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Cinque reti, primo posto in classifica e, soprattutto, record mondiale di pubblico per i Rangers in riferimento al torneo disputato. Ad Ibrox, con gli abbonamenti che veleggiano verso quota 40000, il cassiere gongola mentre le finanze dei club di SPL piangono: sommando tutte le gare disputate il pubblico complessivo raggiunge una misera quota 30mila, poco più della metà del”sold out” dei Rangers da soli. Con la SPL in bancarotta, incapace di onorare i debiti con i club e tecnicamente insolvente, il calcio scozzese è una bomba ad orologeria pronta ad esplodere. In Inghilterra cinquina esterna per il Swanea sul campo del QPR, anche il Fulham vince segnando a valanga, bene il West Ham mentre l’ Arsenal si deve accontentare di un punto ed il Liverpool di Borini sprofonda sul campo del WBA.
Rangers Fans Set New European Attendance Record
Posted on 19 Aug, 2012, by Peter in Soccer
No, not a world record, but 49,118 fans who showed up at Ibrox to watch Rangers play their first home match of the season in the Scottish Third division nearly broke the record for highest attendance in a fourth-tier football match, having to settle for a European record.
It’s a whole new world for the most successful club in Scottish history. Financial problems have led them, shortly after winning three consecutive league titles, to the bottom of the pile and a new beginning on their way up. Something similar to what happened to Fiorentina in Italy a few years ago, just on a bigger scale, because Rangers are just a bigger and more important club to the SPL and even on a larger scale.
After missing out on a win against Peterhead at the exotic Balmoor Stadium, the target for week 2 wasn’t just to get their first win and begin the long road back to the Premier League, but also fill out the stadium and get Rangers fans quickly behind their team in a very unfamiliar situation for them.
It wasn’t the 50,897 who showed up two years ago in Brazil for a match between Santa Cruz and Guarany de Sobral in a Serie D match in Brazil, but it wasn’t far off. Rangers got a 5-1 win as well over East Stirling, putting them on top of the table in the third division, hopefully keeping that spot till the end of the season, with goals Le McCulloch, Francisco Sandaza and a hat trick from Andrew Little. All that was left was to say thank you to the fans, who’ll hopefully give this battered club the support it needs, and frankly Scottish football needs, for them to move back up the leagues as quickly as possible.
Never mind ‘Sell-out Saturday’ – this is ‘Sold-out Saturday’. That’s testament to the passion, loyalty and commitment shown by the Rangers support and we thank you all.
(sportige.com)
Brendan Rodgers’s first Premier League game as Liverpool manager turned into a nightmare as West Bromwich Albion inflicted a heavy defeat on his side at The Hawthorns.
On this evidence Rodgers faces a massive task to restore Liverpool to the game’s elite after succeeding the sacked Kenny Dalglish.
Analysis
“Liverpool have got off to a horrific start. They are up against Manchester City next in the league and if they had got one point the pressure would have been off. To me it looked as though they could have done with some height in the box. But he did not introduce Andy Carroll until the final 10 minutes or so. I would have started him.”
In sharp contrast, there was delight for new Albion boss Steve Clarke – sacked along with Dalglish in Liverpool’s end of season clear-out – as he watched them produce a display bristling with energy and enterprise.
Zoltan Gera’s spectacular strike gave Albion the lead just before half-time – then Shane Long wasted the opportunity to add a second with a weak penalty after he was brought down in the incident that led to Daniel Agger receiving a red card.
Albion were not to be denied and Peter Odemwingie made no mistake from the spot after Martin Skrtel fouled Long to settle the destination of the points.
Liverpool were in tatters at this point, with substitute Romelu Lukaku, on loan from Chelsea, adding a third and Albion missing further chances to give the scoreline an even more emphatic appearance.
It was a brutal wake-up call for Rodgers after so much optimism surrounded the build-up to this opener.
Liverpool’s demise will not have the former Swansea manager sounding the alarm bells – particularly as his new charges were guilty of over-generosity in front of goal before Gera’s wonder strike gave Albion such momentum.
It also wouldn’t have helped that his former club opened the season with a 5-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers under new manager Michael Laudrup.
Rodgers gave debuts to £26m-worth of summer signings in the shape of Joe Allen and Fabio Borini – but both were anonymous as Liverpool gave off the distinct whiff of a team and club entering a period of transition.
