By Chris Wright
Right. Straight off the bat, Pies would like to clarify that we're not saying this is 100%
definitely the design for Arsenal's new home kit for 2012/13.
What we are saying is that this mock-up has been drafted by
Arsenalinsider, who have a decent hit-rate on these sorts of things and who are
also claiming to have been privy to a photo of the actual design courtesy of a deepthroat informant
in the Nike camp and that they are willing to stand by their reproduction 'such is the strength of
belief in their source'.
verrückt!! There's nothing quite like a goofy footballer pretending to be an overzealous
fan and you can count on Germany and Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller to do it! As
the Euro 2012 approaches, the German National Team have been hard at work rolling out campaigns to
drum up home support, launching new jerseys (ironically, it's back to 1972′s away green kit!
By Chris Wright
Fabio Capello's four-year England tenure over the course of 20 (you must promise here and now
not to count them!) fabulous photos...
So long Fabio, and thanks for all the fish.
By Chris Wright
Blackpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 at Hillsborough in their FA Cup fourth replay round last
night, with Lomano Tresor LuaLua (yes, that Lomano Tresor LuaLua!) grabbing the goal of
the night the Seasiders' second with a superb curling effort from the apex of the area.
By Chris Wright
Blackpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 at Hillsborough in their FA Cup fourth replay round last
night, with Lomano Tresor LuaLua (yes, that Lomano Tresor LuaLua!) grabbing the goal of
the night the Seasiders' second with a superb curling effort from the apex of the area.
By Alan Duffy
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 6th February 2012
The Premier League's enfant terrible, Luis Suarez, made a return to action last night after
serving his eight-game ban, but even the gifted Uruguayan couldn't kickstart what was a rather flat
performance from Liverpool at Anfield.
BESOS! Check out Argentinean club's Velez Sarsfield's
new jersey... which has kisses imprinted all over it! Interestingly, there is a cool concept behind
this. To celebrate their love for the club, Velez fans were invited to kiss the
jersey and have it published as part of the "My Love For Velez" campaign.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton Premier League 4th February 2012
A late Victor Anichebe goal was enough to rob perpetual strugglers Wigan of a vital and rare
victory. The defeat leaves the Latics bottom of the table and looking like dead certs for the
drop.
By Alan Duffy
Norwich City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers Premier League 4th February 2012
An injury-ravaged Norwich fought their away to their fifth home league win of the season on
Saturday, a victory which condemned the visiting Trotters to another spell in the relegation
zone.
By Alan Duffy
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Swansea City Premier League 4th February 2012
Swansea registered only their second away league win of the season at the Hawthorns on Saturday,
after a hard fought victory against West Brom.
By Alan Duffy
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Swansea City Premier League 4th February 2012
Swansea registered only their second away league win of the season at the Hawthorns on Saturday,
after a hard fought victory against West Brom.
By Alan Duffy
Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 4th February
2012
Djibril Cisse could never be described as a shrinking violet, so it will come as little surprise
that the former Liverpool man was once again the centre of attention at Loftus Road, albeit for all
the wrong reasons.
By Alan Duffy
Arsenal 7 (Seven)-1 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 4th February 2012
After a sustained period of dismal performances and almost no points, Arsenal needed to
rediscover their mojo on Saturday if they were to stay in the hunt for a top-four finish.
By Chris Wright
Nike have just launched the new home and away Brazil kits for 2012/13 and roped in a few of
their young flock Neymar, Ganso and Pato (in photo form) to perform the ribbon-cutting
duties...
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A few details worth noting: Each shirt is made from 13 recycled plastic bottles and contains a
raft of 'hidden accents', including an 'inspirational statement' (lord, how I love marketing
speak) for the players stitched inside the green cuffs reading 'Nascido Para Jogar Futebol' (Born
To Play Football) in 'Pichacao' a type of scribbly Brazilian graffiti.
One of the perks of being a professional futbolito is obviously getting new cars sent to
your doorstep every season (listen up, AC Milan fans!) While the European elite get to drive their
shiny new Audis, Atletico Madrid's players received keys to our
favourite car of all time instead a Volkswagen Beetle!
By Alan Duffy
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Arsenal Premier League 1st February 2012
Arsenal match reports are starting to write themselves loads of possession, nice passing, loads
of chances, no goals. More often than not you can even tag "concede late goal from set-piece" onto
the end of that, although on this occasion, the Gunners did manage to go off-script and keep their
sheet clean for the night.
There's nothing like the African Nations Cup - it's the World Cup of Costume Shops! (Photos via
Daylife)
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By Alan Duffy
Swansea City 1-1 Chelsea Premier League 31th January 2012
A last-gasp Neil Taylor own-goal saved Chelsea from another disappointing defeat on Tuesday
night, after Swansea gave the home fans another superb display of pacy attacking football.
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 31st January 2012
Welsh wing-wizard Gareth Bale was once again Tottenham's star performer as the north Londoners
got their title tilt back on track at White Hart Lane in front of Harry Redknapp, who was back in
the dug-out to watch his charges win.
By Alan Duffy
Everton 1-0 Manchester City Premier League 31st January 2012
Roberto Mancini's nouveau riche Citizens just can't seem to put any decent daylight between them
and their Manchester rivals in the race for the title.
The buzz surrounding the Spanish Burgos province these days has been remarkable. They are of
course, home to Mirandes, the Spanish third-division team that have made it to the
semi-finals of the Copa del Ray! Mirandes will meet Athletic Bilbao tonight at
their modest 6,000-seater stadium, which was expanded yesterday to accommodate another 1,700
visiting fans.
