The weekend round-up
Germany – Bundesliga: Wolfsburg won their first-ever league title on the final day by beating Werder Bremen 5-1 at home. Bayern Munich had needed Wolfsburg to drop points having beaten VfB Stuttgart 2-1 at home but were left disappointed.
The landmark victory is all the more remarkable given Wolfsburg have only existed since 1945 and finished [...]
The horrible new shirt show
Checking out your club’s new strip for next season seems to be a custom which comes around earlier every year thanks to the marketing men. This year the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle in the Premier League are both of guilty of rolling out ‘next’ season’s strip two games before this one has even ended.
Having [...]
The weekend round-up
Spain – La Liga: Barcelona sealed the title without kicking a ball after Real Madrid lost 3-2 away to Villareal on Saturday.
The new champions fielded a weakened side the next day away at Mallorca. A slightly odd game saw the visitors lose 2-1 as Samuel Eto’o (pictured), who is chasing the top scorer ‘Pichichi’ trophy, [...]