Footballbits and pieces

Q: Why don’t Arsenal score from corners A: Because Van Persie takes them! Q: What’s the most popular item in the Arsenal club shop? A: The Van Persie tea tray, because it carries 10 mugs! Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera… Unless you’re of a distinctly Arsenal persuasion, you’re probably sick to the back teeth of these stats [...]

The whole Carlos Tevez saga is quickly turning into a farcical situation, with the AWOL player and his club, Manchester City, seemingly growing further and further apart by the day. However, neither side really seems too bothered by the whole affair. While the Citizens have been dominating the Premier League, Tevez has been enjoying himself [...]

Football is becoming more and more of a business rather than simply a beautiful sport to enjoy. Clubs like Man City, PSG, Malaga, and Anzhi Makhachkala have recently been taken over by billionaire oil tycoons, and thus have much better chances of success than their rivals. These affluent Arabs/Russians seem to purchase their favourite team just [...]

Are you going on holiday soon? Somewhere hot? Going to be spending quality time on the beach? Well you’ll to need a nice beach towel to lie on, so why not get one in your clubs colours and show who you support wherever you are. They’re not so bad for when you get out of [...]

A 53 Goal Season: An amazing feat but would it have been possible in any other League or if he was playing for any other team? During Real Madrid‘s 8-1 domination of Almeria on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record set for most goals in a Primera Division season set by Madrid player Hugo Sanchez [...]