Aston Villa have announced a loss of £17.7m for the year to 31 May 2012 compared with a £54m loss in 2011. Since Martin O’Neill left, Villa have been furiously trying to slash expenses, through lower wages and the sale of their best players. Last year Villa reported a profit of £26m from the sale […]
Premier League
Not pretty numbers coming out of Anfield today. For the ten months ending 31 May 2012, Liverpool announced a loss of £40.5m and an increase in the club’s debt to £87m. That compares with £49.3m in the previous twelve month period with the club changing its accounting dates to coincide with the football season. LFC […]
Real Madrid and Manchester United warmed up for their showdown at Old Trafford on Tuesday with impressive wins this weekend, while Juventus took another step towards retaining theor Serie A crown. La Liga For the second time in a week Real Madrid beat Barcelona as both clubs seems to be going in opposite directions. After […]
You would never think it was the case if you listened to Chelsea fans, by the Blues are up to third place in the Premier League after beating West Brom 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. The home fans’ anger at interim manager Rafael Benitez took centre stage before, during and after the match. There were a […]
This weekend, Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs has the chance to play in his 1,000th competitive match. An amazing record for a player who surely will get knighted once he finally retires. Here is a Ryan Giggs tribute that the BBC put together in 2009 when they named him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Really interesting article by Simon Johnson and James Olley of the Evening Standard that Chelsea have contacted Avram Grant about replacing Rafa Benitez after this weekend’s match against West Brom. The story goes that Chelsea are considering firing Rafa after his outburst yesterday and replacing him with Avram Grant until the end of the season […]
After seeing his side advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals tonight, Chelsea massive mistake went off on Chelsea’s board and fans in his post match press conference. First Rafa took on the Chelsea board saying that the decision to give him the title of “interim manager” was a “massive mistake”. “Chelsea gave me the title of […]
One reason for Barcelona’s disappointing form recently has been the play of Cesc Fabregas and Andrés Iniesta and how Barcelona manager Jordo Roura continues to struggle to find a way to play them together. The chart below from WhoScored.com shows the average position on the field for the Barcelona players during last night’s El Clasico. […]