Hail To The King

    Since its birth, the King Boot has been an iconic part of the Puma Collection, and it’s the only permanent member.

The first King boots were made in 1968 as an homage to Eusébio winning the 1966 FIFA Golden Boot.

     

     Worn by some of the greatest players on this planet, during some of the most notable moments in football history; it was the boot that Pelé wore when he cemented his legendary status, as the King of 1970 and led Brazil to a FIFA World Cup™ Finals win as well as being named ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the World Cup in Mexico.

      

      Four years later the King of 1974 was a certain Johan Cruyff who was named ‘Player of the Tournament’, and ‘European Player of the Year for the second time in a row and showed the world what total football meant.

It was also the boot that Maradona had on his feet when he was the King of 1986 and went down in  history as he passed six players to score, what has been voted ‘The Goal of the Century’.

The competition to be a King of the beautiful game, is tougher than ever. More players combined with advanced technology and training methods create higher standards for the next kings to live up to and beat.

       

     Today, together with the launch of the new King collection, PUMA celebrates the Kings of today as well as the Kings to come, who are already shining in their own kingdoms.  Like the goalie who plays in the suburbs of Eastern Newcastle that hasn’t conceded a goal in over 90 minutes who is the King of 90 Minutes. Or the striker from Rome who scored an amazing two hat tricks, two games in a row and is the King of Double Hat Trick. Calling out skills on and off the field, PUMA will pay homage to different types of Kings, so if you’ve ever had the desire to let the world know about your regal football pedigree, head over to the PUMA Facebook page to create a poster highlighting your skill.

     Never forget, there is a King within all of us.

 

Source: PUMA Football.com

Spurs mencipta sejarah

Hello, hari ni sungguh bermakna wt aku sbb blk dr kelas td apa lg terus aku lawat lmn web livescore sbb nk tgk result liga juara2 yg b'lngsung semlm.. Lastnya nmpk la result Spurs seri ngn AC Milan 0-0, bermakna Spurs layak wt julung kalinya ke suku akhir dgn aggregat 1-0 setelah pd game dkt San Siro sblm ni iaitu 1-0. Tahniah kpd Spurs sbb menunjukkan peningkatan di luar jangkaan pada saingan eropah kali ni.. Bukti telah menunjukkan bahawa skuad yg tidak pernah menonjolkan dalam saingan tertinggi eropah ini mampu juga menyinar dan menewaskan pasukan yang paling berjaya dalam saingan ini..

Turut membanggakan aku lagi, Spurs juga telah menewaskan kedua2 pasukan San Siro iaitu Inter Milan dan AC Milan yang masing2 ditentang mereka pada peringkat kumpulan dan pusingan kedua.. Wow satu rekod baru yang dicipta oleh kelab.. Bravo Spurs.. Spurs are marching up!

Safee mengharumkan nama negara.

Safee berdiri di belakang dua dari kiri.

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HANYA selepas beraksi satu perlawanan bersama Pelita Jaya, penyerang kebangsaan, Mohd. Safee Mohd. Sali sudah mencipta satu aura baru di kalangan penyokong kelab itu yang rata-ratanya penduduk di Karawang, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.

Suasana Stadium Singaperbangsa berkapasiti 12,000 tempat duduk buat kali pertamanya mencatat kehadiran tertinggi musim ini iaitu 6,000 penonton pada aksi bertemu Sriwijaya FC kelmarin yang berkesudahan Pelita Jaya menang 1-0 menerusi jaringan Safee.

Sebelum ini suasana agak hambar memandangkan Pelita Jaya menduduki tangga tercorot iaitu ke-15 dalam saingan Liga Super Indonesia (ISL) setelah berakhir 14 perlawanan pusingan pertama.

Namun selepas hanya satu perlawanan pusingan kedua berlangsung, Pelita Jaya kini sudah melonjak dua anak tangga ke kedudukan ke-13 mengatasi Persela dan Bontang FC.

"Safee memang bagus. Kehadirannya ke kelab ini cukup membantu. Harap Safee dapat terus kekalkan prestasi baik seperti ini.

"Ternyata selepas Safee menjaringkan gol tersebut, ia telah meningkatkan semangat kami sepasukan.

"Pasukan ini dibarisi ramai pemain muda, harap kehadiran Safee dapat menambah keyakinan mereka bagi mengharungi baki saingan liga," kata kapten Pelita Jaya, Ardan Aras ketika ditemui Kosmo! selepas perlawanan kelmarin.

Ardan yang beraksi di posisi pertahanan turut memuji kekebalan dua pertahanan import yang baru diambil minggu lalu iaitu Christopher Ross Doig dan Troy Hearfied.

"Selain Safee, kehadiran dua tonggak baru di bahagian pertahanan ini juga sesuatu yang penting kerana mereka berjaya menyekat jentera serangan Sriwijaya FC dengan cukup baik," ujar Ardan.

Sementara itu, pengurus peribadi Safee, Zakaria Ab. Rahim ternyata lega kerana bekas penyerang Selangor itu berjaya melepasi ujian sulungnya namun mengingatkan Safee supaya tidak cepat leka.

"Pada perlawanan pertama ini, Safee sepatutnya mampu menjaringkan lebih daripada satu gol. Apa pun saya harap Safee tidak hanyut dengan pujian.

"Dia perlu fokus perlawanan akan datang kerana saingan musim ini masih berbaki 13 perlawanan," kata Zakaria.

Perlawanan ke-16 bagi Pelita Jaya pada Sabtu ini ialah berdepan Persib Bandung di gelanggang sendiri.

Sumber : Kosmo, 7 Mac 2011

Lulus atau Gagal!

Perpindahan LPB di jendela perpindahan bulan Januari

Luar biasa, tidak pernah sebegini rupa perpindahan pemain dalam bulan Januari pada masa lalu berbanding pada musim kini.

Setelah penyokong The Kop tiba-tiba melihat Torres bermain dalam jersi biru milik Chelsea, Suarez & Carroll membentuk gandingan serangan idaman setiap kelab yang pastinya mereka mencemburui duo terbaru Liverpool ini. Sedangkan Harry Redknapp tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa.. Berikut merupakan ulasan perpindahan pemain 7 kelab yang popular di LPB pada musim ini:

1. Arsenal

    Arsene Wenger memutuskan bahawa tiada keperluan untuk menambah pemainnya dan hanya membawa masuk pemain muda Jepun iaitu Ryo Miyaichi dari Feyenoord.The Gunners masih lagi yakin dengan bahagian pertahanan yang sedia ada malahan mereka juga tidak melepaskan Manuel Almunia iaitu penjaga gol mereka ke kelab lain.

2. Aston Villa

    Menunjukkan hasrat mereka serta keyakinan terhadap pengurus, Houllier dengan meluluskan pembelian penyerang bernilai 30 juta pound untuk Darren Bent. Selain itu, mereka turut merekrut Jean Makoun dari Lyon, Kyle Walker (Spurs) dan Michael Bradley dari Monchengladbach serta meminjam penyerang prolifik mereka, John Carew ke Stoke City.

3.Chelsea

   

    Menetapkan sasaran utama mereka bermula dari pasaran perpindahan pemain dibuka tetapi apa yang lebih bermakna adalah pembelian lewat dan rekod perpindahan British sebanyak 50 juta pound dengan kejayaan memiliki striker Liverpool iaitu Fernando Torres berpaling meninggalkan Anfield. David Luiz juga dibawa masuk dari Benfica untuk matlamat jangka panjang. Tetapi yang menjadi persoalannya adakah Torres mampu menyengat di Stamford Bridge??

4.Liverpool

  

     Ramai peminat The Kop kini pasti tertanya-tanya sama ada mereka harus ketawa atau menangis kerana kehilangan Torres kepada Chelsea. Walaupun dia dijual dengan harga setinggi 50 juta pound ini tetap merupakan satu kehilangan besar buat Liverpool. Tetapi dengan pembelian Suarez dan Carroll masing-masing dari Ajax serta Newcastle pasti membuat penyokong mereka dapat melupakan keperitan yang menimpa mereka ini. Duo serangan baru The Kop ini diharapkan dapat mengembalikan saat seperti semasa era kegemilangan mereka dahulu.

5.Manchester City

    Boleh dirumuskan bahawa orang kaya Abu Dhabi sudah sedikit hilang minat atau pengurus, Mancini telah berjaya memujuk mereka bahawa tiada keperluan untuk terus berbelanja besar sedangkan kelab masih tidak menunjukkan peningkatan yang mendadak. Dengan melepaskan Adebayor (Real Madrid), Santa Cruz (Blackburn) dan Wayne Bridge ke West Ham secara pinjaman, kelab hanya membawa masuk bekas penyerang berbisa Wolfsburg dari Jerman iaitu Edin Dzeko sebagai menampung sengat di bahagian serangan mereka.

