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crouchea.livejournal.com

I'm throwing out old magazines from 2014, but two of them contained cool articles about games that Cahill and Luiz felt important to them in their development as footballers. Remember it's from 2 years ago so there's probably others the'd include now--

( Love these two so much )

jazzypom.livejournal.com

( Are you gonna go my way? Bring good internet with you. )

yeats.livejournal.com

Bolton's midfielder Fabrice Muamba has announced his retirement from football, five months after he survived a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup tie.

Muamba's heart stopped for 78 minutes after he collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane during Bolton's match against Spurs in March. His life was saved by the intervention of medics from both teams and an off-duty heart specialist, before he spent time recovering in an east London hospital.

The 24-year-old had hoped to resume his career, but Bolton said that Muamba's decision to retire was "made on the recommendation of his medical team, following extensive consultations with leading cardiologists both in the United Kingdom and Europe."

Muamba, who carried the Olympic flame in July as the torch relay made its way from Greenwich to Waltham Forest, said: "Since suffering my heart attack and being discharged from hospital, I have remained utterly positive in the belief I could one day resume my playing career and play for Bolton Wanderers once again.

"As part of my ongoing recovery, last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist. But the news I received was obviously not what I had hoped it would be and it means I am now announcing my retirement from professional football.

"Football has been my life since I was a teenage boy and it has given me so many opportunities. Above all else, I love the game and count myself very lucky to have been able to play at the highest level.

"While the news is devastating, I have much to be thankful for. I thank God that I am alive and I pay tribute once again to the members of the medical team who never gave up on me.

"I would also like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my career, and the Bolton fans who have been incredible. I am blessed to have the support of my family and friends at this time."

The Bolton chairman Phil Gartside said: "To have Fabrice here and with us is truly amazing and we are all very thankful for that. We are all hugely disappointed that Fabrice will be unable to return to his playing career but we have to be guided by the medical recommendations and the best interests of Fabrice.

"The most important thing is that Fabrice and his family have the rest of their lives ahead of them."

Bolton's manager Owen Coyle said: "We have spoken with Fab and he knows we will always support him in whatever he wants to do and that we will always be here for him.

"He is obviously massively disappointed that he won't be able to carry on his career, but everyone has seen what a fighter and strong person he is in mind and body. We know that he will go on to achieve great things and within all this disappointment, the most important thing is that he is here, alive, today."

source.

verses.livejournal.com

Fabrice Muamba taken off ventilator, is now speaking in French and English

Although Bolton Wanderers' former England Under-21 international remains in intensive care, statements from the medical team treating him at the London Chest

Hospital have sounded a note of cautious optimism.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien, who visited the hospital on Monday night, said Muamba had spoken in both French and English to him.

These reports followed a succession of improvements in Muamba’s condition after the footballer had spent two days in a medically induced coma in an effort to reduce swelling around his brain.

With his heartbeat and blood chemistry being closely monitored for signs of any deterioration in his condition, by 3.30pm on Monday surgeons felt sufficiently confident to reduce his reliance on the mechanical aids that had until that point kept him alive.

By the evening they had removed the ventilator that had previously kept him breathing.

( Hospital statement and more. )

Telegraph.

Edit: Oh man, apparently his first words were "Where's Josh?" in reference to his son.

arooj.livejournal.com

• Bolton say player 'in a critically ill condition'
• FA Cup tie at Tottenham abandoned

Fabrice Muamba

The FA Cup quarter-final between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers was abandoned just before half-time on Saturday night after the Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch. The 23-year-old was taken to hospital after receiving medical treatment on the pitch and Bolton later issued a statement saying that he was "in a critically ill condition in intensive care" at the heart attack centre at the London Chest Hospital.

