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Bayern Munich Beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 To Win Champions League
Bayern Munich were crowned the new European champions after a late Arjen Robben strike helped seal a dramatic 2-1 win over bitter rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Robben struck a minute from time to banish the ghosts of last season and end the Bavarian clubs’ twelve-year wait for a European title.
The Dutch ace seized on a long ball from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer before bursting into the box and slipping the ball beyond Roman Weidenfeller to decide the match. Earlier Ilkay Gundogan had levelled from ... Continue Reading →
Arsenal Ready To Break The Bank For Wayne Rooney
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is lining up a massive summer bid for unsettled Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
Reports from The Mirror suggest that Wenger is ready to smash Arsenal’s strict wage structure billing in order to prise Rooney away from Old Trafford as the Gunners look to dip into their £70-million summer transfer pot.
Rooney is out-of-favour at Old Trafford and despite the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson and the arrival of former Everton boss David Moyes, ‘Wazza’s’ ... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Greatest Ever UEFA Champions League Finals
Twenty years ago the very first UEFA Champions League Final in its new format was played out as Basile Boli’s towering header helped Olympique Marseille upset favourites AC Milan 1-0 in Munich.
Since there have been a plethora of memorable and not so memorable finals now firmly etched in the European football annuals. It was difficult but In The Stand’s Rolly Pelovangu picks out five of the best Champions League finals post-1993.
5. Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United, 2011, Wembley
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Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich: Champions League Final Preview
Borussia Dortmund face off against arch-rivals Bayern Munich at Wembley in a mouth-watering, all German Champions League final clash with the eyes of the world watching.
This is nothing new. Britain has been in this position before. Rumbustious Germans by the thousands plotting and penning a means towards descending on the capital. Different day, but the determination remains parallel except 74-years-ago they sought to come wearing the dark colours of Nazism.
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Video Highlights: Chelsea 3-4 Manchester City
Manchester City came from 3-0 down to record a sensational 4-3 win over Chelsea as the two sides played out a seven goal thriller in a friendly in St Louis, Missouri.
Second half goals from Javi Garcia, a brace from Edin Dzeko coupled with a dramatic injury-time winner by Micah Richards helped Brian Kidd’s men overturn a three goal deficit to win 4-3 in one of the most pulsating friendly matches imaginable.
The Blues, Chelsea that is, raced into an early lead through Demba Ba, before goals ... Continue Reading →
Areselona: The Movie
So, have any of you lot watched a chick flick? No? Well you are a fucking liar. You’re on a football site – so you must, therefore, like football – and like most of us, you probably watched, over the last two weeks, snipits of, what is, essentially, a film made for a girl, or, what the sporting community like to call it…barca-fucking-lona.
Yes, it starts with the nice guy, losing. Thee nice guy of football, on it’s knees after falling to thr might of an Italian. A sexy ... Continue Reading →
10 Interesting Football Facts
Here are some interesting football facts (including fun Premier League and FA Cup stats to throw around before this weekend’s set of games). My personal favourite is the one about English managers – it may only be in the ‘Premier League’ era but after 20+ years it’s not a trend, it’s a problem. Read the full article
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Chelsea and City realistically playing for second in the Premier League
The Premier League’s second and third placed sides meet at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, with Manchester City hosting Chelsea. Despite there being 12 games left in the domestic season, Premier League betting odds are suggesting that the title race is over due to Manchester United’s dominance, and that these two could well be battling it out for the runners-up berth. Read the full article
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Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur Preview – Spurs looking for third straight win at Carrow Road
Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur
English Premier League
Carrow Road, Norwich
Wednesday 30 January, 2013
19:45 GMT
Tottenham Hotspur must beat 13th placed Norwich City if they are to maintain a gap from Everton in the race for the Champions League. A seventh win of the season for Norwich could see them go into the top half of the table if other results go their way. Read the full article
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Crap Chant Half-Hour: The FA Cup Upsets
I watched some FA cup upsets, I wrote some chants… because I can okay.
Music Cup
The FA cup is magic like Johnson*
So lets go listen to some MARK RONSON
Oh Stop me, oh oh oooh stop me **
..because Oldham have just beat the scourers by two to three.
Notes
*Not Bradley of Norwich, the basketball guy
**I would recommend singing the line of the Mark Ronson song ‘Stop me’
Cooking up somethin’
Deeelia* your breaking my heart, your shaking my ... Continue Reading →
Betting odds for Premier League relegation – who would you pick for the drop?
The relegation battle in the Premier League always attracts considerable sports betting interest, and this season is no exception. There are a number of teams that have been dragged into the relegation fight, and with so few points between them it is difficult for sports betting fans to make the right call, when it comes to placing their bets. Read the full article
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Is Ferguson lining up Lampard?
Despite sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, it seems that Sir Alex Ferguson is lining up a few reinforcements during the January transfer window. While future superstars are being linked with moves to Old Trafford, one rather more seasoned star could be heading north.
It’s common knowledge that Frank Lampard is likely to leave Chelsea sooner rather than later. At the age of 34, owner Roman Abramovich thinks that he’s over the hill, and he’s been linked with moves as far afield ... Continue Reading →
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