Soccer Limey in America

At the same venue, the two rivals met again. There was no Torres and Ivanovic, but Mikel and Juan Mata, the centre of attention currently, remained on the team sheet. Chelsea’s second string looked fairly competitive, while Manchester United required the experience of Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher to protect the young backline formed by [...]

Manchester United have seen themselves eliminated in Group stage play twice in the past seven years. On both occasions, there was the Portuguese team Benfica in the Group who won the upper hand over The Red Devils. Sir Alex vowed not to give away any home advantage again this season, but his decision to rest [...]

Back in March of last year, we were all looking forward to what we thought would be one of those defining moments of English football once the 2010 World Cup got underway in South Africa in June as it was expected that England would be a contender to win that elusive trophy. We all know [...]