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FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL : PRESTON NORTH END VS ASTON VILLA – 30/03/2025 (PHOTO – MARCUS RASHFORD AND ASTON VILLA CELEBRATE)
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AFTERNOON IT WAS FOR THE MATCH BETWEEN PRESTON NORTH END VS ASTON VILLA ON 30/03/2025! AND WHAT A SUPERB TIME FOR MARCUS RASHFORD TO SHOW YET AGAIN JUST WHAT HE’S MADE OF! SCORING 2 BEAUTIFUL GOALS AT 58 MINS., AND THEN 63 MINS. (THE LATTER, FROM AN EXPERTLY TAKEN “DOUBLE-BLUFF / STUTTER” STYLE PENALTY) – AN EXTREMELY CONFIDENT LOOKING RASHFORD ONCE AGAIN ‘CAME INTO HIS OWN’, AND WITH A 3RD GOAL FROM HIS TEAM-MATE JACOB RAMSEY AT 71 MINS., ASTON VILLA WERE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THEIR WORLD CLASS SKILLS TO THEIR HAPPY TRAVELLING FANS! (WHO HAD BEEN A TAD DISCONCERTED EARLIER BY THE AMOUNTS OF BALLOONS WHICH FELL ON THE PITCH!) PRESTON TRIED THEIR VERY BEST, MAKING 212 PASSES, WITH A 70% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 4 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, B...
FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL : BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – 29/03/2025 ( PHOTO : NOTTINGHAM FOREST CELEBRATE AFTER PENALTY SHOOT-OUT )
NOTTINGHAM FOREST WON A THIRD STRAIGHT FA CUP PENALTY SHOOTOUT ON 29/03/2025, AND BEAT BRIGHTON 4 – 3 ON PENALTIES TO REACH THE SEMI-FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS!
FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL : FULHAM VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 29/03/2025 ( PHOTO – EZE SCORES FOR CRYSTAL PALACE )
FULHAM MADE 622 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 71% POSSESSION), WITH 16 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET, BUT NO SUCCESS GOAL-WISE IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE YESTERDAY. PALACE MADE 263 PASSES, WITH A 68% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 3 SUPERB GOALS FROM EZE AT 34 MINS., SARR AT 38 MINS., AND NKETIAH AT 75 MINS., WHICH CULMINATED IN A STUNNING 3 – 0 WIN FOR CRYSTAL PALACE (THEIR FIFTH IN A ROW), AND THEIR PROGRESSION INTO THE FA CUP SEMI-FINALS!
CHAMPIONSHIP : SHEFFIELD UNITED VS COVENTRY – 28/03/2025 (PHOTO – GUS HAMER CELEBRATES)
IT WAS ALL-ACTION LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN SHEFFIELD UNITED VS COVENTRY, WITH SHEFFIELD MAKING 365 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAVING 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING THREE SHOTS WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET FROM GUSTAVO HAMER (WHO SKILFULLY AIMED THE BALL OVER THE COVENTRY WALL AND DOWN INTO GOAL, WHICH ONE COULD NOW SAY ‘IN A WORLD CLASS “REECE JAMES-ESQUE” FASHION’) AT 19 MINS., ANOTHER CRACKER FROM TYRESE CAMPBELL AT 30 MINS. (BELOW) AND A STUNNER FROM RHIAN BREWSTER AT 62 MINS (BELOW) COVENTRY MADE 517 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (AND INTERESTINGLY, HAD 59% POSSESSION), WITH 11 SHOTS AND 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB LATE GOAL FROM JACK RUDONI AT 90 +2 MINS. (BELOW) WHICH, BY THEN, WAS TOO LATE TO SUPERSEDE SHEFFI...
CARABAO CUP : LIVERPOOL VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 16/03/2025 (PHOTO – NEWCASTLE CELEBRATE WINNING THE CARABAO CUP)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CARABAO CUP FINAL BETWEEN LIVERPOOL VS NEWCASTLE UNITED YESTERDAY, WHERE NEWCASTLE MADE 227 PASSES, WITH A 62% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 17 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 CRACKERS FROM DAN BURN AT 45 MINS., AND ALEXANDER ISAK AT 52 MINS. LIVERPOOL MADE 450 PASSES WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB LATE GOAL FROM FEDERICO CHIESA AT 90 +4 MINS., BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH TO EQUALISE BY THEN, AND THE MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 1 TO NEWCASTLE, SECURING THEIR FIRST DOMESTIC TROPHY IN 70 YEARS! WITH THEM SHORTLY AFTERWARDS LIFTING THE CARABAO CUP MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THEIR 32,000 STRONG TRAVELLING FANS AND SUPPORTERS BACK HOME!
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS MAN CITY – 27/03/2025 (PHOTO – THE CHELSEA GIRLS CELEBRATE)
CHELSEA MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AFTER THEIR RESULT IN THE MATCH AGAINST MAN CITY LAST NIGHT! ALTHOUGH, IT WAS MUCH-OF-A-MUCHNESS WITH PASSES AND POSSESSION, WITH MAN CITY MAKING 387 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 49% POSSESSION), AND CHELSEA MAKING 389 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 51% POSSESSION), HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TO SHOTS, CHELSEA HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET, INCLUDING THREE SUCCESSFUL STUNNERS FROM SANDY BALTIMORE AT 14 MINS., NATHALIE BJORN AT 38 MINS., AND MAYRA RAMIREZ AT 43 MINS. MAN CITY HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS IN THE GAME, IT CULMINATED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO CHELSEA, (3 – 2 ON AGGREGATE.) CHELSEA WILL NOW FACE BARCELONA IN THE LAST FOUR OVER TWO LEGS, BUT SADLY FOR MAN CITY, THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JOURNEY I...
