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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – 25/10/2023 (INCLUDING MORE HAALAND MAGIC)
WITH THE NEWS THAT ERLING HAALAND HAS SIGNED A MULTI-MILLION POUND, 9.5 YEAR CONTRACT WITH MAN CITY, WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE SUPERB CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY VS YOUNG BOYS, WITH A CRACKING GOAL BY MANUEL AKANJI, AND THEN TWO MAGICAL GOALS BY ERLING HAALAND, HELPING MANCHESTER CITY TO TRIUMPH 3 – 1 OVER YOUNG BOYS AT WANKDORF STADIUM IN BERN. (YES, I REALLY DID SPELL THAT CORRECTLY!) HE’S DEFINITELY WORTH IT!
SPANISH SUPER CUP FINAL : SUNDAY – 12/01/2025 (PHOTO – LAMINE YAMAL AND BARCELONA CELEBRATE)
WHAT A FEAST FOR THE EYES THIS MATCH WAS YESTERDAY, WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN FOOTBALL SHOWING JUST WHAT THEY WERE MADE OF! THERE WERE FIVE CRACKING GOALS FROM BARCELONA’S LAMINE YAMAL AT 22 MINS., ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (FROM A PENALTY) AT 36 MINS., RAPHINHA, (SCORING A BRACE) AT 39 & 48 MINS., AND ALEJANDRO BALDE ALSO SCORING AT 45 +10 MINS., AND WITH REAL MADRID’S KYLIAN MBAPPE SCORING A STUNNER AT 5 MINS., AND RODRYGO SCORING A BRILLIANT GOAL AT 60 MINS., THE SPARKLING SPANISH SUPER CUP FINAL ENDED UP IN A 5 – 2 WIN TO BARCELONA!
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : MAN CITY VS SALFORD CITY – SATURDAY (11/01/2025) (PHOTO – DIVIN MUBAMA AND JAMES MCATEE CELEBRATE)
WELL, WHAT A NIGHT FOR MAN CITY IT WAS LAST NIGHT AGAINST SALFORD CITY! JEREMY DOKU GOT THE BALL ROLLING WITH A CRACKER, AT JUST 8 MINS., (THE FIRST PART OF A BRILLIANT BRACE), WITH DIVIN MUBAMA (WHO WAS MAKING HIS DEBUT) FOLLOWING ON WITH A BEAUTY AT 20 MINS., NICO O’REILLY SCORING ANOTHER BEAUT AT 43 MINS., JACK GREALISH, SCORING A STUNNER FROM A PENALTY AT 49 MINS. FOLLOWING SOME ARGEY-BARGEY, (WHILST ALSO MAKING A GOOD ASSIST, WHICH PEP MADE SURE TO POINT OUT AFTERWARDS), AND WITH JAMES MCATEE FINISHING WITH A HAT-TRICK AT 62 MINS., 72 MINS., AND 81 MINS. (AND JEREMY DOKU COMPLETING THE SECOND PART OF HIS BRACE INBETWEENTIMES AT 69 MINS.) THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN AN 8 – 0 TRIUMPH TO MAN CITY! SALFORD CITY FOUGHT BACK THOUGH SHOWING OFF THEIR SKILLS WITH TWO EXCELLE...
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 MATCH, WHICH HAD THE STADIUM IN RAPTURES! (WITH MANY SHOTS ENSUING, INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 22 SHOTS WITH 10 ON TARGET FOR MAN CITY., AND 5 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET FOR SPARTA THROUGHOUT THE MATCH), AND IN THE 58TH MINUTE, ERLING “THE HELICOPTER” HAALAND, (WHO HAD BEEN HOVERING AROUND THE GOAL AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT MOMENT, WITH A LEVITATION OF SUCH HEIGHT AND LIMBS IN PERFECT SYMMETRY, THA...
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 “THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.” IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT LIVERPOOL “PUT IN A GOOD SHIFT”, WITH STUPENDOUS GOALS FROM DIOGO JOTA AT 29 MINS., TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD AT 45 MINS., JAYDEN DANNS AT 76 MINS., AND FEDERICO CHIESA AT 90 MINS., (HIS FIRST GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL), BUT ACCRINGTON STANLEY TRIED THEIR VERY BEST, PUTTING UP A STUBBORN DEFENCE IN THE FIRST-HALF, AND SOME EXCITING “NEAR...
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 IN HIS LAST 9 GAMES) AND THEN, HAVING ANOTHER GO, DANCING THROUGH SEVERAL PAIRS OF ARSENAL LEGS IN THE 51ST MINUTE AND FIRING A BRILLIANT SHOT WHICH WAS WELL-SAVED BY ARSENAL’S DAVID RAYA, BUT THEN REBOUNDED RIGHT INTO A WAITING ANTHONY GORDON’S VICINITY, WHO FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH A BRILLIANT GOAL! IN TOTAL NEWCASTLE HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, AND ARSENAL HAD 23 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON T...
