Manchester United Football club is one of the most successful and rich clubs in English football. The club was established in 1878 by the workers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and was called Newton Heath LYR. In 1885, the club has reached the final of Manchester Cup competition, and won it the following year. In 1902, the club was renamed and became Manchester United Football Club. John Henry Davies, a wealthy brewery owner, bought the team, saving it in time from large debt, and replacing its colors to …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Chelsea Struggling for Title and Champion League
More frustrating scenario is that they are now seven points behind the league leaders and one game to spare. Chelsea who brought the trophy at Stamford Bridge under most influenced Coach Jose Mourinho after long wait of more than 50 years to reclaim it. Chelsea made his real mark in 2005 when Jose Mourinho took them to lift Barclay’s premiership which they dreamed of more than 50 year and they also won their league cup roaring towards back to back victory. Chelsa is always being expected to make high soccer …
London: The Capital of Football
For sports fans visiting or living in London, there is one sport which stands head and shoulders above all others in the nation’s capital, and that’s football. London has 13 professional football teams at present, with 5 of those teams competing at the top level in the English Premier League. Of these top flight teams, Arsenal and Chelsea hold the most prestige in terms of recent honours, but on their day Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham and Fulham are all capable of troubling even the best at their respective home grounds. …
Confederations Cup 2009 – Italian National Team
The Italian national football team is the current world cup champions and will be featuring in the Confederations Cup of 2009. It is currently ranked 4th in the world by Fifa. They beat France at the 2006 world cup which ended with the dramatic head butt by the veteran footballer, Zinedine Zidane, on Materrazi. Personally, I believe France would have lifted the trophy but penalties can make the game go either way. They were also quite impressive in the Euro cup. They are a force to reckon with in this …
Sport in Barcelona
Barcelona has always been a city that lives and breathes sport and today there’s no shortage of sports in Barcelona! Thanks to the 1992 Olympics Games, facilities have improved drastically to offer all types of athletic activities. A quarter of the city’s population now regularly is doing some type of sport and have included physical exercise in their habitual activities. The people of Barcelona have seized the city’s public spaces, squares, parks and new beaches and turned them into focal points of sports activities. And Barcelona continues to advance in …
Premier League
The Premier League is the professional league for football clubs. It is also known as Barclays Premier League or The Premiership. The Primal League, contested by 20 clubs, is the primary competition of U.K. football. It is known as the most lucrative football league in the world. Its revenue from stadium attendances is the fourth highest attendance in the world. Total club revenues of more than 1.4 billion pounds make it one of the biggest sports events of the season. Premier League clubs have the freedom of signing any number …
Liverpool Football Club
Liverpool Football Club is an English professional football club, the most successful club in the history of English football. Its traditional colors are red and white, and Liverpool’s current kit white shirts, black shorts and white socks with red trim. The traditional liver bird, which is placed inside a shield, is Liverpool’s symbol. Home stadium of Liverpool club is Anfield; its capacity is 45, 362. Liverpool’s hymn is “You’ll never walk aloneâ€; this line is written on the stadium gates. This Football Club has a history of more than 100 …