Atletico have not won at the Bernabeu in 10 years. The last time October 30th, 1999 when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink with his brace and Jose Mari won a now historic victory. Sergio Aguero was 11 years old. Hasselbaink was...
Have your say on all of the day's big stories and send us your favourite links 9.50am: Good morning and welcome to our daily rolling sports blog. You're probably familiar with the concept now, but if not, the idea is this: throughout the day we will update this page with news, links, and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll also try to wade in below the line, answering...
Jim session: Hasselbaink been offered the chance to prove his fitness at Woking Non-league Woking are lining up an ambitious move for former Chelsea and Leeds United striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink...
Any evidence you need that this is going to be the worst, slowest, most tedious, news unfilled Interlull of all time came yesterday when Sylvester was given top billing on the official site telling us how we haven't seen the best of him yet. It'd probably be fair to say we've already seen the best of him and that came when he was wearing a United shirt. But he's probably right in that we haven't seen...
The name’s not Wayne Wayne Rooney has revealed that his actually known as Jimmy to his close family and friends. The Manchester United and England star has revealed he has been known by the nickname since his childhood after adopting Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s cartwheel goal celebration. He told The Sun: “When I’m back home with my family [...]
It has 32 balls, makes middle-aged men sweat and has thrown up a tricky set of fixtures for Manchester United, for a change Preamble: Hello and welcome to today's Champions League draw. I'll get started properly from 4.30pm, ahead of the draw at 5pm, but if you're new to these draws, here's a quick lowdown: * Teams are seeded based on their Uefa co-effieicent * Teams from the same country cannot be...
Apparently the rumours are that Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink will be the new manager of Norwich. If true this is astonishing risk taking by the Norwich board. We need a manager who has the neccessary skills to get Norwich promoted. Instead we are likely to have a "name" with no managerial experience who could be great, but could equally be awful. I wanted a Mark Robins type or Aidy Boothroyd....
• West Ham manager insists Cole is key for England • Striker is a 'serious option' for Fabio CapelloGianfranco Zola has called on the England manager Fabio Capello to take Carlton Cole to next summer's World Cup finals. The West Ham manager believes Cole will build on the progress he has made in the last year and become a crucial player for both club and country over the forthcoming season....
Nice guy, keepers, cost-cutting & kids; where it all went wrong for Middlesbrough FC ! As we sit and ponder life in the Championship next season, many fans will no doubt sift through the wreckage of the 2008-09 campaign and try to put their finger on where it all went wrong for the Boro ? In trying to do just that I have deduced that circumstances which culminated in our demise and loss of Premier...