Manchester United FC is a British football club, based at Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester. It is the most popular Football Club in the world with over 330 million supporters worldwide, almost 5 percent of the world’s population. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992. The club has played in top division of English football, since 1975. Manchester United FC was formed in 1978 by the laborers working at the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway depots in Newton Health. During that time, it was …
Monthly Archives: November 2009
FC Barcelona Players: Carles Puyol
With thighs the size of tree trunks and spirals of uncontrollably spiralling hair, Carles Puyol has the very last attributes you would imagine if you were thinking about Barcelona legends. He’s not a forward player; he doesn’t possess silky skills; he’s certainly not in the least flamboyant, despite his hairstyle. And yet a legend is exactly what Carles Puyol has become in his time in the Barcelona first team. It does seem, perhaps, that Puyol has been around for an eternity but it was only at the end of 1999 …
Peter Crouch – From Ibiza To Portsmouth
Yet another celebrity figure has been spotted on a Spanish holiday recently. Soccer star Peter Crouch was photographed relaxing aboard a sailboat just off the coast of Ibiza in July. He was enjoying the afternoon with his celebrity girlfriend, Abbey Clancy. The pair has been dating since 2006. They’ve been an item long enough for Clancy to be referred to by British press as an official ‘WAG’. Peter Crouch has had a notable soccer career since his first professional stint with Spurs in 1998. His game days go much further …
The Evolution of the Soccer Kit
The soccer kit is not just the uniform that a soccer team wears when playing. It means so much more and has evolved from its humble beginning in much the same way as the soccer boot. Beginning life as a simple top to help distinguish one team’s players from the other team, the soccer shirt has become a piece of design and innovation and more importantly to soccer fans across the globe – a fashion accessory. When soccer became an organised sport in the mid 1800s, the formation of the …
Arsenal Football Team
Arsenal – professional football club, also known as “The Gunners”. Based in North London, this successful English football team is known as one of the leading football clubs in England. Arsenal was founded in 1886 by the group of workers at the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory. In 1891 the Club turned professional and changed its name to Woolwich Arsenal; the club joined the Football League in 1893. They won their first major trophies thirty years later, which included five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. Arsenal set a UEFA …
FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Matches through a Cules Eyes
Fondly called the “El Classico”, the matches between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in Spain is one of the fiercest clashes between rivals. To understand the importance of these matches, one should understand the history behind both these clubs. It is not simply a clash between two of the biggest clubs in Spain; but to many it is still a clash between the oppressor and the suppressor. FC Barcelona is iconic for every Catalan. Barcelona might be in Spain but the Catalans prefer to be out of the fold. If …
All Hail the Almighty Barcelona Football Club
Nothing gives one as much joy as seeing his team perform successfully progressively in football matches. As a fanatical fan of Barcelona, I feel safe and proud to tell the world that there is now no team like my FC Barcelona, and that our fans are increasing almost on daily basis in Nigeria. The present performance of the Club is also making us proud, and all I want to beg my Boys is not to stop the winning victories they have subjected us until we lift the prestigious La Liga …