Liverpool had plenty of the ball and plenty of opportunities in the first 45 minutes but were undermined by a failing that troubled them throughout last season, namely an inability to convert the presentable chances they created.
Luis Suarez was so sharp as Liverpool’s main threat, twice forcing saves from Albion keeper Ben Foster and heading Glen Johnson’s cross wide of goal when the Uruguayan should have given his side the advantage.
Analysis
“For those of a Liverpool persuasion expecting instant rewards from a young manager assuming his biggest task, this was not so much a sharp wake-up call as a kick out of bed and a shove into a cold shower”
Johnson was also wasteful when he shot off target, and an Albion side that was bursting with running and ideas made them pay when they went ahead in stunning fashion as the interval approached.
Liverpool could only partially clear James Morrison’s corner, giving Gera the opening to lash a magnificent rising drive past the helpless Pepe Reina from 25 yards.
Suarez’s frustrations then got the better of him as he was shown a yellow card by referee Phil Dowd after gesturing angrily in the direction of an assistant following an offside decision.
Albion had the opportunity to double their lead on the hour when referee Dowd awarded a penalty when Long tumbled as he tangled with Agger. The Danish defender disputed the decision and his anger only increased when he was shown the red card.
Reina almost had to wait to receive Long’s awful penalty – but Liverpool failed to cash in on the escape as Albion were awarded another spot-kick.
Liverpool again contested the award as Skrtel upended Long after being caught in possession. Odemwingie took penalty responsibilities from Long and drilled Albion’s second past Reina.
The numerical advantage was leaving space to exploit and Albion should have used it to add a third when Lukaku brushed substitute Jamie Carragher away from possession with embarrassing ease. The striker squared for Morrison who took aim, only to shoot off target.
The powerful Lukaku was already causing problems for Liverpool’s defence and he added the third with 13 minutes left, rising at the far post to meet Liam Ridgewell’s cross with a simple far-post header.
After that it was damage limitation for Liverpool – not the state of affairs Rodgers envisaged as the opener to his managerial reign.
(BBC Football)
A casual buy no. 44
July 25, 2012
I’ve owned a few CP Company ‘Mille Miglia’ (pronounced ‘Meal-ay Meal-yah’) goggle jackets over the years, but before this only held onto a full leather one from Autumn/Winter 2007, because it is too nice to sell on. CP Company started life in 1975 as ‘Chester Perry’ and was designed by Massimo Osti, the late Italian fashion designer. In 1988, Osti was asked to design a driver’s jacket for the revamped Mille Miglia race, with inspiration being the original race which was contested annually from 1927-1957 (excluding the WWII years). The result was the famous 1988 Race Mille Miglia, which of course is now much sought after by collectors and other assorted Osti fanatics.
In 1994, Osti left CP Company to design other ranges, but the goggle jacket was so popular among, as well as other groups, the UK’s football match-going lads that the ‘Mille Miglia’ has continued to be redesigned and released in both summer and winter season guises ever since. The range was produced under the SPW umbrella, who also of course owned the Stone Island label. Finally, in 2010, SPW sold ‘CP Company’ to FGF Industry, and some said the quality went, well, shit.
Now, I’m not saying I agree completely that something seemed to be lost when that last connection to Massimo Osti was severed in 2010, but there suddenly seemed to be tinted goggles on everything from ski hats to shitty cotton hoodies. Many said the label was ‘dead’ to them. But I disagree up to a point, I’ve kept and eye on everything that has come out of the FGF CP range, and while some of it raises my eyebrows, the odd bit here and there makes me sit up and take note.
This summer’s goggle jacket had three things that made me want one. First, the maroon dyed jacket was a great colour. Second, the watch viewer on the sleeve was again added, with nice ‘CP Company’ branding on it. And, thirdly, I liked the little cotton collar flap, again with ‘CP Company’ stitched on it in white lettering. Small little details you might think, but along with a nice snug tailored-effect fit, it all came together to make a very nice edition of the famous jacket, and I wanted one, badly.
I waited until I could pick one up in my size in the summer sales, and viola – I got this last month for around half price. I’m very pleased with it, and my goggle jacket quota is up to one winter and one summer one – that’s plenty I think. The little ‘Acid Casual’ badge depicting a little fella in his Mille with the hood up is from Casual Connoisseur, who do these little accessories better than anyone, but they are limited edition – i.e. like rocking horse shit to find.
(The Hovian )
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