6.Manchester United

   Musim perpindahan? Apakah maknanya musim perpindahan? Fergie sebagai pengurus jelas mengetahui apa yang diperlukannya dan meminjamkan pemainnya yang tidak akan menjejaskan skuad sedia ada dengan membeli striker baru untuk bergandingan dengan striker yang sedia ada (Rooney, Berbatov) untuk menambahkan kekuatan pada bahagian serangan.  Dengan ura-ura Ferguson juga mahu mendapatkan penjaga gol yang setaraf Van Der Sar, hajat beliau menjadi kenyataan dengan membawa masuk penjaga gol Denmark dari kelab Aalesunds iaitu Anders Lindegaard dan terlepas untuk menambah pemain di bahagian lain. Mampukah penjaga gol baru ini dapat menandingi Van Der Sar apabila dia bersara? Sama-sama kita saksikannya nanti..

7.Tottenham Hotspurs (Spurs)

   Kelab kebanggaan saya ini telah melakukan impak yang bernilai buat pasukan kerana membuat kejutan dalam kejohanan eropah dan juga menewaskan juara tahun lalu iaitu Inter Milan dari Itali. Tetapi agak mengejutkan banyak pihak terutamanya di kalangan penyokong kelab kerana Harry Rednapp selaku pengurus sekali lagi dilihat tidak mampu memikat penyerang handalan dari kelab lain untuk memantapkan skuad. Tawaran lewat untuk Carroll, Aguero, Rossi, Llorente dan Forlan semuanya tidak kesampaian dan hanya mampu membawa masuk Steven Pienaar dari Everton dan pendatang baru, Bongani Khumalo dari Supersport United yang juga merangkap rakan Pienaar dalam pasukan kebangsaan Afrika Selatan. Sekali lagi tamparan dan kekecewaan pengurusan kelab untuk memikat pemain bertaraf dunia tidak menemui penyelesaian.

Intro

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tottenham Hotspur)

Full name	Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Nickname(s)	Spurs, Lilywhites
Founded	1882 as Hotspur F.C.
Ground	White Hart Lane (Capacity: 36,310)
Owner	ENIC International Ltd.
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Harry Redknapp
League	Premier League
2009–10	Premier League, 4th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Spurs, are an English Premier League association football club based in Tottenham, North London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.
Tottenham Hotspur were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. In 1963 they became the first British club to win a major European trophy—the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1970s, they won the League Cup on two occasions and were the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 (becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies). In the 1980s Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UFEA Cup in 1984. In the 1990s, they won the FA Cup and the League Cup. In 2008 they won the League Cup once more, meaning that they have won a trophy in each of the last six decades—an achievement only matched by Manchester United.
The club's Latin motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do"), and its emblem is a gamecock standing upon a football. The club has a long-standing rivalry with near neighbours Arsenal, and matches between the two teams are known as the North London derby.

History

Stadium

Tottenham Marshes

Tottenham played their first matches at Tottenham Marshes on the available public pitches and remained there for six years. It was at this ground that Spurs first played arch rivals Arsenal (then known as Royal Arsenal). Spurs were winning 2–1 until the match got called off due to poor light after the away team arrived late. There were occasions on which fights would break out on the marshes, in dispute of the teams that were allowed to use the best pitches. Crowds were increasing and a new site was needed to accommodate these supporters.

Northumberland Park

In 1898 the club moved from the marshes to Northumberland Park and charged an admission fee of 3d. They only remained at this ground for a year as in April 1899 14,000 fans turned up to watch Spurs play Woolwich Arsenal. The ground was no longer able to cope with the larger crowds and Tottenham Hotspur were forced to move to a new larger site. They moved 100 yards down the road to their current ground.

White Hart Lane

Main article: White Hart Lane

Aerial image of White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane was originally a disused nursery owned by the brewery Charringtons and located behind a public house. The landlord realised the increased revenues he could enjoy if Tottenham played their matches behind his pub and the club moved in. They brought with them the stand they used at Northumberland Park which gave shelter to 2,500 fans. Notts County were the first visitors to 'the Lane' in a friendly watched by 5,000 people and bringing in £115 in receipts, Spurs won 4–1. QPR became the first competitive visitors to the ground and 11,000 people saw them lose 1–0 to Tottenham.
In 1905 Tottenham raised enough money to buy the freehold to the land and became the permanent owners of the ground. As the club grew new stands were added. A new main stand was added in 1909, the East stand was also covered this year and extended further two years later. The profits from the 1921 FA Cup win were used to build a covered terrace at the Paxton Road end and the Park Lane end was built at a cost of over £3,000 some two years later. This increased the ground's capacity to around 58,000 with room for 40,000 under cover. The East Stand development was finishing in 1934 which increased the capacity to around 80,000 spectators and cost £60,000. The pitch was renovated in 1952 which uncovered a number of items from the old nursery on the site and one year later the first floodlights were introduced.
The West Stand was replaced by an expensive (and far behind schedule) new structure and the stadium started its long modernisation process. Various developments and upgrades were implemented over the years and in 1992 the lower terraces of the south and east stand were converted to seating and the whole of the North stand followed to become all-seater the following season. The South Stand re-development was completed in March 1995 and included the first giant Sony Jumbotron TV screen for live game coverage and away match screenings. The capacity of the stadium increased to just over 33,000. In 1997/98 season the Paxton Road stand had a new upper tier added which included the second Jumbotron screen and increased capacity to 36,240 and was funded by a rights issue in 1996.
Minor amendments to the seating configuration were made in 2006 bringing the current capacity of the stadium to 36,310.

