Pompey Climbs
‘PORTSMOUTH are top of the Premiership this morning thanks to a goal from Steve Stone and a hat-trick from Teddy Sheringham in a 4-0 win over Bolton.
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The Sun leads with a picture of the Premier League table and the other news that Wayne Rooney scored in Evertons 2-2 draw away to Charlton last night.
Inside the paper its all Chelsea. Last night the Blues advanced to the Champions League proper with a 3-0 win over MSK Zilina.
The aggregate score of 5-0 is enough to promote the Blues to the big league and give them the kudos to attract more stars.
And step forward Hernan Crespo, the new boy in the blue shirt, who, as the Mirror reports, is just the latest player to join Roman Abramovichs £300 million revolution at the Bridge.
Having already spent around £100 million of fresh faces, lashing out three times that amount sounds not so absurd.
But how many players can you get into one team? Will thirty-plus get into just eleven berths? We wait and see.
Over in Spain, Real Madrid are having less of a problem getting all their stars into a starting line, especially since David Beckham has begun his Spanish career badly.
The Express has a shot of Becks kicking a bottle as he was substituted in Madrids game against Real Mallorca.
I was angry, says Becks. Any player who is substituted is angry. I am not different. I want to stay on he pitch for 90 minutes, so I am disappointed any time it happens.
At least he makes the Real pitch from the off. His latter days at United began and ended on the bench. Becks should realise that his career has taken a turn upwards.
Meanwhile, we say well done to Kelly Holmes in winning a silver medal at the world athletics championships.
The Mail is just about the only paper to lead with this non-football action, and shows Holmes coming in second in the 800metres behind Maria Mutola of Mozambique.
Kelly was happy with her performance but has not yet taken in the full impact of Portsmouths lofty position on planet football.
Well let her catch her breath before asking her opinion…’
Posted: 27th, August 2003 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
