Posts Tagged ‘England’

Very World Cup Fashion Face-Off

Friday, June 18th, 2010

One question I have:
You can’t be interested in fashion and also football? Definitely yes, I’ll be cheering on our boys this Monday in the match Portugal v North Korea but that doesn’t mean that I can’t look good doing it!

I’m not the only one who has this mindset and the lovely folks over at Very.co.uk have had the good idea of mixing the footballing world cup with the fashion style of each country.

This fashion site is currently having a Very World Cup fashion face-off and they have put together a fashion look for each country playing in the World Cup 2010 and each country reflects their personality and style. Then will be like at word cup when each countries are then pitted against each other in the style stakes and will battle in out in the quarter finals, semi finals and then the final.

Also England are already through to the quarter finals and you can help to decide who will join them by voting in the current fashion face-off between Brazil or Korea.

If you want to see how the World Cup countries styles then please visit Very.co.uk to vote for your favourite style or country. a

Gudjohnsen Wants The Tottenham’s Team

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Tottenham is ready to sign the Monaco striker Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan until this season will come to an end.

The former of Chelsea and Barcelona, a 31 years old guy, had a medical at Upton Park in order to have a change, a bit late one, of heart when he learnt of interest of Spurs.

The boss, Harry Redknapp, was known to have been quoted as saying that the chairman did a deal for Eider. They spoke to him the next day and they took him on loan until the season’s end to see how everything goes.

Therefore, the Iceland international’s U-turn did fail if they wanted to impress the new Hammers co-owner David Sullivan. He also admitted that they thought they did a great deal and the player even had a medical. After that, they have heard that Tottenham has tried to speak to the player.

He said that he could not say he is delighted about what’s happening, but he thinks in karma and as we al know, “what goes around, comes around.”

Gudjohnsen is the person who first made his great name, with Bolton Wanderers and even in England. Then, he decided to move to Chelsea with a deal of almost 8 million dollars.

Gerrard To Come Quicklier Than He Thought

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Liverpool is supposed to have been boosted by the quicker and it has expected return from injury of the captain Steven Gerrard against Wolverhampton football team.

The England midfielder was almost being sidelined for around forteen days after he decided to pick up a hamstring problem as long as theReds’ FA Cup lasted, precisely the 3rd round.

Therefore, after the manager Rafael Benitez has decided to come back to full training in weekends, he has also confirmed that his skipper may be part of the squad that travels to Molineux.

In the official website, the manager Rafael Benitez also added that “He was training on Saturday and on Sunday and Monday was the same”. After that, he said that “Normally he’s someone who, if available, can play. ” Eventually, they will soon decide this, but they think he can be available.

The Reds will be for sure without Fernando Torres,Glen Johnson and midfielder Yossi Benayoun for the travel to the Midlands.

ESPN To Make A New Deal

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

ESPN has finally decided to sign a deal of 4 years which is worth around 35 million pounds. This deal is going to start only in the 2010/11 season meanwhile running in parallel with the agreement of FA. This agreement is related to the terrestrial broadcaster ITV which will also cover the international matches Of England and those of FA Cup.

ITV, as well as ESPN will have the chance to show the final of FA Cup live.

For those who don’t know, the FA Cup is the oldest knockout football competition for seniors and in the same time being in common with the English Premier League. This thing attracts lots of people around the Globe.

In the middle of the last year, ESPN was awarded with the rights to 46 live English Premier League games. This happened after being forfeited by Setanta.

Last week, the chief executive of FA, Ian Watmore said that they are very thrilled to have added ESPN to their list of broadcast partners.

Being a very powerful global broadcaster in United Kingdom, ESPN will give their football a great visibility and they are expecting to have a great partnership with them.

Rajevac’s Decisions

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Milovan Rajevac is ready to check on Kevin-Prince Boateng himself once he can as being the Ghana coach looks to clinch the availability of Portsmouth midfielder for the Black Stars.

In this time Boateng has already impressed for Pompey and also shared Ghana the thing that he is prepared and able to represent them after playing for Germany at the youth level.

Some of the Ghana Football Association’s officials affirmed that they will almost get the all clear from FIFA for the switch of allegiance. Meanwhile Milovan Rajevac has the capacity to have him on board.

Rajevac also admitted in an interview that they are in contact with him and monitoring him on TV but his will is to go to England on his first leisure and watch him in person. He likes what he has seen so far. He is known to be a very good player too.

Boateng wants no to play for Ghana even if he has represented the European giants at youth level. He decided to do this after failing to break into the senior side.

Manchester City Has Made Goalkeeper Stuart Taylor His Second Signing

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Mark Hughes the manager from Manchester City has made goalkeeper Stuart Taylor his second signing from Aston Villa this month.

Stuart Taylor said: “This is a fantastic club to be joining, a club that is going places with a great new owner and a manager I have a lot of respect for,”.

Stuart Taylor arrive will allow Hughes to arrange a loan deal for City’s current England Under-21 goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Manchester City’s Record Signing Robinho Has Dismissed Rumors

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Manchester City’s record signing Robinho has dismissed rumors suggesting that he could look to head home to Brazil this summer.

The president of club Santos, had suggested that Robinho was unhappy at Eastlands and could opt for a South American return.

Robinho told the Manchester Evening News that: “Santos are the team of my heart and one day I want to go back, but not now,”.

“I am very happy with the affection demonstrated by the fans in the final match against Bolton.”

History of English Football

Monday, May 18th, 2009

The game of football generally flourished in England from around the 8th Century onwards.

During that period the level of violence within the game was astonishing. Players were kicked and punched regularly by opponents.

But the modern global game of Football was first codified in 1863 in London.

In 1848, as the game started growing more and more popular in the

public school system,

In 1863, several football clubs were called upon to decide a set of organized rules for the game of soccer, since it was growing popularity and needed some form of organization.

Despite the fact that in 1992 the top Football League clubs formed a new league, called the Premiership,

Nowadays football is all about money only, throughout the history of football left only Retro Football Shirts, trophies and memories.

Results Premier League – 28/01-02/03.2009

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

At this stage Arsenal make just draw with Fulham.
X. Alonso helped Middlesbrough to win the match against Liverpool, X. Alonso o.g. in 32th minutes.

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Champions League : Inter Milan – Manchester United

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Jose Mourinho claims that he was happy to play against Manchester United in the Round of 16.

Jose Mourinho while it has been the coach of Chelsea had a lot of success against Manchester United, defeating them five times in 9 career meetings in Premier League, including a 1-0 triumph in the 2007 F.A. Cup Final.

Manchester United will probably start the match 4-5-1 that served them well last season.

While Inter Milan will probably start in attack with Adriano and Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Of course will be a spectacular game and we fans just waiting to see a match of the Champions League after a break so long.