It's definitely the end of term at the Britannia Stadium. Following the pasting Michael Owen's Merc received, Stoke's squad have now allegedly turned to leaving dead animals in each other's lockers. Kenwyne Jones reportedly went to his locker today only to find a pig's head inside. The finger of suspcion imeediately pointed to Republic of [.
Welcome back to La Liga Lunes, where we wrap up the weekend's action
'Futbolita' style for you! The Barcelona squad enjoyed a little banter before heading off to
Pamplona, where they came away with a 2-1 victory against
Osasuna yesterday.
Shalrie Joseph, who missed last week's game in Toronto due to injury, is hoping to return for
Saturday's game against Seattle. (Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com)
(Editor's note: Prior to each Revolution match, New England Soccer Today will invite a
reporter who covers the Revolution's upcoming opponent to provide greater insight on what to expect
on gameday.
Occasional England team-mates Andy Carroll and Wayne Rooney clashed during last night's West Ham versus Manchester United match. The pair tangled at the corner that led to Carroll's head-first assault on David De Gea. After a bit of usual set-piece pushing and shoving, Rooney appeared to tread on Carroll's foot, Sunday League style.
Warning: this is not a video to watch in earshot of your boss. Ex-Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram received a tirade of abuse from Celtic fans who found him playing the roulette machines in a bookmakers. The video starts with the fan chanting "There's only two Andy Gorams" in reference to the former Scotland international suffering [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sunday 2nd September,2012. Kick-Off: 4:00pm. Referee: Lee
Probert. UK TV: None. Hello good afternoon and welcome to our "match banter" feature for this
afternoon's game against Aston Villa. It's very early days yet, but the Villans have had a poor
start in their first two Premiership games.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thusday 30th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 8:00pm. Referee:
Stephen Studer‎ . UK TV: ITV 4. Hello, good evening and welcome to our latest "match banter"
feature for this evening's Europa League game against FC Atromitos of Athens. With a shortage of
success in the transfer window so far, Alan Pardew [.
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London. Date: Saturday 25th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 5:30pm. Referee: Phil
Dowd. UK TV: ESPN / HD. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our "match banter" feature for this
evening's game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. A repeat of our last fixture here would be just
what the doctor ordered, though of course, [.
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London. Date: Saturday 25th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 5:30pm. Referee: Phil
Dowd. UK TV: ESPN / HD. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our "match banter" feature for this
evening's game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. A repeat of our last fixture here would be just
what the doctor ordered, though of course, [.
Venue: Peristeri Stadium, Athens. Date: Thursday 23rd August 2012 Kick-off: 6.00 pm UK TV: Premier
Sports (Sky channel 428 or Subcription) Hello and welcome to our regular "match banter" feature on
this special evening, which sees Newcastle United embarking on their first European campaign for
over five years, when Glenn Roeder slipped us in through [.
Venue: Peristeri Stadium, Athens. Date: Thursday 23rd August 2012 Kick-off: 6.00 pm UK TV: Premier
Sports (Sky channel 428 or Subcription) Hello and welcome to our regular "match banter" feature on
this special evening, which sees Newcastle United embarking on their first European campaign for
over five years, when Glenn Roeder slipped us in through [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Saturday 18th August 2012 Kick-off: 5.30 pm Referee: Martin
Atkinson UK TV: ESPN Dear reader, hello, good afternoon and welcome to our regular "match banter"
feature. As we we made a bit of a bit of a cock up with the match preview this week, with both
"Jimbob" and [.
Date: Saturday, 4th August Venue: Kyocera Stadium, the Hague. Kick off: 5.00pm local time, 4pm UK
time UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our latest "match banter" feature. This
match will see more birds in combat as the Magpies of Newcastle clash with the Dutch Storks of ADO
Den Haag at their [.
Date: Friday, 27th July. Venue: Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal. Kick off: 8.45pm local and UK
time. UK TV: Live on ESPN UK. Hello, good evening and welcome to our match banter feature for this
evening's game, which sees the Magpies facing current Greek Superleague champions, Olympiacos, at
the Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Date: Saturday, 21st July. Venue: Sonnenseestadion, Am Sportplatz 1, 7323 Ritzing, Austria. Kick
off: 7pm local time / 6pm UK time UK TV: Live on ESPN UK. Hello, good evening and welcome to our
latest "match banter" feature, which this time sees Newcastle United facing the Turkish giants of
Fenerbahçe.
