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AVB Relief in North England (Newcastle vs Chelsea)

Posted on 3 Dec, 2011, by in Soccer

Didier Drogba opened the scoring for Chelsea, followed by late goals from Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge as Chelsea became the first team to beat Newcastle at home this season with a 3-0 victory, despite Tim Krul’s efforts to keep the table slide at bay. More

Didier Drogba Following the Money

Posted on 29 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Didier Drogba’s contract at Chelsea expires this season, and he doesn’t like the one year deal offered to him by the club. According to his agent, this will probably be his last season with Chelsea and the English Premier League as he searches for the most profitable deal. More

Doctor Joe Hart and Mister Mario Balotelli (Liverpool vs Manchester City)

Posted on 27 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Joe Hart was superman on the goal-line as Liverpool, with Luis Suarez and a fantastic Lucas throwing everything they had at him. A 1-1 draw came as a good result for Manchester City, especially after losing Mario Balotelli to a foolish red card. More

Andre Villas-Boas Failing in Revolutionizing Chelsea

Posted on 24 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Andre Villas-Boas has reached that point in his Chelsea career where it wouldn’t surprise anyone, despite his short time as manager, if he’d got axed by Roman Abramovich pretty soon. More

And Then Came Glen Johnson (Chelsea vs Liverpool)

Posted on 20 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Glen Johnson scored a fantastic winning goal at the 86th minute after a fine slalom through the Chelsea defense, giving Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge. More

Manchester City Brush Off Newcastle While Mario Balotelli Earns More Haters

Posted on 19 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Manchester City needed two penalty kicks (Mario Balotelli and Sergio Aguero) and a huge Ryan Taylor mistake (Micah Richards goal) to remain undefeated, on top of the Premier League after another win, 3-1 over a tough but lacking Newcastle. More

Arsenal and the Unstoppable Van Persie Scoring Machine

Posted on 19 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

Robin van Persie keeps on scoring, bagging two goals at Carrow Road, as Arsenal won their fifth straight Premier League match, beating Norwich 2-1, putting their troubled start to the season behind them. More

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand Fighting For Respect

Posted on 2 Nov, 2011, by in Soccer

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand, each in his own way, is slowly losing his place, his spot, after nearly a decade of easily being considered the best two centre backs in the Premier League and of the World’s best. Age creeps up and takes you by surprise. Coming back from each injury becomes harder and harder. More

Life After Edwin van der Sar – Who Will be the Next Manchester United Goalkeeper?

Posted on 14 Mar, 2011, by in Featured

With Edwin van der Sar determined to leave Manchester United and soccer for that matter when the season ends, here are the most likely replacements for the 40 year old legend. More

Sunday Goals From the English Premier League

Posted on 2 Jan, 2011, by in Soccer

Unlike the rest of the ‘Top 5′, Chelsea couldn’t find a win this weekend, dropping two leads against lowly Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge while Newcastle enjoyed a rare away win at the DW against Wigan. Without further ado, here are the 7 goals from the final 2 matches of gameweek 21 in the English Premier League. More