Author: AJW
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: WEDNESDAY – 23/10/2024 (PHOTO – SENSATIONAL ACROBATICS FROM ERLING HAALAND)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE ACTION FROM THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FROM WEDNESDAY 23/10/2024, INCLUDING THIS ONE BETWEEN MAN CITY VS SPARTA PRAGUE – SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE! WHAT A NIGHT FOR MAN CITY ON 23/10/2024. PROVING JUST HOW WELL THEY PERFORM IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL PLAYGROUND – THE ETIHAD STADIUM! PHIL FODEN GOT THE PARTY STARTED WITH A SUPERB GOAL AT JUST 3 MINS. INTO THE...
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : SATURDAY – 11/01/2025 (PHOTO – TOSIN ADARABIOYO CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING FA CUP ACTION FROM YESTERDAY! ENJOY! FA CUP THIRD ROUND : CHELSEA VS MORECAMBE 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : BRISTOL CITY VS WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : LEICESTER CITY VS QUEENS PARK RANGERS 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : BOURNEMOUTH VS WEST BROMWICH ALBION 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : BRENTFORD VS PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 11/01...
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA : FRIDAY – 10/01/2025 (PHOTO – PATRIK SCHICK CELEBRATES)
CHECK OUT THIS FIVE-GOAL-THRILLER FROM LAST NIGHT BETWEEN BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS BAYER LEVERKUSEN! WITH THE NEWS THAT FOUR OF BORUSSIA DORTMUND’S REGULAR BACK FOUR WERE OUT DUE TO ILLNESS, AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED BY LESS EXPERIENCED PLAYERS, IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO PUT A ‘SPRING-IN-THE-STEP’ OF THE LEVERKUSEN SQUAD, WITH THEIR FIRST GOAL COMING IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS FROM NATHAN...
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : FRIDAY – 10/01/2025 (PHOTO – MORGAN ROGERS SCORES FOR ASTON VILLA)
EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT NEW-MANAGER-ON-THE-BLOCK GRAHAM POTTER HAD PULLED OFF SOME KIND OF TECHNICAL WIZADRY AFTER LUCAS PAQUETA SCORED AN ABSOLUTE BLINDER AT ONLY 9 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN ASTON VILLA VS WEST HAM LAST NIGHT, WITH A TOTAL OF 11 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING PAQUETA’S), 326 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY. AND ASTON VILLA HAD A TOTAL OF 16 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, I...
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : THURSDAY – 09/01/2025 (PHOTO – BETO SCORES FOR EVERTON)
IF ANYONE WAS WONDERING HOW THE SACKING OF THEIR BOSS SEAN DYCHE WOULD AFFECT EVERTON LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PETERBOROUGH – THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, IT DIDN’T! AS IF TO PROVE WHAT A GOOD JOB SEAN DYCHE HAD DONE, THE EVERTON BOYS SCORED TWO CRACKERS, WITH ONE FROM BETO AT 42 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM A PENALTY IN EXTRA TIME FROM ILIMAN NDIAYE AT 90 +8 MINS, MEANING THAT THE GAME ...
SPANISH SUPER CUP SEMI-FINAL : THURSDAY – 09/01/2025 (PHOTO – JUDE BELLINGHAM CELEBRATES)
REAL MADRID CERTAINLY HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE OFFICE IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST MALLORCA YESTERDAY, WITH A TOTAL OF 28 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO SUPERB GOALS FROM JUDE BELLINGHAM AT 63 MINS., AND RODRIGO AT 90 +5 MINS., WITH MALLORCA HAVING 8 SHOTS, BUT WITH AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM MALLORCA’S MARTIN VALJENT IN EXTRA TIME (AT 90 +2 MINS.) THIS ENTHRALLING MATCH ENDED IN A 3 R...
