Sentences with phrase «captained the side at»

As a player, he had captained the side at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.

Captaining the side at Derby yesterday left him three short of his target of 32.»

The new hero, Ray Wilkins (who had captained the side at just 18 years of age), had to be sold to Manchester United to help stabilise the team but with managers being changed at a rate akin to the modern game — three in four years — the Blues were set to begin life in the «80s in the second tier.

The Arsenal manager named a youthful side for this opening match of pre-season, with Kieran Gibbs captaining the side at St Mary's.

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At last, ferryboat captains would know how to address morticians and ancestral dukes could be seated on the proper side of film stars.

For anyone who loved eating the stuffed deviled crabs on the Captain's Platter at your seaside fry spot, dinner at this comfort - food enclave comes with a heaping side of nostalgia.

Jack Wilshere has been an Arsenal player since he was 9 years of age and he has risen through the ranks as an arsenal player and at the age of 15, was named the captain of the Arsenal under 16 side.

Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has accused Chelsea of getting referee Mike Dean on their side during the 1 - 0 win over the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge, putting them 10 points clear at the top of the league.

There is not really anything at all wrong with what you say, the thing is though: I have seen some of the finest captains inside of football, hold nothing back, in confronting a teammate who is letting the side down.

The news that Arsenal are interested in the 23 year - old comes straight from the horses mouth, well from Tom Boyd, who is an ex-Celtic captain and is still at the Scottish giants, looking after the U-17 side.

There's wide speculation that Mickelson will captain the US side for the home game in 2024 at Bethpage in the New York market where he's loved.

schweinsteiger has captained the german national side has won basically every domestic trophy as well as the cl and central midfielders tend to play at their peak longer than strikers as their game is not based around attributes such as pace.

out of last summers transfers the ONLY one who is real game changer is Mustafi, He hasnt been in the side long enough for it to be obvious yet but I feel he could well be the next club captain and leader at the back.

Chelsea captain John Terry says despite his side's five - point lead at the top of the Premier League they will not have proved anything until they win silverware --(Independent)

The biggest news story this week has been Steven Gerrard's impending move from Liverpool to LA Galaxy, with the Reds captain set to join the MLS side at the end of the season when his Anfield contract expires.

All the latest headlines from the newspapers in Italy as Roma captain Francesco Totti rescues his side while Juventus escape and take three - point lead at the top of the Serie A table.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is back in training ahead of his side's trip to face former manager Roy Hodgson at the Hawthorns on Saturday.

In an interesting preview to Arsenal's FA Cup semi-fnal at Wembley on Saturday, we will be taking on the Reading U21 side at the Emirates, and Jack Wilshere has been named as captain for the night.

Draxler, who has 40 appearances for his country, is prone to injury at times, but was made captain of the young German side that won the Confederations Cup and was even given the Golden Ball for the Best Player of the Tournament as well.

The 18 year old captained the Nigerian national side at the Fifa under 17's World Cup in 2015 and was named the Player of the Tournament as his side went on to lift the trophy.

So with the former German international set for a long injury lay - off it seemed an odd choice for me and as we reported here at Just Arsenal earlier in the week it has now been almost two years since we started a game with the club captain in the side.

Granit Xhaka has also been brought into our first - team, with the Swiss international already proving his worth with a Man of the Match performance against Watford, and looks likely to be a future captain of our side, having proven to be a leader at Borussia Monchengladbach previously.

City are already without captain Vincent Kompany and face a Hammers side that has already won at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal and also against Liverpool at Anfield this season.

He is currently with the England U21s at the Toulon Tournament, and last night he captained the side that beat Japan 1 - 0 and are now through to the Final after winning all four games so far.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has backed club captain and star striker Wayne Rooney to end his recent goal drought against Liverpool, and is hopeful that the England international will lead his side to victory at Anfield on Sunday.

As the Daily Star puts it, the United captain will be looking to pile on the misery against their neighbours, with Manuel Pellegrini's side at risk of losing a fifth game out of just eleven Premier League matches.

