Henning Berg is set to be unveiled as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers tomorrow morning. The Norwegian's decision to return to his former club to take over the lead role in the Ewood Park pantomime might seem a little crazy to some. Indeed, just a few months ago it seemed that way to Berg. [...]
1. This year's FA Cup sponsored by Back To The Future is getting confusing. Are we going to have
one team turning up at Wembley for the final while their opponents are still finishing off their
quarter-final replay? 2. Crawley Town manager Steve Evans is gradually morphing into a drag act. 3.
Football really is [.
Rio Ferdinand stars in a new infomercial to promote an exercise product which is quickly
becoming a hit in the United States.
SoccerXizer is the perfect gift for your friends or family who want to combine soccer with
exercise. The workout machine, finely crafted in Mexico, will help you and your loved ones reach
fitness goals.
It's not MLS ball, but it's close. On Thursday, the N.A.S.L., which is now a Division 2 league in
North America, approved the entry of the Cosmos to the league for the 2013 season. The club, which
has not been a bona fide team in more than 30 years, will play its matches at Hofstra University in
Hempstead, N.
A group featuring Pele as its honorary president has announced they own the rights to the New York
Cosmos, the two-time North American Soccer League champions that haven't played a high profile game
since 1985. "As global ambassador for the game, and as honorary president of The New York Cosmos,
it's a great privilege to be able to give back to the future of the sport that gave so much to me,"
Pele said in.
It's the FA Cup weekend, so you'd be forgiven for finally creeping out from
under your blankets and rubbing your eyes... except it's another case of 'Back to the
Future' and Thierry Henry has returned for Arsenal!
Although you'd all like to believe this is one of monsieur Arsène's secretÂ
master plans, his arrival is meant to support the loss of FútbolitosÂ
Gervinho and Chamakh Challo to the three-week longÂ
African Nations Cup, which kicks off on January 21st!
Even the dog felt low after Athletic Bilbao's performance against Valencia.
Sevilla failed to show up against a desperate Real Valladolid side. Mallorca could only muster
a draw against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. Athletic Bilbao knew that a win against Valencia on
Thursday would ascend them to within one point of Mallorca for the final Champions League spot.
Coming soon, the first ever Untold Arsenal match preview on Arsenal.com, in the Talking Heads
column, (with special reference to the car park). And don't miss the discussion on Everton's future
with interesting contributions from Everton fans
Back to the Future Arsenal 201 By Paul Blythe As I stand here, piping hot coffee mug cupped in
chilled hands staring out of the living room window through the distorting condensation, into the
languidly lifting mists of the street beyond. I catch a glimpse of the lovely Christine, a woman of
indeterminate age, [.
Back to the future Andre Villas Boas would have had a nasty shock when he saw the teamsheet for
Chelsea's midweek Carling Cup clash against Fulham and discovered that he wasn't the manager. In
what was presumably an admin error by someone using an old template, Carlo Ancelotti was given a
one-night reprieve and reinstated [.
Back to the future Andre Villas Boas would have had a nasty shock when he saw the teamsheet for
Chelsea's midweek Carling Cup clash against Fulham and discovered that he wasn't the manager. In
what was presumably an admin error by someone using an old template, Carlo Ancelotti was given a
one-night reprieve and reinstated [.
Around ten days ago I mused that I would have settled for eight points from our four
Christmas-New Year games. Three games in and we already have nine, which means that the riotously
good fun continues into 2011 – still not yet out of the title race, most definitely still in the
Top Four race and looking down upon the rotters from Stamford Bridge, languishing beneath us.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to another Happy Hour. The majority of this past week I've been
in the lab working on the "flux capacitor." While it's been a struggle trying to generate enough
power to hit the magical 1.21 gigawatts, I am making some progress. My advisor walked in just the
other day and asked me how it was going; inspired by my boy Doc Brown, I replied, "When this baby
hits 88mph, you're going to see some serious shit!
In my opinion, the greatest opportunity football has, in its position as the heart of sport and
even culture in general, is promoting an appreciation for the game in unlikely places.
The Pick: Raymond Kopa played many, many games for Stade Reims. I consider him
France's "Iron Horse" even though (1) that phrase sounds like an oxymoron and (2) he does not have
a terrible disease named after him like Lou Gehrig (yet).
MOTD goes back to the future The BBC took us by surprise this weekend with some amazing new opening
credits for Match of the Day to herald the new season. The titles cleverly (if in some places a
little crudely) knit together footage of footballing heroes of the past with the Premier League's
current top talent [.
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OK, seeing as we're hurtling head first into another decade, (and still no flying cars, curse
you Back to the Future films), and as I have a couple of hours left, before it's home time, I
thought it would be fun to reflect on the previous decade as a Spurs fan, in which we reached 3
League Cup Finals, the sort of success that say Everton would kill for, and in doing so, look at
the team that we put out in our very first game in this decade, and indeed new century and
millennium.
At times I get the sense that Sepp Blatter and his FIFA cronies genuinely feel like Biff & Co. from
the Back to the Future movies, spraying out unintelligent missives to the growing cacophony
clamoring for goal line technology. I can't see any possible reason to hinder its growth, but then
FIFA has always been obstinately opposed to voting in favor of its own interests.
But Sunil, all of the quarter finals haven't been played yet I hear you cry. Very true, but I have
bugger all to do before today's game, I am feeling a bit hungover after getting in at 4am, the
weather is $hit outside, and so I thought I would do it anyway. A summary of the England defeat to
Italy on penalties will follow later on during the week ;-)
Germany Vs Greece
Another Germany game, another handsome victory for Europe's economic powerhouse.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's the next in PSP's series of fan posts, with Union fan Seth Finck
dreaming up alternatives to the Union's MLS malaise.Â
As I sit and watch the Union "play" another game as if it's their first and Bob Rigby confuses
Zac MacMath for Zack Morris, I cannot help but think of how much I'd rather watch this team do just
about anything than continue playing soccer at their current clip.
Santos beat Sao Paulo 3-1 on Sunday thanks to a Neymar hat trick that gives the 20-year-old 100
goals for the club. As impressive as all that is, Santos midfielder Ganso claims that Neymar's true
sorcery lies in his ability to accurately predict the future.
From Sambafoot:
Ganso revealed though, that as well as being a genius on the football pitch, Neymar is also in
the habit of predicting results.
Let me paint you a picture: Qatar 2024 and the home nation, after extended pressure, find
themselves clear through with the keeper beat. Then this happens.... Could this be the worst miss
ever? Could Harry Redknapp's Grandma score this? It's difficult to say No to any of these
questions. Let's just hope that in 12 [.
Back to the future: How Liverpool and Bellamy could make history today
Any Liverpool fans watching Craig Bellamy on the club's TV station at the weekend, must surely
have been heartened by the experience. Here was a player with passion for his employers, and not
only because they deposit a huge check in his bank account every month.
Popular English Football League Championship club Queens Park Rangers released their 2010/11 home
kit in April. Now, under the theme "Back to the Future", QPR has unveiled its Lotto 2010/11 away
kit. According to the Queens Park Rangers website: The new kit is a modern take on the famous away
shirt worn by the 1975/76 [.
