Marseille kept up the pressure on league leaders Lyon with a routine victory against Grenoble.
First-half goals from Hatem Ben Arfa and Bakari Kone put Eric Gerets’ side in control of the game before Benoit Cheyrou added a third late on.
Hatem Ben Arfa
Bakari Kone
Benoit Cheyrou
Everton pegged back a lacklustre Manchester United side to take a point from Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.
In a match played out in breezy, swirly weather more befitting a December evening, Manchester United generally dominated the first half and at times produced some sparkling football that matched the efforts of recent weeks. Indeed Manchester United were unlucky only to go in 1-0 up at half-time through this fine effort from Darren Fletcher, who in recent weeks has started to add some real finesse and quality to the high workrate he was generally better known for:
The second half was so different it may as well have been two completely different teams. Wayne Rooney, who was not at his best during the first half, was so ineffective he was later subbed, whilst Dimitar Berbatov was again totally anonymous. Everton’s equaliser came from their 20-year old £15m record signing Marouane Fellaini:
Teams
Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Arteta, Fellaini, Osman, Pienaar, Saha (Anichebe 90), Yakubu (Vaughan 88).
Subs Not Used: Nash, Baines, Castillo, Nuno Valente, Rodwell.
Booked: Jagielka, Yobo, Fellaini.
Goals: Fellaini 63.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher (Tevez 78), Giggs, Park (Anderson 67), Berbatov, Rooney (Nani 71).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, O’Shea, Evans.
Booked: Vidic, Rooney, Brown.
Goals: Fletcher 22.
Att: 36,069
Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).
October 21st: two poacher’s goals from Dimitar Berbatov and another fine strike from Wayne Rooney saw the European Champions smash a lacklustre Celtic side at Old Trafford last night. The game also saw another assured and mature performance from young Jonny Evans, standing in at centre-backfor the injured Rio Ferdinand.
Here’s another all-in-one mix I did some time ago. Listening back to it, I can’t remember doing it, but I can trace an evolution directly from this mix to the Shenanigans mixes that I’m producing now – tempos that go up and down mid-mix, eclectic track choices and so on. I haven’t included them in the tracklisting because they’re only samples that last for a bar or two, but there are some rock tracks that you wouldn’t expect to find in this mix, like The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” and AC/DC’s “Back In Black” – they are the two that come to mind, but there were others too.
I’ve decided to go with something a little different for my video choice this time – this is the Nike advert that used the Elvis Presley track that starts this mix. It’s cheesy, it’s choregraphed but it’s a lot of fun and it’s got Eric Cantona in it being a nutter. Considering it’s not that old as adverts go, it’s amazing to see how some of these footballers have completely dropped off the map (there’s only one Denilson now, eh Gooners?):
The Calico Sessions R&B 2323:
Format: mp3
Size: 32.2Mb
Audio Player:
Tracklisting:
1. Elvis – A Little Less Conversation
2. Gadjo – So Many Times
3. De La Soul – Say No Go
4. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
5. LL Cool J – Phenomenon
6. Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
7. Mariah Carey – Last Night A DJ Saved My life
8. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
9. Cypress Hill – When The Shit Goes Down
10. Beyonce – Crazy In Love
11. Amerie – 1 Thing
12. Stevie Wonder – Superstition
13. Kanye West – Gold Digger
14. Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
15. Jamelia – Superstar
16. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock – It Takes Two
17. Kelis – Milkshake
18. Britney Spears – My Prerogative
19. C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat
20. Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis
21. Beyonce – Work It OUt
22. Britney Spears – Slave 4U
Click here to download “The Calico Sessions R&B 2323″
Zico scores against Argentina in the 1982 World Cup
Nothing stirs the imagination of a football fan quite like the sight of a Brazillian number 10. Despite what people might say about me, I’m not old enough to have seen Pele play except via the highlights reel, so far me the best Brazillian player of my lifetime has to be Arthur Antunes Coimbra - Zico. In fact, I would probably rank him up there with Michel Platini and Glenn Hoddle as the three greatest “number 10’s” of my time on the planet. To see what makes me value the former Flamengo and Udinese midfield man so highly, check out this video:
Augustine Azuka “Jay-Jay” Okocha – so good they named him twice, as the Bolton Wanderers fans used to sing – was, at the time of his transfer to Paris St. Germain in 1998, the most expensive African player on the planet. For $24 million dollars PSG bought one of the most inventive, creative and unpredictable dribblers on the planet, as this video by Galiza Cinema shows:
In 1998, Sir Alex Ferguson was on the hunt for a new striker to compliment the existing strikeforce of Andrew Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Legend has it that he and his number two Brian Kidd disagreed over who to buy, with Kidd favouring ‘the Welsh Lee Chapman’, John Hartson. Ferguson was looking for someone with a different set of skills to Hartson; someone who could trap the ball, kick it in the direction they intended and generally move around the pitch without resembling an asthmatic Giant Redwood tree. After a protracted transfer saga, Manchester United’s money men wrote a cheque for £12.6 million made out to Aston Villa football club, and Dwight Yorke claimed the number 19 shirt.