Stadium plans

Northumberland Development Project

Main article: Northumberland Development Project

The club stated in 2007 that it would announce it was considering options for increasing stadium capacity involving redevelopment of the current site or a move to a new site. Tottenham Hotspur advised in its 2007/8 Interim Financial Statement that the preferred option would be announced in the first half of 2008, but delayed this decision until the autumn.In October 2008, the club announced that, if approved, it was planning to build the new stadium just to the north of the existing stadium at White Hart Lane, with the southern half of the new stadium's pitch located on the northwest corner of the Lane. The unique design of the build would allow the new stadium to be built adjacent to White Hart Lane as the old facility continues to be used for the team. During the summer after two thirds of the new stadium was complete, the northern and western stands would be demolished and a new pitch laid. The rest of the stadium would be built in the years to follow. Club chairman Daniel Levy announced in November 2009 that the new stadium will not adopt the White Hart Lane name, but will instead be named after a sponsor.
The club first submitted a planning application in October 2009, however following adverse reaction the application was withdrawn in favour of a substantially revised planning application in May 2010. Planning permission from Haringey Council to build a larger stadium and other associated developments utilising both the current White Hart Lane site and adjacent land which the club had purchased was evntually obtained in September 2010^. The Mayor of London gave his approval to the plans to redevelop the stadium on 25 November 2010. As an intervention by the UK Government was now considered unlikely, the Club decision to proceed or not is still awaited.

Olympic Stadium

Back in 2006 the club had also considered a move to a new site. One possibility for the club was the use the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Olympics. As this would have involved a move out of the Tottenham area and because the stadium was required to retain a running track, in October 2006 the plan was reported to have been dropped.However, on 1 October 2010 Chairman Daniel Levy advised that the club had registered an interest in bidding for the stadium in conjunction with AEG (Europe) to keep its options open whilst there remained uncertainties about the success of the Northumberland Development Project.
On 12 November 2010 the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) announced that the Tottenham Hotspur / AEG consortium had been shortlisted as one of the two preferred bidders to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Olympics. The OPLC announced on 11 February 2011 that West Ham had been selected as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium, subject to final govenmental ratification.

Crest

Club emblem 2006 –Present

Spurs badge 1956 to 1983

Spurs badge 1983–2006

Since the 1901 FA Cup final the Tottenham Hotspur crest has featured a gamecock. Harry Hotspur (from whom the club is said to take its name) was famed for his riding spurs and his fighting cocks were fitted with spurs which can be seen in the crests. In 1909 a former player named William James Scott made a bronze cast of a cockerel standing on a football to be placed on top of the West Stand and since then the cockerel and ball have been the major part of the club's identity.
Between 1956 and 2006 Spurs used a coat of arms featuring a number of landmarks and associations linked to local area. The lions flanking the shield came from the Northumberland family's arms. They owned large areas of Tottenham and Sir Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) was a family member. The castle alludes to Bruce Castle located 400 yards from the ground and which now houses a museum. The trees are those of Seven Sisters which were planted at Page Green by the Seven Sisters of Tottenham and after whom a railway/tube station and main road are named. The arms featured the Latin motto "Audere Est Facere".
In 1983, to overcome unauthorised "pirate" merchandising, the club's badge was altered by adding the two red heraldic lions and the motto scroll. This device appeared on most Spurs' playing kits for the next 23 years.
To rebrand and modernise the club's image, in 2006 both this club badge and the coat of arms gave way to a professionally designed logo/emblem. This revamp features a leaner/fitter cockerel and an old-time football together with the club name. The club claims that the rebranding kept much of the original meaning of the name, and emphasised its originality.

