With just two games to go the battle to get to the final was all but decided last night but not without controversy in Istanbul. Fenerbahce  0  v  1  Olympiacos Fenerbahce Chairman Aziz Yildirim stated after the match “I want someones head on a stick for this”, after an administrative error lead to new Manager…

With group leaders Dynamo having a night off it was an opportunity for the chasing pack to close in and as it turned out tonight’s results could hardly have left this group any more finely balanced at the half way point. Zenit  0  v 1  CSKA Moscow Zenits poor form in the competition continued as…

In its attempts to keep its managers superbly informed by bringing them incisive and deeply researched statistical analysis, not to mention the opportunity to post the odd horny photo, T100 has recruited yet another hot, I mean brilliant mathematician, Miss Connie Lingers, to cast her beautiful mind, not to mention body, over pertinent numbers. Connie…

Galatasaray 0 – 1 Fenerbahce With the teams joint bottom with just a point each from their previous endeavours in the competition this promised to be a blood and guts affair, however the only thing hot on offer proved to be the tea served at the Turk Telekom Arena. It appeared that both teams were…

CSKA Moscow 1 – 0 – Lokomotiv Moscow Whilst the Putin Cup has been short on goals and thrills this game conformed to the former but bucked the latter. CSKA bouncing off their first win of the competition last week against Dynamo hosted a Lokomotiv side also on the up after their victory of Zenit.…

When Michael Hudson posted in the News Feed about SM asking for suggestions relating to Custom GW’s, I suggested there that a blog be posted to which we could all add our thoughts and comment on others suggestions so that, potentially, these be combined or submitted as they stand by someone who has access to…

Lokomotiv Moskva 2 – 0 Zenit Zenit visited the Lokomotiv Stadium hoping to register their first points of the tournament against the hosts who were looking to keep in touch with groups pace setters. In a first half of few opportunities Zenit thought they had broken the deadlock on 17 minutes when Rondon latched onto…

The words “its only a game” often pop up in News Feed threads, especially in times of stress and disagreements, I for one confess to having nodded inwardly and having agreed to that sentiment when the proverbial soother is being tossed forcefully from the perambulator by one protagonist or another. This morning however on my…

CSKA Moskva 1 – 2 Spartak Moskva Spartak maintained their 100% record in the Putin Cup leaving CSKA still awaiting their first points. The visitors took the lead on 23 minutes when Tasci volleyed home a ball from Promes past a bewildered Valdes…. The hosts however thought they had levelled 4 minutes later when Benteke…

Besiktas 1 – 0 Fenerbahce Fernerbahce made the trip across the Bosphorus to the Ataturk stadium where hosts Besiktas were playing their second consecutive home fixture and were looking to build on their Match Day 1 victory. Despite the gulf in league status between these two the visitors knew that would be in for a…