9 + 19 = 3
After a stuttering start that saw Yorke teamed up with each of United’s centre-forwards, he eventually came together with Andy Cole. They clicked instantly, on and off the pitch, and together they were instrumental in firing United to the treble in his Yorke’s season. Please enjoy this terrific video from Galiza Cinema and remember when United’s two smiling assassins ruled Europe.
Barcelona trounced visitors Atletico Madrid 6-1 at the Nou Camp on Saturday to move into second place behind Villarreal in the Primera Liga. There’s not really much you can say about a performance that leaves you 5-1 down before you’ve even got 30 minutes showing on the referee’s watch, so sit back and enjoy Barca clicking into top gear:
| Barcelona | 6-1 (HT 5-1) |
Atletico Madrid |
| Marquez 3 Eto’o (pen) 6 Messi 9 Eto’o 18 Gudjohnsen 28 Henry 73 |
Maxi 13 | |
| Bookings: Henry 65 |
Bookings: Maxi 9 Heitinga 33 Antonio Lopez 32 Ujfalusi 52 Aguero 55 |
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Just as I had lots of people finding my blog when fellow Brazillian wonderkid Rodrigo Possebon made Manchester United’s first team, I anticipate that people will go in search of info on teenage Brazillian right-back Rafael Da Silva after tonight’s confident first start against Aalborg.
Rafael and his twin Fabio. If you know which is which, answers on a postcard to the usual address, please.
Wikipedia’s entry on him is as good a place to start as any:
“Rafael Pereira da Silva (born 9 July 1990 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro), commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian football player, currently playing for Manchester United. He normally plays as a defender in a right-back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield. He is the twin brother of Fábio, who also plays for Manchester United.”
Fabio plays at left-back, and the two brothers are identical in both looks and style – miniature Cafus or Roberto Carlos’. The boys were spotted playing for Brazil U17s in a tournament in Hong Kong and at that time were on the books of Fluminense. A transfer to United followed and this summer they were finally free to play for United and both have made rapid strides. As of the game against Aalborg Fabio is nursing a shoulder injury, but it shouldn’t be long before Fabio is pushing Evra, and with no real back-up at left-back Fabio’s presence is very welcome.
This video features the twins in pre-season action for United. When you watch, remember that they only turned 18 in July, and have only been at United a few weeks!
UPDATED: Now includes both the Pogatetz tackle on Rodrigo Possebon, and the restored match highlights.
Manchester United’s comfortable 3-1 victory over Middlesbrough on Tuesday night will be remembered not for the first start of the season for Cristiano Ronaldo, but for an horrific, possibly leg-breaking challenge by the visiting captain Emanuel Pogatetz on young United midfielder Rodrigo Possebon.
Possebon was stretchered off after nine minutes of treatment
The game was in the 66th minute when Pogatetz scythed into Possebon, taking the young Brazillian out with his trailing leg. A huge gash was immediately obvious, and Possebon had to recieve nine minutes worth of treatment on the pitch before being taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg which could keep him out for several months.
Footage of the tackle:
Pogatetz is well-known for his thuggery on the pitch. This is his third red card for Boro, and he was once banned for 24 weeks whilst playing in Russia for leaving an opposing player with a double leg fracture. Let’s hope that the FA have the guts to do something about this tackle and reward it with a suitable punishment, rather than the way they wimped out of extending Danny Guthrie’s challenge on Craig Fagan which left the Hull man with a broken leg.
Of the match itself, United cruised to a 3-1 victory courtesy of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and Nani, and a debut appearance as substitute for African striker Manucho:
Match details:
Man Utd: Amos, Rafael Da Silva, Vidic, Brown, O’Shea, Nani, Possebon (Gibson 72), Anderson, Giggs (Manucho 84), Welbeck, Ronaldo (Tevez 61).
Subs Not Used: Zieler, Cleverley, Gray, Eckersley.
Goals: Ronaldo 25, Giggs 79, Nani 90.
Middlesbrough: Jones, Hoyte, Wheater, Pogatetz, Taylor, Downing, Digard (Riggott 72), O’Neil, Shawky (Adam Johnson 46), Aliadiere, Alves (Emnes 85).
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Arca, Walker, Craddock.
Sent Off: Pogatetz (66).
Booked: Adam Johnson.
Goals: Adam Johnson 56.
Att: 53,729
Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).