It was unclear what caused the Bolton player to fall down in the 42nd minute with the score level at 1-1, but he was in obvious distress. Players and staff immediately realised the seriousness of the situation, with Tottenham's players gesturing frantically for the paramedics to come on. The medical teams sprinted to the scene. Muamba lost consciousness and several attempts were made to resuscitate him on the pitch using CPR. Bolton's manager, Owen Coyle, shouted: "He's just collapsed," before running across to join the paramedics and looked on as the medical team struggled to revive his stricken player.

After six minutes of receiving heart massage, Muamba was carried off the pitch with a defibrillator being used. Efforts to revive him continued as he was transferred to an ambulance. Coyle, and Bolton's club captain, Kevin Davies, accompanied Muamba to hospital.

The referee, Howard Webb, consulted both managers and the two captains, Nigel Reo-Coker and Scott Parker, and took the players off the pitch. A few minutes later it was announced that the match was abandoned. No explanation was given but the crowd began chanting Muamba's name and applauded before filing out quietly.

Spurs said in a statement: "Tottenham can confirm that Fabrice Muamba has been taken to hospital following his collapse on the pitch during the match at White Hart Lane this evening. The match was immediately abandoned. Everyone at the club sends their best wishes to Fabrice and his family."

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candyrushh.livejournal.com

The Barclays Premier League is watched by 70 per cent of the world's estimated 2.08 billion football fans.

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New research has been carried out by leading sport business research consultancy, SPORT+MARKT, and it reaffirms that the Barclays Premier League is one of the drivers of worldwide football interest.

Global following of England's top flight is projected 1.46 billion - or 70 per cent of the world's estimated 2.08 billion football fans - extrapolated data from Sponsoring21+, the most in-depth sport sponsorship study ever conducted, has shown. Of those, 615 million are supporters of one of the League's 20 clubs.

The Premier League is even more of a driving force for football interest in its home market, the United Kingdom. Of 21.4 million enthusiasts of the game, 92 per cent follow the Premier League.

Figures are also impressive in key international markets such as China and the USA: 64 per cent of Chinese football fans follow the League closely, while half of America's growing soccer-loving community are absorbed by the goings on across the Atlantic.

Global TV audience hits 4.7 billion

In terms of annual domestic sporting competition, the exposure offered by the Barclays Premier League is unprecedented.

Last season, television coverage of its matches reached 643 million homes around the world, up 11 per cent from 580 million in 2009/10.

Meanwhile, SPORT+MARKT's analysts estimate the total cumulative in-home TV audience shot up from 2.9 to 3.9 billion during that time. When added to the estimated 777 million out of home viewers, that takes the total Barclays Premier League audience last term to 4.7 billion.

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arooj.livejournal.com

• Current deal sees top-flight clubs share billions of pounds
• Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre raises alternative

Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard in action against Manchester United

The deal that shares television's billions equally between Premier League clubs is facing its biggest threat to date after Liverpool announced they would lead a challenge for overseas TV rights to be sold on a club-by-club basis.

Liverpool's managing director, Ian Ayre, has insisted the break-up of the established broadcasting deal, worth £3.2bn in total to all Premier League clubs for 2010‑13, is "a debate that has to happen", with the Anfield club in favour of the Spanish model that allows Barcelona and Real Madrid to negotiate individual contracts that dwarf their domestic and European rivals.

Since the Premier League's foundation in 1992 its success has been largely based on the principle of collective selling, where each club no matter how lowly can expect a fixed share of TV deals with "merit" awards for finishing positions as an add‑on. Changing this model would risk revolt from the smaller clubs who stand to lose most, and thus threatens the league's very structure.

At present, the Premier League sells domestic and overseas broadcasting rights collectively and more than doubled international revenue in its last negotiations, from £625m for 2007‑10 to £1.4bn for 2010‑13. With the Premier League shown in 212 countries and having 98 broadcast partners around the world, it is expected the next deal will show a similar increase, with overseas rights potentially worth more than domestic for the first time.

Ayre believes the Premier League's four biggest global draws – Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal – deserve an increased share from 2013, with overseas broadcasting having a greater influence on the Anfield club's financial future than a new stadium. "Personally I think the game-changer is going out and recognising our brand globally," said the Liverpool managing director. "Maybe the path will be individual TV rights like they do in Spain. There are so many things moving in that particular area.

