I'm a 23 year old Newcastle United fan, who enjoys watching and playing football, listening to music, watching movies and reading. Actually, none of that's very exciting is it? Erm...I also ran across America, won the Congressional Medal of Honour, have been to the White House 3 times, taught Elvis to dance and helped John Lennon write Imagine. My motto is, 'Life is like a box of chocolates...' no, sorry that's Forrest Gump....
Newcastle scouts have been sighted at several grounds, one of which being Portman Road where teenage striker Conor Wickham has been attracting some serious attention from the Magpies. The 17-year old is fast becoming one of the stars of the Championship, and Pardew is supposedly very keen to bring the Hereford born attacker to St. James’ Park.
Tonight, Arsenal take on Barcelona at The Emirates Stadium hoping to follow in the footsteps of their North London rivals Spurs who managed to beat AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro last night. Arsenal fans will be hoping that they too can get a result against the Spanish Champions. Wenger’s team have yet to beat the men from Catalonia, in 5 meetings between the two clubs. But tonight could just be the night they do it! Here’s 5 reasons why:
Manchester United have either completed, or are about to complete (depending on who you believe), the signing of young Serbian starlet Adnan Januzaj.
Liverpool have today been linked with Barcelona starlet, Bojan Krkic. It’s being suggested that Dalglish could have to part with up to £20 million for the striker, as he looks to build his own Liverpool team over the summer.
Every Premiership club plays music as the fans filter into the ground, again at half-time and as fans shuffle out at full-time. Generally, this is the latest Chart topper from Rihanna or Lady Gaga or (God help us) JLS. But some clubs deserve credit fot the music they play either before kick-off or as the teams exit the tunnel. These tunes generally sum up the club for the fans, and the mere opening chords of such music creates a wave of emotion from the pitch upwards. Here’s the Transfer Tavern Top 5 musical introductions.
Since leaving uni, I’ve been a keen follower of the international tests and I think I’ve found a few little pointers that football as a whole could maybe learn from. So listen up Mr. Blatter!! Here’s 5 key things football could learn from it’s well-to-do cousin:
Liverpool goalkeeper, Pepe Reina, has been linked with a summer move to League leaders Manchester United. Although Kenny Dalglish has today dismissed the rumours, it would appear that Reina will be on his way from Anfield over the summer, with Arsenal and Manchester United keeping tabs on the Spaniard.
I recently wrote an article on here, stating the Top 5 Football based movies. Naturally, I missed off
Marseille are set to put together a £5 million a year package, in a bid to tempt Chelsea striker Didier Drogba back to the club where he made his name. Drogba has already expressed an interest in signing for the French Ligue 1 side, stating in an interview with French TV Channel, Canal Plus that he was not sure he would finish his career at Chelsea.
Money is a popular subject in the world of football as well. Already this year, we’ve seen the vast sums of money that players attract in transfer fees. But it doesn’t just take a transfer window to generate huge financial revenue. Every day, football fans part with their hard-earned cash to buy shirts with the latest hero’s name on the back, tickets for matches, even a pie and a pint at half-time. Perhaps the biggest sums, however, go on the weekly wages of players. But how does the Premier League compare to it’s continental counterparts?
Arsenal midfielder, Andrey Arshavin, has been tipped with a possible move away from the Emirates during the Summer transfer window. Although nothing has been confirmed as yet, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that Arshavin ‘is going through a period that is difficult at the moment.’
Sir Alex Ferguson was spotted at the Old Firm Derby over the weekend, and it wasn’t just the result he was interested in. Manchester United are very interested in acquiring Celtic left-back, Emilio Izaguirre.