When tonight’s Carling Cup match reports appear in tomorrow’s papers, there will be a few people looking at the Manchester United and thinking, “What the – why is Ryan Giggs still getting picked?” Then after that, they’ll probably say, “Danny Welbeck? Never heard of him.”
Danny Welbeck
Well, Danny Welbeck is one of the next wave of future Manchester United worldbeaters. Born in Manchester on 1st July 1990, he has already impressed the coaching staff. He’s travelled with the first team and been substitute in many matches, especially in Europe, and tonight’s game against Middlesborough is his first start. He’s a fast and skillful centre-forward, two footed and happy with the ball at his feet.
This footage is taken from the Manchester United player of the year awards, where Danny was awarded the Academy Player of the Year Award. There’s an word from the player himself, a glowing testimonial from his manager and a highlights package which showcases Danny’s skills.
And finally, this footage is taken froma reserve team fixture against Manchester Shitty screened live on MUTV and shows Danny’s superb hat-trick.
In the next few days, I’ll hopefuly post some footage about some of United’s other young stars – the Brazillian twins Fabio and Rafael Da Silva, and the Italian striking duo Federico Macheda and Davide Petrucci.
I was mystified to recieve this email in my inbox this morning:
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 02 15:38:31 Dateline Standard Time
From: “anttomm”
No 5 PARK AVENUE, G.R.A, ENUGU. ENUGU STATE,
TEL:234 90506653 TEL:874-762864162 FAX:874 762864164
{VERY URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION}
GREETINGS
in order to transfer out (usd$500 million dollars) from our bank. I have the courage to ask you to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am mr. Emmanuel obi, the eastern district bank manager of united bank for africa plc. (uba). We are taking control of a very badly run football club in a third world district of the world – Newcastle United of the English premiership in the English north east.
The owner of this club is mr. mike Ashley, a foreigner. No person knows how this club has come to be in a bad way but my friend Mr Shephard says it is in a very bad part of the country and the women are ugly.
In order to finalise the purchase of this time (for usd$500 million dollars) I am needing to transfer this money into the account of a westerner. All your banks are in debt so we don’t trust them.
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad but i don’t know any foreigner, i am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in us dollars. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don’t know our selves before, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
I only got your contact address from the computer with believe in god that you will never let me down in this business you are the only person that i have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that i will inform you the next step to take urgently. Please don’t tell the press because we have seen Newcastle bank account and it looks like a pile of the steaming dung of the elephant. I want us to see face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can recieve this money into a foriegn account or any account of your choice where the fund will be remmitted. And i will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your co-operation to make this work fine. Because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which i will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need truthful person in this business because i don’t want to make mistake i need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office i can not transfer this money to any foreigners reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we recieve this money leaving no trace to anyplace.
You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which i will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into your account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately i hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transfering.
I look forward to your earliest reply by mail.
yours truly,
EMMANUEL OBI.
Looks like Mike Ashley’s bid to sell Newcastle to the Nigerians has hit a sticky patch! Still, Newcastle fans will always have better times to remember:
Congratulations are due to Drew Wright, who correctly guessed that the mystery transfer target was former Marseille legend (and, ummm, AC Milan flop) Jean-Pierre Papin:
Jean-Pierre Papin
Papin scored 30 goals in 54 games for the national team. In France, the overheard kick is now known as “Le Papinade” in his honour. Papin also played for Valenciennes, Brugge, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Bordeaux and Guingamp, but is most well-known for his time at L’OM where he is still revered as a legend, up with the likes of Fabien Barthez, Didier Drogba, Chris Waddle, Abedi Pele and Tyrone Mears:
And so to Drew’s prize. Drew even managed to correctly name the three European Cup winners that Papin played for, and so for that he deserves something special; probably the finest pair of boobs on the interweb:
Yeah baby, oh yeah
Tune in again soon for more mystery transfer targets on The Price is Right!
After a see-sawing 3-3 draw in the first leg, Manchester United and Oldham met in a thrilling FA Cup semi-final at Maine Road on April 8th 1990. Brian McClair scored first in the 51st minute, only to see boyhood Manchester United fan Andy Ritchie – and Paul Scholes’ lifelong hero – equalise in the 81st minute.
The match went into extra time. Lee Martin was substituted for Mark Robins and, after a through ball from Mike Phelan (recently made the new Manchester United assistant boss), Robins scored the winning goal. He’d already scored important goals at Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, but this was the most important of all.
Do you long for the good old days, when England went into a qualifying competition absolutely convinced that they would stuff every team by at least four goals? Do you despair when an England captain goes into a game against a team like Andorra and claims that they’re scared of losing? (Admittedly the captain is John Terry and he’s barely worth that title). Let’s face it, there isn’t a single team in the Sheffield Saturday leagues that wouldn’t beat Andorra home or away. One of Andorra’s centre-backs was a 37-year old that doesn’t even play football any more – he’s the club’s sporting director, and yet England still couldn’t find a way past him.
