Archives for May 2012

As a defender, it's important to make sure any ball into the box is quickly dealt with, and in a recent Serie B game, Goias' Rafael Toloi did just that.

Arsenal's Benik Afobe is a real prospect for Arsenal and I'm sure fans will want to see fancy footwork at the Emirates.

You may be aware of the Yes/No game played with Liverpool players. Andy Carroll was the latest player to have a go and the England number 9 struggled with the game.

Phil Neville has been keeping us all up-to-date with his training for his coaching badges via Twitter. The Everton man got a response from teammate Tim Cahill, accusing him of copying the "gaffa's drills."

Now we know that the Euros are just around the corner, but It's OK to get excited about the World Cup in Brazil too, right? The World Cup promo video has been unveiled...

Is he the right man for the job? Matt on Facebook says 'He will need to buy a whole new squad for Liverpool in order to play his style of football'. Greg on Twitter says 'Well at least they were smart enough not to go back to Rafa. Who knows whether the fans will accept him though.'

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Spurs and Holland midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart has been preparing for Euro 2012 by working on his golf swing.

During Fighting Talk's Big Day Out in Stoke this weekend Robbie Savage proved more popular with the crowd than Didier Drogba.

Amongst the international football this weekend was Scotland's game with USA. USA won 5-1 with Landon Donavon scoring a hat-tick. But the moment of the match...

After endless speculation, the waiting game seems to be over. The most wanted man in Europe, Eden Hazard has finally revealed that he has decided where he is going this summer.

Denmark were put through their paces as they prepare for Euro 2012 with a friendly against Brazil. Liverpool defender and Danish captain Daniel Agger's miss from the game must be the worst from the weekend.

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Wojciech Szczesny showed that he's a frustrated striker during a Poland training session, showing off his ball-skills for the camera.

Gary Neville pulled up his socks and tied up his boots again as he was involved in his first training session as an England coach. Gary's brother and Everton captain tweeted suggesting he's going to make a comeback!

We've all seen some soft penalty decisions, but this has to up there with the worst. The goalkeeper didn't seem too happy with the decision in a match played in the Spanish lower leagues...

As many of Vincent Kompany's teammates prepare for international action, the Manchester City captain is doing some charity work in Congo. He's also getting some extra training in...

Nashat Akram, known as the 'Iraqi David Beckham' scored a brilliant long-range lob in a recent international game between Iraq and Sierra Leone.

Chris on Facebook told us: "He should be banned for life.." and Mark on Twitter told us "It's a fair ban, but shows inconsistency..."

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The relationship between a manager and chairman is a precious one. Corby Town chairman, Kevin Ingram and manager, Ian Sampson, showed how important the relationship is as they enjoyed a joke…

Japanese international Shinji Kagawa is one of the hottest talents in Europe at the moment. He showed why last night, in a game between Japan and Azerbaijan.

In a game between Suwon Bluewings’ and Ulsan Hyundai in the South Korean league, Bluewings’ Australian centre-back Eddy Bosnar fired a free-kick into the top corner.

We love a bit of touchline trickery, but we prefer it when it all goes wrong. Lebanese player, Mohamed Ghaddar who plays his football for Kelantan FA in the Malaysian Super League…

The Bayern Munich team are still feeling the pain from their Champions League loss, and so are the fans. Bayern Munich played Holland in a friendly at the Allianz Arena recently…

We admire this young kid’s desire to win the ball back, as he bursts into the opponents box…

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Distribution is key for a goalkeeper playing in the modern game. Something that Cameroon's goalkeeper showed in a recent friendly against Egypt...

After seeing images of the new Barcelona away shirt, we wouldn't be surprised if players wore sunglasses when facing Messi & co.

Montpellier's owner, Louis Nicollin made a bet back in April that if his team win the league he would have his hair done in Monpellier's blue and orange colours.

We thought that everyone knew about Chelsea's Champions League cup final win against Bayern Munich. But the message obviously didn't get everywhere...

Peterborough's Gabriel Zakuani had a rather awkward moment today, when he fell out with a fan over car parking.

...gone, well in June anyway. After endless speculation, Chelsea confirmed today that Didier Drogba will leave Chelsea when his contract expires in June.

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Chelsea were crowned Kings of Europe on Saturday evening, but the hangover has come early with Fernando Torres admitting suffering his 'worst moments' of his career' at Chelsea.

As Saturday night brought joy to Chelsea fans and players, it brought despair to the Spurs faithful, as they miss out on a Champions League place...

Napoli won the Coppa Italia this weekend after beating league champions Juventus 2-0. Marek Hamsik sealed the victory, scoring the second goal. After the game he lived up to his promise...

