Joomla! site syndication http://footballissue.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:51:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://footballissue.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://footballissue.com Joomla! site syndication http://footballissue.com/index.php/2008081036/English-Football-News/Manchester-Utd-Win-Community-Shield.html Manchester Utd have beaten Portsmouth 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Community Shield after the game was decided on penalties. Jermain Defoe was the only Portsmouth player to score in the penalty shoot-out with 3 Manchester Utd players slotting the ball home for the win. The Football Association Community Shield which was previously known as the Charity Shield takes place between the champions of the Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. The Shield was first played for in the 1908-09 season and replaced the Sheriff of London Charity Shield.In reality, Manchester Utd were by far the best team of the match and should have beaten Portsmouth before the end of normal time but Portsmouth, somehow, managed to hold onto the end. The games first real chance of a goal came in the 36th minuted when Darren Fletcher had a fantastic chance in front of the net but it wasn't to be and Fletcher fluffed the chance. However, Fletcher played a good game and worked hard. He was genuinely unlucky to not get a goal in the match. Another piece of silver-ware for the packed Manchester Utd trophy room. News - English Football News Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:28:59 +0100 http://footballissue.com/index.php/2008072435/World-Football-News/2012-Olympic-Football.html Team GB have confirmed that they will have a team entered in the 2012 Olympic games but who will coach them and will they win the Gold for Great Britain? Rumour is strong that Sir Alex Ferguson will lead the way and be the 2012 Olympic Coach for the GB Football team but would Manchester Utd let him go to take part or would such an offer even be of interest to him? News - World Football News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:17:13 +0100 http://footballissue.com/index.php/2008063034/European-Football-News/Euro-2008-Final-Spain-Beat-Germany.html Euro 2008 Final – Spain v GermanySpain met Germany in the Euro 2008 Final with the Spanish looking the better side over the last few matches but the Germans, being 3 time winners weren't going to be an easy side to beat. Even when behind you can't discount the Germans, they have a track record of coming back from behind to win big football matches but tonight wasn't going to be their night and the Germans couldn't get back into the match after the Spanish team scored. In the end, by far the best team won, with Spain beating Germany 1-0. News - European Football News Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:15:14 +0100 http://footballissue.com/index.php/2008062732/European-Football-News/Spain-v-Russia-and-the-Euro-2008-Final.html In a re-match of the first game of the Euro 2008 tournament, Spain again clashed with Russia in the semi-finals. Their first match ended 4-1 to the Spanish and in the end, although Russia showed dogged determination, this wasn’t going to be any different with the Spanish team beating the Russians 3-0 to book their place in the Euro 2008 Final against Germany. News - European Football News Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:40:59 +0100 http://footballissue.com/index.php/2008062631/European-Football-News/Euro-2008-Germany-v-Turkey.html Germany took on Turkey last night in Basel in their Euro 2008 semi-final clash. The German side, not looking at their best playing a Turkish side that’s been the upstarts of Euro 2008 so far, causing a few upsets, but in the end the three-time winners Germany claimed the honours and progressed to the final stage of the tournament after closely winning the match 3-2. News - European Football News Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:34:59 +0100