In the raucous, intimidating caldron that isn’t Wembley Stadium, England lined up for this World Cup warm up friendly with Egypt in their brand new trendy away kit – the 435th to be inspired by 1966.
Possibly daunted by such grandiose allusions, England’s players spent much of the first half passing it to the team in white, which unfortunately for once, wasn’t them.
After the expected half hearted booing of John ‘Big Man’ …
On Sunday afternoon at Wembley Stadium, Aston Villa’s James Milner will be involved in what is undoubtedly the biggest game of his career so far.
Milner has the chance to lift his first trophy in senior football, and add some gloss to what has so far been an excellent season for the 24 year old midfielder. However, whilst Aston Villa are also still chasing a Champions League place and the FA Cup, …
Aston Villa are riding high under the tutelage of Martin O’Neill, a good crop of young English player have established the club in the higher echelons of the Premier League, but the last ten years has seen a number of player come and go at Villa Park, but who are the top five from the previous decade. Let’s find out.
5. Paul Merson: 1998 – 2002, 117 apps
He …
Its never a dull week in the Premier League and on Football FanCast debates have been raging. Liverpool were knocked out the F.A Cup this week by lowly Reading, as a result the call for Rafa to be sacked grows. Their rivals Manchester United haven’t had a better time of it recently and it appears all is not right at Old Trafford, while Owen …
The inevitable happened on Saturday as Mark Hughes was sacked as manager of Manchester City and the Italian Roberto Mancini was immediately brought in to replace the Welshman. Hughes suffered from the weight of expectation that comes when a football club is owned by billionaires and although his team looked good on paper, ultimately his players didn’t perform on the pitch regularly enough. Looking back, how did Hughes fare …
Mark Hughes will give up on signing Yaya Toure and Franck Ribery – temporarily – to sign important cover for Manchester City following their poor form. Hughes is without the injured Wayne Bridge and Joleon Lescott and is disappointed with the form of former Arsenal duo Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure which has led to him feeling the need to strengthen with proven Premiership players rather than marquee signings. The Times reports …
Arsenal and Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen further showed against Spurs why Arsene Wenger brought him to the club, and the 23 year old is making an early claim to be the Premiership buy of the summer. Wenger seems to have pulled another cracker out of the bag, as Vermaelen confidently dealt with the presence of Peter Crouch on Saturday and looked confident and composed throughout. The £10 million transfer …
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