Must watch: Incredible goal from Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun
Forget the fact that the season hasn’t started yet… we have a contender for goal of the season!
By Simon Rice | Sport | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 4:16 pm
The football pre-season – it’s not what it used to be
An excellent piece on independent.co.uk today takes a look at the pre-season plans of the 20 clubs that make up the Premier League. It shows that among others, China, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa and the United States will all get a taste of ‘the best league in the world’ over the next few weeks.
The reason [...]
By Simon Rice | Sport | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 2:04 pm
The FA Cup with Budweiser is far from refreshing
The FA have announced today a three-year agreement with Budweiser to sponsor the FA Cup. It will now be officially known as The FA Cup with Budweiser.
By Simon Rice | Sport | Thursday, 16 June 2011 at 2:53 pm
Isle of Wight kicks off the summer festival season
The poor weather failed to dampen the Isle of Wight Festival, an event well worthy of kicking off the summer.
By Simon Rice | Notebook | Tuesday, 14 June 2011 at 1:02 pm
Barcelona v Manchester United – don’t believe the hype
The perfect final, a clash of the two best teams in the world, a classic in waiting. These are just some of the ways in which Saturday’s Champions League final has been described.
By Simon Rice | Sport | Friday, 27 May 2011 at 5:41 pm
Too many awards in football make them worthless
The meaning of these awards is losing significance as quickly as they are being handed out.
By Simon Rice | Sport | Monday, 23 May 2011 at 4:19 pm
The shame of the Wayne Rooney Twitter ‘threat’
Newspapers and websites are in a constant scramble to sell papers and grab hits, but to so willingly misinterpret the words of a public figure is shameful.
By Simon Rice | Sport | Thursday, 19 May 2011 at 1:58 pm
The perfect football manager
Can you work out the six managers whose features make up the face of the ‘perfect manager’?
By Simon Rice | Sport | Thursday, 19 May 2011 at 12:44 pm
Why sacking the manager is the best way to save a team from relegation
Where continuity is seen as the key to long term success – is it possible that chop and change is the key to short-term survival?
By Simon Rice | Sport | Tuesday, 17 May 2011 at 1:16 pm
Must watch: Ajax drop trophy from bus
You would think that Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg would be a safe pair of hands, yet he somehow managed to drop the Eredivisie trophy from on top of a bus during a triumphant ride through Amsterdam.
It follows hot on the heels of another trophy dropping incident in which Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos let go of [...]
By Simon Rice | Sport | Monday, 16 May 2011 at 1:49 pm
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