http://www.football-corner.org Proudly Nominated for an Irish Blog Award Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An interrupted set of fixtures take place this week as the top teams from last season compete in the Setanta Cup over the weekend, however these teams will be taking part in some action on Tuesday night. UCD got their season off to a great start last week and sit ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/11/league-of-ireland-series-2/ Manchester United 4-0 AC Milan. Arsenal 5-0 Porto. Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon. There has been talk over the past few months that the Premier League has began to fall behind La Liga in terms of it's overall quality. With players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso swapping England for Spain last summer, many ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/10/manchester-united-and-arsenal-prove-why-the-premier-league-is-still-the-best-in-the-world/ Real Madrid will be looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit tonight in the second-leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Lyon and many, including myself believe that Cristiano Ronaldo may prove all the difference for the Spanish giants. The former Manchester United man has been in cracking form of ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/10/cristiano-ronaldo-can-make-all-the-difference-for-real-madrid-tonight/ England may have beaten the African champions 3-1 on Wednesday night but it seems fans and bookies have been left equally unimpressed by the performance in the first hour of the game especially. England went in at half time 1-0 down with several players underperforming but after several subs in the ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/08/england-not-to-be-written-off-for-world-cup-after-win-against-african-champions/ Although the bookies still have Chelsea and Manchester United ahead of Arsenal in the market to win this season's Premier League, I personally believe that Arsene Wenger's men should now be considered the favourites. The 3-1 at home to Burnley yesterday wasn't great, however that win now leaves Arsenal just two ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/07/arsenal-must-now-be-considered-favourites-to-win-the-premier-league-title/ The opening weekend of the League of Ireland has produced some unlikely results and some controversial decisions which have decided games. New players were on show for each club, so fans had plenty of new faces to get used to. Some of these new players turned into heroes while others ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/06/league-of-ireland-review-surprise-early-leaders-in-the-loi/ So the opening weekend of the new season is upon us and it certainly has thrown up some mouth watering games. After a long absence and much negative publicity towards the league in recent months, it is an welcoming sight that the league is restarting. Bohemians vs Sporting Fingal. Dalymount Park, Fri, 19.35 Possibly the ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/04/league-of-ireland-series-1/ So after months of waiting, The League of Ireland finally returns again this Friday. Throughout the close season there has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future of the league and the participating clubs. Clubs such as, defending champions, Bohemians and Galway have been reported to be suffering financially ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/03/league-of-ireland-preview/ You may have noticed recently that I haven't been updating as much as I would like of late. This is down to the fact that I am now writing for Football Q's, however I promise that the rate of articles on Football Corner will begin to pick up in the ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/03/03/who-will-fernando-torres-be-playing-for-next-season/ Fair play to Wayne Bridge. In yesterday's Chelsea vs Manchester City game at Stamford Bridge, Wayne Bridge refused to shake former friend and team mate John Terry's hand - and so he should have. With every pair of eyes in the stadium and indeed those watching around the world glued to ... http://www.football-corner.org/2010/02/28/well-done-wayne-bridge/