So, Eddie Howe remains unbeaten during his second spell as Cherries boss following two comeback victories in the past few days. It’s now time to look back at some more managers who returned to manage their old clubs. Kenny Dalglish - After being begged to overturn Liverpool’s dwindling fortunes, Dalglish returned to the Anfield hotseat in January 2011 following a ... Read More »
In a sensational turn of events, AFC Bournemouth reappointed former boss Eddie Howe last week as the 34-year-old chose to leave his post at Championship Burnley for his boyhood club. Howe, and assistant Jason Tindall, are set to begin their second spell in charge at home to early League One pacesetters Tranmere Rovers tomorrow, fresh from an impressive 50% win ... Read More »
With it being international week, it is only right that this week’s talking point takes on a more global flavour. On Friday night a bunch of young males took a day off work to take a day trip to London. Among this group was an accountant, teacher and olive oil factory worker, so how did they end up taking on ... Read More »
Just like last season, Arsenal’s squad has been stung by two big name departures in the closing weeks of the transfer window. Alex Song becomes the latest to jump ship for a deal worth around £16 million, joining former team-mate Cesc Fabregas at Barcelona whilst the shock transfer of Robin van Persie to arch rivals Manchester United will seem all ... Read More »
So the Olympic Games are nearly here already, and so here at the Footy Blog we’ve decided to preview the possible starting line up for Team GB and talk about our chances of winning the tournament in London. Much has been said already of the decision to leave David Beckham out of the team, with manager Stuart Pearce stating that ... Read More »
England are out of the Euro’s so I’ve decided to take a look at which players might be featuring at the next big event, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. I’ve picked my selection of players, I’ve probably forgotten a few but I’m pretty confident of my choices. The only one I have slight doubt with is Adam Johnson – ... Read More »
Just finished watching the Spain and Portugal match, which was a very interesting spectacle despite having barely any goal mouth action until late on with Spain looking most likely to score in extra-time. What I really can’t understand though is the decision of Cristiano Ronaldo or the coach to take the 5th penalty for Portugal – was it that he ... Read More »
Although still being very raw in the minds of many England fans, I feel now is a good time to look over where it went wrong for England against Italy in last night’s Quarter Finals of the Euro 2012 competition. Firstly lets begin by stating that England did very well to last as long as they did in the competition, ... Read More »
The first round of the tournament has just come to an end with Poland, Russia, Holland, Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, Sweden and Ukraine all knocked out. Teams through to the Quarter Finals are Greece, Czech Republic, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and England. I’ve made a few observations from the Euro’s so far, and here they are: Italy know how to ... Read More »
Out of all of the top footballers Raul Meireles seems to have some of the best body art and tattoos on show so I’ve decided to show a few pictures of various parts of his body complete with tattoo. Many footballers choose to have tattoos on their bodies nowadays with it seemingly a very modern trend – I can’t really ... Read More »