Friday, April 12, 2013

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• Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho picks kit man picked from obscurity
• GIF It: Emmanuel Adebayor’s woeful penalty miss
• It’s a huge weekend for…Blackburn, Wigan, Sunderland and Benitez
• Crawley Town to spend £35,000 on catering this summer
• Infographic: The finances behind David Beckham’s deal at PSG
• Chelsea duo Frank Lampard and David Luiz in half-time bust-up
• Video: Bosnia-Herzegovina youngster Nermin Zolotić suffers horrific dangly broken leg
• Liverpool join the hunt for Swansea’s Ashley Williams
• Premier League to use Hawkeye goal-line technology from next season

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho picks kit man picked from obscurity Posted: 12 Apr 2013 06:19 AM PDT Rather a strange one this, but certainly one of football’s true fairy tale stories. Abel Rodriguez is a 41-year-old Mexican who has a job cleaning underground stations in New York. A huge fan of Real Madrid, he has spent the last few summers volunteering as a ball boy for the club’s tour of America, and [...]

GIF It: Emmanuel Adebayor’s woeful penalty miss Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:39 AM PDT Oh dear, this really does rather sum up Emmanuel Adebayor. As Spurs lost to Basel on penalties in the quarter final of the Europa League, Twitter as one made the prediction that Adebayor would miss his spot kick, and prescient that turned out to be. The Togolese striker skied his penalty sky high over the [...]

It’s a huge weekend for…Blackburn, Wigan, Sunderland and Benitez Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:22 AM PDT Wigan Rent-a-quote owner Dave Whelan may have reiterated his desire for prioritising Premier League survival over the FA Cup, and understandably so, but after seven points from their last three league games they have least earnt the right to enjoy Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final. Wigan have a match against a Championship side to earn a [...]

Crawley Town to spend £35,000 on catering this summer Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:16 AM PDT Whilst most lower league clubs will be curbing spending this summer given the lack of finances at such a level. Loan deals will be supplemented by youngsters and possible non-league prospects. Crawley Town, however, seem to be operating on a different financial sphere to the rest, because they have announced plans to spend £35,000 on [...]

Infographic: The finances behind David Beckham’s deal at PSG Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:06 AM PDT Love him or loathe him, there's no denying the impact that David Beckham has had on the global football stage. From his early days as a 17-year old with Manchester United, through his controversial signing with Real Madrid, and then his trip across the pond to act as a defibrillator for Major League Soccer, Goldenballs [...]

Chelsea duo Frank Lampard and David Luiz in half-time bust-up Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:21 AM PDT Chelsea team-mates Frank Lampard and David Luiz had to be separated as they clashed at half-time in last night’s Europa League match against Rubin Kazan. Luiz was held back by Yossi Benayoun – possibly the world’s worst candidate for a bouncer – while goalkeeper Petr Cech stepped in to make sure Lampard didn’t take things [...]

Video: Bosnia-Herzegovina youngster Nermin Zolotić suffers horrific dangly broken leg Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:08 AM PDT FK Željezničar Sarajevo midfielder Nermin Zolotić suffered the sort of broken leg destined to sicken millions of YouTube viewers during this week’s Bosnia-Herzegovina Premier League match with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. The 19-year-old ended up with the lower section of his leg trapped underneath the boot of an opponent, with the remainder of his leg at [...]

Liverpool join the hunt for Swansea’s Ashley Williams Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:47 PM PDT Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is set to continue his efforts to rebuild Swansea on Merseyside with a summer move for Swans captain Ashley Williams. The centre-back has been in imperious form this season, sparking a reported £9 million bid from Arsenal in January. That offer was turned down, and The Sun reports that a bid [...]

Premier League to use Hawkeye goal-line technology from next season Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:02 AM PDT All Premier League matches will use goal-line technology from the start of next season. Representatives of all 20 Premier League clubs ratified a decision to implement Hawkeye technology from next season. The Community Shield at Wembley is likely to be the first game in English football to use the technology. Seven cameras dotted around the [...]

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