A Norwegian Arsenal fan has received compensation after dislocating his shoulder when Spurs took the lead in last month's north London derby. Sverre Litleskare popped his shoulder out of it socket when he raised his right arm too quickly in his attempt to show his disgust at Gareth Bale's opener. While watching the match with [.
Big names or big players? by Richard B. With the European Championships well underway, with only 4
teams left to play their opening games, I have to say that my feelings on international football
have not been helped by what I have seen so far. Whether it is from an Arsenal, or indeed just a
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Look a new post! Fellow AOs, I know it has been a long time coming, but I wanted to extend an
appreciation to all of you for sticking by this blog. I, like most of you, was yearning for new
posts over the past month, and like most of you, I watched this blog daily for new threads to no
avail. We kept the banter alive in the Wigan thread hoping and waiting for news to come, and
then sadly the day came when JG stepped up to let us know that he and the rest of the blogging team
needed to call it quits due to various real life activities.
Raheem Sterling is probably delighted to earn a call-up to the England senior squad at the age of
17. But those joyous feelings are unlikely to be shared by his club manager. Liverpool boss Brendan
Rodgers appeared to have scored a political victory over the FA last week after lobbying for
Sterling to be left [.
Ryan Giggs has spoken about his feelings after being named captain of Team GB for the Olympics
in London this summer.
"Obviously it is a tremendous honour to be part of the Olympics," said Giggs.
"Stuart has obviously given me the captaincy, which is even better so I am really looking
forward to it.
Injuries form a brutal reality of football that every player hopes to avoid as much as possible
but for Arsenal's Abou Diaby, a background plagued by injuries is now only powering a redemption
mission.
The 26-year old Diaby has featured minimally for the Gunners over the last two seasons and
recently admitted that an extended period on the sidelines sometimes led him to the shocking lows
of depression.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been quick to move on from Robin van Persie's departure for
Manchester United, insisting that he has a "massive" squad at his disposal even after the
Dutchman's exit.
Immediately after former skipper van Persie inked a four-year deal at Arsenal's bitter rivals
United, Wenger thanked the forward for his contribution over an eight-year period, particularly
throughout his brilliant last season.
Two weeks ago, Futbolita covered Manchester City on tour and caught up with their star striker and
possibly the worst football-singer in the world, Sergio "El Kun" Aguero.
It's true what we'd been speculating all along you could really ask Kun anything about Maradona,
terrible hotel food, advise for kids and his feelings about being forced to learn English, and he'd
either give you a brilliant answer or an equally humorous reaction.
Maroon Moon rising? A thought, have you ever once said in your life to another person: are you
ready for some football? And is all that difficult to prepare oneself for the game of football, be
of the NFL variety or the cleats and shinguards variety? Sorry for being in such a philosophical
mood.
Arsene Wenger has been remarkably candid about his feelings on selling Robin van Persie to Premier
league rivals Manchester United. He stops short of blaming the board, but does admit that financial
rather than professional reasons drove the sale. "The economic part of it is the only satisfaction,
but money doesn't go out on the [.
West Ham have stepped up their interest in Liverpool striker Andy Carroll by making a £15m-plus
bid that would break the Hammer's transfer record.
The offer would see England forward Carroll initially move on loan for a season with a
commitment to buy the England striker next summer, which is not something that I see Liverpool
going for as they have already dismissed a similar offer from Newcastle.
As we all know, Chelsea have to register 25 players and no more ahead of the new season for the
Premier League and Champions League competitions but we have a problem. At the moment with our new
signings, promotions and returning loan players, we have 31 players in our first team squad.
Remembering that although he is listed as part of our squad, Patrick Van Aanholt has already been
loaned out this season with Vitesse again.
Olivier Giroud has made it clear that signing for Arsenal has been a dream come true but the
Frenchman understands that he will be plying his trade in the most difficult league in the world
next season.
Confirmation regarding the transfer of Giroud, 25, from Montpellier to Arsenal has been the
worst kept secret around football in recent days but after making his move official, the striker
broke his silence by thoroughly sharing his feelings with Arsenal Player.
Former Liverpool boss, Kenny Dalglish has praised his record British signing, Andy Carroll in his
Column in The Mirror. Carroll was the sword on which King Kenny fell from the helm
at Anfield. After he and Damien Comolli splashed a record £35 million on the young Geordie,
Liverpool were left floundering in 8th in the Premier League, with the big man only scoring 9 goals
all Season for Liverpool, 4 in the League and 5 in the Cups, a dismal return for a forward who
struggled in front of goal for most of the term.
The Portland Timbers have no lack of rivals. There's the heated rivalry between the Timbers and
the Seattle Sounders, the friendlier, but still not that friendly, rivalry with the Vancouver
Whitecaps and then you have the entire rest of the Western Conference who should all be considered
rivals as we battle them directly for one of those five play off spots each and every season.
TweetManchester City fans experienced extreme highs after their team won the Premier League title
after a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers prompting the question is football better than sex? For
any Manchester City fan the feelings experienced when watching their team secure a dramatic
last-gasp 3-2 win against Queens Park Rangers to secure the [.
TweetManchester City fans experienced orgasmic highs after their team won the Premier League title
thanks to a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers. The events at the Etihad Stadium proved why football
is better than sex! For any Manchester City fan the feelings experienced when watching their team
secure a dramatic last-gasp 3-2 win against [.
Any new coach coming into a club will, sooner or later, make his mind up about the existing
squad but some of the transfer rumours coming out of White Hart Lane will have surprised Spurs
supporters.
While the club continues to offload the deadwood with the sale of Sebastien Bassong to Norwich,
there are claims that AVB is looking to clear out five more players but those names include Tom
Huddlestone and Michael Dawson.
