If you think modern-day tackles by the likes of Nigel de Jong and Ryan Shawcross are horrible,
take a look at the above video from a 1970 Manchester derby where United legend George Best comes
late to a ball and fiercely tackles City's Glyn Pardoe. The result was a horrific broken leg for
Pardoe, a double fracture in fact, and the referee didn't even immediately stop the play to award a
foul or red card.
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LONDON, England Arsenal succeeded where Manchester United failed days earlier to become only the
second team to win at St Andrew's in 30 games with a 3-0 victory over Birmingham City on Saturday.
Their success saw Arsenal stay within two points of both Premier League leaders Manchester United,
top on goal difference, and Manchester [.
Diouf's is up to his usual antics again. If he's not strutting the streets of Manchester
pretending to be 50 cent, then he's on the football pitch pretending to be a good
footballer...
"For many years I have thought he was the gutter type I was going to call him a sewer rat but that
might be insulting to sewer rats.
Ireland and Leicester left-back Greg Cunningham, on loan from Manchester City, suffered a broken
leg after in his side's 1-0 victory over Hull City this Saturday.
Galway born Cunningham suffered the break as a result of Liam Rosenior's late tackle on 62 minutes,
which earnt him a red card.
Newcaslte United have completed the signing of former Marsellie player Hatem Ben Arfa
for an undisclosed fee...
The former Newcastle loanee is currently nursing a broken leg which happened against
Manchester City in September. As a result he has only played four games since joining the club,
but this was all that was needed to impress the manager.
Newcaslte United have completed the signing of former Marsellie player Hatem Ben Arfa
for an undisclosed fee...
The former Newcastle loanee is currently nursing a broken leg which happened against
Manchester City in September. As a result he has only played four games since joining the club,
but this was all that was needed to impress the manager.
Wigan 2 Arsenal 2
Birmingham 0 Arsenal 3
Work, a busy life, and actually having to travel too and from two away games prevented me from
having a chance to write about either of these games in any depth until now.
A couple of points I would make nonetheless about the Wigan match:
- In a sense, we were lucky to play Wigan before Birmingham.
By Chris Wright
QPR striker Jamie Mackie has admonished the behaviour of 'repulsive' Blackburn
winger El-Hadji Diouf after the Blackburn winger apparently goaded the stricken
striker as he lay prostrate on the turf having just suffered a broken leg (a double
fracture, no less) when the two sides met in the FA Cup on Saturday.
By Tony Alvarez
Following many sections of the media reporting that the FA are going to look into the
allegations made by QPR about comments made by Diouf to Jamie Mackie whilst he lay on the floor
with a broken leg. We look into Diouf's behaviour and ask the question, how much longer will people
put up with him?
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is wanted by Premier League newcomers Blackpool who want the
Welshman on loan for the rest of the season, it has been revealed.
Ramsey, 20, has only recently returned from a loan spell at Nottingham Forest where he was sent
by Arsène Wenger to complete his recovery from the broken leg he suffered against Stoke City in
February of last year.
By Chris Wright
You just wouldn't let it lie, would you?
The ongoing tiff between Blackburn mongrel El-Hadji Diouf and everyone
on the staff at Queens Park Rangers is showing no signs of abating any time soon, after the
Senegalese forward responded to Neil Warnock's 'sewer rat' taunts by calling the
R's manager a non-entity.
Championship side Cardiff City have signed Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey on a one month loan
deal, the Bluebirds have confirmed.
Ramsey, who rose through the Cardiff City academy from the age of eight, moved to the Emirates
after starring in his first full season as a professional in 2008.
