Specials - Football clubs and their Apparel Sponsors

These are some of the major football clubs and their Apparel sponsors....

Manchester United - Nike

Arsenal - Nike

Chelsea - Adidas

Liverpool - Adidas

Tottenham Hotspurs - Under Armour

Inter Milan - Nike

A.C.Milan - Adidas

Juventus - Nike

Barcelona - Nike

Real Madrid - Adidas

A.C.Roma - Kappa

Of this list only A.S.Roma is sponsored by a Home Company.............

Specials - Sports Apparel Manufacturers

Here is a list of some of the best known Sports apparel manufacturers in the World and the country of their origin.......

Nike - The USA

Adidas - Germany

Puma - Germany

Reebok - England(Now owned by Adidas)

Umbro - England

Slazenger - England

Le Coq Sportif- France

Fila - Italy

Lotto - Italy

Kappa - Italy

Diadora - Italy

Errea - Italy

(It is so sad that I am not able to add one Indian MN Sports Apparel manufacturer in this list)

Sports Special - Football Clubs and their Stadiums.....

Here contains a list of some of the most important football clubs with their more famous football stadiums....As usual this is a self-composed list so pardon me if I have excluded some.....

Manchester United - Old Trafford

Manchester City - City of Manchester Stadium

Chelsea - Stamford Bridge

Arsenal - Emirates Stadium

Tottenham Hotspurs - White Hart Lane

Everton - Goodison Park

Liverpool F.C - Anfield Stadium

Aston Villa - Villa Park

Juventus - Stadio Olimpicio di Torino

A.C.Milan & Inter - San Siro ( Stadio Guiseppe Meazza)

A.S.Roma - Stadio Olimpico

Barcelona F.C - Camp Nou

Real Madrid - Santiago Bernabeu

Valencia F.C - Estadio Mestalla

Mohun Bagan F.C - Salt Lake Stadium( Shared with East Bengal F.C )

Sports Special - Derbies

In Soccer(or football) Derby matches generate lot of fever off and on the field....A Derby is a match between two clubs from the same city or locality.......Many are fiercely fought.... Many with respect.... Many with violence!!!!!! Here is my self-composed list of some of the famous derbies around the world......( Mind it... It is self-composed so might be incomplete...)

Milan Derby(The Biggest of them all)- Inter Vs A.C Milan

Manchester Derby- Man. United Vs Man.City

Merseyside Derby- Liverpool F.C Vs Everton

North London Derby- Arsenal Vs Tottenham Hotspurs

Madrid Derby- Real Vs Athletico Madrid

Roman Derby- A.S.Roma Vs Lazio

Turin Derby- Juventus Vs Torino F.C

(As a special mention although essentially not a derby , a particular match generates more tantrums than many derbies..... Famously known as "El Classico" the match is played between Catalan Giants Barcelona F.C and Real Madrid F.C)....

Sports Special- Le Coq Sportif

Le Coq Sportif is a French apparel manufacturer..... They are famously known for sponsoring Manchester City two seasons ago.... Also the are the current apparel sponsors of Everton F.C.....

Trivia For The Day

Some apparel sponsors of National Cricket Teams:

India- Nike

Sri Lanka- Reebok

England- Adidas

Australia- Adidas

New Zealand- Canterbury

Trivia For The Day

The Inventor of the "Doosra" in Cricket, Saqlain Mushtaq has also developed a delivery called the "Teesra".