It was Wanderers who won the FA Cup for the first time in 1872, beating the Royal Engineers 1-0 in the final at Kennington Oval, while Leicester City won the most recent edition in 2021 when defeating Chelsea by the same score. Before we get into our top five biggest outsiders to win the competition, […]
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Five Best German Players to Play in the Premier League
With the German national team winning four World Cups, it is fair to say they have had their fair share of brilliant players. The likes of Lothar Matthaus, Miroslav Klose, Gerd Muller, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller and Rudi Voller have all shone on the international stage for their country, but none of them have ever […]
Football – 5 best French players to ever play in the Premier League
Those Gallic stars have won both collective and individual awards galore and added both class and composure to their sides. 5) Eric Cantona (Leeds 1992 and Manchester United 1992-97) Three decades on, Leeds’ decision to sell Eric Cantona to Pennines rivals Manchester United still appears baffling. That might be hindsight talking because at the time, […]
Manchester Derby Takes Centre Stage on Sunday
There are only two Premier League matches taking place on Sunday, but it promises to be an informative afternoon with plenty at stake at both ends of the table. A Manchester derby from the Etihad takes centre stage and City are out to enhance their title hopes, while United can ill-afford any slip-ups in their […]
Fantasy Premier League Gamweek 28: Try to Resist the Temptation
The likes of Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds, Newcastle, Southampton, Watford and Wolves will play twice this week, but it is important players plan ahead for GWK30, where many teams will blank. In GWK27, we used a free hit, and while it wasn’t a fantastic return, we still beat the average score. Our team is not […]
Reds to Ramp up Pressure on City
Liverpool will be hoping to cut the gap to leaders Manchester City to just three points on Wednesday evening when they play host to relegation-threatened Leeds United at 19:45. In the two 19:30 games on the same evening, 19th-placed Burnley welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Turf Moor, while 18th-placed Watford take on Crystal Palace at Vicarage […]
Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 26: Welcome Back, Mo!
It has been a crazy few weeks in the FPL world and that shows no signs of stopping in GWK26, which is a double gameweek. Managers have to try and be fluid with not everyone playing in GWK27, while fixtures are yet to be confirmed for GWK30 and GWK33. So, for now, all we can […]
Close Battles Expected Throughout the Premier League
There is almost an equal split of Premier League games over the weekend with five on Saturday and four more on Sunday, and with the exception of Manchester City’s trip to Norwich, most of them are close betting battles. Tyneside Tussle to Be Full of Goals The best-looking bet comes on Tyneside, where goals should […]
Reds to Add to Rodgers’ Woes
After two and a half years of success with Leicester, Brendan Rodgers is finding life tough and a return to an old stomping ground is unlikely to provide any solace. The Foxes face off against Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday in one of two games kicking off at 19:45 in the Premier League, with the […]
Why Are There No Premier League Games This Weekend?
Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday brought an end to Premier League football for the next two weeks. After years of pressure, the Premier League decided to introduce a winter break – much like our European neighbours – in 2019/20 in the hope of dealing with player burnout. The winter break […]
Fantasy Premier League Gamweek 23: Time to Come Out from Behind the Sofa
Thousands of players made transfers to take advantage of the added fixtures, only to see more postponements due to Covid-19. We wrote last week that this was becoming a bit of a chore, and at the time of writing, we are still unsure if GWK23 will become a double gameweek, ideal, right? While our suggested […]
MansionBet Monday Quiz: Premier League Team Nicknames
Nicknames are commonplace in sport, especially that one player who fans adore and never want to leave. As well as players, teams also have their own nicknames, some more popular than others. All 20 teams in the 2021/22 Premier League season have their own unique nickname – how many of them do you know? Take […]
The New Champions League: Baggy, Bloated and Boring!
Conspiracy theorists might be forgiven for wondering whether all that kerfuffle over the aborted Super League wasn’t just a form of smoke-screen for the revised format of Europe’s main competition. In case you missed it, the Champions League is going to be different from the 2024/25 season onwards. The revised ‘Swiss Model’ was formulated as […]
Martin Ødegaard: A Star Reborn at Arsenal?
The football world is excited to see what Martin Ødegaard will do at Arsenal after an incredible loan spell at Real Sociedad. His performances in La Liga prove he has more to offer and also shows what he was missing at a big club like Real Madrid. No Pressure Football Real Sociedad is a club […]
United Aim to Keep Liverpool Off Their Perch
In the last 3 games United have managed 9 points and Liverpool only 2. Gary Neville asked after the Burnley win: “Why shouldn’t Man United fans believe?” This fixture is so eagerly awaited by fans that it dwarfs the whole weekend of sport. There is plenty of potential for new story lines. Most exciting is […]
Merseyside Braced for Crucial Premier League Clash
There is a feast of Premier League action over the next two days and Wednesday’s schedule is headlined by the huge top-of-the-table meeting of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield. Spurs head into Wednesday’s fixtures at the summit of the table, ahead of second-place Liverpool on goal difference, and the excitement is building ahead of […]
What’s Gone Wrong with Arsenal?
Arsenal fans weren’t expecting much in the build-up to the London derby, tactically outmatched and lacking in real quality meant they suffered a painful 2-0 defeat to a typically disciplined Mourinho outfit. The ‘Gooners’ have very little to be excited about with only 10 goals scored in their worst start to a Premier League season. […]