10 Superhero Soccer Players
April 9, 2009 by Chris Smillie
Filed under Features
Portugal and the Champions League’s newest footballing sensation is Porto’s Givanildo Vieira de Souza. Never heard of him? Perhaps you may know him better as his footballing nickname of Hulk. Naturally, he’s not the only super-hero to have played professional football. Let’s take a look at some other super-powered soccer stars: Read more
Top Seven Fights with Fergie – Sir Alex’s Best Spats
March 9, 2009 by Chris Smillie
Filed under Features, Premiership
Sir Alex Ferguson is a master of football psychology. On the eve of an important game or at a crucial stage in the season, up will pop Fergie with an off-the-cuff comment here or there. A question or two just to cause a few doubts in the opposing ranks. It’s not uncommon for certain other individuals to attempt to match Sir Alex at mind manipulation but how many times do they match the master manager? Here, we look at some of Fergie’s great rivalries and assess who came out on top. Read more
Football Forecast 6 March 2009
March 6, 2009 by gsherwin
Filed under FA Cup, Features, Premiership
This weekend will prove to be an exiting one with a mix of Premier League and F.A cup games to keep us entertained and firmly fixed to our armchairs shouting obscene comments at player who’s names you cannot pronounce. This week’s F.A Cup is set to be a mouth watering round with one or two upsets a must , after all it is cup football. With all the cup action the Premier League only plays host to one match in the form of Sunderland v Tottenham at the Stadium of Light. Firstly we’ll have brief insight into the tantalizing F.A cup matches set to take the Nation by a storm over the coming days.
Inter Milan 0-0 Manchester United – Champions League Live Blog – 23 February 2009
February 24, 2009 by Peter
Filed under Champions League, Live Blog
After some of the dross I’ve been covering over the past few days, it’s nice to have some genuine glamour to live blog. The Champions League returns tonight and the biggest fixture by far is Inter Milan vs Manchester United. It’s Italy v England, Serie A v the Premiership, but most of all it’s Mourinho v Ferguson. I for one cannot wait for this one and Daily Soccer Blog will provide updates throughout the match. Read more
Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers – Premiership Live Blog – 21 February 2009
February 21, 2009 by Peter
Filed under Italy, Live Blog, Premiership, Scottish Premier
Premiership leaders Manchester United host relegation threatened Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford on Saturday evening. United are five points clear at the top of the league following their midweek thrashing of Fulham and they are red-hot favourites to turn over Sam Allardyce’s side. Daily Soccer Blog, glass in hand, will provide updates throughout the game for those of you too stingy to fork out for Setanta. Read more
Derby County 1-4 Manchester United – FA Cup Live Blog – 15 February 2009
Derby County and Manchester United meet again for the third time in just over a month, this time in the FA Cup. United got the better of the Rams to reach the Carling Cup final but Nigel Clough will take heart that his side beat the Reds 1-0 at Pride Park in the first leg. Read more
29 Soccer Players Caught Drink Driving
February 10, 2009 by Abhilash Manapatt
Filed under Features
Recent cases of footballers drink driving appear to be on the increase, with Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel, Leeds starlet Fabian Delph and Plymouth youngster Shane White the latest to be caught behind the wheel while under the influence. Surely these players know the risks and the tragic consequences of Luke McCormick should be ringing loudly in their ears. However, this does not seem to be the case and here is the Daily Soccer Blog rundown of 29 high-profile and not so high-profile drink driving cases involving footballers. Read more
Top 50 Premiership Transfers in January
February 4, 2009 by Peter
Filed under Features, Premiership
The January transfer window slammed shut at 5pm Monday 2 February, or a little longer if there were problems with the weather. Anyhow, a record £160 million was spent by desperate Premiership clubs during the window who were trying to improve their squads for the remainder of the season. Much of the money was spent by Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, both staring relegation in the face and who forked out £47 million and £48 million respectively. Read more
Manchester United 1-0 Everton – Premiership Live Blog – 31 January 2009
January 31, 2009 by Ian Palmer
Filed under Live Blog, Premiership
Manchester United will be trying to keep sole possession of first place this evening as they take on Everton at Old Trafford. United, at 50 points will know just before kick off if Aston Villa has equalled them on points. You can follow all the action here at Daily Soccer Blog at kick off, but in the meantime please feel free to leave any comments or predictions below. Read more
Football’s Top 10 Troublemakers
January 29, 2009 by Ant Jackson
Filed under Features, Premiership
In most areas of life being labeled a troublemaker is a bad thing. Not so in football. The players below have clashed with their bosses, taken drugs and attacked their teammates, yet have still been offered lucrative contracts: begging the question does it pay to be a pain in the arse? Read more