On our side of the fence we have the excellent and encouraging news reported by Metro is that Arsenal will be seriously strengthened at the back with our defensive mainstay and stand in captain Laurent Koscielny back in training after a small lay - off due to a hamstring injury picked up in the defeat to Bayern Munich.

United new - boy Marcos Rojo may well go on to become a top Premier League centre - back, but at the moment it is surely the more experienced John Terry who gets the nod, with the former England captain being a great leader and inspirational performer for Jose Mourinho's side.

The decision to let those strikers leave Old Trafford came back to haunt the Dutchman against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday night as his side struggled with the absence of captain Wayne Rooney, who missed the game at the Philips Stadion through injury.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will lead out his side at Goodison Park for the final time today, with the veteran midfielder hoping to take another step towards sealing the perfect send - off prior to his move to LA Galaxy.

At 20 years old Gabby has moved from captaining the under 19s performance league side to focusing solely on being a senior player.

Another captain who helped pull his side to a victory at the weekend was Hull City centre back Curtis Davies, who was exceptional for the Tigers as he marshaled a usually dangerous Everton attack.

Fluent in six languages, Mkhitaryan began his professional footballing career with Pyunik, where he made his debut at 17 and won the Armenian Premier League four times, before making the move to Ukrainian side Metalurh Donetsk, where he was named club captain at just 21 years of age.

At Espanyol, Pochettino became captain and guided the side to the Copa del Rey trophy in 2000.

Vieira enjoyed a glittering nine - year stint at Arsenal during the peak of his career, lifting three Premier League titles and four FA Cups, as well as captaining Wenger's side throughout their unbeaten «Invincibles» season of 2003/04.

The Hornets captain scored a penalty in his side's 4 - 1 win and celebrated by flicking his middle fingers up at the Chelsea fans.

He has already appeared, on numerous occasions, at a level above the Premier League — becoming the youngest player to captain a side in the Champions League when passed the armband by Porto in October 2015 at the tender age of 18 years and 221 days.

Able to play at centre - half or right - back, he then became a leading member of the Club's Under - 21s side, captaining them throughout the 2013/14 campaign.

The youngster has also featured regularly at youth level for the German national team, captaining the Under - 15s side.

Amid fears that Lambert was rushing the captain back from a calf injury in a bid to quell growing unrest, Vlaar returned to the side to ring in 2014 at the Stadium of Light on New Year's Day.

John Obi Mikel is looking forward to captaining the Nigeria national side at this summer's World Cup finals in Russia.

John Terry returned to the side at the London Stadium and played alongside David Luiz and Gary Cahill in a three - man defence, the captain's first appearance since the 2 - 2 draw at Swansea, when he picked up an injury late in the game.

City captain Vincent Kompany admitted that it would be huge for his side's fans to have the chance to celebrate a league title clinching, at home, right in front of their arch-rival United.

There are at least four stand - out captains in this side, although the one and only Sir Bobby would be the choice for this role.

Born in Sale, Manchester September 21, 1989, he started out at Manchester City in 2008, captaining their Under - 18 side which won the 2008 FA Youth...

As revealed by Goal, the Southampton captain has already been the subject of a # 20 million offer from Brendan Rodgers's side since the end of the season, but with the Saints valuing him at # 30m, the bid was rejected by the St Mary's outfit.

Arsenal Cruised to a comfortable 3 - 0 win today against the Tigers at the KC Stadium with captain of the Arsenal side loosing a tooth.

The youngest ever player to captain a side in the Champions League, it's quite evident that Rúben Neves has been groomed to be something of a prodigy since he first made his way through the Porto academy, debuting at the tender age of 17 and becoming the youngest ever goalscorer for the club he holds dearest to his heart.

Zivkovic spent his youth years at Partizan where he made his senior debut at 16 and first captained the side aged just 17.

Luis Suarez was again at his very best with two goals and two assists within the match, one in which he captained the side in the absence of Steven Gerrard.