Showing posts with label England Soccer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England Soccer. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Arsenal's tour in Indonesia..

Here is the video promotion from Arsenal's tour in Indonesia:






Meanwhile, we can search in Google about the record from Arsenal when they had tour in Indonesia in few decades ago..

Start from June 1983, Arsenal, led by Terry Neil, won against PSMS Plus in Medan 3-0. Three days later, they flew to Jakarta to play with PSSI Selection and got bigger score in 5-0.

After that, Arsenal close their tour to face legendary club, Niac Mitra Surabaya in Tambaksari Stadium 10 November. Niac Mitra who found themselves as Galatama champion able to defeat Arsenal with score 2-0.
Niac Mitra's scorer was S'pore legend, Fandi Ahmad and Joko Malis.


We'll hope the Garuda squad will able to crushing them,,


Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Moslem Players in the Premier League

TEMPO.CO, London - When the Premier League started in 1992, there was only one Moslem footballer, Tottenham's Spanish midfielder Nayim. England's top division now features 40 Moslem players, having played a significant effect on the culture of the games.
Demba Ba, currently playing as Chelsea's forward, once scored for Newcastle and celebrated it by sinking to their knees in prayer. Today, Muslim footballers are provided with halal food, separate shower, as well as time and space for prayer.
The most recent event of change was when Yaya Toure, Manchester City's Midfielder, politely refused the champagne award for being the Man of the Match. Champagne was then phased out and now all players receive a small trophy instead.
However, challenges are ahead for Moslem players with Ramadhan as a pressure point. Clubs begin to worry if the players can perform at the highest level for over 90 minutes without eating or drinking for up to 18 hours of the day.
Some players insist on fasting every day. Others may fast during training but not on a match day. Clubs tend to muddle through with some kind of compromise, but it cannot be an easy period for players or managers.
Abou Diaby, Arsenal's midfielder, said "Arsenal would prefer me not to fast, but they understand this is a special moment for me and they try to accommodate things to make me better." Ba admitted that he had some issues with managers about Ramadan. "Every time I had a manager that was not happy with it [Ramadan], I always said: 'Listen, I'll do it. If my performance is still good, I'll keep playing; if it's bad you drop me on the bench, that's it."

source: http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2013/07/10/068495083/Moslem-Players-in-the-Premier-League

Friday, May 27, 2011

You are here England may quit Fifa after corruption allegation

UK Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said England are not ruling out the possibility of leaving Fifa.
FIFA President looks on during a press conference
His comments come a day after David Triesman, former chairman of the English FA, said four Fifa executive committee members asked for favours in exchange for votes for England to host the 2018 World Cup.

"There is a desire to try to work and change Fifa from the inside," Robertson told BBC Radio. "If Fifa proves unable to do that, then I would say all options are possible."

Triesman told a UK parliamentary committee on Tuesday (May 10) that he was asked for cash, TV rights and a knighthood in exchange for votes in the ballot on who should host the Cup. England garnered the least number of votes.