In the interests of making England fans feel better, I managed to find a YouTube clip of England stuffing one of the minnows of world football. On 24th May 1975, a rampant England side bulldozed through the Scottish defence at Wembley, winning 5-1 in a Home Championship international.
Watch the match, have fun, and think of better times …
Congratulations are due to the winners of the inaugral The Price is Right competition. I say ‘winners’, because I’m handing out plaudits to joint winners, and that’s because it’s my blog and I can do what I like. For those that didn’t guess correctly, the answer was of course dodgy 1970’s hairstyle victim Dennis Tueart:
Dennis Chewits
So, in joint first is Chris Gordon, whose fantasy league team “Leeds from the Front” sits proudly in second place in the GrumpyOldFootballers fantasy league game. He chimed in to say:
“I recognize that picture – I had his football card when I was a kid.
Without completely giving away the answer and spoiling everyone else’s fun, my earliest memory of this MC legend is of him playing left wing for his former team in the 1973 cup final when, with more jam than a Tiptree factory, upstart outsiders Sunderland beat a superior but desperately unlucky Leeds team 1-0.
If memory serves I swapped his card for a pack of chewing gum and a Top Trumps 1976 Fiat X1/9. The Fiat was quicker in a straight line but our Mancunian transfer target had a better turning circle.”
It’s quite clear Chris is a Leeds fan so I could never actually let him win the competition outright. Still, he obviously knew the answer and props go to him. And kudos too for the comedy answer.
But in actual first place (in that he actually provided the correct answer before anyone else) is Paul Lowry. His fantasy league team sits just behind Chris in third place (in the absence of any actual football this week – internationals don’t count as football – we’ll be having some form of fantasy league related posting this weekend). Paul will doubtless be thrilled to know that we’ve splashed out on a very special prize for our first ever winner – a time machine! Yes, you too can travel back in time in style with our 2009 registered, top-of-the-range time machine complete with alloy wheels, furry dice and iPod cradle. Unfortunately Paul can’t take delivery of his new time machine until I get the insurance sorted out, but in order to prove the time machine’s existence I travelled back in time to fix a mighty injustice inflicted on Paul’s home town of Chesterfield.
Take a look at this video of the 1997 FA Cup Semi-Final between Chesterfield and Middlesborough, taken after my short journey back to 1997:
Keep an eye out for a brand new episode of The Price is Right, coming soon!
I was watching the Portsmouth 0-1 Man Utd practice match tonight and it occurred to me how alike Carlos Tevez and Kenny Dalglish are in style – they both have, in Brian Clough’s words, ‘a big fat arse’ and are really difficult to shake off the ball. That thought sent me to YouTube to seek out the finest Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish moments on offer, and I think this is the best selection as there are numerous goals from his Celtic days in this terrific compilation.
A word of warning though – the soundtrack features Bon Jovi. You have been warned.
And Moses said unto God:”Deliver me a centre-forward. Give him long hair to strike fear into the hearts of men; make him stronger than the ox, braver than the lion, and more cunning than the monkey. Let him fly through the air like the eagle! He should be able to strike the ball cleanly with either foot, and deliver blows of such force with his head that they would split rock. His country shall adore him, and he shall triumph, and be glorious. Lord; deliver to me someone exactly like Mario Kempes:”
And God replied unto Moses:”I can do better than that, mate – take a butcher’s at Gabriel Batistuta.“
No midweek football to comment upon boys and girls; yes, England played at Wembley, but I think that pretty much underlines my point, no? I could give you the rant about David Beckham being past it (as he was in 2001, and let’s face it, he ain’t getting younger). I could give you the rant about tubby Pat Butcher lookalike Frank Lumplard, and how he can’t be accomodated in a) the same midfield as real footballers or b) an arena any smaller than Wembley, because his ego won’t fit. John Terry, Ashley Cole – easy targets not worth the effort. And don’t even get me started on Emile Heskey.
Gareth Barry – now there’s another one. Now that England matches aren’t on TV (yes, I know they’re on Setanta but that hardly counts, does it?) I Iistened to the England match on good old Radio 5 Live – ah, the football fan’s friend. I didn’t even know that Gareth Barry was playing on Wednesday night until he got substituted. And while Gareth Barry was with Steven Gerrard and Frank Lumplard attending their meeting of Midfielders Anonymous, here’s what the guy who Gareth Barry is apparently much better than was doing for European champions Spain on Wednesday night:
Xavi Alonso scored twice as the European champions convincingly beat Denmark in Copenhagen. Well, we’ll be back at the weekend with a round-up of the fantasy league action and some good old-fashioned Chelsea-bashing. If you missed it, you can catch the round-up of last weekend’s movers and shakers by clicking here. Adios muchachos!
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