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BARCELONA VS WOLFSBURG – 27/03/2025 (PHOTO – CLAUDIA PINA CELEBRATES)
WHAT A NIGHT FOR BARCELONA IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST WOLFSBURG LAST NIGHT! BARCELONA MADE 689 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, (WITH 67% POSSESSION), AND HAD 21 SHOTS, INCLUDING 8 ON TARGET, WITH 6 OF THOSE HITTING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, COURTESY OF SALMA PARALLUELO, WHO SCORED A BRACE AT 10 MINS., AND 20 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, ESMEE BRUGTS AT 41 MINS., CLAUDIA PINA, WHO SCORED ANOTHER BRACE AT 62 MINS., AND 77 MINS., AND MAPI LEON, WHO SCORED AN EXCITING LATE FINISHER AT 90 +1 MINS. WOLFSBURG MADE 350 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 4 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM LINETH BEERENSTEYN AT 72 MINS. BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE MATCH FINISHED IN A 6 – 1 WIN TO BARCELONA. (10 – 2 ON AGGREGATE), AND BARCELONA MOVING INTO THE SEMI-FINALS! SALMA PARALLUELO AND...
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : ARSENAL WOMEN VS REAL MADRID WOMEN – 26/03/2025 (PHOTO – ALESSIA RUSSO CELEBRATES)
THE ARSENAL LADIES TEAM HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE OFFICE LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST REAL MADRID MAKING 524 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY (WITH 66% POSSESSION) AND HAD 18 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A BEAUTIFUL BRACE FROM ALESSIA RUSSO AT 46 MINS., AND 59 MINS RESPECTIVELY, PLUS ANOTHER CRACKER FROM MARIONA CALDENTEY AT 49 MINS. MARIONA CALDENTEY SCORES AT 49 MINS! REAL MADRID MADE 279 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 4 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, NOTHING ACTUALLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, SO THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 3 – 0 WIN FOR ARSENAL ARSENAL LADIES CELEBRATE MEANING THAT ARSENAL ARE NOW THROUGH TO THEIR EIGHTH SEMI-FINAL. (THE WHOPPING CROWD OF 22,517 WAS A RECORD FOR A UEFA WOMEN’S CLUB COMPETITION QUARTER-FINAL IN ENGLAN...
WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS : NORTH MACEDONIA VS WALES – 25/03/2025 (PHOTO – WALES SALUTE THEIR FANS)
THERE WAS MUCH LATE DRAMA LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN NORTH MACEDONIA VS WALES! IT WAS A CAGEY (AND NOISY) AFFAIR THROUGHOUT, THE 90 MINS. WITH BOTH SETS OF LOYAL FANS IN THE STADIUM ON THE EDGE-OF-THEIR-SEATS, WAITING FOR THEIR HEROES TO SCORE (AND TRYING TO DISTRACT THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THEY WERE ‘ON-THE-BALL’.) NORTH MACEDONIA MADE 246 PASSES, WITH A 66% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING LATE GOAL FROM BOJAN MIOVSKI AT 90 + 1MINS., BOJAN MIOVSKI SCORES FOR NORTH MACEDONIA AT 90 +1 MINS. WHICH MANY THOUGHT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT MEANT THAT THE MATCH WAS OVER-AND-DONE-WITH! BUT NOT TO BE, BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS (AT 90 +6 MINS.) WALES’ GOLDEN BOY DAVID BROOKS SCORED AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER! DAVID BROOKS SCORES FOR WALES AT 90 +6 MIN...
OSCAR PIASTRI WINS THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2025
OSCAR PIASTRI CAME FIRST DURING THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX IN 1:30:55:026, WITH LANDO NORRIS COMING SECOND (+9.748s), GEORGE RUSSELL THIRD (+11.097s), AND MAX VERSTAPPEN FOURTH (+16.656s) – STAY TUNED FOR MORE…!
ENGLAND BEAT ALBANIA 2 – 0 ON THOMAS TUCHEL’S FIRST MATCH AS MANAGER OF THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM! (PHOTO – HARRY KANE SCORES)
THOMAS TUCHEL HAS HAD A BRILLIANT START TO HIS NEW TENURE AS MANAGER OF THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM THANKS TO SUPERB GOALS FROM MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY AT 20 MINS. AND HARRY KANE AT 77 MINS.
PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – 16/03/2025 (PHOTO – BRUNO FERNANDES CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL OF THE EXCITING PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES FROM TODAY! STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO, MATCH STATS AND INTERVIEWS! STAY TUNED FOR MORE INTERVIEWS…! PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS CHELSEA – 16/03/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : FULHAM VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 16/03/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : LEICESTER CITY VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 16/03/2025 RUBEN AMORIM SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH RUUD VAN NISTELROY SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
