‘Please do not watch the show through a screen on your smart device/camera. Put that s*** away as a courtesy to the person behind you and to Nick, Karen and Brian.’ This was the message fans received as they entered New York’s Webster Hall to watch the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s latest offering to the indie world. Videoing […]
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Amy Eustace: Moyes to be merrier without moody Rooney
This week @AmyEustace ponders Wayne Rooney’s Old Trafford future following David Moyes’ appointment as Alex Ferguson’s successor. If, like me, you’re one of the many football fans who have never known a world in which Fergie doesn’t stalk the Old Trafford touchline, chomping gum, chewing out referees and dictating the ebb and flow of injury […]
Gif of the day: Robin Van Persie’s cracking volley to secure the title
You know the story. Your star striker’s being banging them in left, right and centre and then goes all Emile Heskey-like and doesn’t score for 10 games. But Robin Van Persie’s middle goal in his hat-trick against Aston Villa on Monday night justified his £23m transfer price and secured his first Premier League winners medal. […]
Andy Gray exclusive: Manchester United to be crowned champions with this 17/2 shot
Manchester United v Aston Villa, SS1, Monday 8pm After 74 minutes of Spurs v Manchester City yesterday this didn’t look like the game where Manchester United would clinch their 20th league title. But Tottenham’s extraordinary comeback from a goal down to win 3-1 has given this game extra significance. If United win – they’re the […]
Andy Gray exclusive: A 14/1 footie treble to light up the weekend
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray joins the Paddy Power Blog to give his insight the weekend’s Premier League action as teams battle to keep their top 4 place and steer clear of the relegation dog-fight. Andy Gray’s treble: West Ham, Swansea and Spurs @ 14/1 [click to tweet] Tottenham v Manchester City, Live […]
Premier League tips: The 5 best backed players to score first this weekend
By Josh Powell | Trader insight Paddy Power has got his eyes on the US Masters this weekend but there is a quality weekend of Premier League action to look forward to as well, and if that wasn’t spicy enough, both FA Cup semi-finals. While Paddy tears his hair out watching Rory McIlroy miss another putt for par we’ve […]
Amy Eustace on Friday: The PFA awards are just a glorified popularity contest
It’s Friday at the time of writing this sentence and that can mean only one thing – apart from all those other things. It’s Amy Eustace’s Friday column and this week she puts some perspective on the Professional Footballer’s Association (PFA) Awards. If football was one of those clichéd American teen movies, the PFA Player of […]
Andy Carroll, Fernando Torres and seven other players more prolific than Robin van Persie
By Josh Powell | Sports writer Ok so the headline might be a little misleading. Robin van Persie has 23 goals in 38 games wearing the ‘picnic-table’ red of Manchester United so implying he isn’t prolific makes as much sense as Made In Chelsea winning a BAFTA. There is a healthy element of truth in […]
FourFourTom: My Manchester XI dream team
By FourFourTom The Manchester Derby might not have as much relevance to the league standings as many of us hoped it would at this stage in the season, but it will still be a thoroughly enjoyable and vigorously contested game. The build up over the weekend got me thinking – who would I choose if I […]
First goalscorer bets: The top 10 most profitable players in the Premier League (Torres makes the list!)
By Josh Powell | Premier League betting Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez are hotter up front than Rosie Jones. Together they have scored a combined 35 league goals this season which is more than 12 Premier League clubs have managed to rack up so far. The two hitmen account for 22 per cent of total first […]
Keep calm and blame Rodallega: How Fulham have ruined Dimitar Berbatov
Paddy Power Blogger Josh Powell gets stuck into Hugo Rodallega and his Fulham team-mates for trying to ruin Dimitar Berbatov ahead of the Bulgarian’s trip to former club Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup A lazy, sulky striker with a terrible work-rate or a technical genius, blessed with instant control and […]
FA Cup Replays: Banana skins galore for Premier League clubs this week
by Andrew Robinson A host of Premier League sides are facing the proverbial “banana skin” when they take on lower league opposition in this week’s FA Cup replays. Top billing for upsets has to go to the Bournemouth-Wigan tie, with Roberto Martinez’s outfit heading to the south coast on what will be a cold and […]
Robin Van Persie or Luis Suarez: Which hitman would you rather have up front?
By Josh Powell | Sports writer Robin Van Persie and Luis Suarez are the two deadliest hitmen in the Premier League this year and have been scoring more than an over-worked hooker. With 31 between them they’ve got more goals than 11 Premier League teams this season including West Brom, Newcastle and Norwich. The two […]
Life of Pies: Is Wayne Rooney past his peak?
By Josh Powell | Sports writer #LifeofPies ‘I am very excited. I think we have got the best young player this country has seen in the past 30 years’. Sir Alex Ferguson on signing Wayne Rooney in September 2004 The day 18-year-old superstar Wayne Rooney left his boy-hood club Everton to join the Red Devils, […]
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Manchester United v Real Madrid: As it happened
by Josh on March 5, 2013 in Champions League, Football, Latest football news
Manchester United v Real Madrid | Live text commentary It’s the game that Jose Mourinho believes the world will stop to watch. Two giants of English football come head-to-head and battle for a place in the Champions League Quarter-finals. Manchester United take on Real Madrid at Old Trafford in a match people believe deserves to be the final. It has more […]