Kit

1896–98

1890–96

1884–86

1883–84: First kit

The first Tottenham kit was navy blue shirt and shorts, but after the first season the club did not have one specific design for many years. In 1884 the club changed to a "quartered" kit similar in style to that of Blackburn Rovers. Shortly after moving to Northumberland Road, the kit changed again to red shirt and blue shorts. Five years later, after becoming a professional club, they switched to a chocolate and gold striped kit.
At the end of the 19th century the club switched colours yet again, to the white shirts and blue shorts which they are now well known for wearing, hence the nickname "Lilywhites". This colour choice is thought to be in homage to Preston North End who had recently done The Double.
White and navy blue have remained as the club's basic colours ever since. Soon after the First World War, the cockerel badge was added to the shirt. In 1939 numbers first appeared on shirt backs, and in 1983 Holsten became the first commercial sponsor logo to appear on the shirt. The club were the first to wear long-cut shorts, an innovation at a time where football kits all featured shorts cut well above the knee. When Thomson was chosen as kit sponsor in 2002 some Tottenham fans were unhappy as the logo on the front was red, the colour of their closest rivals, Arsenal FC. In 2006, Tottenham then succeeded in securing a record £34m sponsorship deal with internet casino group Mansion.
In July 2010 Tottenham announced that they had agreed a two-year shirt sponsorship deal with software infrastructure company Autonomy. The deal is said to be worth £20 million.
In August 2010 the north London club signed a deal with leading specialist bank and asset management firm Investec to become its official shirt sponsor for the Champions League and domestic cup competitions for the next two years. The deal was reportedly worth £5 million pounds.

Kit manufacturers

• 1978–1980: Admiral
• 1980–1985: Le Coq Sportif
• 1985–1991: Hummel
• 1991–1995: Umbro
• 1995–1999: Pony
• 1999–2002: Adidas
• 2002–2006: Kappa
• 2006–2011: Puma

Shirt sponsors

• 1882–1983: No sponsor
• 1983–1995: Holsten
• 1995–1999: Hewlett Packard
• 1999–2002: Holsten
• 2002–2006: Thomson Holidays
• 2006–2010: Mansion.com Casino & Poker
• 2010–2012: Autonomy Corporation (Premier League)
• 2010–2012: Investec Bank (Champions League, FA Cup, Carling Cup)

Ownership

Since 2001 the key shareholder has been ENIC International Ltd, an investment company established by the British billionaire Joe Lewis. Daniel Levy, Lewis's partner at ENIC, is Executive Chairman of the club.
By June 2007 ENIC had increased its direct holding to 68% by purchasing all of former chairman Alan Sugar's remaining 14.7% holding. Stelios Haji-Ioannou held a 9.9 per cent stake through Hodram Inc in June 2006, but has since either sold all, or at least 70 per cent, of his holding. On 21 August 2009 the club reported that it had issued a further 30 million shares to fund the initial development costs of the new stadium project, and that 27.8 million of these new shares had been purchased by ENIC. The Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 2010 indicates that ENIC continues to directly hold 76% of all Ordinary Shares and also 97% of all convertible redeemable preference shares giving it a combined overall 85% (2009: 85%) beneficial interest in Tottenham Hotspur plc. No other shareholder owns at least 3% of shares.

Social responsibility

The club through its Community Programme has, since 2006, been working with Haringey Council and the Metropolitan Housing Trust and the local community on developing sports facilities and social programmes which have also been financially supported by Barclays Spaces for Sport and the Football Foundation. The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation received high-level political support from the Prime Minister when it was launched at 10 Downing Street in February 2007.
In March 2007 the Club announced a partnership with the charity SOS Children's Villages UK. Player fines will go towards this charity’s children’s village in Rustenburg, South Africa with the funds being used to cover the running costs as well as in support of a variety of community development projects in and around Rustenburg. In the financial year 2006–07, Tottenham topped a league of Premier League charitable donations when viewed both in overall terms and as a percentage of turnover by giving £4,545,889, including a one-off contribution of £4.5 million over four years, to set up the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. This compared to donations of £9,763 in 2005–06.
This commitment, along with the unique relationship that Aston Villa F.C. has with the Acorns Children's Hospice charity, which works with seriously ill children, and the Newcastle Foundation sponsored by the Newcastle United F.C., which uses the influence of professional footballers to create positive change with youth and young adults through football, are examples of professional sport supporting the communities and people who support and enrich them through their attendance and other participation and support. Aston Villa uniquely has donated the front of their kit shirts, usually reserved for high paying sponsorship deals, to Acorns Hospice to provide them national visibility and exposure. Spurs and these other clubs are leading the way in establishing greater responsibility and compassion in professional sport.