Date: Monday, 16th July Venue: Hacker-Pschoor Arena, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany Kick off:
7pm local time / 6pm UK time Good evening and welcome to our latest, and probably one of our last
"match banter" features, this time for this evening's pre season friendly against the millionaire
playboys of AS Monaco, to be played [.
I was immensely tickled to read about some disturbances at a recent Thailand Premier League game
between TOT and Bangkok Glass. Tickled because these are two of the corporate clubs that litter the
football landscape in the country and, for me at least, I find it hard to get excited about a club
that is just an extension of a corporate entity.
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Ducky's Note: Krish Prashanth is a Chelsea fan and a student of
engineering, fast becoming a regular in the Blue Corner of this blog. In his last post, he looked
back at Chelsea's improbable Champions League victory. Here he provides his perspective on what
seems to be a never-ending sub-plot to football these days racism.
Joe Hart has revealed that he is rarely dramatic in the dressing room before and after games,
and he does not have any regrets regarding the way his football career has shaped.
Despite being one of England's fastest rising stars, the 25-year old Manchester City goalkeeper
is very well known for his humility as he frequently mentions his small beginnings as a Shrewsbury
Town youngster not too long ago.
Joe Hart has revealed that he is rarely dramatic in the dressing room before and after games,
and he does not have any regrets regarding the way his football career has shaped.
Despite being one of England's fastest rising stars, the 25-year old Manchester City goalkeeper
is very well known for his humility as he frequently mentions his small beginnings as a Shrewsbury
Town youngster not too long ago.
This article titled "Euro 2012: England need a song – a suffocating drum 'n' bass opus" was
written by Barney Ronay, for The Guardian on Friday 8th June 2012 21.00 UTC
For a team hurled together in such haste, England have arrived at Euro 2012 looking remarkably
complete. In fact, so many of the familiar tournament staples are already in place it raises an
uncomfortable suggestion that the gilded tinkerings of previous regimes, the years spent sketching
an outline of grand operatic failure on some humid foreign touchline, could have been condensed
into a couple of weekend get-togethers and a day spent arguing in the car.
That was it for the pre-Euro 2012 period. It is now showtime. Please do us proud, you Blues. You
Les Bleus.
France talking points, in order:
At least approximate order:
1. Florent Malouda – This is a story of a deeply troubled individual: Florent Malouda.
Unbeknownst to those of us who watch France on a regular basis (and by that, I mean those of us who
haven't missed a match in the last 10 years or so), unbeknownst to us, we have a great player in
Florent Malouda.
Sky Sports News reporter Paul Gilmour had a tough shift on Transfer Deadline Day. With little going on apart from a few of their players leaving on loan, Tottenham supporters had little interest in what Gilmour had to say. He was battling the noisy banter pleading for silence at one point when suddenly [.
Indeed, the time has come friends for us to say our goodbyes. If you follow us on Twitter, then
you're well aware of the news. If not, then hit the jump to get informed. We're not disappearing,
just moving locations of sorts. More, after the jump:
Emmanuel Frimpong has been charged by the FA with improper conduct following a comment he made
on Twitter.
This would be shocking if it were the first transgression by a sports personality on a social
media site. It's pointless listing them all, but making statements in poor taste is quite
commonplace among celebrities with an online presence.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --Â The MLS All-Star game provides players from all across the league the rare
opportunity to spend a few days and enjoy some banter with the others selected who would normally
be considered their opposition.
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It was Arema's last game of what has been a disappointing season yet still the fans made the
journey out to Kanjurahan Stadium for the local derby with Persegres. Or Gresik United. Whatever
you wanna call them.
I got into the stadium a full 90 minutes before kick off and the terraces were full.
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This weeks "Predictions Destined for Failure". If you want to lose money quickly please take these
predictions and bet your life savings, otherwise just sit back and enjoy listening to my tired ass
spew forth some mildly enertaining soccer banter.
I am still working with the Massive Report to get the 3 questions piece up and ready tonight or
tomorrow. In the meantime, I thought it might be kind of fun for HTIOT readers to be able to share
their favorite stories that involve a Fire/Crew game. Many Fire fans will answer Columbus if you
ask them who our biggest rival is, and for me the Crew is my favorite rivalry matchup.
England arrived at their Krakow, Poland hotel on Wednesday and while they were greeted by
welcoming fans, there was also a very vocal Irish delegation present. The boisterous Irish fans
(whose team is based in Sopot, Poland) sang a medley of choice cuts once the England bus arrived on
the, including a couple rounds of "You'll never beat the Irish" (mostly because the earliest they
could face each other is in the knockout rounds), "John Terry is a racist," "Maradona" and of
course the always resourceful "Booooo.
