When Fulham and Atletico Madrid walk out onto the pitch in Hamburg on Wednesday for the Europa League Final, it will be a meeting of two unlikely foes. Buy Europa League Final Tickets
Atletico Madrid will be chasing their first European title since the 1961/62 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup while Fulham are in their first European final of any sort.
For Fulham, the final will be there 19th European game this season, one short of the record of 20 set by FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1995/96. Their record in 18 European games this season reads W11 D4 L3, scoring 30 goals and conceding 16.
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by David on April 28, 2010
The Emirates Cup has quickly become one of the best pre-season touraments and the 2010 edition is shaping up to have some great games.
Emirates Cup 2010 will see Arsenal joined by Italian powerhouse AC Milan, Scottish giants Celtic and leading French club Lyon. The event – which will be hosted by Arsenal and sponsor company Emirates Airline – has been scheduled for over the weekend of Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August,
Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis said:
by David on April 21, 2010
Manchester City will face Tottenham, the New York Red Bulls and Sporting Lisbon on their pre-season tour of the United States.
The club today confirmed they will play in the inaugural New York Football Challenge, a tournament hosted by New York at their new Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey from July 22-25.
“The New York Football Challenge 2010 is an important one for us,” said City manager Roberto Mancini. “We have big ambitions for the Premier League next season and this tournament will give us the perfect opportunity to prepare for our season with some highly competitive games, enthusiastic supporters and world-class facilities. It will be fantastic for us to visit the United States, and especially for us to visit New York during our tour of the east coast.”
by David on March 29, 2010
Manchester United will play five games in the United States as part of a preseason North American tour.
Man United have scheduled three games against MLS opposition: They will play the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Boston July 13. United will then take on the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field on July 23, before travelling across the country to face the Seattle Sounders at Qwest Field on July 20.
Then the schedule gets interesting. United come back east to play the MLS All-Stars for the second year in a row at Harrison, N.J., on July 27 before finishing up the tour with a mouthwatering match against Barcelona in Washington D.c.
by David on March 9, 2010
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England have announced that they will play Holland at Wembley on 29 February 2012, in a rearranged friendly at Wembley in February.
The Football Association today confirmed the new date for the match, which was due to be played in August but was postponed due to the riots which were sweeping London at the time.
It will be the 19th meeting of the two sides, with England having won five and drawn nine of their previous meetings.
Bryan Robson and Tony Adams look back at a classic encounter with Holland.
by David on January 29, 2010
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by David on January 20, 2010
It will go down as one of the most memorable Carling Cup semi-finals in history.
Blackburn Rovers, 1-0 down from the first leg jumped out to a 2-0 advantage on aggregate through two goals from Nikola Kalinic.
But Villa got back on level terms when former Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock scored and then Blackburn defender Christopher Samba was sent off for bringing down Gabriel Agbonlahor inside the box. James Milner scored from the subsequent spot kick to make it 3-2 Villa on aggregate.
