Man Utd wins the 2011 EPL Title & Man City is the 2011 FA Cup Winners!

Posted By Michael Yip / May, 15, 2011 / 1 comments

Manchester the city see a double celebration today as Manchester United take home the English Premier League title for the 19th time after drawing with Blackburn 1-1 at Ewood Park. The Saturday celebration kicked off with Manchester United playing away at Blackburn Rover’s Ewood Park and after conceeding the first goal to Blackburn thanks to a Brett Emerton finishing in the 2oth minute, Wayne Rooney equalized in a penalty in the 72nd minute following Paul Robinson’s foul on Javier Hernandez. The game petered out to a forgettable conclusion as both teams settles for the draw and the United players breaking out into mad celebration at the final whistle.

According to Sir Alex Ferguson, “It was a fantastic performance by the lads and the supporters and for everybody connected with the club it’s a great day today,” he said. “It wasn’t an easy game, we went 1-0 down having given them a bad goal but we kept on and we don’t give in. It looked like it was not going to be our day, we’ve always had it difficult here. It is a local derby and they are fighting for their lives, looking for that point, but we kept going and that’s a good quality.” (more…)

EPL Confirms first batch of TV games!

Posted By Michael Yip / July, 10, 2009 / 0 comments

As extracted from ESPN’s news site.

Now you can start planning your weekends as the first set of TV matches for the 2009-10 have been confirmed. ESPN will broadcast 46 live games in the United Kingdom this coming season.

ESPN’s first live match will see Everton play host to Arsenal at Goodison Park at 17.15 BST on August 15 with the Toffees looking to set out their stall as challengers for a place in the Champions League.

Lynne Frank, Managing Director for ESPN for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, said: “We’re clearly delighted to be able to broadcast 46 Barclays Premier League matches this season on ESPN.

“We will kick off our coverage with a clash between Everton and Arsenal, live on the new ESPN channel at 5.15pm on Saturday, August 15. ESPN’s coverage of the matches announced today will bring excitement, surprises and drama to football fans. We are pleased to be a part of the beautiful game, and look forward to delivering fans top quality coverage as the season unfolds.”

The full list of live games are as follows. Games on ESPN are shown in bold: (more…)