Archive for the 'Sven Goran Erickson' Category

October 24th, 2011

Leicester City Confirm Sven-Goran Eriksson No Longer Manager ‘By Mutual Agreement’

Sven-Goran Eriksson Out At Leicester City - 'By Mutual Agreement' via LCFC Leicester City Football Club has confirmed today (Monday 24 October) that, by mutual agreement, Sven-Goran Ericksson has ceased to be the First Team Manager, with immediate effect. First Team Coach Derek Fazackerley has also left the Club. The Club and its Board of ...
October 2nd, 2010

Sven-Goran Eriksson to be appointed as new Leicester City manager – 3 year deal

Sven Goran Eriksson is back in English football after agreeing to replace Paulo Sousa at Leicester City. It is understood that Eriksson was first approached prior to Leicester's midweek defeat at Norwich with the club's hierarchy stunned into action by last Friday's 6-1 loss at Portsmouth. (more...)
June 25th, 2010

Sven-Goran Eriksson Quits as Ivory Coast Manager after 3 Games and Exit from World Cup

Sven-Goran Eriksson has refused to confirm where his future lies after stepping down as Ivory Coast manager. His team crashed out of the World Cup 2010 in the opening stages after failing to progress from Group G, and now that the Swede's short term deal as coach has ended, he has been linked with a return to club management. Fulham remains his most ...
March 6th, 2010

Ivory Coast managerial search continues; confirm Sven talks

Eriksson attended Ivory Coast's 2-0 friendly defeat at the hands of South Korea at Loftus Road on Wednesday but, after the game, denied having any interest in the post as he said: "No, no, no, this job has nothing to do with me." Just three days later, the Ivorian football federation confirmed Eriksson's interest in the post and revealed that talks ...
August 10th, 2009

Sol Campbell to Notts County?

I first heard this on BBC News and then saw it on the Daily Star website, and the news is that League 2 side Notts County are prepared to offer 34 year old Sol Campbell £90,000-a-week. What! The article says Campbell is ready to sign a 2 year deal with Notts County and help Sven spearhead the club back to the Premier League. That's serious coin for ...
July 22nd, 2009

Sven Goran Eriksson Takes Over Notts County

With a career that has seen him manage some of the biggest clubs in the world, as well as manage England and Mexico, Sven Goran Erikkson is now taking over at League 2 (4th division) club Notts County. He apparently turned down offers from multiple clubs in order to take over as director of football at Notts County, which considers itself the oldest ...
August 23rd, 2008

I’m On Setanta Sports – Jose On Big Money Transfers

The Thriller reference is absolutely killing me....  Brilliant! For only 38 Million Pound, you'll receive this hairband.
July 17th, 2008

Fake “IT” Fools Mexico

Comedian and Sven Goran Eriksson look-a-like Derek Williams has put Mexican clubs on alert after fooling Club Universidad Nacional's Ricardo Ferretti into giving the faker a tour of the facilities. Williams sent the club fake documents from the Mexican Federation to gain entrance to the club, where Ferretti gave the lookalike a tour of the ...