Archive for October, 2010

Champions League Preview: Match Day Three

October 19th, 2010

Following an eventful domestic weekend, players minds will now be back on the Champions League. Didier Drogba makes his return to the competition, two footballing giants meet in Group G and a friendly face return to the Emirates as…Read More

Premier League roundup

October 18th, 2010

There were plenty of draws in the Premier League over the weekend, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t goals. Only one game finished 0-0 (the one I was at, naturally), but elsewhere there were 2-2 draws, a 3-2 away…Read More

The War of Wales

October 18th, 2010

In most parts of Wales football rarely takes precedence over rugby, but on two weekends a year it certainly does. When Swansea City sealed their promotion to the Championship in the 2007/08 season, after winning the League One title,…Read More

Scottish Premier League roundup

October 18th, 2010

Four goals in the opening twenty minutes of the second half helped Rangers leapfrog Celtic into first place in the Scottish Premier League. Goals from Steven Naismith, Steven Davis, Kenny Miller and Vladimir Weiss stunned Motherwell after a battling…Read More

Player’s View: How the Spaniards do it

October 15th, 2010

After Tuesday’s impressive 0-0 draw with Montenegro at Wembley, it would appear the same issues are being brought up about the quality of grass-roots football development in England, as they were around mid-June when an athletic but technically average United States…Read More

Scottish Premier League: the season so far

October 15th, 2010

With nearly a quarter of the Scottish Premier League already gone, anyone that tuned in hoping for a break from the norm will simply end up being rather disappointed. Seven rounds of matches have been played and the two…Read More