Antonio Valencia has given up the most prestigious shirt in Manchester United’s history after a difficult year wearing the number graced by five of the club’s greats. George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have made the No. 7 shirt particularly prized at Old Trafford. And it was handed to winger […]
Archive | 2013
Arsenal – Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
An excellent article by @SwissRamble on Arsenal finances; their cash reserves and how much of a transfer budget they currently have. I have taken the best and most relevant points from the article to give you a short summary. “We have a certain amount of money which we’ve held in reserve. We also have new revenue […]
Champions League Draw – Playoffs
UEFA Champions League play-off draw League route Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Real Sociedad (ESP) Schalke 04 (GER) v Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) FC Paços de Ferreira (POR) v Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) PSV Eindhoven (NED) v AC Milan (ITA) Fenerbahçe (TUR) v Arsenal FC (ENG) Champions route Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Austria Wien (AUT) Ludogorets Razgrad […]
Hawk Eye in the Premier League
Technology to be installed at 20 clubs in summer for use in 2013/14 season The Premier League is pleased to announce that it has awarded Hawk-Eye, the world’s leading provider of vision processing instruments to sport, the contract to provide goal-line technology systems across its 20 member clubs and all 380 Barclays Premier League matches.The […]
Fantasy Leagues – Cash Prizes
Here is a list of the Fantasy Premier League mini-leagues that are offering cash prizes. Our own league offers prizes of £ 150 and £ 50. If you run a league and you do not see details of the league please email us at info@toknowthegame,com and we will update the page. TOKNOWTHEGAME.COM Code: 99698-29443. First Place £ 150 Second […]
Cost of Starting Eleven – Top 4
No analysis; just numbers. Make your own judgement. Ever wondered how much it costs for the starting XI of the top 4? Their subs bench and their reserves? How much your team needs to spend to win a league title? How far away Arsenal really are? How much have Chelsea spent? I have taken the […]
Even if Gareth Bale goes, Spurs look healthy
Real Madrid target is the dominant story but in Paulinho, Roberto Soldado and Nacer Chadli, Tottenham have already bought well. With all the masses of column inches currently being devoted to the future of Gareth Bale it has almost gone unnoticed that Tottenham have been quietly going about the makings of a very satisfactory transfer window. Of course, […]
Guardiola’s golden image already tarnished at Munich
… The 2-1 win over Manchester City at the Allianz Arena bestowed another, altogether tinier treble of three friendly titles on the team and their new manager, Pep Guardiola, but the 42-year-old was on the defensive in the subsequent TV interview with the local broadcaster. Are you – despite the team’s problems – optimistic for the new […]
Dynasties in decline
Two years ago, Barcelona were competing to be the greatest club team of all time. Cruel fate’s intervention means they have been forced to seek a new direction. …Gerardo Martino, a coach whose experience of European football extends to a single season spent as a player at Tenerife over two decades ago, has been given […]
Time for Spurs to make transfer gamble
…When news broke on Monday that Tottenham are refusing to meet Valencia’s €30 million asking price for their striker Roberto Soldado, the alarms bells ringing in the office of Villas-Boas and new sporting director Franco Baldini created a din that could be heard in the homes of the club’s vast army of supporters. Tottenham fans […]
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