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Chelsea to wear ‘Batman capes’
While Manchester United stayed on the island to find their Champions league tailor (Paul Smith), Chelsea are looking for a little Italian ‘luck’ and have got suited up by Giorgio Armani. Armani proves he has a sense of humour, as the jackets have a Roman shoulder line.
In an interview with fashion magazine Vogue, the designer [...]
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20May2008 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
A tale of two refs
It was billed as the day that would decide the Premiership title, and in that respect it fit the bill (Alex Ferguson will be beaming). But as is becoming increasingly common in the English league, it was a referee that will make the headlines; Steve Bennett, the man in charge of the United-Liverpool game.
From the [...]
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23Mar2008 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
Forgive and forget says Grant
And so the Ashley Cole tackle saga continues. Yesterday the player issued an apology to both Hutton and the referee Mike Riley. Cole said:
“I’d like to apologise to anyone I offended and of course Alan Hutton who I tackled. I didn’t mean to go in hard that way, it was high but I tried to [...]
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21Mar2008 | Pristyles | 1 comment | Continued
Champions league draw
Here it is then. The news the top four have been waiting for:
Quarter finals (To be played 01/02.04.2008 and 08/09.04.2008)
Arsenal FC vs. Liverpool FC
AS Roma vs. Manchester Utd
FC Schalke vs. FC Barcelona
Fenerbache vs. Chelsea
Semi-finals (To be played 22/23.04.2008 and 29/30.04.2008)
Arsenal/Liverpool vs. Fenerbache/Chelsea
FC Schalke/Barcelona vs. Roma/Manchester Utd.
Final
Winners semi-final 2 vs. Winners semi-final 1
So, Arsenal and Liverpool [...]
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14Mar2008 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
The romance of the cup
Chelsea losing to Barnsley, United beaten at home by Portsmouth and Middlesbrough dumped out by Cardiff: As the saying goes, you’ve gotta love the romance of the cup, but will the FA love it when it comes to May 17th?
It’s the first time in a century that the last four of the FA Cup has [...]
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9Mar2008 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
Sepp speaks again
Sepp Blatter has weighed in on the dangerous tackles discussions. Talking to the Times he said:
“Dangerous tackling is one of the most important issues in football at the moment. Therefore players who do this kind of thing intentionally should be banned from the game. Attacking somebody is criminal, whether it happens on a [...]
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8Mar2008 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
Sasa is Serb BB king
Life after football is looking good for former premiership midfielder Sasa Curcic, having just won Serbian Celebrity Big Brother. Sasa was last seen in England at Palace in the old division 1, with an anti-war sandwich board and things got worse from there. He was next spotted on the ’soccer’ scene over in the [...]
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15Jun2007 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued
South Africans to turn world cup stadia into cricket grounds
Germany or the US have been touted as possible hosts for the 2010 World Cup as South African preparation goes a bit Wembley on them. But the real scandal is the rumour that the organising council were forced to drop 2 stadiums from their list of venues because of their proximity to townships. According [...]
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11Jun2007 | Pristyles | 0 comments | Continued