Sentences with phrase «higher standard of football»

Having failed to gain League status and chasing a higher standard of football the Stags were admitted to the Midland Combination, a League consisting entirely of reserve sides of Football League sides.

He presently earns $ 3.3 million a season in Brazil, but turned down a lucrative move to Chinese giants Tianjin Quanjian, proving he is looking for a higher standard of football and won't be moving just for the money.

Not exact matches

At Vanderbilt the constituencies were reassured that the university was persisting in its primal Christian commitment because of high standards in academics, or a liberal or broad or thorough curriculum, or freedom from dogmatism, or the cultivation of moral character, or social conscience regarding racial integration or the relief of poverty, or decorum and discipline in fraternities and at football games.

The little Argentinian genius has not, by his relatively high standards, enjoyed his greatest 12 months on the football field, and yet compared to any other player it would be considered a monumental 2013, but that is just reflective of how highly the forward is rated amongst his peers.

This interview with a young LeBron James contains a lot of the standard high school superstar speak, and one interesting line about why he was never interested in playing college football.

Benteke for example (not saying go and sign him) have the same quality of Giroud with higher standard and other football qualities as well...

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

It's been a long time since international football was the highest standard of the game, if it ever truly was.

Though Raul has had a disappointing season and Ronaldo a pretty average season by his high standards (though he is the club top - scorer with 12 La Liga goals and three European goals), Owen has played just 1,200 minutes of football this season and it has been a colossal waste of talent considering the nine goals he has scored whenever he has had chances coming off the bench.

The Academy will play an attractive brand of football, consistent through all the age groups and offer a culture which has education at the forefront whilst maintaining the highest standards of integrity and honesty amongst the people who serve within it.

However, it is more than fair to say that the standard of football in the Premier League is higher than that of the Eredivisie.

In addition to standard matchday tickets, Football Ticket Pad also offers VIP hospitality Germany tickets for a selection of high - profile matches in Russia, including the World Cup Final.

Italian football holds itself to a high standard on such areas of player safety — introducing a raft of measures after Perugia's Renato Curi died on the pitch in 1977, and refining them further since Pescara's Piermario Morosini lost his life during a game in 2012.

I did think the programme was a tad too expensive given I normally pay # 2 but I remember the standard of football is higher than my normal viewing which is probably the reason why it was that amount.

And with the standard of their football this season being so high, no - one would begrudge them nor be ashamed to see Bolton representing the Premiership in Europe next season.

There was an allowence for contact sports including football and hockey but with several caveats, a discussion of risk and a number of high standards to be met.

This program delivers the sport's highest standards (sad this is the best we can do) on all - player football fundamentals and mechanics (with the decades old ploy of setting up «proper way to play» to then be able blame kids for their injuries if they get hurt because they didn't use proper technique) alongside important health and safety components.

I just turned 30 last October (yikes), I live by myself in a quiet corner of County Durham, up in the North East (I am not a Geordie tho) I love football, support Liverpool, used to play to quite a high standard (semi-pro) and have played against (at schoolboy level) the likes of Woodgate Gerrard and Owen.

Such success would not have been possible had he not met or exceeded the highest standards of their profession in operating a football program...

High achieving and success, a lot of the business has played sport to a decent standard, whether that be football, rugby or netball.