The world owes Teddy Sheringham a debt of gratitude today. Yesterday, in the Unicef charity match at Old Trafford, former English international Sheringham absolutely hammered celebrity chef/professional jerk Gordon Ramsay on a tackle during open play. Ramsay was carted off on a stretcher, went to hospital, and was released with what was termed a “back injury”. While I never advocate anyone anywhere being injured on purpose, if anyone deserved that tackle, it was Gordon Ramsay.
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May 19, 2012
Another shot of Drogba’s sublime winner while concerned Bayern Munich fans look on.
May 19, 2012
Today’s Champions League final has some huge implications for Chelsea. Missing the Champions League next season would cost Chelsea roughly €25 million (based on figures found in UEFA Direct 110) not to mention the additional revenue ticket and merchandise sales would bring in. The biggest change though could be the changes Roman Abramovich decides to make.
It’s no secret Roman’s number one goal for a while has been the Champions League. They’ve shown they can win any number of domestic trophies under his ownership, but the Champions League has always eluded him. That’s why he’s had a revolving door of managers ever since he let go of his greatest hope to win the Champions League, Jose Mourinho. Losing out on the Champions League could very well mean that Roberto Di Mateo’s excellent run as interim manager would come to an end, and there would likely be wholesale changes at Stamford Bridge as he’d be looking to find the magical players to solve all of his problems.
A second rate tournament is not where a billionaire wants to be, and the offseason would get mighty interesting if that were the case.
May 19, 2012
In just under an hour another important match takes place. It’s certainly not Champions League final important, (it’s more important*) but it’s a game with an estimated £90 million for one of the teams. The NPower Championship playoff final features Blackpool against West Ham. The two former Premiership teams face off to determine who will join Reading and Southampton in the Premier League. A lot of people thought that there was a chance neither team would make it back to the Premier League this year. Blackpool because their talent was going to all get poached, and West Ham because, well, they’re West Ham.
Obviously, both teams managed to keep their wits about them to reach this point. West Ham was in the drivers seat for a lot of the season, but a rough March saw them take just 11 points from nine matches. Blackpool stayed rather consistent, if not unremarkable, this season but still managed to get themselves to this point.
Blackpool faces a tough test as West Ham beat them quite easily this season, 4-0 and 4-1, but this is one match for everything, meaning that you leave everything on the pitch, so really anything can happen.
As we often do, we ask, WHO YA GOT?
*More important claim according to Sam Allardyce, so I mean…
May 19, 2012
We start the day of the Champions League Final with this new video from Nike, designed to promote their brand’s stars in the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament.
May 16, 2012
The incomparable Michael Cox at @Zonal_Marking goes over Wigan’s 3-4-3 approach put in place by manager Roberto Martinez, and how play and rotation in this formation saved their Premier League status.
May 16, 2012
Arsenal’s Gervinho and Mertesacker doing their best Abed and Troy Barnes impression. (via @lafaitele)
May 16, 2012
The England squad for Euro ‘12 was named today. Here is the list.
Thoughts?
May 15, 2012
Rogier Meijer’s daughter tried to comport him after De Graafschap drew their last game [x]
(Source: barcamadness)
May 14, 2012
Inside ESPN's Coverage of MLS
Some interesting insight here into how ESPN productions work behind the scenes, second-by-second, at the MLS game in Philadelphia between the Union and the Red Bulls.
May 13, 2012
In the final minutes Manchester City stole away what is arguably the most exciting title race ever from Manchester United, giving City fans something to finally cheer about after 44 years without a title.
May 12, 2012
The BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas opens tonight as the Houston Dynamo will be hosting DC United. This video was taken by remote control drone plane with a camera attached. Good luck to the Dynamo in their first match in the new grounds.
May 10, 2012
Courtesy of the official Canadian soccer twitter feed, here’s Canada’s new strip. And it’s….blue.
(h/t Bucholtz, King of Everything Canada)
Thoughts?
May 9, 2012
The latest FIFA rankings.
Thoughts?
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