Tag Archives: Champions League
Play-offs, Sudden-Death and Beery Breath
Luke Coulson gives a first-hand account of the high drama of the playoffs
Our season at Ebbsfleet United began 10 months ago, and 46 games later we have achieved what we set out to do - securing a place in the Vanarama National League playoffs.
Tags: Champions League, Ebbsfleet United, Liverpool v Roma, LUKE COULSON, Playoffs, Vanarama national League
IRELAND BEWARE: “HE THINKS AND ACTS LIKE A KID,” SAID JOSE MOURINHO – IS MAD MARKO EUROPE’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL PLAYER?
HE BORROWED A TEAM-MATE’S BENTLEY AND IT WAS STOLENHE CYCLED INTO A GOLF CART
HE CALLED HIMSELF A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER BUT NEVER PLAYED IN THE FINAL
HE WAS INJURED PLAYING WITH HIS DOG
...AND WAS INVOLVED IN A NIGHT CLUB PUNCH-UP DEFENDING HIS BROTHER
OH, AND HE’S GOOD FRIENDS WITH BALOTELLI
Tags: Austria, Champions League, FC Twente, Golf cart, Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, Mario Balotelli, Marko Arnautovic, Republic of Ireland, Samuel Eto'o, Steve McClaren
STEVE STAMMERS OF THE SUNDAY MIRROR LOOKS AHEAD TO BAYERN MUNICH v ARSENAL
Steve Stammers of The Sunday Mirror looks ahead to the second leg of Arsenal's Champions League last 16 clash against Bayern Munich, examines the Gunners' defensive problems and whether Arsene Wenger's men can force their way back into the top four of the Barclays Premier League.
Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Premier League, Steve Stammers, Sunday Mirror
FWA Q&A: PAUL JIGGINS
PAUL JIGGINS of The Sun on the greatest gift from his dad...minky whale and reindeer in Reykjavik...and Dyson with death in BaltimoreHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Yep. Supermarket shelf-stacker, early morning office cleaner and trainee asphalter. I then joined The Sun as a messenger before going on to write, take photos for and eventually edit the company's staff newspaper and newsmagazine. I later spent a year (six months of that on gardening leave) as officer of communications for the NHS in North London before John Wardle and Ian Whittell saved me from insanity by ...
Tags: Arsenal, Big Bang Theory, Carlo Ancelotti, Champions League, Dave Cusack, iPhone app, millwall, Monaco GP, Paul Jiggins, paul scholes, Reykjavik, Royal Ascot, Selhurst Park, Shelf-stacker, Steve Evans, The Den, The Emirates, The Sun, Wedding Photographer
“IT WAS A MIX OF ANGER, DEFIANCE AND CONFRONTATION” – Daniel Taylor of the Guardian
footballwriters.co.uk looks at the media coverage of Arsene Wenger’s most amazing press conferenceBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
TWO THINGS took the assembled football writers attending Arsene Wenger’s press conference on the eve of Arsenal’s Champions League tie against Bayern Munich by surprise. Firstly, that a manager known for being so helpful to the media suddenly turned on the French equivalent of the hair-dryer and secondly, that a story about him being offered a new two-year deal upset him so much.
Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, David McDonnell, Henry Winter, John Cross, jokes, Neil Ashton, oliver kay, press conference, Sam Wallace, Simon Yeend, Steven Howard, talkSPORT
Philippe Auclair of France Football looks ahead to Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Philippe Auclair of France Football on the chances of "schizophrenic" Arsenal producing their best to topple European giants Bayern Munich in the Champions League.listen to ‘Philippe Auclair of France Football looks ahead to Arsenal v Bayern Munich’ on Audioboo(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "http://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();
Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, France Football, philippe auclair
JAMES OLLEY OF THE EVENING STANDARD PREVIEWS ARSENAL v BAYERN MUNICH
James Olley, chief football writer of the London Evening Standard, examines Arsene Wenger's claim that if his team are able to beat Bayern Munich, then Arsenal can go on and win the Champions League.Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, James Olley, London Evening Standard
GERRARD IS LIVERPOOL’S GREATEST PLAYER EVER (and Luis Suarez is the best Stevie G has played with)
By JIM VAN WIJKImages courtesy of Action Images
Steve Gerrard felt "humbled" to be honoured as the recipient of the 2013 Football Writers' Association’s award at a gala tribute dinner in London's Savoy Hotel on Sunday January 20.
Tags: AC Milan, Andy Dunn, Brendan Rodgers, Champions League, euro 2012, Gary McAllister, Gerard Houllier, Henry Winter, Hillsborough, Istanbul, Jamie Carragher, Kenny Dalglish, liverpool, Luis Suarez, paul mccarthy, Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Savoy Hotel, Steve Finnan, Steven Gerrard, Sunday Mirror, wayne rooney
GIROUD HAS A GRACE AND HUMILITY JOEY BARTON CAN ONLY PLAGIARISE
Montpellier make their debut in the Champions League on September 18 against Arsenal who bought the French club's top scorer Olivier Giroud this summer. As LAURE JAMES reports, while the rugby-loving city is not a hotbed of football the France striker is a class act.MONTPELLIER’S success is impossible to overestimate. Indeed, it cannot be justified in terms of figures. For once, established parallels between big budgets and silverware do not apply.
Tags: Arsenal, Champions League, Giroud, Montpellier
FWA Interview: Messi El Magnifico
Graham Turner on the player who has made football writers exhaust every superlativeIt is one of the more remarkable statistics of the season – a couple of weeks ago Lionel Messi and Pepe were both suspended for one game after collecting five yellow cards.
The Barcelona beauty and the Bernabeu beast – could there be two more contrasting players? Messi, who is doing his best to prove the impossible can be done and Pepe, the snarling face of the Special One’s Real Madrid.
Tags: barcelona, Champions League, El Classico, Graham Turner, lionel messi
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