Late goal and red card dash Fulham hopes of easy route December 1, 2011 FC TWENTE 1 vs FULHAM 0 FULHAM manager Martin Jol refused to blame striker Andy Johnson after his stoppage-time red card completed a miserable Europa League night in Holland for the Cottagers. An 89th-minute winner from Marc Janko condemned the west Londoners to a defeat that leaves them needing to win their final group fixture [...]
Villas-Boas: I won’t be sacked December 1, 2011 FOOTBALL: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insists he does not fear the sack even if his side are knocked out of Europe against Valencia next week. The Blues have lost three in five Premier League games to slip 10 points behind leaders Manchester City and suffered back to back defeats in the Champions League and Carling [...]
Sunderlandmake Bruce first boss to be sacked November 30, 2011 FORMER Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill last night emerged as the early hot favourite for the Sunderland job after the Premier League strugglers sacked Steve Bruce. Ex-Wigan boss Bruce became the first top-flight casualty of the season after winning just twice in the first 13 games of the season – a run that left the [...]
City spend most on agents’ fees November 30, 2011 FOOTBALL: Premier League clubs spent a record £71.8m on agents’ fees last year, according to figures revealed yesterday. Free-spending Manchester City topped the list with a total of £9.7m paid to agents followed by Spurs on £7.6m, then Liverpool on £7m. The combined spend eclipses the previous record of £70.7m in 2009.
Boom and bust-up for villain Nasri November 29, 2011 City midfielder involved in tunnel incident with former team-mate Frimpong after helping seal semi-final spot ARSENAL 0 vs MANCHESTER CITY 1 ARSENAL midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong and former Gunner Samir Nasri were involved in a stormy verbal bust-up in the players’ tunnel after Manchester City dumped the north Londoners out of the Carling Cup. A clinical [...]
Chelsea need an anxiety cure, admits Villas-Boas November 29, 2011 CHELSEA 0 vs LIVERPOOL 2 UNDER-FIRE Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits there’s no quick remedy to his side’s alarming slump which gathered unwanted momentum following last night’s Carling Cup defeat against Liverpool Second half goals from Maxi Rodriguez and Martin Kelly inflicted on Chelsea a third defeat in their last four games at Stamford Bridge, [...]
Inquest told Speed’s wife found him hanged at home November 29, 2011 AN INQUEST into the death of Wales manager Gary speed was told that the body of the 42-year-old was found hanged at his home in Cheshire by his wife. Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinber there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a post mortem examination found Speed’s [...]
As consistent off-field as on, Speed’s death stunned us all November 28, 2011 ONE topic monopolised the conversation when I met my former Rangers team-mate Richard Gough for lunch today, and that was the utter disbelief throughout the football world at the tragic death of Gary Speed. So much has been said already but it bears repeating what a fine example he was as a player, manager and [...]
Lay off Nasri: Wenger tells fans not to jeer Samir November 28, 2011 ARSENAL vs MAN CITY ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has urged Gunners fans still angry at Samir Nasri’s summer defection to Manchester City not to boo him when he returns to Emirates Stadium for the first time tonight. France midfielder Nasri provoked fury among some Arsenal supporters by refusing to sign a new contract last season, [...]
Speed’s death stuns football world November 27, 2011 Tributes pour in for Wales manager, found hanged at his home in Cheshire aged just 42 THE FOOTBALL world was numbed yesterday and united in grief after Wales manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Cheshire. The body of 42-year-old Speed, who had appeared on the BBC’s magazine show Football Focus on [...]