Sunday 18 September 2011

Eurosport: Siena v Juventus (18/09/11)

Juventus continued their perfect start to the new Serie A season with a 1-0 away win at Siena. They'd opened their new stadium competitively with a 4-1 win over Parma the weekend before and look a far cry from the disappointing side who missed out on Europe completely last year.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/serie-a/2011-2012/siena-juventus-467257.html

Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18092011/58/serie-juve-top-win-siena.html

Millwall v West Ham (17/09/11)

Opting to forego travelling to follow Charlton from the press box, I instead took the media angle around the corner as Millwall hosted rivals West Ham.

Match report from the goalless draw can be read here, while Millwall boss Kenny Jackett's thoughts on his side's fourth straight league game without scoring are here.


Eurosport: Villarreal v Bayern Munich (14/09/11)

Bayern Munich kicked off their attempt to escape the 'Group of Death' in style with a comfortable 2-0 win at Villarreal.

Match updates (minus the second half which seemed to disappear on a night full of errors for the Yahoo Eurosport servers): http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/champions-league/2011-2012/villarreal-cf-bayern-munich-480061.html

Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15092011/58/champions-league-bayern-begin-win.html

Monday 12 September 2011

Double win Saturday for Addicks

September 10th 2011 - a good day to be a Charlton fan.

It started around midday at Sparrows Lane with a 3-2 victory for the U18s against Aston Villa: http://www.cafc.co.uk/page/academydetail/0,,10267~2448352,00.html

Hours later, the senior side were celebrating a 2-0 win at The Valley against Exeter, after which Chris Powell discussed the loan market and the upcoming Carling Cup clash against Preston: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/9245430.Addicks_boss_on_verge_of_loaning_players_out/

Eurosport: Milan v Lazio (09/09/11)

After strike drama, Serie A finally kicked off on Friday evening in exciting fashion (no, really) as champions Milan fought back from two goals down to salvage a draw against a game Lazio side.

Match updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/serie-a/2011-2012/ac-milan-lazio-467270.html

Full report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09092011/58/serie-milan-draw-season-opener.html

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Owls horror over for Addicks defender

Michael Morrison gives his thoughts after playing for his new club Charlton against old club Sheffield Wednesday: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/9234330.Owls_horror_over_for_Addicks_defender/

Friday 2 September 2011

Eurosport: Wales v Montenegro (02/09/11)

Wales finally got off the mark in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 and gave England's chances of making it to the finals a huge boost by defeating Montenegro 2-1.

Match Updates: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/euro/2012/qualifying/wales-montenegro-368973.html

Full Report: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02092011/58/euro-2012-qual-wales-finally-mark-montenegro-win.html

Another forgotten foray...

...this time into the world of snooker, as the legends of the sport brought their successful tour to Catford at the end of May.

Full review of the fun and festivities can be found here: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/9053475.Snooker_legends_thrill_Catford_crowd/