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP : THURSDAY – 09/01/2025
IT WAS DUNDEE’S OLUWASEUN ADEWUMI WHO GOT THE PARTY STARTED WITH A STUNNER AT JUST 6 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN DUNDEE VS RANGERS LAST NIGHT, WITH MUCH EXCITEMENT TO FOLLOW, INCLUDING 12 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, AND 195 PASSES, WITH A 62% PASS ACCURACY FOR DUNDEE, AND 13 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING A CRACKING GOAL FROM VACLAV CERNY AT 34 MINS) PLUS 639 PASSES WITH AN 85% PASS ACCUR...
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : LIVERPOOL VS ACCRINGTON STANLEY – SATURDAY 11/01/2025 (PHOTO – FEDERICO CHIESA CELEBRATES)
“WE KNOW THE SIZE OF THE TASK, WE COULD HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES EVER – BUT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PLAYING LIVERPOOL” SAID JOHN DOOLAN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WHO IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE “PEOPLE” WORTHY OF SALUTATIONS! IN GAMES LIKE THIS, IT IS THE ENORMOUS GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT BETWEEN MANAGERS, PLAYERS (AND FANS) ALIKE, WHICH REMIND US JUST WHY THEY CALL THIS ̶...
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : WEDNESDAY – 08/01/2025 (PHOTO – LUCAS BERGVALL CELEBRATES)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAD A GOOD NIGHT LAST NIGHT WITH THEIR ALL-STAR YOUNG CAST, IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST LIVERPOOL, (APART FROM THE FACT THAT RODRIGO BENTANCUR SUSTAINED AN INJURY EARLY IN THE MATCH, WHEN DIVING LOW FOR THE BALL, AND WORRYINGLY NEEDED TO BE STRETCHERED-OFF). TOTTENHAM’S WELL-ORGANISED TEAM CREATED 9 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING SOME GREAT EFFORTS BY SON, PEDRO PORRO AND D...
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : TUESDAY – 07/01/2025 (PHOTO – ALEXANDER ISAK CELEBRATES)
WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT A GAME FOR NEWCASTLE LAST NIGHT IN THEIR 2 – 0 WIN AGAINST ARSENAL! THIS MEANS THAT A 70 YEAR END TO A DROUGHT IN SILVERWARE COULD BE IN SIGHT FOR THE MAGPIES! IT WAS THE SEVENTH WIN IN A ROW FOR NEWCASTLE WITH ALEXANDER ISAK AND ANTHONY GORDON SEEMINGLY IN TOTAL SYNC WITH EACH OTHER, WITH ISAK RUNNING RIOT IN THE FIRST HALF, SCORING A BEAUTY AT 37 MINS. (HIS 10TH GOAL...
PREMIER LEAGUE : MONDAY – 06/01/2025 (PHOTO – MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE CELEBRATES)
THERE WAS A BIT OF FUN OVER AT THE WOLVES VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST MATCH LAST NIGHT, WHEN MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE (WHO USED TO PLAY FOR WOLVES) SCORED A STUNNING OPENER FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST AFTER JUST 7 MINS. INTO THE MATCH! CUE A DEFIANT CELEBRATION WHERE GIBBS-WHITE PUT HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS TO DROWN OUT THE JEERS FROM THE CROWD, (WHO JEERED ALL THROUGH THE MATCH EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL!) AND...
ITALIAN SUPER CUP FINAL : MONDAY – 06/01/2025 (PHOTO – AC MILAN CELEBRATE)
EX-CHELSEA STAR TAMMY ABRAHAM MUST BE FEELING PROUD OF HIMSELF THIS MORNING AFTER SCORING THE WINNING GOAL IN EXTRA TIME, MEANING THAT AC MILAN BEAT THEIR STAUNCH RIVALS, INTER MILAN, IN THE ITALIAN SUPER CUP FINAL 3 – 2 IN RIYADH! PREVIOUS GOALS FROM THE OPPOSING INTER MILAN SIDE CAME WITH CRACKERS FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 45 +1 MINS., AND MEHDI TAREMI AT 47 MINS., WITH AC MILAN’S THE...
