paul scholes

Since then, Paul Scholes has established himself as an excellent midfielder at both club and international levels but announced his retirement from international football in August 2004, blaming Sven Goran Eriksson's tactics for his decision. In ten years as a first team player at Manchester United, Paul Scholes has won six Premiership titles, three F.A Cups and one European Cup. Now aged 30, he still has a good few years left at the top and will surely add more medals to his already impressive collection.

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In 1998-99, Scholes was a key player in Manchester United's Premiership title/F.A Cup/Champions League treble success. He scored one of United's two goals against Newcastle in the F.A Cup final but was ruled out of the Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich through suspension.

paul scholes

Paul Scholes Biography Name:Paul Scholes Date of birth:16 November 1974 Place of birth:Salford, England, UK Nickname:Scholesy Height:5' 7 Spouse:Claire Froggatt

paul scholes

Paul Scholes (born November 16, 1974) is an English football player, currently playing for Manchester United. With his distinctive head of ginger hair, Paul Scholes is one of the most influential players for both his club, Manchester United, and country, England. He is an attacking midfielder par excellence. He scores vital goals at vital times, and he times his runs into the box as well as any midfielder playing the game today.

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Salford-born Scholes joined Manchester United as a trainee on leaving school in the summer of 1991 and in his first season guided the club to victory in the F.A Youth Cup. But he did not make his breakthrough into the Old Trafford team until the 1994-95 season, when he made 17 league appearances and scored five goals. The 20-year-old Scholes proved himself to be promising understudy for the likes of Eric Cantona and Andy Cole. In the F.A. Cup final he twice came close to scoring goals which would have seen United and not Everton win the F.A Cup.

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Scholes was unable to secure a regular first team place until the 1997-98 season, when he played in midfield after the ninth game when Roy Keane was ruled out by injury. He had already made his England debut the previous summer in a 3-1 friendly win over South Africa at Old Trafford, and was part of the England squad for the 1998 World Cup.

Soccer

My son's soccer uniform

Now: Michael Owen and Walcott

Master and Apprentice. Michael Owen and Walcott training together in previous England duty.

Past: Michael Owen and Walcott

Back in the day: The pair first met at Stamford Bridge when Theo was only 10 years old. What a great photo!

soccer

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. It is a football variant played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal at each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by manoeuvrings the ball into the opposing goal. In general play, the goalkeepers are the only players allowed to use their hands or arms to propel the ball; the rest of the team usually use their feet to kick the ball into position, occasionally using their torso or head to intercept a ball in midair. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition.