‘Fenerbahçe’ Archives
Turkish weekend
Better late than never... A mental weekend of footy in Turkey has let my boys leapfrog to the top ahead of Sivasspor, with Cimbom and Trabzon still hanging in there, not to mention those Fener buggers. Galatasaray 1 - 0 Ankaragücü Liverpool oldboy Milan Baros scored from the penalty spot to secure the three points. Fenerbahçe 1 - [...]
Fenerbahçe 1 – 2 Ankaragücü
Fenerbahce 1 - 2 Ankaragucu The yellow canaries slumped to yet another shock defeat, Iglesias and Jaba from the penalty spot scoring for Ankaragücü before Deivid da Souza netted a consolation for the hosts. Revel in this latest disaster...
Turkish weekend highlights
Mighty Sivasspor move clear at the top after my boys Beşiktaş cock it up at home to Bursaspor, Scoundrels Fenerbahçe prove to be worse than ever after losing to minnows Ankaraspor, while Galatasaray make up some ground in the title race. Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor 1 - 0 Fenerbahçe Big Mehmet Cakir scored the only goal with [...]
Istanbul derby ends goalless
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Fenerbahçe Players from Istanbul's two biggest teams, Galatasary and Fenerbahce, had a massive scrap in the final minutes of this epic derby match which ended in a 0-0 draw. Games between archrivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are usually tense, but on Sunday both sides needed to win in order to remain in the race for [...]
Turkish weekend
internet advertising Well, if Fenerbahçe are resisting all opportunities to win the league this season, Galatasaray aren't doing much better. A home loss to lowly Eskişehirspor ('ancient city sport') last night coming hot on the tails of Tin Pot humiliation against Hamburg has made this a really shitty week for Cimbom. The good news is that [...]
The curious case of Sivasspor
Look out Istanbul, there’s a new team in town. Originally formed in 1932 as the marvelously named ‘Sivas Gençlik’ (literally ‘the Sivas Youth’), Sivasspor kicked around somewhat aimlessly in Turkish regional competitions until 1967. In ‘67, Turkish football’s year of reckoning when the league was revamped and massively expanded, [...]
