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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!
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : MONDAY – 13/01/2025 (PHOTO – IVANOVIC HEADS THE BALL INTO GOAL FROM THE GROUND!)
CHECK OUT THIS EXCITEMENT FROM LAST NIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN MILLWALL VS DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE, WITH MIHAILO IVANOVIC SCORING THE MOST AMAZING OPENER, AFTER FIRSTLY FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, AND KICKING THE BALL OFF THE TIP OF HIS BOOT, WHICH WAS WELL-SAVED BY ELLIOT JUSTHAM, BUT REBOUNDED BACK OUT THE FIRST TIME, YET AFTER IVANOVIC LANDED, HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET TO THE BALL ON THE GROUND, ONLY TO HEAD IT INTO-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! DAGENHAM MADE ANOTHER 317 PASSES THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY, WITH 4 SHOTS AND 1 ON TARGET, BUT IT WAS MILLWALL’S NIGHT, WITH 475 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, 61% POSSESSION, AND A TOTAL OF 16 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING ANOTHER SUPERB GOAL FROM CASPER DE NORRE AT 70 MINS., AND A CRACKING DEBUT GOAL F...
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 : 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 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : BIRMINGHAM CITY VS LINCOLN CITY 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : MIDDLESBROUGH VS BLACKBURN ROVERS 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : EXETER CITY VS OXFORD UNITED 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS LUTON TOWN 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : NORWICH CITY VS BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 11/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : COVENTRY CITY VS SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 11/01/20...
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 TELLA TO GET THE PARTY STARTED! THIS WAS FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY ANOTHER GOAL FROM AN ON-FORM PATRIK SCHICK (THE FIRST GOAL OF WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A BRACE), AND THEN IT WAS OVER TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND’S JAMIE GITTENS TO SCORE A BEAUT AT 12 MINS! (SO, WITH 3 GOALS IN THE FIRST 15 MINS. THE CROWD WERE ALREADY EXTREMELY LIVELY AND HAPPILY ENTERTAINED!) AND THEN IT WAS LEVERKUSEN’S...
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, INCLUDING AN AMAZING GOAL FROM ONANA AT 71 MINS., WHO FOUND HIMSELF IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOLLOWING SOME COMPLICATED PLAY, AND EASILY ABLE TO JUST CHIP THE BALL OVER THE LINE AND THROUGH SEVERAL PAIRS OF WEST HAM LEGS. ALTHOUGH THE CORNER ITSELF WAS DEEMED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, IT DOESN’T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS GOAL. (SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE C...
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 ENDED IN AN EXCITING 2 – 0 WIN TO EVERTON! SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE OF LAST NIGHT’S EXCITING FA CUP ACTION! FA CUP THIRD ROUND : EVERTON VS PETERBOROUGH UNITED 09/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : FULHAM VS WATFORD 09/01/2025 FA CUP THIRD ROUND : SHEFFIELD UNITED VS CARDIFF CITY 09/01/2025 BY AMANDA WATERS
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 – 0 WIN TO REAL MADRID! SPANISH SUPER CUP SEMI-FINAL : REAL MADRID VS REAL MALLORCA 09/01/2025 WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS
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 ACCURACY (AND 77% POSSESSION) FOR RANGERS! SO LOT’S OF ACTION, BUT NO FURTHER GOALS, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW! SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP : DUNDEE VS RANGERS 09/01/2025 WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS
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...
