Home ⇒ Articles By Brian Beard | 23rd MAR 2020 There may be an absence of football matches at present but there is no shortage of footballers, over the past century and a half who did more than kick a football for club or country, or both. The early years of our national game were littered with … Continue reading “Article: Footballers Who Participated & Excelled at Other Sports”
Crystal ball time to have a look at players who might just be carrying the responsibility of England`s FIFA World Cup challenge in Qatar in 2022, assuming they qualify of course! In no particular order of prominence or priority the bulk, if not all, of the following players could be packing the sun bloc … Continue reading “England Stars at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Finals by Brian Beard”
While Egypt was the first Middle Eastern country to qualify for the World Cup Finals, which they did in 1934, the second ever tournament, Algeria have a stronger case for being regarded as the most successful nation from the region at the world`s premier international football tournament. Ironically Egypt`s two appearances in the finals … Continue reading “The Best Performing Middle East Nations in FIFA World Cup Finals”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2016 transfer window. Date Transfer Amount – Date Transfer Amount AFC Bournemouth Arsenal 11-May Jayden Stockley (AFC Bournemouth – Aberdeen, Scotland) Free 25-May Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach, Germany – Arsenal) £35,000,000 24-May Sylvain Distin Released 11-Jun Tomas … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2016”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the January 2017 transfer window. AFC Bournemouth Arsenal 9-Jan Emerson Hyndman (AFC Bournemouth – Rangers, Scotland) Loan 10-Jan Cohen Bramall (Hednesford Town – Arsenal) £40,000 13-Jan Brandon Goodship (AFC Bournemouth – Yeovil Town) Free 12-Jan Jon Toral (Arsenal – Rangers, … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers January 2017”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the January 2016 transfer window. AFC Bournemouth Arsenal 2-Jan Juan Iturbe (AS Roma – AFC Bournemouth) End of Season 14-Jan Mohamed Elneny (Basel, Switzerland – Arsenal) £5,000,000 10-Jan Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers – AFC Bournemouth) £9,000,000 22-Jan Glen Kamara … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers January 2016”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2015 transfer window. AFC Bournemouth (17 deals – 12 in, 5 out) Arsenal (22 deals – 1 in, 21 out) 26-May Artur Boruc (Southampton – AFC Bournemouth) Free 29-May Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (Released) 27-May Adam Federici (Reading – … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2015”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2014 transfer window. ARSENAL (21 Deals: 5 In, 16 Out) ASTON VILLA (20 Deals: 7 In, 13 Out) 29-May Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal – Swansea City) Free 17-May Isaac Nehemie (Southampton – Aston Villa) Undisclosed 06-Jun Zak Ansah … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2014”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2012 transfer window. ARSENAL NEWCASTLE UNITED 30-May Thomas Cruise Released 10-Jun Yohan Cabaye (Lille, France – Newcastle) Undisclosed 30-May Jens Lehmann Retired 16-Jun Kevin Nolan (Newcastle – West Ham United) Undisclosed 08-Jun Carl Jenkinson (Charlton Athletic – … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2012”
Premier League season 2011-12 average squad ages for players registered to play in League games after the summer 2011 transfer window. Averages taken from 25-man squad lists plus U-21 players who participated in the Premier League during 2010-11 & 2011-12. Premier League Average Squad Ages 2011-12 # Club Years 1 Norwich City 25.08 2 Manchester … Continue reading “Premier League Squad Ages Season 2011-12”
Premier League Summer Transfers Season 2010-11 All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2010 transfer window. 31-Aug Nacer Barazite (Arsenal – Vitesse Arnhem) Loan Tom Cleverly (Manchester United – Wigan) Loan 31-Aug Armand Traore (Arsenal – Juventus) Loan Danny Welbeck (Manchester United – Sunderland) … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2010”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the January 2010 transfer window. Incoming Players Fee Outgoing Players Fee Arsenal (5 – 2 in, 3 out) Sol Campbell (Free Agent) £0 Kerrea Gilbert (Peterborough United – Loan) Samuel Galindo (Real America – Undisclosed) Philippe Senderos (Everton – Loan) … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers January 2010”
Premier League Summer Transfers Season 2009-10 All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2009 transfer window. INCOMING OUTGOING Arsenal Thomas Vermaelen (£10m, Ajax) Abu Agogo (free, Dagenham & Redbridge) Amaury Bischoff (released) Anton Blackwood (released to Tottenham Hotspur) Rui Fonte (released, returns to Portugal) … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2009”
Every Red & Yellow card issued in the Premier League during season 2011-12 arranged by football players and clubs. Statistics correct to 27th November 2011 (Matchday 13). Premier League Red Cards 2011-12 Player Club Nationality Number Mario Balotelli Manchester City Italy 2 Joey Barton Queens Park Rangers England 2 Djibril Cissé Queens Park Rangers France … Continue reading “Premier League Discipline 2011-12”
Home ⇒ World Football ⇒ Legendary Players England has produced a long line of goalkeeping legends over the years. The best of them all was Gordon Banks. Born in Sheffield, he joined third division side Chesterfield as a part-time pro in 1955. After four years, Banks was ready for bigger tasks and joined Leicester City in 1959 for £7,000. It … Continue reading “004. Gordon Banks”
African soccer had its first real break-through on the world stage in 1982. Cameroon held Peru, eventual winners Italy and semifinalists Poland to draws in the first round group. They only let in one goal, a lucky header by Italian forward Graziani, but it was enough to send them home because Italy had 2-2 in … Continue reading “002. Thomas N’Kono”
All the player transfer deals, both incoming and outgoing, concerning the 20 Premier League clubs during the Summer 2013 transfer window. ARSENAL (28 Deals) MANCHESTER CITY (20 Deals) 20-May Craig Eastmond (Arsenal – Colchester United) Free 28-May Kolo Toure (Manchester City – Liverpool) Free 22-May Jordan Wynter (Arsenal – Bristol City) Free 06-Jun Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk, … Continue reading “Premier League Players Transfers Summer 2013”