Pictures from yesterday's training
I managed to take a few pictures during yesterday's training session. I tried uploading an album
directly to SF so you guys wouldn't have to link away, but it wouldn't let me for some reason.
Anyway, enjoy the photos! I'll try and do this more often, even if my camera isn't that
great.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 1-1 Middlesbrough FA Cup 29th January 2012
Frazier Campbell made a goalscoring return from injury at the Stadium of Light on Sunday,
netting the Black Cats' equaliser after 18 months out of action.
By Alan Duffy
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Newcastle United FA Cup 29th January 2012
Oh how Newcastle boss Alan Pardew must be counting down the hours 'til his double dose of
Dembas, Ba and Papiss Cisse, return to the north-east of England.
By Alan Duffy
Considering all the pre-match hype concerning Anton Ferdinand and John Terry's long-awaited
reacquaintance, you would have thought that the game itself might have fizzled a bit more. However,
instead, it was a flat affair, with Juan Mata outstanding out for all the right reasons, and Daniel
Sturridge making a name for himself for all the wrong ones.
By Chris Wright
With Tax-dodge McGurk back on the bench after a week in Southwark crown court, a single
against-the-run-of-play 25-yard pinger from Rafael van der Vaart saw Tottenham into the Fifth round
proper at Vicarage Road last night, despite coming in for an absolute shelling from Watford during
the second-half.
By Chris Wright
With Tax-dodge McGurk back on the bench after a week in Southwark crown court, a single
against-the-run-of-play 25-yard pinger from Rafael van der Vaart saw Tottenham into the Fifth round
proper at Vicarage Road last night, despite coming in for an absolute shelling from Watford during
the second-half.
By Chris Wright
Apologies for the lack of proper match report, but I'm afraid you're going to have to make do
with the brass tacks this morning.
The long and short of it is that Everton booked themselves a place in the last 16 of the FA Cup
last night, coming from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 at Goodison courtesy of two big headers from
two big chaps Denis Stracqualursi (his first goal in English football) and Marouane Fellaini who
got themselves on the end of a pair of excellent Landon Donovan crosses.
By Chris Wright
Apologies for the lack of proper match report, but I'm afraid you're going to have to make do
with the brass tacks this morning.
The long and short of it is that Everton booked themselves a place in the last 16 of the FA Cup
last night, coming from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 at Goodison courtesy of two big headers from
two big chaps Denis Stracqualursi (his first goal in English football) and Marouane Fellaini who
got themselves on the end of a pair of excellent Landon Donovan crosses.
By Chris Wright
After completing his £4.2 million, three-year move to the French capital earlier in the week,
former Chelsea centre-half Alex was officially unveiled by Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des
Princes yesterday.
Question is, what's he so worried about? I've got a sneaking suspicion that Leonardo's other
hand may be straying 'south of the border' behind that there jersey.
Kickettes, do you recall the veiled threat we (and many, many other members of the media)
received from legal firm, Schillings, on behalf of their clients, the Gerrards, requesting privacy
from the paps whilst out with their kids?
If not, read about it here.
Well recently, and as we rightly predicted, Lourdes made her grand entrance into the public
world via the same pages that pay Alex for her brainless ramblings, which OK!
Slide show of photos from the Comets explosive outburst of offense on Syracuse... The Full gallery
Extra photo: A keeper view of a restart...
By Chris Wright
What with Liverpool set for their first visit to 'Anfield South' in 16 years by way of their
Carling Cup semi-final win over Manchester City last night, we though we'd revisit the last time
the club earned themselves a day out at Wembley, i.e, the 1996 FA Cup Final against Manchester
United.
By Chris Wright
"Shhh!!! Don't look at him. If we're quiet, he may go away"
Despite leading 2-1 from the first-leg and going a further two goals ahead by half-time in the
second through Pedro and Dani Alves, Barcelona still found themselves fretting at the Camp Nou as
Real Madrid staged a late-ish comeback attempt that saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema draw
Los Merengues level on the night though it was to be in vain, as Barca eventually held out for the
aggregate win that sealed them a berth in the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
There's nothing like coming home! Just ask Lucas Leiva, who showed up to his
first day of recuperation at Liverpool's Melwood training ground yesterday after spending six weeks
back home in Brasil. The midfielder received a warm welcome from the club's staff and of course
teammates Dirk Kuyt and Pepe Reina were also around to show
their support.
By Chris Wright
United made it Manchester 2-0 North London in the second of Sunday's super-duper
all-singing-all-dancing encounters, beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates to whittle City's lead at
the summit of the Premier League back down from six points to three.
By Chris Wright
Given that he really shouldn't have been on the pitch by that time, Tottenham had every right to
feel absolutely bloody eviscerated at the final whistle seeing as Mario Balotelli both won and
then subsequently rolled home a 95th-minute penalty to nab all three points for Man City with the
final touch of the game at the Etihad.
Gladbach coach Lucien Favre is visibly delighted with his team's performance against Bayern
Munich.
(Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Dave's Note: bumped to frontpage for trialist discussion.
One of the unfamiliar faces at Sounders Training belongs to one of the newest Reggae Boyz. The
articles linked below claim that 21-year-old center midfielder Andrew Vanzie of
Jamaican top-side Portmore United FC (currently 5 points clear at the top of the table) left last
Tuesday for a four-week trial with Seattle Sounders FC.
By Chris Wright
A couple of days after Spanish site Sport.es reported that they had received exclusive mock-ups
of the fairly hideous designs for Barcelona's new kits for next season (above), designs which look
suspiciously like they may have been drawn up using the colour fade tool on Corel Draw 3.
