http://footyblog.net Everything Footy...Ole~! Fri, 16 May 2008 11:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sammy Lee has been appointed as assistant manager to Rafael Benitez at Liverpool. Lee was a former Liverpool midfield player having made 294 appearance for the Reds. His last job was at Bolton Wanderers having taken over from Sam Allardyce. His time at Bolton was however not the happiest, leaving Bolton ... http://footyblog.net/2008/05/16/sammy-lee-returns-to-liverpool/ The Euro 2008 tickets have been printed according to UEFA. Over 1 million tickets will be made available for the Euro 2008 tournament being jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria, starting on June 7th. Apparently UEFA have handed out fines to people selling on their Euro 2008 tickets. A UEFA ... http://footyblog.net/2008/05/14/euro-2008-tickets/ Glasgow Rangers will select from Alexander, Whittaker, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Ferguson, Thomson, Dailly, Novo, Darcheville, Smith, Boyd, Beasley, Lennon, McMillan, Furman for tonights Uefa Cup Final in Manchester. Daniel Cousin will not be available for selection for Rangers after his sending off in their match against Fiorentina in the semi ... http://footyblog.net/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-rangers-v-zenit-st-petersburg/ Venue: City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Wed 14 May Kick-off: 1945 BST Rangers take on Zenit St Petersburg in the first of this years european finals. Rangers are aiming for their second trophy this season but will face stiff opposition from the Russian outfit managed by former Rangers boss Dick ... http://footyblog.net/2008/05/13/rangers-face-zenit-st-petersburg-in-uefa-cup-final/ For the first time in history Chelsea makes it to the finals. Many people said that Chelsea doesn't have a soul, and their soul was in Abramovic's pockets. Well last night they proved us wrong, Chelsea won with it's heart. I think for the first time i see Chelsea this ... http://footyblog.net/2008/05/01/cpt-grant-gets-chelsea-into-the-finals/ German player Michael Ballack does a double and brings Chelsea back in the race title. It was a great game with both teams showing big interest in the game, but Chelsea managed to win after a 'Diabolical' penalty, as Sir Alex Ferguson said, in the 86th minute. I won't do ... http://footyblog.net/2008/04/27/ballack-brings-chelsea-back-in-game/ Tottenham Hotspur won the race for one of the hottest targets of the season, Luka Modric, the 22 year old Croatian Midfilder. The signing fee is believed to be about £20m according to a source in Zagreb. Luka Modric is about to sign a 5 year deal with the spurs. ... http://footyblog.net/2008/04/26/luka-modric-signs-with-spurs-for-20m/ In the past few days, after the press quoted Zlatan Ibrahimovic as saying that he would like to play one day in Spain or England, the Italian press has gone into transfer overdrive. Corriere dello Sport wrote that Real Madrid has initiated an offer of £39m(€50m) + Mahamadou Diarra. It's been ... http://footyblog.net/2008/04/25/39m-diarra-zlatan-ibrahimovic/ Rangers and Fiorentina played out a goalless draw last night. With both teams looking more focused on keeping a clean sheet than scoring a goal. Game looked promising at the beginning with Fiorentina attacking and trying the goal from nearly all positions but Rangers manged it's defensive and blocked ... http://footyblog.net/2008/04/25/rangers-0-0-fiorentina/ Manchester United killed off Arsenal's challenge in the Premiership and enhanced their prospects with two clinical set piece goals, a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo and a superb freekick from Owen Hargreaves. Emmanuel Adebayor put the Gunners ahead early in the second half but a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty and Owen Hargreaves free-kick ... http://footyblog.net/2008/04/14/manchester-united-2-1-arsenal-video/