All posts tagged "England"

  • Five Boxing Day battles for the ages: From Hull to Hallam FC and Manchester United

    1. Manchester City 5-1 Hull City, 2008 Phil Brown’s halftime antics made an otherwise innocuous Boxing Day meeting between Manchester City and Hull City among the most memorable Premier League moments.  After Felipe Caicedo, Robinho and Shaun...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

    It’s a little known fact that Petr Cech is an avid drummer. The thirty-three-year-old goalkeeper covers rock bands such as Foo Fighters, The Script, U2 and Nirvana and uploads videos of his work onto his small, discreet...

    • Posted December 21, 2015
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  • The last hurrah of the player-manager

    Football has largely left behind old-school managers — the boozers, the kick-and-runners and yes, even some of the greats. Premier League managers now face a multi-faceted job set amid an ongoing analytical and financial evolution of the...

    • Posted December 20, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 1-2 Norwich City

    It was early July and Manchester United were flying to California to set up a week-long camp as part of their preseason U.S. tour and the club had scheduled a press conference at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium...

    • Posted December 19, 2015
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  • EPL’s new TV deal reverberates up and down the league

    Over the past few years, there has been a general angst among the Premier League faithful over the league’s lack of the success in the later stages of European competitions. These concerns have been particularly acute in...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • The man before Mourinho: Claudio Ranieri’s four-year tenure at Chelsea

    In the past thirty-five years, since John Neal’s sacking at Chelsea in the summer of 1985, Chelsea have had nineteen managers. Some have been more noteworthy than others, and not solely on the basis of their success....

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 2-1 Chelsea

    Perhaps if Leicester City had Chelsea’s brand they would already be considered title favorites and if Chelsea were named Leicester City the pundits would deem them in a relegation scrapple. Over the past seven months the two...

    • Posted December 14, 2015
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  • Making sense of a wide-open Premier League title race

    It is unlikely that any Liverpool manager has ever celebrated a draw with West Bromwich Albion so wildly. Jurgen Klopp burst into an emotional rampage on the touchline when Divock Origi scored Liverpool’s stoppage time equalizer against...

    • Posted December 13, 2015
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  • MOTD: Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United

    Bournemouth and Manchester United might be at opposite ends of the Premier League table yet their seasons have each been defined by backwards trajectories. The Cherries defeated United 2-1 at home today to cap off a delightful...

    • Posted December 12, 2015
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  • Van Gaal delivers the right message at the wrong time

    Louis Van Gaal is famously outspoken and gregarious at his press conferences. Jonathan Wilson once coined that he is adamant about many things, most of all that he is right; however, as United’s poor run of form...

    • Posted December 11, 2015
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