Hull City Football Club – Leeds 2-2 Hull City – Report

Heavily depleted, not scoring, lacking form – and as the game ensued – losing a precious lead before the final indignation of going down to 10 men. Just when you think matters cannot get any worse Hull City Football Club… suddenly, like a bolt from the blue… Thankfully, a summary on the longest of long days brings a close to a Tuesday evening match at Elland Road against Leeds United that finished 2-2. On entering the shack, which was once the state of the art Elland Road, the takeover news …

World Cup 2010 Blow For Spain As Torres is Ruled Out For Rest of Season

Spain’s chances of winning the World Cup 2010 took a blow as Fernando Torres was declared injured and is due to miss the rest of the season after knee surgery. Torres is expected to be out of action for six weeks which means he could be fit for the tournament but it is hardly an ideal situation. If he is fit to play, he certainly won’t be at his peak. This is a massive blow to the Spanish side. Spain’s World Cup Odds currently have the European Champions as favourites. …

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Espanyol Football Club

1. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is said to be the sixth most successful football team in Spain, despite being continually overshadowed by the ever-popular FC Barcelona. 2. This was the first club to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans, unlike clubs like FC Barcelona, which were founded by immigrants. Ángel Rodríguez founded the club with the help of his school mates from the University of Barcelona. 3. The blue and white stripes on the shirt colors that were adopted in 1910 were inspired by the colors on the Catalan Admiral …

Why Liverpool Must Finish 4th

This season has been one of the most interesting in English football as we’ve seen Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspurs, Manchester City and Liverpool FC are all fighting it out for the highly coveted fourth place spot in the English Premier League. As the season comes to a close we ask ourselves (as Liverpool fans) “can we finish in the top 4?” Finishing outside of the top 4 means that you don’t qualify for the UEFA Champions League (and you don’t get the £20 million in revenue that it brings). This …

Will France Win the 2010 World Cup?

France are another country that have a strong chance of winning the World Cup. They have won it previously, in 1998, when they hosted the competition. Here’s why they might win it again. 1. There are a whole host of French players in the Premier League, who also have European club competition experience. 2. Defenders Patrice Evra, of Manchester United, and Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna will have a lot to do defensively as they need to ensure that they get out of their group that also contains, Mexico, Uruguay and the …

Portuguese Soccer

The Portuguese soccer national team (FPF), the Selec??o (selection), is one of the strongest national teams in European football. Unfortunately, neither the Portuguese Soccer national team or any of the club teams have so far managed a Euro or World Cup win, even with their line-up of world quality players such as Lu?s Carlos Almeida da Cunha also known as Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo. Maybe this will change in Euro 2008. The home games of the Selec??o are mainly played in the following stadiums: FC Porto play in theEst?dio do …

Will Germany Win the 2010 World Cup?

If you want a team that are dependable and reliable, then you’ll be supporting Germany at the 2010 World cup. Here’s why they might just win. 1. Shalke’s Kevin Kuryani, although not favoured by manager Joachim Loew, and Bayer Leverkeusen’s Stefan Kiessling have scored 37 goals between them this season. However Kiessling has not been involved in the World Cup campaign so far. Kuryani was booted out of the squad in October 2008 after venting his frustration about not being picked, and Loew said that he’d never play for Germany …