PREMIER LEAGUE – 21/10/2023 (PHOTO – MANCHESTER CITY CELEBRATING)
VIEW ALL THE FANTASTIC FOOTBALL MATCHES FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE FROM 21/10/2023 – WHERE ALL THE ACTION WAS JUST AS EXCITING AS YOU WOULD EXPECT – NON-STOP, FAST, AND TOP CLASS! ENJOY! PREMIER LEAGUE – MANCHESTER CITY VS BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – BRENTFORD VS BURNLEY – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – NEWCASTLE UNITED VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – BOURNEMOUTH VS WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – CHELSEA VS ARSENAL – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS LUTON TOWN – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – SHEFFIELD UNITED VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 21/10/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE – LIVERPOOL VS EVERTON – 21/10/2023
PREMIER LEAGUE : FRIDAY – 27/12/2024 (PHOTO – HAVERTZ AND TROSSARD CELEBRATE)
IT WAS THE SUPERB PASS FROM TROSSARD TO HAVERTZ THAT PROVED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT LAST NIGHT, IN THE MATCH BETWEEN ARSENAL VS IPSWICH, WITH HAVERTZ HITTING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THE COOLEST OF STYLES AT 23 MINS INTO THE MATCH! AND THEN A FURTHER 20 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET IN TOTAL, FOR ARSENAL, BUT NOT MUCH SUCCESS FOR ALL THE USUAL ARSENAL STAR CULPRITS, WHOSE ATTEMPTS EITHER WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE BAR, OR INTO THE ARMS OF IPSWICH’S SUPERB GOALY ARIJANET MURIC! ARSENAL ALSO HAD 68% POSSESSION IN TOTAL, MADE 670 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY. IPSWICH HAD A FURTHER 3 SHOTS, (WITH AN EARLY ATTEMPT BY SAMMIE SZMODICS LOOKING DANGEROUS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOT TO BE) AND THEY MADE 318 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, WITH ONE YELLOW-CARD-A-PIECE. SO LOT’S OF ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH ...
WATCH TALKSPORT ANALYSE HOW THE TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK FIGHT COULD PAN OUT THIS SATURDAY!
IN CASE YOU’VE BEEN LIVING IN OUTER SPACE FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT IS THE GYPSY KING, TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK REMATCH THIS SATURDAY! HERE, SHANE MCGUIGAN AND SPENCER OLIVER JOIN ADAM SMITH TO SHOW THE BOYS EXACTLY HOW THE FIGHT SHOULD BE DONE – (USING ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY!😂)
THE RE-OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL – 07/12/2024
ANOTHER CHANCE TO VIEW THE RE-OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXQUISITELY RENOVATED NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL TO WHICH PRESIDENT MACRON AND HIS WIFE BRIGITTE INVITED 80 V.I.P.’s INCLUDING PRINCE WILLIAM, PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO, FIRST LADY JIL BIDEN, IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH, SALMA HAYEK, CARLA BRUNI AND MANY OTHER DIGNITARIES TO ATTEND!
DAVID BECKHAM MEETS JUDE BELLINGHAM
ANOTHER CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE TIME WHEN TWO FOOTBALLING GOLIATH’S SHARED THE SAME SOFA. (THE BECKHAM DOCUMENTARY IS REALLY WORTH A WATCH BY THE WAY, NOT MANY MIGHT KNOW JUST HOW INSTRUMENTAL DAVID’S FATHER WAS IN HIS CAREER.) DAVID BECKHAM MEETS JUDE BELLINGHAM!
PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – 24/11/2024 (PHOTO – MO SALAH CELEBRATES SCORING A BRACE BY SHOWING OFF HIS CHISELLED ABS!)
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY IF YOU BOUGHT A TICKET FOR THIS SPECTACLE LAST NIGHT! AN EXCITING FIVE-GOAL-THRILLER WITH LIVERPOOL’S DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI KICKING OFF THE PROCEEDINGS WITH A CRACKER AT 30 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, AND THEN IT WAS SOUTHAMPTON’S TURN WITH ADAM ARMSTRONG HITTING THE BACK OF THE NET WITH A STUNNER AT 42 MINS., AND HIS TEAM-MATE MATEUS FERNANDES FOLLOWING ON WITH ANOTHER BLINDER AT 56 MINS., WITH ALL THINKING THAT FOR JUST A SPLIT-SECOND, UNDERDOGS SOUTHAMPTON MIGHT HAVE WON THE MATCH! BUT THEN IN THE 65TH MINUTE, MO SALAH SPRANG INTO ACTION WITH THE FIRST GOAL OF A BRILLIANT BRACE AT 65 MINS. AND ANOTHER FROM A PENALTY AT 83 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS CAPTIVATING GAME ENDED IN A 3 -2 WIN TO LIVERPOOL! AFTER THE MATCH, MO SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED AT NOT HAVING REC...