"What is absolutely certain is that, with the greatest of respect to our colleagues in the Premier League, but if you're a Bolton fan in Bolton, then you subscribe to Sky because you want to watch Bolton. Everyone gets that. Likewise, if you're a Liverpool fan from Liverpool, you subscribe. But if you're in Kuala Lumpur there isn't anyone subscribing to Astro, or ESPN to watch Bolton, or if they are it's a very small number. Whereas the large majority are subscribing because they want to watch Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal.

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aylerz.livejournal.com

Not sure if this is allowed, if it's not sorry!! and you can delete it and I won't have my feelings hurt.

A friend of mine has started a project to put together a get well/feel better/best wishes book for Stuart Holden. He's coming home due to his injury keeping him out for another 6 months. Because of where we live and the intimate nature of the Houston Dynamo, she'll have absolutely no problem getting the book to Stuart. She's taking submissions and she wants to make it as awesome as possible because he's pretty bummed.

( Anyways here is her original post about the project. )

crouchea.livejournal.com

Chelsea take first step towards leaving Stamford Bridge for new home

( Mr Abramovich builds his dream stadium. )

&a nice article about Daniel Sturridge's humility at the weekend, with more than the odd allusion to football & sex, hehe:

( He said Danny boy this is a showdown )

crouchea.livejournal.com

'Ello ladies and gents!!! Whilst there were two all-London affairs in the form of the North London and West London derbies going on in this afternoon just as yours' truly settled in to being away from the city, Chelsea kept her ~reign of the capital~ in check with a thrilling and totally comprehensive boshing of Bolton that consisted of Daniel Sturridge getting a brace against his one-time loanee team, and a Frank Lampard hat-trick. The latter was particularly sweet because it capped off a week in which he'd scored an aggregate of four goals, straight after ~wonderful football pundits~ had written his career. If there's one thing Mr Lampard does well (aside from memorizing Latin characters for GCSE exams), it's to respond to criticism by just getting his head down and training even harder. And whether or not he needed-to-train, his extra effort certainly reaped its dividends. Pix (and general euphoric gloating) under the cut!

( He's younger than me, and he's faster than me, but he ain't scored a hat-trick vs Bolton like me! )

randommiss90.livejournal.com

(Surprisingly, I didn't really suffer from loss of Saturday matches this year. The difference between the horrible episodes of football withdrawal that I experienced last year is that this year I went on holiday in June and July so it feels like the season just took a 2 week break rather than two months.)

Just over a day (two for my beloved Utd) until the new Premier League season kicks off. There's surely going to be some drama, thrills and goal keeping spills. It wouldn't be the Premier League if there wasn't a little bit of crazy every now and again.

Now, I know Goal.com is as much loved around here as much as Marmite is in our house but bear with. They actually had a very funny piece about what they think is going to happen in the Premier League. I thought we could do with a bit of light hearted humour so here it is.

Warning, it's a bit of a read but honestly it's so worth it.

( the best thing goal.com has ever done ever )

scruby.livejournal.com

Bolton's Lee Chung-yong out for nine months with broken right leg

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crouchea.livejournal.com

Tom Jenkins of The Guardian is an astounding photographer. 39 photos of his through the course of the rollercoaster ride that was the 2010-11 season!~~~

The opening weekend, 15 August 2010: Despite having Joe Cole sent off for a challenge on Laurent Koscielny, Liverpool look to have secured three points until a last-minute howler from Pepe Reina allows Marouane Chamakh to equalise. Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
( My outfit's ridiculous, In the club lookin' so conspicuous. )

crouchea.livejournal.com

I was wondering, what were all your favourite footballing anecdotes/lol-stories of lulzy things that have happened to them? here are a smattering off the top of my head, some famous, some lesser-known.

