IF you ever find that following your favourite football team becomes too depressing or even boring, then you could try and go ‘virtual’. According to a report in The Sun Newspaper, the Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott try to get one over on Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney after Rooney’s spectacular goal won the Manchester derby.
I don’t think the powers that be who run Europe’s top football clubs have done themselves a favour by declaring that they are opposed to their players taking part in both the European Championships and the London Olympic Games in 2012. The Olympic football event is for players aged under 23 and gets underway a month after Euro 2012 takes place in Poland and Ukraine.
FOOTBALL fans are fickle creatures and this was clearly illustrated over the weekend when both Manchester clubs secured wins to leave them in the top two spots in the Premier League.
It is only a few seeks since Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez were expressing dissatisfaction with their current employers and seeking pastures new.
AS the footballing world whipped itself into a frenzy last week over the financial shenanigans at Liverpool and Wayne Rooney’s dramatic loss of form at Manchester United, two managers offered rare words of wisdom amidst all the media hysteria: Everton boss David Moyes, speaking to the Independent newspaper before his side’s home game against neighbours Liverpool on Sunday, made some telling remarks about his rivals.
FOOTBALL managers, bless ‘em, they don’t half come out with some twaddle. Take Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini for example. Speaking before Saturday’s home game against Chelsea he said: “They will probably win the Premier League easily”.
MOST football fans have a favourite goal, one they love to recall over sessions in the pub.
Such sporting classics are often surrounded by an aura of wonderment, goals so special that their images live on in the minds of those fortunate enough to have witnessed them, either live or on television.