Posts Tagged ‘Barnsley FC’

Everton, Newcastle and Aston Villa battle over £10m trio, but who can offer the best future?

by Mr Comfort on April 15th, 2008 | 320 words | 17 comments

Three teams moving in the right direction up the Premier League table appear to be battling for the same three British talents.
All three are apparently keen on Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessey, valued in the 3m bracket, who said of the attention:
“At the end of the day I’m still at Wolves and I love it here. […]

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BBC pundit sacked after anti-Cardiff remarks

by stresster on March 27th, 2008 | 223 words | 6 comments

There’s never been any love lost between Cardiff and Swansea, two of the three Welsh clubs in the Football League. Indeed, ex-Swan Lee Trundle received a pretty hostile reception when he recently visited Ninian Park with new club Bristol City. He won’t be forgetting that in a hurry!
The Times reports that this rivalry has […]

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Chelsea have to win either the League or the Champions League for Grant to stay at the helm.

by Dexter on March 10th, 2008 | 233 words | 6 comments

The Guardian reports that Chelsea boss Avram Grant will have to win either the Premier League or the Champions League to avoid the sack. Apparently Roman Abramovich was “incensed” after viewing Chelsea slip up to lowly Barnsley in the FA Cup, and yesterday Grant had a crisis meeting with his squad, in an attempt to […]

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Chelsea manager: Barnsley deserved to win

by sub on March 9th, 2008 | 187 words | no comments

Minnows Barnsley continue their giants killing habit. They got the better of Premiership giants Chelsea 1-0 in the last 8 of the FA Cup on Saturday at Oakwell.
Barnsley had earlier beaten Liverpool and now they have added Chelsea to their credit. Chelsea manager Avram Grant though doesn’t hesitate to admit that Barnsley deserved to win […]

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Chelsea captain wants to win against Barnsley

by sub on March 8th, 2008 | 135 words | 8 comments

Chelsea play minnows Barnsley in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup later on Saturday and although Chelsea skipper John Terry is impressed by Barnsley’s defeat of Liverpool, he doesn’t want the same fate for his team.
Terry says:
I watched Barnsley-Liverpool on Match of the Day and couldn’t believe the result.
I enjoyed it. I think the whole […]

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Liverpool gaffer demands more respect

by sub on February 18th, 2008 | 229 words | 6 comments

The best way to defend is to attack as they say and under-fire Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is applying that policy. He has been barraged left, right and centre with stinging criticims after the Reds lost to Championship side Barnsley in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday but the former Valencia coach […]

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Liverpool manager fretting over FA Cup exit

by sub on February 17th, 2008 | 225 words | 20 comments

Liverpool are swaying from one crisis to another. The Reds are already out of the Premiership title race this season and now they are out of the FA Cup as well. Little Barnsley saw off the former European champions 2-1 in the fifth round on Saturday and Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is left to rue […]

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Barnsley star: Liverpool rotated and paid the price.

by Dexter on February 17th, 2008 | 178 words | 2 comments

The Daily Mail reports that after beating Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield, Barnsley’s match winning star Brian Howard said:
“Benitez didn’t play his strongest side against us. He was thinking about Inter Milan on Tuesday and it backfired.
“They are out of the FA Cup now and well behind in the Premier League, so they’ve […]

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Liverpool manager ‘I’m no flop’

by stresster on February 17th, 2008 | 177 words | 13 comments

The People report that Rafael Benitez is well and truly fighting his corner, following criticism that he’s fast becoming a failure at Anfield. The Liverpool manager presided over arguably his most humiliating day in charge of the club on Saturday, when the Reds were beaten 2-1 at home to Barnsley.
“If you analyse the last few […]

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Liverpool gaffer: No mistakes against Barnsley

by sub on February 16th, 2008 | 240 words | 7 comments

Liverpool were given a massive shock by unknown Havant & Waterlooville in the third round of the FA Cup. The non-league side actually twice went ahead but were ultimately vanquished 5-2 by the Reds. Liverpool play another minnow this weekend in the fifth round of the FA Cup and their gaffer Rafael Benitez is not […]

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