It was a dark and rainy night at Ellend Rd in West Yorkshire, in fact it had been raining all day, but the pitch was in magnificent condition for the Capital One Quarter-Final match between Leeds United and Chelsea, a match predicted to renew a rivalry and bitterness that has lingered for many a year. The […]
It’s been nine long years since one could write that headline, but on Wednesday night at Ellend Rd, 50 years of rivalry and bitter hatred will once again come under the spotlight, when these two famous clubs clash in a Capital One Cup match. Add to that the disrespect that Leeds manager Neil Warnock has for his Chelsea […]
After a dismal spell, the Gunners looked like championship material once again, beating London rivals and third-placed Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 at Highbury on Sunday. When Luis Saha opened the scoring for Spurs after three minutes and Emmanuel Adebayor slotted home a penalty to make it 2-0 after 34 minutes, it looked like de javu for […]
One thing I love is when a player, who a club has sold, comes back to haunt them and that was the case at Anfield on Wednesday night when former Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy scored the goal that gave Liverpool a 3-2 aggregate victory over the Citizens. A quick look at the team sheets told […]
The League Cup competition is never really supported by the top clubs until it gets down to the last eight and that was the case last night when four top clubs in England faced off for a place in the semi-finals. Liverpool took another trip to Stamford Bridge only 10 days after beating the Blues there […]
The Carling or League Cup is definitely the Orphan Annie of English Football: none of the premier clubs really takes it seriously and they tend to play their reserves until it reaches the quarterfinals. Last night saw four matches involving Premier League teams and there was only one upset, when Blackburn Rovers beat Newcastle […]