Manchester United vs Manchester City review

A weekend derby just after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash. Emotion was running high in the United camp and the Red Devils were expected to notch up another win to go ahead of Arsenal and deal City’s chances of European football a jolt. Both the teams were without key players. United were … Read more

Fabio Capello’s first game in charge of England

This isn’t a review, but a list of the major facts. Also check how other English managers did in their first game ( at the bottom of this post).
Game- England vs Switzerland

Venue- Wembley

Date- February 6, 2008

Score – 2-1 to England

Goalscorers – Jermaine Jenas, Eren Derdiyok, Shaun Wright Phillips  ( in that order)

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The Premiership to have a round of matches abroad ?

This seems to be very interesting news. The Premier League is contemplating to have a round of games abroad. The move to increase the number of matches per team/ season to 39 was given the thumbs up signal by all 20 Premiership clubs.

Although this unlikely to materialise before 2011, the news has already evoked mixed reactions from the footballing community.

BBC sports editor Mihir Bose views it as a logical move ( see BBC report), while several others have clearly expressed that they do not approve of the plan .

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