It has still not been decided one way or the other, apparently, whether the Arsenal team will give the newly crowned Premier League champions a guard of honour. It has become a football tradition that the Premier League winners are clapped on to the pitch by the home team, but it is not set in stone and there is real reluctance at the Emirates to do this for Manchester United on Sunday.
The excitement of a new season is merely days away, as the friendlies are nearly complete, and the
Barclay's Premier League season will kickoff on Saturday. Today, the yearly tradition of the
Community Shield took place at Villa Park, displaced...
Chelsea have unveiled their new third kit. The reigning European champions will be hoping the sun
shines on them again this season... with this sun-themed third kit. The kit is described as being
black and flaming sun yellow and, according to manufacturers Adidas, features a "striking sun
graphic". The Premier League has a fine tradition [.
Their Words "It's always a great experience to change club and to change to a new country. In
Germany they say the Premier League is the best league in the world and for me it is a great honour
to be at a big Club with a big tradition like Fulham. I hope I can help Fulham progress in the
right direction.
Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has been signed a three year contract to take over at
White Hart Lane. AVB struggled at Chelsea but he's still widely viewed as a talented manager who
should have a longer career (still in his 30s).
Villas-Boas had the following comments about the new job.
Tottenham have confirmed that Andre Villas-Boas has been appointed as their new manager, signing
a three-year deal to succeed Harry Redknapp at White Hart Lane.
It's a big gamble by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy who pushed out the popular Harry Redknapp and
replaced him with a coach that had a a disastrous spell in charge at Chelsea last season.
Stan Kroenke vs Alisher Usmanov: The battle of the Billionaire giants by KJ So recently, we
discovered that the Premier League has made a new rule that prevents any owners of a football club
with less than 50% shares to look at the financial details of the club (balance sheets, transfers
etc.). This has really [.
We can take a brief break in the build-up to today's Group C matches to look at Liverpool's
schedule for the upcoming Premier League season, which will kick off for Brendan Rodgers' side in
the West Midlands. It'll be a challenging (to say the least) opening few weeks, particularly if
Europa League matches are thrown into the mix, but what better way to start the season than against
some of the league's best?
Nicklas Bendtner is renowned for losing all sense of reality when it comes to discussing his
career. And he's continuing that tradition as he plots a move away from Arsenal. The Denmark
striker seems to have confused potential new employers with people he's holding to ransom.
Confirming that he has already rejected some offers, Bendtner [.
The New Arsenal 2012/13 Away Kit by Nike Purple and Pink - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
The new Arsenal away kit by Nike for the 2012/13 season is a nice purple number and a highly
stylish football kit.
While the 2012/2013 Arsenal home kit is focused on history and tradition, Nike found the right
balance for the away kit to break new ground in football fashion.
For many Gooners it's simple really home kits should be read and while, away ones yellow and
blue. But not for the Arsenal marketing bods, who aren't shackled by tradition or, arguably,
taste.
The new away strip has, like so many other club kits, been leaked over the old internet
thingy.
Arsenal have always had a fine tradition of sending some of their most promising players to learn
their trade in the fast and furious pace of La Liga, and the young Costa Rican striker Joel
Campbell is the next in line to tread that path. Denied a work permit last summer, the (then) 19
year-old [...]
Jamie Carragher insists his 700th appearance for Liverpool was less important than Brendan Rodgers
taking charge of the club for a first competitive game.
The centre-back on Thursday night played the full 90 minutes as a 1-0 win was secured over FC Gomel
in Belarus in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie.
The New Liverpool 2012/13 Away Shirt - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The new Liverpool 2012/2013 away kit from Warriors has been officially released. Photos and more
details below.
Following Warrior's design direction of modern tradition, the new kit is inspired by Liverpool's
away Kit from 1900-1906 which featured the yoke detail in recognition of sailors and the huge
influence of the docks on the city at the time.
As expected, the central and pretty much sole focus of the early presser at Anfield today was
the unveiling of Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool's new manager. Reactions have trended positively
since Rodgers gave his first official interview, and rightly so given the confidence and clarity
with which he fielded a range of questions.
Unperturbed by the fact that both Everton and Galatasary have cancelled their high profile trips to
Jakarta for whatever rea$on the Indonesian FA, continuing a tradition going back many years, have
announced a new batch of friendlies ahead of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup in November.
04/08 v Valencia
05/09 v Espanyol B
08/09 v North Korea
15/09 v Philippines
22/09 v Vietnam (A)
29/09 v Vietnam (H)
There is also talk of a Merdeka Cup to be held in November.
Unperturbed by the fact that both Everton and Galatasary have cancelled their high profile trips to
Jakarta for whatever rea$on the Indonesian FA, continuing a tradition going back many years, have
announced a new batch of friendlies ahead of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup in November.
