GILGIT (Pakistan): For some, playing a friendly football match on the frozen surface of a 70-feet deep lake in bitter cold was more adventurous than scaling the K2, the second highest peak after Mount Everest. A match was organised on the frozen Khalti Lake in Ghizer Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Pakistan) with G-B’s Minister […]
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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 25
Another international break is around the corner but we still have this weekend’s action to look forward to. Fantasy managers will be looking for some FPL insight and our friends over at Fantasy Yirma never disappoint. Here are their selections for Gameweek 25. Meanwhile, do remember that Gameweek 26 includes double games for both Liverpool […]
Fantasy Football – Gameweek 24
Now that the Cup games are behind us for the time being, we can look forward to a double dose of fantasy football over the next week. Gameweek 24 starts us off in midweek while Gameweek 25 will take us through the weekend. As usual, the folks over at Fantasy Yirma have provided their insightful […]
Transfer Window Action
As your one-stop-source to all things football, TKTG brings you the best links so that you can catch up on all the moves as they happened along with the stories behind the moves. Let’s get things started with a list of the major moves so far (in no particular order): – Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan […]
Real top football’s money league… again
Real Madrid remain top of world football’s “money league” after becoming the first club in sport to earn more than 500m euros in a season. Revenue of 512.6m euros (£430.4m) in 2011-12 enabled them to lead Deloitte’s list for the eighth straight season. Barcelona were second, while Manchester United, in third, were one of seven […]
In search for a bargain, scouts now trust in spreadsheets
Times have changed. Now almost everything that happens on the pitch, save for phlegm being flung from players’ left nostrils, is codified across a vast number of leagues. And, subtly but inevitably, the scout and the spreadsheet – never natural soulmates – have started to squeeze up tight, like new lovers in a single bed. […]
Fantasy Football – Gameweek 23
Looking for some valuable FPL insight? Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 23. Gameweek 23 preview: Suarez to clip Canaries’ wings again? Norwich City must hate it that Luis Suarez (£10.4m) is never out of the headlines. It only brings back bad memories. Liverpool’s Uruguayan forward may have found himself back […]
Guardiola wants to manage a Premier League club
Pep Guardiola has set out why he wants to manage in the Premier League after returning from his sabbatical next season, with Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United all monitoring his position and the former Barcelona coach speaking publicly for the first time about what attracts him to English football. “I’ve always found English football […]
Who are the dirtiest team in the EPL?
Several teams in the Premier League have been branded as ‘dirty’ teams over the years, but which teams actually deserve the title of ‘dirtiest’ this season? We take a look at which teams have committed the most fouls this season, as well as which teams have received the most yellow cards. We have also looked […]
Carolyn Radford – Football’s youngest CEO stands by her Mansfield
Carolyn Radford does not take long to show her steel. Mansfield Town’s chief executive reacts with a mix of anger and sarcasm to being asked why she and her now husband, John Radford, who owns the club, did not disclose their relationship when he appointed her as English football’s youngest CEO in September 2011, when […]
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