Everton v Arsenal 2007

Everton vs. Arsenal



Matchday 20
December 29, 2007
Goodison Park

Arsenal are given the oppurunity to go top of the table and two points ahead of Manchester United, given their lost to West Ham United today. With a win, Everton (33 points) have the oppurtunity to pass Manchester City (35 points) or come level with Liverpool (36 points), depending on the result of the match between those two teams tomorrow.

Everton (evertonfc.com)

24 Tim Howard
05 Lescott 02 Hibbert 04 Yobo 26 Jagielka
18 Neville 06 Arteta 26 Carsley 20 Pienaar
17 Cahill
22 Yakubu

Substitutes
33 Wessels
08 Johnson
14 Vaughan
19 Valente
28 Anichebe


Arsenal (arsenal.com)

24 Almunia
03 Sagna 10 Gallas 05 Toure 22 Clichy
13 Hleb 04 Fabregas 16 Flamini 02 Diaby
09 Eduardo 26 Bendtner

Substitutes
01 Lehmann
05 Senderos
07 Rosicky
08 Diarra
20 Song
25 Adebayor

Andrew Johnson got the last minute winner for 1-0 victory in last season's corresponding match.

Portsmouth vs. Arsenal Boxing Day 2007

Portsmouth vs. Arsenal



Matchday 19
December 26, 2007
Fratton Park


Tomas Rosicky bangs in the third of three Arsenal goals in their 3-1 home win over Portsmouth earlier this season.
Portsmouth play host to Arsenal at Fratton Park on Boxing Day. Arsenal are looking to extend their winning streak while Portsmouth will hope to end a two-match losing streak and home four-match goal drought. Everyone watching will hope that this match is more exciting than May's season closer closer at Pompey, an uninspired goalless draw that saw Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure started in midfield.

Arsenal sit first on 43 points while Portsmouth are seventh in the league table with 30 points.

Portsmouth (www.portsmouthfc.co.uk)

Benjani, like everyone else, is in awe of the graceful Philippe Senderos.

From: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Pamarot, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Davis, Diop, Muntari, Kranjcar, Pedro Mendes, Benjani, Kanu, Taylor, Nugent, Lauren, Hughes, Ashdown.

01 James
04 Lauren 23 Campbell 15 Distin 07 Hreidarsson
08 Diop 22 Hughes 11 Muntari
25 Benjani 27 Kanu 19 Kranjcar

Substitutes
31 Begovic
06 Traore
10 Nugent
14 Taylor
17 Utaka

Arsenal (arsenal.com)

Cesc Fabregas opens the scoring at Emirates Stadium in September.

From: Almunia, Lehmann, Sagna, Gallas, Toure, Clichy, Eboue, Gilberto, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, Diarra, Rosicky, van Persie, Adebayor, Senderos, Traore, Song, Denilson, Bendtner, Diaby, Eduardo.

24 Almunia
03 Sagna 10 Gallas 05 Toure 22 Clichy
27 Eboue 04 Fabregas 16 Flamini 07 Rosicky
13 Hleb
25 Adebayor

Substitutes
01 Lehmann
02 Diaby
08 Diarra
20 Song
26 Bendtner

Like I said, everyone. Including Mark Halsey.

About The Match

• Kick off is at 7:45 PM GMT (London), 2:45 PM EST.
  
• Portsmouth have only won at home v Bolton and Reading this season, and have not scored at home in the last four games (six hours of goalless play).
  
• Portsmouth was the last team to keep a cleansheet against Arsenal back in May.
  
• Arsenal have won every Boxing Day match since 2000; Portsmouth have not lost on Boxing Day match since 2002.
  
• Portsmouth were unbeaten in 11 league matches before two consecutive losses leading up this match.
  
• Arsenal are the highest scoring team in the league, having an average of 2.0 goals per game (36 goals in 18 games).
  
• Arsenal have only lost one league match this year - away to Middlesborough.
  
• High scorers for Arsenal are Adebayor, Fabregas (10) and van Persie, Eduardo (7); for Portsmouth, Benjani (9), and Muntari, Kanu (4).
  