When the Montreal Impact selected Dynamo icon Brian Ching in the expansion draft last November,
Ching and some Dynamo folks really developed a strong dislike for Montreal Impact coach Jesse
Marsch. It would be a stretch to say those feelings completely went away when Ching was traded back
to the Dynamo before the season, but [.
At Wednesday's press conference in which Peter Nowak announced that a deal was in place to trade
Danny Califf, the spin was that the former Union captain was ready to go "home" to Southern
California. Kerith Gabriel reports Califf's reaction when listening to the press conference was,
"It made me want to throw up.
Singapore striker Noh Alam Shah is returning to Tampines Rovers. His contract has finished with
Persib and is taking advantage of the Singapore transfer window to return home till the end of the
season.
After spells with Arema and Persib with their fanatical support, Tampines will be a bit quieter but
NAS has strong feelings for the club dating back several years.
Exchanging sweat-soaked shirts is an honored show of sportsmanship in football and one that
usually helps smooth over any sour feelings that build up during the match. At halftime of
Palmeiras's match against Vasco da Gama on Sunday, friends Vasco striker Eder Luis decided to give
friend and opponent Marcio Araujo his shirt.
This summer's Euro 2012 tournament has already sprung quite a few surprises, from the Greek
triumph in Group A to England's heroics in Group D.
As the group stages reach their culmination in the midweek, conversations reminiscing on the
action thus far have been rampant across the football world.
The Euro 2012 group stages are approaching conclusion and as the quarterfinals picture continues
to become clearer, one manager who is ready to talk about his side's destination next is Germany's
Joachim Low.
Low saw his men dominate the highly competitive Group B with three wins out of a possible
three.
The Newcastle Journal have recently published an exclusive interview with Chris Hughton, in which
the ex United Manager reflects on his time at the club and gives an insight into what is, I
suppose, his side of the story and his feelings both at the time of his sacking and in the period
since. [...
The Newcastle Journal have recently published an exclusive interview with Chris Hughton, in which
the ex United Manager reflects on his time at the club and gives an insight into what is, I
suppose, his side of the story and his feelings both at the time of his sacking and in the period
since. [...
Daniel Agger says he will be ‘haunted' by Liverpool's FA Cup final defeat to Chelsea at
Wembley.
The Reds gave Chelsea a two goal start before fighting back to almost salvage a draw after
substitute Andy Carroll halved the deficit and then came within millimeters of leveling the tie,
only to be denied by a stunning Petr Cech stop.
The final home game for Villa this season sees their fans not exactly confident at picking up what
would be only their fifth home win of the season. There are rumours of a protest before and after
the game that may or may not have been cancelled, but it's definitely driving a wedge between the
fans who would rather get behind the team at this late stage and those who want to make their
feelings clear to the board.
QPR's players will today hold a meeting to plan vital tactics ahead of their clash with Chelsea: will they shake hands with John Terry and Ashley Cole or not? Terry stood trial earlier this year accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, while Ashley Cole spoke out in his defence. Ferdinand will not shake hands with [.
Many clubs have embraced verbosity. Not so Berwick.
Less than 100 words.
The crucial line: "directly into SFL Division Three."
Berwick Rangers Board tonight agreed unanimously that should the new Rangers FC be admitted to the
SFL for the new season, that they would support a move directly into SFL Division Three.
At the halfway point on the 2012 MLS season, the Houston Dynamo sit in fifth place in the
Eastern Conference with a record of 6-5-6. If the season ended today, that's good enough for a
playoff spot. Of course, it would mean an extra game, but it would still be the postseason.
The Dynamo are nine points behind DC United for the top spot in the conference, four points
behind the Chicago Fire for the next position in the table (which only proves what a wasted
opportunity Tuesday night was).
Real Salt Lake is a good team. At home they are even better, and yet a road point, a mere point,
won't address many fans worries. Seattle was expected to lose (by prognasticators) and yet earned
their first shutout in MLS play in some time. The winless streak continues and will confirm however
one feels for about the team at this time.
And we're back, with another episode of Nos Audietis. A lot has happened since our last show;
some of it's been good, some of it's been bad. Luckily the good stuff happened more recently than
the bad, so naturally we spend more time talking about that. There are recaps of both the loss to
Portland and the huge US Open Cup win over the San Jose Earthquakes, as well as our feelings about
which direction this team is headed.
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.
I can't think of another industry where cliches are more used than sports. Politics, maybe, but
they got their own thing going on. Sometimes the cliches are spot on and sometimes they are just
used by broadcasters, managers, players and sports as a shortcut. Reporters readily accept them so
the interviewee doesn't actually have to answer a question when feelings are still very raw.
Brighton have basically been immune to any sort of criticism for a couple of years now. Their
League 1 team of 2010-11 was wondrous; they're gradually becoming one of the UK's foremost
community clubs; the easy transition last season from the Withdean to Falmer was the kind of move
that the majority of football supporters will only get to realise in their imaginations .
The picture above is exactly how me and many other of the "Fire Faithful" felt after the debacle in
Michigan that was our 2012 Open Cup run. Another fan who had the same feelings was JR Patton,
writer from Hook N Ladders, we sit down and discuss this mess in agonizing detail.
I was born under a bad sign with a claret and blue moon in my eyes, but Lordy a-things
ain't been the same since Big Sam walked in-a town...
"I've got the world by the balls and yet I can't stop feeling that I'm still the mortadella,"
confesses Sam Allardyce. "It's the nagging feeling that I came in at the end; that the best is
over.
Salford lad Phil Bardsley joined Manchester United when he was just 8-years-old. In the past, he
has talked about his continuing feelings for United and revealed that he still goes to games with
his mates.
United take on Sunderland this weekend and a win would give them a small chance of retaining the
title, depending on the result at the Etihad.