A couple of Bung's:---

( Appropriate Hailee Steinfeld icon is appropriate )

With the emergence of footballers on twitter, footballers bantering with each other over twitter is quite a prominent one too. Obvs there's tonnes more, so do share!

scruby.livejournal.com

Two interesting articles from Who Ate All The Pies.

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crouchea.livejournal.com

[Poll #1734187]That's that really! Any players you're hoping/backing to make a late surge in the remaining couple of games?

wall-upper.livejournal.com

Sepp Blatter will make way for a successor as FIFA president in four years' time if he is re-elected in June, he has announced.

Blatter is seeking a fourth term as FIFA president and is being challenged by Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam.

The 75-year-old told UEFA's Congress in Paris on Tuesday that if he wins he will definitely stand down in 2015, saying: "You know very well that I am a candidate for the next four years as FIFA president but these will be the last four years for which I stand as a candidate."
He added: "Together we have the task of bringing together the adventure we have started.
"We want to ensure a better future for our youth."

The new president will be elected at a Fifa Congress which starts on 31 May.

With Bin Hammam vowing to increase Fifa's decision-making power and spread its considerable wealth, Blatter is facing his first challenge since Issa Hayatou took him on - and lost - in 2002.

Bin Hammam is also currently attending the Congress for European football's governing body, Uefa, as they lobby federation presidents for their vote on 1 June in Zurich.
Uefa members make up more than one quarter of the maximum 208 Fifa voters that Blatter and Bin Hammam will attempt to woo.
The winner needs a two-thirds majority of valid votes cast in the first ballot, or a majority in the second.

Fifa has set an 1 April deadline for other candidates to be nominated by a single member federation.
"We are in extra time," said Blatter, referring to the time left before the election. "Let's wait and see what the outcome will be."

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i could have sworn there was a "blatter infection" tag, maybe i just made that up

con-clase.livejournal.com

Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden has been ruled out for six months as a result of the injury he sustained in a challenge on Saturday.

Holden was rushed to hospital following a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United as a tackle from Jonny Evans, which drew a red card, left him with a nasty gash on his right knee.

( Read more )
So sad he's missing the Gold Cup with USA this summer. I feel like he always gets injured right before he gets to play with the NT. He also posted on his Twitter that he's having surgery in London today. Good luck, Stu!

epouvante.livejournal.com

sorry I've been AWOL with these :X

( pictures from 1-0 win at blackburn )

( 2-1 win over bolton last week )

( 2-1 win over sunderland on saturday )

That's the league, what about the CL?

Harry Redknapp promises all-out Tottenham attack against Milan

• Gareth Bale out injured, Luka Modric set to start on bench
• 'We will have a right go again at San Siro'

Harry Redknapp has insisted Tottenham Hotspur will not compromise their attacking principles against Milan and promised to "have a right go" against the Serie A leaders at San Siroon Tuesday night. The Spurs manager, who will be without Gareth Bale and potentially Luka Modric for the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie, said he has no intention of trying to "shut up shop" against the seven-time winners of the competition.

rest of the article/source

( training pics from milan )

picture source

noodlecookie.livejournal.com

Andy Gray and Richard Keys have been suspended from tonight's Bolton v Chelsea clash as the furore surrounding their sexist comments escalates.

( 'Germaine sodding Geer' rejoices )

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Bolton's Fabrice Muamba 'devastated' after announcing retirement

Muamba update.

Fears for Fabrice Muamba after midfielder collapses on pitch at Spurs

The numbers have spoken, EPL trumps all.

Liverpool threaten breakaway from Premier League's TV rights deal

Get Well Stuart!

Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong, past the roof tops and the crown.

I will fight 'til forever.

I miss you like crazy, every hour of every day

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How you like me now, when my pinky's valued over three hundred thousand.

For you, there’ll be no crying.

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All I do is eat and sleep an sing, wishing every show was the last show.

sepp to stepp down??

Stuart Holden out for 6 months

pre-CL prayer circle/offering to the gods

Andy Gray and Richard Keys suspended

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