Every so often we see a football site that draws a nod of admiration. The latest to elicit such a response is the excellent Football Filter, an RSS based news and content aggregator. http://footballfilter.com is the address – once there you can view football news categorised under broadsheets, tabloids, blogs, podcasts, and more, and you can search by club. And we’re featured on it which is always a plus…
Time is tight this busy Monday but having a ‘weekend preview’ as the top story is just irritating. So instead we’ve used Football 365′s ever excellent ‘winners and losers’ feature. Cheers…
Chelsea look to continue their formidable start to the 2009/10 Premier League season as they travel to Wigan Athletic, while bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth host Everton on a weekend of nine top-flight fixtures.
We’re only six games into the season, but much has already become apparent. Under-performers, over-performers, challengers, also-rans, and players and teams to watch for the right and the wrong reasons. Here’s a quick look at the most obvious, interesting, and intriguing…
Real Madrid secured a swashbuckling 5-2 away win against FC Zurich in their last Champions League game, with world record signing Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two trademark freekicks. But their defensive frailties were again evident, despite coach Manuel Pellegrini playing them down. Can this hastily assembled team of superstars actually win the thing?
In what appears to be a fillip to divers everywhere, UEFA last night rescinded Eduardo’s two match ban. The ban, retrospectilvey meted out for his theatrics against Celtic, was seen as an attempt to crack down on the cheats – this turn of events will only serve to encourage them… Or will it?
There have only been 46 Premier League games so far this season but already there are some notable – or perhaps anomolous – statistics. Courtesy of Football365, here are the most salient in a top flight club-by-club format…
We’ve sourced a gif of Emmanuel Adebayor’s horrific attempted-stamp-that-actually-turned-out-to-be-more-of-a-rake on ex-teammate Robin Van Persie. And also a gif of his celebration which drove the Arsenal fans into a primitive frenzy. Click here to see them both – we await news of his ban but expect three or four matches…
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We’re back into Premier League football this weekend after the international hiatus. There are already strong cases for ‘must have’ players, even after only four games. Here we take a look at the most compelling…
