Port smouth register an impressive 2-1 victory against league leaders Manchester United, they were thrashed 4-2 at the hands of United?s FA Cup opponents Watford . The Hornets win over the latest side to overcome this weekends opposition will no doubt boost the morale of the players, especially as they had to fight back ... More About: Ford , Final
Easter Delight For Roy Keane And Sunderland As They Top The Coca-Cola Champ
2007-04-09 22:54:00 Sunderland sit proud at the top of the Championship following a busy East er fixture schedule. Sunderland won two games in three days by the same 2-1 score line. The first win came from Saturdays home game against Wolves, giving Keane the last laugh with his old Irish adversary and former Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy. The second ... More About: Coca-Cola , They
Manchester Prepared For Roman Invasion In The Champions League Quarter Fina
2007-04-09 22:35:00 In the aftermath of the violence at the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico last week and with reports that the AS Roma Ultras have bought the entire allocation, there is no surprise that both clubs have tried to promote calm. Roma?s Rosella Sensi has told the press that supporters of his club will not be ... More About: Champions League , Arte , Manchester , Champions
Spurs Struggle Against Sevilla After The Perfect Start To Their UEFA Cup Qu
2007-04-06 02:41:00 Captain Robbie Keane gave Tottenham the dream start to the away leg of their UEFA Cup quarter final against Sevilla. With little more than a minute on the clock the Irishman had managed to break the off-side trap force a save from the keeper and put away the rebound to give his side the lead ... More About: Uefa , Start , Star , Uefa cup , Evil
Scholes Sees Red As Manchester United Lose In Bloodied Champions League Cla
2007-04-05 00:23:00 United midfielder Paul Scholes was sent off for the second time in four games for two yellow card offences just thirty four minutes in to the game. The first was a nasty two footed tackle which he could have been sent off for, the second was given when Italian forward Francesco Totti through himself over ... More About: Manchester United , Champions League , United , Manchester , Champions
Drogba Saves Blushes As Chelsea Scrape Draw With Valencia
2007-04-05 00:03:00 Chelsea seem to have an mental block when they come up against Spanish opposition. They fell behind to a David Silva thirty minutes into the first half; the Spaniard shooting from over thirty yards, with a shot that left Petr Cech no chance of making a save. Chelsea tried hard to get level, missing a host ... More About: Chelsea , Valencia , With , Crap , Scrap
Liverpool Get Three Away Goals Against PSV In Eindhoven As They Look to Pro
2007-04-03 23:30:00 Ronald Koeman?s PSV will need to work miracles if they are to turn this tie round to progress to the next round. Live rpool carry the comfort of three away goals into the home leg at Anfield next week. Captain Steve Gerrard led by example, putting the former European Champions on up just before the half hour. ... More About: Goa , Goals , Goal
Van Buyten Scores Valuable Away Goals As Bayern Munich Draw In Milan
2007-04-03 23:29:00 Having gone behind twice either side of half time the Germans had to rely on the goal scoring of Daniel Van Buyten to keep them in the tie. The home side went ahead when Pirlo scored five minutes before half time. It took another forty minutes of play for the visitors to draw level through ... More About: Milan , Muni , Goa , Goals , Bayern
Bobby Charlton Is Unhappy With Cristiano Ronaldo Transfer Speculation
2007-04-03 03:00:00 Cristiano Ronaldo has dragged Manchester United to the top of the Premiership single handedly this season. His form has been electric and he has dazzled audiences week in week out. So it is understandable that the world?s biggest clubs would be looking to secure his services. Bobby Charlton has spoken out about the transfer speculation that ... More About: Cristiano Ronaldo , With , Happy , Transfer
Newcastle Prepared To Spend In the Summer Transfer Window
More articles from this author:2007-04-02 23:56:00 Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd has informed the press that he intends to invest in playing staff in the transfer window this summer. The news will no doubt delight the Newcastle faithful, who made their feelings heard after the home defeat to Manchester City at the weekend. Glenn Roeder will be able to make his mark on ... More About: Summer , Wind , Castle , Transfer , Cast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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