Showing posts with label Brendan Rodgers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brendan Rodgers. Show all posts

Friday, August 17, 2012

DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY PLAYER TO HAVE EVER WON THE SPANISH LA LIGA TITLES FIVE TIMES IN A ROW PLAYING FOR TWO DIFFERENT CLUBS?

Danish football legend Michael Laudrup is one of the few illustrious players to have played for the El-Clásico rivals of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid intermitently from 1989/1990 season to the 1995/1996 season. Laudrup is the only player ever to win the Spanish La Liga five times in a row playing for two different clubs in the 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1993/1994 for FC Barcelona and in 1994/1995 season for Real Madrid.

He appeared for Real Madrid in a 5-0 win over FC Barcelona and also played for FC Barcelona when they beat Real Madrid 5-0 while he was playing at Camp Nou. He is now the manager of Swansea City in the English Premier League (EPL) replacing Northern Irishman Brendan Rodgers who left for Liverpool FC.








Wednesday, June 20, 2012

DO YOU KNOW WHAT BILL SHANKLY AND BRENDAN RODGERS HAVE IN COMMON APART FROM BEEN FORMER AND CURRENT MANAGERS OF LIVERPOOL FC?

Legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly joined the Merseyside club from Huddersfield Town in 1959. His last game for Huddersfield Town is by defeating Liverpool FC 1-0 at the old Leeds Road ground on November 28, 1959. 

Current manager, Brendan Rodgers appointed from Swansea City AFC on June 1, 2012 last game for The Swans was also to beat Liverpool FC 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium on May 13, 2012.