‘Birmingham’ Archives
Birmingham 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool had keeper Pepe Reina's heroics to thank for salvaging them a point against Birmingham (download). Reina pulled off superb reaction saves to keep out firm headers from Cameron Jerome and Craig Gardner as the Reds struggled to cope with the home side.
Bolton 2-2 Birmingham
Bolton's 10 men battled back to deny a classier Birmingham side victory in a feisty affair at the Reebok Stadium (download). The visitors took the lead after just three minutes when Roger Johnson slid home after a great move down the left. Trotters keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen was sent off for a needless slap on Johnson just before half-time, after [...]
Birmingham 2-1 Blackburn
Craig Gardner scored twice as Birmingham came from behind to beat Blackburn in a really good game. Michael Oliver (at 25) became the youngest-ever Premier League referee and didn't do a bad job to be fair.
Premier League: the climax!
Thank God that's over, what an awful campaign. Here are my end of season awards: Chancer of the year Big Frank Lampard was the only player to set up more than 100 goalscoring chances in the PL this season (2nd was young Fabregas who managed 95, 3rd was Valencia with 89). Not trying hard enough award Rio Ferdinand committed just two [...]
Weekend footy: 1st – 2nd May
Liverpool 0 - 2 Chelsea Gerrard apparently hadn't realised that his agreement to sign for Chelsea next year didn't mean that he had to already start contributing to their title challenge this season. Utter scouse rubbish. Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sunderland 0 - 1 Man Utd Nice try but probably [...]
Weekend footy: 24th – 25th April
Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke City Chelsea became the 2nd top flight side since 1945 (along with Wolves in 1962-63) to score 7 or more goals in 3 games in the same season. Prior to this year they had never hit 7 in a single PL game. Chelsea 7-0 Stoke Highlights - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Manchester United 3 - 1 [...]
Weekend footy: 17th – 18th April
Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester United Paul Scholes kept Manchester United's hopes alive with a goal deep into injury time. Man Utd’s three wins in the Manchester derby this season have all seen the decisive goal scored in the 90th minute. Ryan Giggs has appeared in all 29 league Manchester derbies since his first league start came against [...]
Weekend footy: 10th – 11th April
Tottenham 0 - 2 Portsmouth Tottenham 0 - Portsmouth 2 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Aston Villa 0 - 3 Chelsea Aston Villa 0 - Chelsea 3 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Manchester City 5 - 1 Birmingham Manchester City vs Birmingham MOTD (11.4.2010) - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Blackburn [...]
Weekend footy: 3rd – 4th April
Manchester United 1 - 2 Chelsea Manchester United 1 - Chelsea 2 MOTD - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Arsenal 1 - 0 Wolves Arsenal vs Wolves 1-0 MOTD - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Fulham 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic Fulham vs Wigan Athletic 2-1 MOTD - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Everton 2 - 2 [...]
Premier League weekend: 27th-28th March
Chelsea 7-1 Aston Villa Big Frank Lampard scored four goals for Chelsea to put the blues top as Arsenal slipped up at St Andrews. Chelsea 7 - Aston Villa 1 (MotD) - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Bolton 0-4 Manchester United Dimitar Berbatov scored twice as Manchester United cruised back to the top of the table. [...]
