http://www.11v11.org News, Views, Reviews on The Beautiful Game Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:22:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spain go into their semi-final meeting with the USA at the Confederations Cup in South Africa just 90 minutes away from putting their name into the history books. Saturday's victory over South Africa gave the European champions an unprecedented 15th successive win. If they avoid defeat to the USA they will ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/24/spain-looking-for-world-record-win/ Estonia midfielder Martin Reim has hung up his boots having made a European record 157th appearance for his country in Saturday's 3-0 friendly win against Equatorial Guinea in Tallinn. Now 38, Reim earned his first official cap in a friendly game against Slovenia on 3 June 1992. Latvia's Vitālijs Astafjevs, also 38 ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/17/reim-bows-out-with-157-caps/ Infamous for beautiful skills, astonishing speed and ball control, Pele was yesterday hailed as the greatest footballer ever, ahead of the announcement of the new football fixtures on 17 June. With 92 international caps and 77 international goals, Pele beat George Best to claim the title. Pele was a veteran of four ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/12/greatest-footballers-and-their-greatest-goals/ Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of ?80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. "United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player," said a statement from the club. It added that the decision came at Ronaldo's request after he "again expressed his desire to leave". United ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/11/man-united-accept-world-record-offer-for-ronaldo/ In exactly a year's time, the opening match of the 2010 World Cup will be played at the 94,000 Soccer City stadium on the outskirts of Soweto in Johannesburg. South Africa will have 10 stadiums for the tournament, five will be brand new - Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/11/one-year-to-go-to-world-cup-2010-kicks-off/ Real Madrid have completed the signing of Brazilian playmaker Kaka from AC Milan on a six-year deal. The fee is reported to be about 56m, which would be a new world record in pounds sterling, surpassing the 45.6m Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001. Kaka had been at Milan since moving ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/06/09/kaka-moves-to-madrid-for-a-record-56-million/ Fastest Premier League goals in 2008/2009 season Time - Player - Match 34 secs Steven Sidwell - Everton - Aston Villa (07 Dec 2008) 48 secs Matthew Taylor - Bolton Wanderers ? Portsmouth (20 Dec 2008) 51 secs Wayne Rooney - Manchester United ? Wigan Athletic (14 Jan 2009) 52 secs Nicolas Anelka - Chelsea ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/05/27/english-premier-league-2008-2009-fastest-youngest-and-oldest/ Average attendances per club 75,304 - Manchester United 60,040 - Arsenal 48,750 - Newcastle United 43,611 - Liverpool 42,900 - Manchester City 41,588 - Chelsea 40,168 - Sunderland 39,812 - Aston Villa 35,929 - Tottenham Hotspur 35,667 - Everton 33,700 - West Ham United 28,429 - Middlesbrough 26,821 - Stoke City 25,828 - West Bromwich Albion 24,816 - Hull City 24,344 - Fulham 23,479 - Blackburn Rovers 22,486 ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/05/27/english-premier-league-2008-09-average-attendances/ Most yellow cards 13 Wilson Palacios Wigan Athletic / Tottenham Hotspur 12 Lee Cattermole Wigan Athletic 12 Marouane Fellaini Everton Most red cards 2 each John Terry Chelsea Richard Dunne Manchester City Nemanja Vidic Manchester United Sebastien Bassong Newcastle United Benoit Assou-Ekotto Tottenham Hotspur Carlton Cole West Ham United Lee Cattermole Wigan Athletic Most Yellow Cards - Team 79 Blackburn Rovers 75 Stoke City 73 Hull ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/05/27/english-premier-league-2008-2009-yellow-and-red-cards/ The following players played in every minute of their clubs league games in 2008/2009; (3,420 minutes in total) Sylvain Distin, Portsmouth Robert Green, West Ham United Tim Howard, Everton Jussi Jaskeleinen, Bolton Wanderers Pepe?Reina, Liverpool Mark Schwarzer, Fulham Michael Turner, Hull City These players also played in every game for their clubs but didn't appear for the full ... http://www.11v11.org/2009/05/27/english-premier-league-2008-2009-ever-presents/