Ipswich vs Southampton Preview Two teams riding high in the top half of the Npower Championship table face each other at Portman Road on Tuesday night as ninth placed Ipswich Town take on second placed Southampton. Both teams will be looking for a win to give them impressive starts to the season. Ipswich Town After … Continue reading
The opening weekend of the Premier League disappointed as no home sides recorded victories and only fourteen goals were scored in the eight games on show. The reigning Premier League champions scrapped to a victory at the Hawthorns, but it was their North West rivals who usurped them by defeating newly promoted QPR and top … Continue reading
Villa manager Alex McLeish opened his campaign as manager with a hard-fought draw against Martin Jol’s Fulham at Craven Cottage. The fixture was a game of few chances, but the majority fell for Fulham and McLeish has summer signing Shay Given to thank for keeping his side in the game. The former Manchester City goalkeeper … Continue reading
The opening weekend of the Premier League disappointed as no home sides recorded victories and only fourteen goals were scored in the eight games on show. The reigning Premier League champions scrapped to a victory at the Hawthorns, but it was their North West rivals who usurped them by defeating newly promoted QPR and top … Continue reading
On the 15th July 1989, the career of one of the most remarkable men in English football history came to a sudden and tragic end. A car crash on the outskirts of Madrid resulted in the death Laurie Cunningham at the tender age of 33 years old. The accident brought the end of a career … Continue reading
Losing two of the three main threats will have hurt Aston Villa severely, but new manager Alex McLeish is determined to bring former glory back to Villa Park. Stewart Downing’s £20m transfer to Liverpool and Ashley Young’s £18m switch to Manchester United have undoubtedly depleted Villa of a certain amount of quality and Villa fans … Continue reading
Manchester descended on Wembley for the traditional curtain-raiser between last season’s Premier League champions Manchester United and the FA Cup winners Manchester City and provided the fans who had made the journey with a marvellous contest. United took the spoils and showed that City still have a little way to come to stop the Red … Continue reading
New Bristol Rovers manager Paul Buckle spoiled the carnival at Kingsmeadow with a 3-2 victory over newly promoted AFC Wimbledon. The Dons’ return to the Football League, after nine years of working their way up from the Combined Counties League, came to a juddering halt as ‘nerves‘, according to Wimbledon boss Terry Brown, got the … Continue reading
Giampolo Pozzo, owner of Udinese, has likened the visit to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal in the Champions League playoff qualifier as ‘going to New York for the first time’. The bright lights of Samir Nasri and Robin Van Persie have been shut down for the tie, due to suspension, but the Gunners will … Continue reading
The ‘M69 Derby’ kicks off Saturday’s Npower Championship fixtures as big spending Leicester City travel from east to west Midlands to take on financially troubled Coventry City. Both sides will be looking to start their season brightly and upstage each other in this local battle. Coventry come into the new season under Andy Thorn, who … Continue reading
