Articles tagged ‘Football Soccer’
England to play Germany at Wembley
By Chris | May 31st, 2007 |
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Talking of football tickets, the Football Association has announced that England will play Germany at Wembley on Wednesday 22 August at 8pm. They’ll be a three day priority sale to members of the England Supporters Club then tickets will go on general sale through a ballot. To enter the ballot you need a FAN number [...]
Tickets for Arsenal’s pre-season games on sale
By Chris | May 31st, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Tickets are on sale for Arsenal’s pre-season friendly matches, including games at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal have a seven game schedule starting with the traditional opener against Barnet at their Underhill stadium on 14 July. The first team squad then go to Austria for a training camp during which they’ll play Turkish team Genclerbirligi Ankara [...]
Carlito’s doppelganger
By Chris | May 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
He was the saviour of West Ham this season, giving everything for the team and is tipped up to being heading to Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United or Real Madrid depending on which rumour you like, so its a bit unfair for a newspaper to compare Carlos Tevez to Ugly Betty. Quite funny though.
London’s Final Weekend
By Chris | May 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This weekend London hosts the climax to not only the club football season in England but also to European club rugby. On Saturday afternoon at 3pm the new Wembley Satdium gets its first showpiece event, the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea and on Sunday at 2.30pm Twickenham hosts the final of the [...]
Football at the theatre in London
By Chris | May 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Saturday is the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Manchester United at the new Wembley Stadium and London’s Unicorn Children’s Theatre is starting a short run of a play called Billy the Kid to tie in with the final.
Its nothing to do with gunfighters in the Old West, its based on the book by [...]
London Football review
By Chris | May 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Premiership finished today and its been a mixed season for the London clubs. Looking at the final table there are three teams from London in the top five, pretty good going on the face of it but Arsenal and Tottenham are in the same positions as last season and Chelsea have dropped to second. [...]
England World Cup winner dies
By Chris | April 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Alan Ball, one of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team died today at the age of 61. He was the youngest member of that team and went on to have a 22 year playing career with clubs like Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal and Southampton. He also managed seven clubs including Southampton, Manchester City and Portsmouth in [...]
The Queen loves the Arsenal
By Chris | April 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its in The Sun and that’s about as official as it gets in the UK, the Queen is an Arsenal fan and has been for over 50 years, just like the former Queen Mother who was also a mad Gooner and a big admirer of legendary player Denis Compton who played for Arsenal in the [...]
Female Football Commentator
By Chris | April 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The BBC had a sporting first yesterday when they used a female commentator for the Premiership football match between Fulham and Blackburn. Jacqui Oatley was the lady who got the call and the press today have been saying what a good job she did and anybody who disagrees is a knuckle dragging sexist.
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Tottenham v Arsenal London derby
By Chris | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its the big North London derby at White Hart Lane tomorrow lunchtime between Tottenham and Arsenal. Absolutely no love loss with these two clubs and sets of fans, hopefullly there’s only minor skirmishes. If trouble did kickoff I doubt Roger The Nouveau Football Fan (below) would be much help. Here’s hoping for an Arsenal win, [...]
