Galatasaray 4-3 Bordeaux
Game : Galatasaray vs Bordeaux
Competition : UEFA Cup Round of 32
Date : February 26, 2009
Final score :Galatasaray 4-3 Bordeaux ( Arda Turan 43′, 65′, Harry Kewell 45′, Sabri 90′/ David Bellion 1′, Marouane Chamakh 72′, Fernando [...]
Deportivo La Coruna 1-3 Aab Aalborg
Game : Deportivo La Coruna vs Aab Aalborg
Competition : UEFA Cup Round of 32, Second Leg
Date : 26 February 2009
First Leg match report- Aab 3-0 Deportivo can be viewed here.
Final score :
Deportivo La Coruna [...]
UEFA Cup Round of 32 second leg results February 26
Here are the results from the second leg of the Round of 32 games played on February 26, 2009. Click here for first leg results.
Valencia 2-2 Dinamo Kiev ( Carlos Marchena 45′ Asier Del Horno 54′/ Artem Kravets 34′, 73′)
Result- Dinamo Kiev win on the away goals rule, and progress to the round of 16.
Vfb [...]
Most expensive footballer
The world’s most expensive footballer in terms of total fees paid is Nicolas Sebastien Anelka ( Photo below). Anelka currently plays a striker for Chelsea FC. However the most expensive player in terms of one time transfer fee paid is French maestro Zinedine Zidane, whom Real Madrid paid £47m to acquire from Juventus.
Anelka career progress [...]
Sheffield United sign John Joe O’Toole on loan
Sheffield United have signed Irish midfielder John-Joe O’Toole on loan from Watford till the end of the season. Irish U-21 international O’Toole, a Watford youth product, was named Watford Young Player of the Year for the 2007/08 season.
O’Toole was previously on loan at non league Windmere in the 2006-07 season. He made his debut for [...]
Bjarni Gudjonsson to stand for Iceland elections
Former Stoke City and Genk midfielder Bjarni Gudjonsson is planning to run for elections in his native Iceland. Iceland, which is currently in a state of turmoil because its economy collapsed, will have general elections soon, and the 35 year old, son of Crewe Alexandra boss Gudjon Thordarson, will stand in the West Iceland primary [...]
Alexandre Gaydamak rejects Ramon Vega bid for Portsmouth
Former Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic defender Ramon Vega has had a bid for Portsmouth rejected by the club’s Russian owner Alexandre Gaydamak.
London based VS Investment Group, headed by the former Swiss international Vega, made a small offer to Gaydamak in exchange for taking over the club’s debt. Pompey are believed to owe around £40m to [...]
Didier Digard out for 12 weeks
Relegation threatened Middlesbrough have been hit by the news that influential midfielder Didier Digard is unlikely to be able to play again this season. The Frenchman suffered the injury in the weekend draw against Middlesbrough. He was injured in a challenge with Lee Cattermole, and was substituted after 23 minutes. Young midfielder Josh Walker [...]
Hamburg 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Game : Hamburg vs Bayer Leverkusen
Competition : German Bundesliga week 21
Final score : Hamburg 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen ( Marcell Jansen 11′, 66′/ Patrick Helmes 29′)
German defender Marcell Jansen scored a brace in a league game for the first team in his career as Martin [...]
Juan Manuel Llop leaves Racing Club
Juan Manuel Llop has quit as manager of Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club de Avellaneda after they lost to bitter rivals Indepediente on Saturday. Indepediente won the Avellaneda city derby thanks to goals from Lucas Pusineri and Daniel Montenegro.
Llop replaced Miguel Mico as manager of Racing last year. Racing finished seventeenth in Argentina [...]
Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Game : Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers
Competition : English Premier League
Venue : Old Trafford, Manchester
Final score : Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers ( Wayne Rooney 23′, Cristiano Ronaldo 60′/ Roque Santa Cruz 32′)
Match review:-
Manchester United extended their lead [...]
Bayern Munich 1-2 FC Köln
Final score:- ( Competition: German Bundesliga)
Bayern Munich 1-2 FC Köln ( Miroslav Klose 84′/ Fabrice Ehret 22′, Daniel Brosinski 33′)
Defending champions Bayern Munich missed out on a chance to go on top of the Bundesliga when they were beaten 2-1 by FC Köln at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. With Hoffenheim having drawn against Stuttgart [...]
Steven Gerrard out of Man City clash
( This article was written before the Liverpool-Man City game in February 2009)
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will miss his side’s Premier League game against Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, manager Rafa Benitez confirmed on the club’s official site ( Liverpoolfc.tv)
With a crucial Champions League game against Real Madrid coming up, Benitez said that he [...]
Ferguson believes Chelsea are out of title race
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the battle for the 2008-09 Premiership is now a two horse race, with only United and Rafa Benitez’s Liverpool in with a chance of lifting the title.
Ferguson believes that Aston Villa, Chelsea and Arsenal, who are currently third, fourth and fifth respectively, have no chances of [...]
Gareth Barry Aston Villa shirt
Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa side have exceeded expectations this season, and one of their standout performers has been Gareth Barry. The Hastings born midfielder, who is equally at ease playing in defence, is the youngest player ever to make 300 Premier League appearances. He is also the current club skipper in the absence of the [...]
Aab Aalborg 3-0 Deportivo La Coruna
Game : Aab Aalborg vs Deportivo La Coruna
Competition : UEFA Cup Round of 32, First Leg
Date : 18 February 2009
To see the second leg report, please click here.
Final score : Aab Aalborg 3-0 Deportivo La Coruna [...]
UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg results 18-19 February
Here are the results from the first leg UEFA Cup Round of 32 games ( 2008-09 season) played on 18-19 February.
February 19 final scores:-
FC Copenhagen 2-2 Man City (Ailton Almeida 59′, Martin Vingaard 90+1′/ Nedum Onuoha 29′, Stephen Ireland 61′)
Fiorentina 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam (Kennedy Bakircioglü 60′)
Lech Poznan 2-2 Udinese (Hernán Rengifo 81′, Manuel Arboleda 84′/ [...]
Manuel Fernandes wants summer move to Pompey
Portuguese midfielder Manuel Fernandes has said that he wants to return to England in the summer. Fernandes, 23, currently plays for Spanish giants Valencia, but is keen to return to the Premier League, where he had loan spells with Everton and Portsmouth.
Fernandes had a wonderful time at Goodison Park, although his stint at Pompey was [...]
Carlton Cole out for two weeks
West Ham striker Carlton Cole is likely to be out of action for up to two weeks after he sprained his ankle in his side’s 1-1 FA Cup draw against Middlesbrough on Sunday.
Cole limped off after thirty three minutes against Boro and was replaced by former Deportivo forward Diego Tristan. It was feared that Cole, [...]
Ajax 2-0 Feyenoord
Game : Ajax Amsterdam vs Feyenoord Rotterdam
Competition : Dutch Eredivisie Week 23
Date : Sunday, Feb 15
Final score : Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Feyenoord Rotterdam
Goal scorers : Thomas Vermaelen (52′), Urby Emanuelson (90+1′)
Feyenoord Rotterdam’s poor away form in the [...]
Hertha Berlin 2-1 Bayern Munich
Final score:-
Hertha Berlin 2-1 Bayern Munich
(Andriy Voronin 38′, 77′/ Miroslav Klose 61′)
Hertha Berlin went to the top of the German Bundesliga on Saturday night when they beat defending champions Bayern Munich 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium. The win was Hertha’s first over Bayern since December 2001, when they won by the same scoreline at home.
Hertha [...]
FA Cup fifth round results- February 14, 15, 16
Here are the results and final scores from the fifth round FA Cup games played on the 14th, 15th and 16th of February 2009.
Short Summary for Feb 14- Chelsea win. Fulham, Blackburn, Hull City and West Ham draw, and we’ll have a replay in four ties.
Short summary for Feb 15- Everton win. Manchester United win [...]
Huddersfield Town sign Lukas Jutkiewicz on loan
League one side Huddersfield Town have signed Lukas Jutkiewicz on loan from Everton till the end of the season. The 19 year old joined Everton from Swindon Town in March 2007 for £1m. He had a loan spell at Plymouth Argyle in January last year.
Jutkiewicz made his Everton debut in December 2008, coming on as [...]
Chelsea announce £65.7m losses for 2007/08
English giants Chelsea FC have announced losses for £65.7m for the financial year ended 30 June 2008.
The London club also revealed that half of the interest free loans taken from Chelsea Ltd ( owner Roman Abramovich) had been converted into equity.
Chelsea’s financial losses over the years :-
2004/05 financial loss :-£140m
2005/06 financial loss :- £80.2m
2006/07 financial [...]
FIFA World Cup qualifying results- February 11
Here are the results from the FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying games played on Wednesday, February 11, 2009.
FIFA World Cup 2010 European Qualifying
San Marino 0-3 Northern Ireland ( Venue: Stadio Olimpico) ( Group 3)
Goal scorers:- Gareth McAuley (5′), Grant McCann (32′), Chris Brunt ( 63′)
Republic of Ireland 2-1 Georgia ( Venue: Dublin) ( Group 8 [...]
International Friendlies results- February 11 2009
Here are the results from the international friendlies played on February 11, 2009. Please note that WC 2010 qualifiers have not been included here ( included separately in the FIFA World Cup 2010 category)
Spain 2-0 England ( Venue: Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, Seville, Spain)
Goal scorers:- David Villa Sanchez ( 36′), Fernando Llorente ( 82′)
Wales 0-1 Poland [...]
West Ham Scarf
E139AZ- Does this alpha numeric combination ring a bell in your mind?
Congratulations if you knew what this postal code in the UK stood for.
Yes folks, I’m talking about West Ham United, and with the weather being as cold as it is in the winter, is there not a better time to buy yourself a West [...]
International friendlies result- 10 February
Here are the results from the international games played on Tuesday, February 10, 2009.
The results for International Friendlies- Feb 11 can be found here.
Brazil 2-0 Italy ( Emirates Stadium)
Goal scorers :- Elano Blumer ( 13′), Robinho (27′)
Slovakia 2-3 Ukraine ( Cyprus Tournament)
Goal scorers :-
Ukraine :- Sergiy Valyayev (9′), Yevgen Seleznov (46′), Artem Milevskyi (83′ penalty)
Slovakia [...]
Kotoko fire coach Maurice Cooreman
Less than three months after joining Ghanian side Asante Kotoko, Belgian coach Maurice Cooreman has parted company with the club. Cooreman, 65, took over from Bashiru Hayford as Kotoko coach in November 2008 on a two year contract, but was asked to go after Sunday’s loss to rivals Hearts of Oak, which left the Porcupine [...]
Portsmouth sack Tony Adams
Portsmouth FC have announced that they have parted company with manager Tony Adams with immediate effect. Adams, 42, took over from Harry Redknapp on a two and a half year contract in October 2008, but lasted only twenty two games at the South Coast club.
One wonders whether Adams would have remained in the [...]