Not even toilet roll and tennis balls being hurled at them. Montpellier beat last place Auxerre to win their first ever Ligue 1 title.

Falcao has continued his form that saw Atletico Madrid win the Europa League in his team's tour of his motherland, Columbia.

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Hiroshima's Toshihiro Aoyama took just six minutes to hit this ball 75-yards and into the Yokohoma's net in a recent J-League match. It might have been a great strike.

Shay Given has posted a picture of him and one of his ex-team mates on Twitter. The Aston Villa goalkeeper Tweeted "Block head meets pinhead". We take it Shay is referring to himself as "Block head".

On Sunday, Dutch side De Graafschap were relegated from the Eredivisie. Midfielder Rogier Meijer looked in disbelief at the final whistle.

Yes this is as ridiculous as it sounds. This one is from the Lithuanian league in a match between Zalgiris and Kruoja. Rostislav Dyakiv scored a rather weird goal, blocking the keeper's clearance into the goal.

Roy Hodgson is set to announce his England squad for Euro 2012 tomorrow. With so many strikers in contention for a spot on the squad, we decided to run a poll on our Facebook page.

Spurs midfielder, Sandro has been impressive this season for Spurs but he's proved he's more than just a defensive midfielder, but also quite the dancer.

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That's the coaching team. Gary Neville has joined Roy Hodgson's coaching staff, signing a four-year-contract with the Football Association.

As the news of Gary Neville's appointment is announced, there are cries for Paul Scholes to return for England. I wonder if Gary and Roy have been looking at another of Gary's ex-team-mate?

The Manchester City squad had a day they will remember forever yesterday when they clinched the Premier League title. It's a shame they had a night that they won't remember

Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu didn't look too happy despite his side wrapping up the Ukrainian domestic title with a 3-0 win over Oleksandria.

Despite the season only just finishing, the Newcastle players have already begun their well-earned rest by letting their hair down with a team night out. It seems like one player has already got on the cakes.

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You would think that parading around The Emirates in a Spurs shirt must be the result of a bet. Well this guy is just trying to show how sorry he his to his girlfriend.

Juventus are the Serie A champions for the first time since 2003 and they have been celebrating in style. But all that partying pays a price and now they seem to be acting like little girls.

Roy Hodgson is set to announce his England squad a week today. Who should go? Who shouldn’t? This created quite the debate on our Facebook and Twitter.

After impressive performances from Andy Carroll recently many believe he should be #606in the England team. Wayne Rooney also seemed impressed with the Liverpool striker’s form.

Universitatea keeper Mircea Bornescu managed to get his team’s Romanian derby with CFR Cluj abandoned after he got angry with the goal post. Cluj were awarded a soft penalty and when it was converted off the post, Bornescu reacted the only way he felt necessary.

It was all going so well for Djurgarden in their Swedish league game against AIK. They were leading 1-0 until the 89th minute when their defender, Marc Pedersen put the ball into his own net.

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Xabi Alonso and Jose Mourinho may be La Liga Champions, but they still had an eye on their former clubs meeting in the FA Cup final.

Swindon’s promotion party at their City Ground resulted in a cameo musical performance from manager Paolo Di Canio. The Italian joined guests Toploader on stage for the band’s hit ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’.

Kevin Keegan’s “I will love it” comment has been voted the most memorable quote in the Premier League era.

When the referee gets his card out asks to see a player’s number, they oblige. But when Sport Recife’s defender Tobi is asked, he likes to add a little more to it. In fact he likes to dance it.

When your club book their first trip to Wembley in 31 years, nobody wants to miss out. This West Ham fan is not missing his side’s big day out for anything.

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A group of old ladies dressed up as nuns have been picked to sing Poland's official Euro 2012 song. They won a public vote.

In the Norwegian fifth division a player was sent off after telling the referee he tripped and shouldn't have been awarded a penalty.

Ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup final, Pies have compiled what they think are the best 11 scores in the game's history.

Tottenham left back Benoit Assou-Ekotto earlier Tweeted he's bored without football in his life.

The iconic Battersea power station is the latest target for big spending Roman Abramovich. 

Who knows what was up with Serey Die when he decided to slap a ball boy before taking a throw in.

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Jose Mourinho has claimed winning the Spanish title with Real Madrid has been his most difficult.

Fiorentina boss Delio Rossi has been sacked for attacking his own player.

The Tottenham manager may have missed out on the England job but he will be part of the Euros.

The British Council have just uploaded some great footage from 1945 called The Great Game.

LA Galaxy were without their glamour boys - David Beckham and Robbie Keane - so Seattle's Fredy Montero grabbed his opportunity to snatch the headlines.

Jan Vertonghen is one being heavily linked to join the Premier League this summer.

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