Everton F.C.

Introduction In the year 1986, an Italian businessman who goes by the name of Silvio Berlusconi bought an 87 year old club called AC Milan, which was then languishing in the bottom tier of the Italian Serie A. The now ex- prime minister of Italy took the club to great heights by pumping money into the club and straight away bought the biggest names in football in the late 1980’s. As soon as he took over, Milan’s most successful period began as they went on to win an unprecedented number of…

The mention of the phrase “Maverick Genius” evokes a similar response from the Liverpool faithful, Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan arrived at Anfield having scored goals by the bucketful in Netherlands and enthralled the Kop during his short, yet exhilarating __ and a half years at the club. While the Striker continues with his goal scoring prowess at the Camp Nou and will definitely join the legion of legends who have plied their trade for the club, there is no denying he is amongst the top strikers…

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer and entrepreneur. His net worth is $280 million. How he made it Soccer Cristiano Ronaldo currently plays as a winger or striker for Real Madrid. He has also been playing for the Portugal National Team until 2015, when he was released. He helped the team to secure their qualification for the Euro 2016 tournament in summer. He joined Real Madrid after a transfer from Manchester United in 2009. The transfer fee was $132 million, making him the most…

Smoke, fire, and explosions, all of which are coming from one of the world’s top soccer players wearing a pair of new soccer cleats. Christiano Ronaldo is wearing a brand new pair of Nike’s new “Mercurial Vapor 8” soccer cleats. Can these cleats really give you the “explosive speed” Nike advertises? Probably not, but the Nike soccer advertisement does have a lot more to it. While some realities are portrayed in this advertisement, it is partly misleading due to the setting, the unrealistic…

“Does the intake of caffeine improve both energy and stamina levels in elite intercounty footballers compared to a sports drink” The Gaelic Athletic Association was established in Ireland in the year 1884. It is one of the most popular sports in the country to date. It is a 15 a side game with a pitch that is 144 metres long and 86 metres wide. In Gaelic football, there are 2 goalposts (one at each end of the field) that are similar to rugby posts. There is a net attached to the goalposts also…

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport played in many countries at the professional level (Williams, 2013). The challenge to produce a winning performance at the professional level is high, with teams frequently playing one weekly match and even up to two or three matches in a week during congested periods in the competition calendar. As such, physical preparation in soccer differs drastically from individual sports as peak performance is needed each week throughout the season(Morgans, Orme,…

Chelsea Football Club were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub, (now The Butcher's Hook) opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was settled on after London FC, Kensington FC and Stamford Bridge FC had been rejected. Blue shirts were adopted by Mears, after the racing colours of Lord Chelsea, along with white shorts and dark blue…

Through the last thirty years of men’s international soccer there have been many teams to rise on the back of a single star. This player usually has the ability to make all of the players around him play better than ever before. A player in this position is generally thrust into the spotlight at an early age, usually mid to late teens, and if they are not the best at focusing, they are not given the time to develop their skills as they keep progressing through the ranks. I believe that this puts…

For years now I have learned how to play many sports, but I have fell in love with one sports in particular; soccer. One love this sport just because they can run faster, or that was the dominant sport where one was born and raise, but the Good Samaritan acts done by soccer players. I first came interested in soccer back in 2006 when Didier Drogba (Ivorian footballer) stopped civil war in Ivory Coast and later came across an article of how Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé (Retired…

Jamie Crosby Rase Int. Comp. Sixth Hour 17 September 2015 Title “Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important,” Bill Shankly, a renowned soccer player and manager in England, once said. Although most agree that soccer is very important, the definition of who is a great soccer team is different for each person. However, the true definition of a great soccer team is one that wins trophies. First, in order to have a great soccer club one must spend a lot of money on…