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May 2008
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Patrick Kinmartin
Old Perspective
OK, so it was practically a century ago, but Chelsea manager David Calderhead spent 26 seasons in charge of the Blues from 1907 to 1933 despite winning a mere 40 percent of his games in charge (384-343-239). Avram Grant was released this morning after not even a year with a 67-percent win rate (36-9-12), […]
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Patrick Kinmartin
Extra Extra
Read about tomorrow’s massive Prem promotion title game from the point of view of Bristol City or Hull City, or both if you really enjoy butterflied-stomach prose (Hull, by the way, was once referred to by Aussie writer Peter Porter as “the most poetic city in England.”)
What’s more, in the two teams’ regular-season meetings, there […] -
101Soccer Live Podcast, Danny Page, Glenn Davis, Patrick Kinmartin
101Soccer Live - May 22nd
On Thursday’s Edition of 101Soccer Live:
- Manchester United tops Chelsea for Champions League title
- Drogba loses cool, Terry misses penalty in classic Moscow final
- Avram Grant victim of tumultuous Chelsea season
- Glenn Davis breaks down Champions League final, MLS season
- Patrick Kinmartin chats with San Jose Quakes keeper Joe Cannon
- Mexican Soccer Minute: Clausura reaches […] -
Patrick Kinmartin
Race For First
Now that an exhaustive Champions League season (not that they all aren’t) has come to an end, it’s time to focus on this summer’s Euro Cup — immediately. That’s because title holders Manchester United can make more Premiership history if Edwin Van der Sar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Nani, Nemanja Vidic and even Tomasz Kuszczak happen […]
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Patrick Kinmartin
Quake Ready
I was down at San Jose Earthquakes practice at Buck Shaw Stadium yesterday as the team finalized preparations for tonight’s matchup against the Houston Dynamo and all the backstory that comes with it.
Talking with veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon, it became pretty clear to me the team sees the type of momentum that can be […] -
Patrick Kinmartin
0 For 8
Here we have two English clubs in the championship and yet their internationally-based starting goalkeepers — Chelsea’s Peter Cech of the Czech Republic and United’s Edwin Van der Sar of the Netherlands — ensure that England still hasn’t had a native countryman in net for a Champions League final since Aston Villa’s Jimmy Rimmer started […]
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Patrick Kinmartin
Know Your Ref
It seems like the pregame buildup to these big-time matches can never go off without a hitch in the match referee’s history with one of the clubs. Lubos Michel is the head man for tonight’s game and, naturally, has a past with Chelsea.
Michel was the guy Jose Mourinho verbally skewered in the media for […] -
Patrick Kinmartin
Precedent Set
By now it’s pretty well documented that tonight’s all-English Champions League final is just the second time two clubs from the same nation are meeting for the title. The first, the 2000 clash between La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Valencia, was unlike this one because both teams didn’t also finish atop their league standings […]
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Danny Page
Lump Of Cole
If Chelsea lose to Manchester United in Wednesday’s Champions League Final, Chelsea’s Claude Makelele won’t be receiving any holiday gifts from his manager, Avram Grant.
In Chelsea’s training session on Tuesday, Makelele sliced into Ashley Cole, leaving Chelsea unsure on his status for tomorrow’s final.
Cole was set to become the first Englishman to play in the […] -
101Soccer Live Podcast
101Soccer Live - May 19th & 20th
On Tuesday’s Edition of 101Soccer Live:
- Champions League Final On-Deck
- Frank Lampard rumored to have signed with Inter Milan
- Shotty pitch should provide few problems
- Jordan Moore picks Manchester United, 1-0
- Danny Page picks Chelsea in extra time, 2-1
On Monday’s Edition of 101Soccer Live:
- Portsmouth win first hardware since 1939
- Harry Redknapp to leave Portsmouth […]
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