Everyone with an interest in English football knows that this season's UK Premiership winners were Arsenal Football Club but how many know how the club started or what it was first called? When it was originally formed in 1886, the club had very humble beginnings as a departmental team at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. Most of the players were workers in a department at the Royal Arsenal called 'Dial Square' and so they decided on an appropriate name for themselves which was 'Dial Square FC'. They later changed their name to Royal Armoury and eventually, just before World War One, when they moved to their current home at Highbury, the name was changed simply to Arsenal which is how Click here to read the rest of this article ...
Whitehaven News (The Whitehaven News) THE big freeze continues to hit rugby league hard with all amateur matches postponed this weekend due to frozen pitches. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:21 GMT
From about August onwards Football Betting (NFL) becomes big business for the sportsbooks. There are plenty of winners and losers over the course of any given season - pros and recreational bettors join in the action for what has become the biggest sport in the US in terms of betting.So how can you improve your football betting this season...Point or Unit betting: You've may have seen the touts advertise NFL Sides or Totals picks across the internet -"grab our 5 star blow out game tonight.." or "get our 100 star double header.." The advantage of one team over another in the sides and totals (over/under) market is small - cetainly not enough to justify betting 100%, 50% or even Click here to read the rest of this article ...