Hines fires late to hand Zola a lift November 4, 2009 WEST HAM (2) vs ASTON VILLA (1) A DRAMATIC late winner from youngster Zavon Hines handed the Hammers their first Premier League victory since the opening day of the season last night. The 21-year-old stabbed home three minutes into injury time to lift Gianfranco Zola’s men out of the drop zone for the first time [...]
Curbishley wins case against Hammers November 3, 2009 FORMER manager Alan Curbishley could be set for a seven-figure windfall from West Ham after winning his case for wrongful dismissal. The 51-year-old resigned as Hammers boss in September 2008 following the club’s decision to sell Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney against his wishes. A Premier League managers’ arbitration tribunal upheld Curbishley’s claim yesterday while [...]
Drogba: I’m in the form of my career November 3, 2009 ATLETICO MADRID (2) vs CHELSEA (2) DIDIER DROGBA insisted he was in the form of his life as he powered Chelsea into the last 16 of the Champions League with a clinical double strike. The Ivorian hitman returned from a three-match European suspension to fire two goals in the last eight minutes and help the [...]
Wenger: Treat Alkmaar like Tottenham November 3, 2009 ARSENAL vs AZ ALKMAAR ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has ordered his players to approach tonight’s Champions League fixture with the same intensity as Saturday’s north London derby. The fired-up Gunners thumped Tottenham 3-0 at the weekend to keep the heat on Premier League pace-setters Chelsea and Manchester United. Qualification for Europe’s last 16 will be [...]
It’s not all Rafa’s fault, Reds have got it wrong as a club November 3, 2009 HE’S had some huge matches during his five-year reign, but tonight’s do-or-die encounter in Lyon is probably the biggest of Rafael Benitez’s time as Liverpool manager. They have lost six of their last seven games; another reverse in France will almost certainly see them crash to a humiliating exit at the group stage. Europe is [...]
More Benitez woe as captain Gerrard ruled out of Lyon trip November 2, 2009 LIVERPOOL have been dealt a huge blow ahead of their crunch Champions League trip to Lyon after captain Steven Gerrard was ruled out through injury. The England midfielder, one of four Reds players who will definitely miss the match, has failed to recover from the groin injury that kept him out of the last two [...]
United can wait, Carlo tells Blues November 2, 2009 ATLETICO MADRID vs CHELSEA MANAGER Carlo Ancelotti has ordered Chelsea to ignore domestic rivalries and focus solely on tonight’s Champions League trip to Spain. The Blues are top of the Premier League and welcome Manchester United to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. But Ancelotti is anxious the titanic clash does not prove a distraction as Chelsea [...]
Study history to successfully bet on premier league points November 1, 2009 OF all the spread bets you can have on football, the most meaningful is the average season points bet in the premier league. At first glance, this might seem like a straightforward bet. Look at the previous points totals of the winners and the relegated teams in the past few years, decide which team you [...]
I don’t need to win trophies, declares under-fire Benitez November 1, 2009 UNDER-FIRE Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has attempted to diffuse the mounting pressure on him, insisting he does not have to win a trophy this season to save his job. The Reds suffered their fifth Premier League defeat of the season at Fulham on Saturday and now face a must-win game against Lyon on Wednesday in [...]
New Hull chief set for crisis talks with Brown November 1, 2009 HULL CITY boss Phil Brown will hold crisis talks with chairman-in-waiting Adam Pearson today in a desperate bid to save his job. Pearson is rejoining the club after leaving Derby County last week and will be unveiled at the KCStadium later today. And Brown, appointed as manager by Pearson during his previous stint with the [...]