No less than twelve of Chelsea’s league games between the start of the season and Boxing Day have been rescheduled for TV. The opening fixture against Manchester City has been moved to 4pm on Sunday August 20th. Other changes include the home games against Liverpool and Arsenal, now on Sunday September 17th and [...]
Glen Johnson has joined Portsmouth on loan for the whole of next season.
The 21 year-old England international right-back will be reunited with Harry Redknapp, the manager who was in charge of Johnson’s former club West Ham.
Meanwhile, Bournemouth have signed Chelsea’s former youth and reserve team captain Danny Hollands. The 20 year-old will pen a two-year [...]
Four years ago Guus Hiddink led South Korea to the semi-finals of the World Cup. On that fairytale run they benefited from several appallingly inept refereeing decisions, not least when they played Italy in the second round. Prior to Ahn Jung-Hwan’s golden goal for South Korea in extra-time Giovanni Trapattoni’s team had a perfectly legitimate [...]
Petr Cech has undergone a routine operation on his shoulder following the Czech Republic’s exit from the World Cup, according to the official club website.
Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord have completed the loan signing of Chelsea right back Glen Johnson, Sky Sports are reporting. The 21 year-old had been the subject of interest from both PSV Eindhoven and Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth, but Feyenoord director Chris Woerts claims that the player is currently in Rotterdam having met with Erwin Koeman, [...]
David Beckham became the first England player to score in three World Cups as his free kick guided Eriksson’s team past Ecuador into the last eight of the tournament.
In another tepid performance by England, there were again plus and minus points in equal measure. They swung between looking comfortable and passing the ball well [...]
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Right, back to watching Germany hammer Sweden.
The sparring is over; the business is on – Germany v Sweden, England v Ecuador, Argentina v Mexico, Holland v Portugal, Italy v Australia, Switzerland v Ukraine, Brazil v Ghana and Spain v France. So, who’s getting knocked out and who’s staying?
Germany v Sweden: The Dutch-Indian, Leo Beenhakker did not leave Germany without disbursing [...]
Australia and Ghana both reached the knockout phase on a day which saw the Czech Republic depart, Brazil and Italy top their groups and plenty of drama, incident and superb football thrown in for good measure.
Ghana took advantage of Italy’s win over the Czech Republic to pip Karel Bruckner’s side to the runner-up slot in [...]
Chelsea kick off their campaign for a third consecutive Premiership title at home on August 19 when Stuart Pearce’s Manchester City visit Stamford Bridge. For the full fixture list, complete with details of domestic cup and Champions League dates along with international weekends, click here.