Tag Archives: sports
Finance in English Football: Wage Disparities Between the Divisions
As the money involved in football increases, so does each individual players salary. According to a study, a player at one of the top-flight teams in England earns £1.5 million a year. This compares to the £646,000 of six seasons ago. The disparities of finance between the top division and lower league teams are still […]
Premier League Week 35 Saturday Match Previews
Arsenal v Chelsea This Saturdays early kick off sees a clash between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Emirates. Recent injury concerns for both teams mean key players will be missing in this match. Didier Drogba will have to sit out to due a Hamstring injury, whilst Mikel Arteta will not recover from the ankle injury sustained in the gunners last […]
Messi or Ronaldo?
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two best footballers on the planet, but who has the edge? Ronaldo is the world’s most expensive player, Real having signed him for £80 million in the summer of 2009. Prior to that he had been signed by Man United from Sporting Lisbon as an 18-year-old. Messi has a release clause of […]
Carroll, Pardew & Newcastle’s success
I find it funny how after scoring one important goal for Liverpool, Andy Carroll thinks he should now be given a run of games in the first team. Since he joined from Newcastle in Jan 2011, for a very over-estimated price tag, Carroll has been in extremely poor form scoring just 10 goals in 51 matches. […]
Paul Scholes: Euro 2012?
As a United fan, the most controversial news of the season had to be Paul Scholes coming out of retirement. The former England midfielder, aged 37, retired at the end of last season and had been coaching at Old Trafford. His first game back ended in a 3-2 win against Manchester City in the FA […]