04/08 v Valencia
05/09 v Espanyol B
08/09 v North Korea
15/09 v Philippines
22/09 v Vietnam (A)
29/09 v Vietnam (H)
There is also talk of a Merdeka Cup to be held in November.
How many years ago was it when United committed to only changing their kits every two years? Maybe
that did only include the home shirt but even that gets changed every year now, tradition and
continuity has gone out of the window to satisfy the insatiable modern day consumer of football and
all its paraphernalia.
Aston Villa has unveiled their home and away shirts for the 2012-13 season. Designed and
manufactured by Macron, Aston Villa's new home shirt, according to the club website, "remains
faithful to the classic claret and blue tradition." The shirt...
Goals, All-Stars and DP's
The Official Podcast of MLSReserves.com. In this episode Luke and Pedro discuss the recent trend of
high scoring matches in Major League Soccer, the amazing play of Chris Wondolowski and what it
takes to be an MLS All-Star. Debated were Eddie Johnson's inclusion and whether Dax McCarty
deserves a spot.
DC United has announced they will honor former player and current head coach Ben Olsen by inducting
him into the club's Hall of Tradition prior to the game against New England on September 15th. "I
am honored that the DC United faithful have put me in the Hall of Tradition," Olsen said. "The
support I've received from our fans during my time here has been overwhelming and I can only hope
to repay them with.
Their Words "The opportunity to partner with Will and Jason brings exciting possibilities," said
Thohir. "D.C. United is a club with great tradition and history of winning. I am looking forward to
helping with the continued development of D.C. United both on and off he field as well as expanding
its reach as a global brand.
Andre Villas-Boas has once again had a pop at Roman Abramovich and the Chelsea board as he
continues to try and rebuild "his reputation" at Tottenham.
He has his press conference, said what he said and that should have been the end
of it as far as we are all concerned. I am sure Spurs fans just want him to get on with
concentrating on their club and as for Chelsea fans, like our club, we have moved on.
In reality it wasn't a long wait to name Harry's successor although the fact that we all seemed
to know it would be AVB suggests that it's maybe been dragged it out a little longer than it has.
Any speculation that was left has now been ended by a simple statement on the club's website.
"The Club is delighted to announce that Andre Villas-Boas has joined as our new Head Coach on a
3 year contract.
With the 2012-13 Development Academy season on the horizon, the program has a fresh look as the
Academy has designed a new logo heading into its sixth campaign.
The two stars represent the two Academy mixed-age groups at the U-15/16 and U-17/18 levels. The
four stripes – two white and two red – represent the four pillars of the Development Academy:
Excellence, Pride, Tradition and Education.
For many years, the U.S. Women's National Teams playing in world championships have painted
their nails in various patriotic colors and designs and this year's U-20s are keeping up the
tradition.
Fortunately, midfielder Mandy Laddish is a talented nail painting artist and she has turned her
hotel room into a de facto Salon, with teammates making appointments to come by and get their nails
done.
UW-Stevens Point named Megan Schmidt, a former Pointers defender who was an
assistant under legendary coach Sheila Miech for the past three seasons, its
interim women's soccer coach for the 2012 season.
Miech built the Pointers into the state's top NCAA Division III women's program and a perennial
national contender in her 25-year career before retiring last month.
Ok so no one knows who, when where or whatever but the play offs in both leagues carry on. The
official, less interesting one sees the winners of the three groups play off for the title though I
dunno why they bother. Surely it's gonna be Pro Duta?
Mind you the first game yesterday saw Pro Duta held 1-1 by Perseman at Jalak Harupat Stadium.
Portland Timber Jim You Are My Sunshine Sunflower T-shirt
Portland Timber Jim You Are My Sunshine T-shirt
This t-shirt is memory of Timber Jim's daughter, Hannah, who was killed in an automobile
accident in 2004. The Timbers Army made a tradition of singing "You Are My Sunshine," often led by
a joyful Timber Jim.
Today was the 34th birthday of veteran U.S. defender Heather Mitts. Seems like just yesterday she
was that fresh-faced kid of out Florida via Cincinnati trying to earn her way onto the U.S. WNT,
and now she is preparing for her third Olympics (she's still fresh-faced, BTW).
It is tradition that if it is someone's birthday, at the end of U.
Yesterday I was instructed to root for Germany in Group B. Again, correct answer. Sure, Germany
may have won more than their fair sure of international tournaments, but everyone knows you can
never have too much Mannschaft (What are you giggling at you reprobates?). More importantly, thanks
to the influence of new USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann and our post-World War II international
military basing strategy, the German team has become a sort of farm team for the US, as players
who've decided they're too talented and strong to play for Germany graduate to playing for America
(or something like that).
Last year, the comments section in this category combusted at the suggestion that QPR's Celtic
aping green and white away kit was the best of the 144 or so outfits on offer to choose from. A
day later, we were engulfed in yet more hot water when citing ignorance of tradition as a reason
to dislike Southampton's Peruvian impression.