• Kolo Toure, Sylvain Distin, and David James have played every minute of their respective team's league matches.
  
• Portsmouth have three former Arsenal players: Sol Campbell, Lauren, and Kanu. All three were a part of the Invincibles' Arsenal side that went unbeaten in 49 league matches.

Merry Christmas to all of you! I know, I know- today is Christmas Eve. We are going to have a Christmas party in the evening and tomorrow will be really hectic one. Nevertheless, it is a fun to have all your near ones together and have fun. I just found how to say "Merry Christmas" in different languages














Antarctica: - Merry Christmas, Felices Pasquas, Hristos Razdajetsja
Argentina: - Feliz Navidad!
Australia: - Happy Christmas
Austria: - Frohe Weihnachten

Bangladesh: - Shuvo Baro Din
Barbados: - Merry Christmas
Belarus: - Winshuyu sa Svyatkami
Belgium: - Zalig Kerstfeest
Brazil: - Feliz Natal
Chile: - Feliz Navidad China Sheng Tan Kuai Loh

Colombia: - Feliz Navidad para todos

Chile: - Feliz Navidad China Sheng Tan Kuai Loh
Croatia: - Sretan Bozic
Cuba: - Feliz Navidad
Cyprus: - Eftihismena Christougenna, Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yili
Czech Republic: - Vesele Vanoce

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Denmark: - Glaedelig Jul

Egypt: - Mboni Chrismen
El Salvador: - Feliz Navidad

Fiji: - Merry Christmas
Finland: - Hauskaa Joulua
France: - Joyeux Noel

Guatemala: - Feliz Navidad
Guinea: - Joyeux Noel
Guinea-bissau: - Boas Festas
Guyana: - Merry Christmas

Ireland: - Nollaig Shona dhuit
Israel: - Mo'adim Lesimkha
Italy: - Buon Natale

Mexico: - Feliz Navidad
Monaco: - Joyeux Noel
Montserrat: - Merry Christmas
Morocco: - Mboni Chrismen
Mozambique: - Boas Festas

Netherlands: - Prettige Kerstdagen
Norway: - Gledelig Jul

Oman: - Mboni Chrismen

Pakistan: - Bara Din Mubarrak Ho
Palau: - Merry Christmas
Panama: - Feliz Navidad

Tunisia: - Mboni Chrismen
Turkey: - Mutlu Noeller
Turks and Caicos Islands: - Happy Christmas

Zambia: - Happy Christmas
Zimbabwe: - Happy Christmas

Well, well, there are lots more. But I can collect only these many. Merry Christmas.

Christmas cake

Christmas cake recipe

I made the Christmas cake on this weekend. This is the first time that I baked a cake in my lifetime. It was not bad even though I was not too good in beating up the mixture or know the small tips that makes a cake fluffy. Anyway, I am giving you the Christmas cake recipe and if you follow it exactly, it must be a yummy cake for this holidays.

Ingredients

250g plain flour, Grated zest of 1 lemon, Grated zest of 1 orange, 1 teaspoon mixed spice, 100g almonds roughly chopped, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 4 eggs, beaten, 250g brown sugar, 250 butter, 200ml brandy, 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 100g red cherries, quartered, 100g finely diced candied peel,
250g sultanas, 250g raisins, 250g currants, Pinch of salt

Preparations

All the fruits, almonds, mixed spices, vanilla and lemon are mixed.After the brandy is mixed with it, it has to be covered with plastic wrap and kept for at least 5 hours so that the fruits can absorb the brandy. Best is to leave it overnight. preheat the oven to warm 160°C. Line the base and sides of the tin with buttered baking paper, which should be 2.5cm taller than the side of the tin. Wrap a strip of brown paper around the tin and tie with a string. The sugar and butter are beaten well until light and creamy. Eggs are added one by one, beating well after each addition. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.The butter mixture is added to the soaked fruits and is stirred until thoroughly combined. put the mixture into cake tin and bake for about 30 mins. Then reduce the heat to 150°C and cook for another 3 hours. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. It is wrapped in a plasitc wrap and should be stored in a cool place overnight before icing. Do the icing as you please.