Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
All Summer 2008 Serie A Transfers
All Italian Serie A transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…
France 0-2 Italy – Azzurri Step Out of the Grave and into the Quarter-Finals
France 0-2 Italy. Ladies & gentlemen, this is how you mix a “Blue Lagoon”: 1 oz Vodka (Pirlo), 1 oz Blue Curaçao (De Rossi), cherry (Buffon’s save on Benzema), 1…
Dutch are red-hot for Euros
The Euro 2008 group stages are at an end with a few surprises thrown out, but on the whole my initial predictions have been largely spot on with dark horses…
All Summer 2008 English Championship Transfers
All English Championship transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…
All Summer 2008 Ligue 1 Transfers
All French Ligue 1 transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer news column, see our transfer rumours section. This page is updated…
All Summer 2008 La Liga Transfers
All Spanish La Liga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…
All Summer 2008 Bundesliga Transfers
All German Bundesliga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…
Talking points – Scolari, Italy and that Austrian penalty. What do you think?
We all like a bit of a discussion and debate at the start of the week so I thought I’d take a look at some the talking points from the…
Scolari Watch – Chelsea finally have a top manager
From the outside Chelsea’s efforts to find a new manager over the last few weeks appear to have been conducted in their usual clumsy fashion — with Peter Kenyon running…
Ian Blanchard, Head of National Referee Development at the FA, Discusses Law 11 and the Goal by Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Images courtesy of Ian Blanchard and the English Football Association. In February 2008, I had the pleasure and privilege to interview Mr. Ian Blanchard, who became the Head of National…
Euro 2008 Fixtures & Results
This article refers to a previous European Championship. Click here for EURO 2012 FIXTURES. Euro 2008 fixtures and results, all in one place. Bookmark and share away:
Netherlands 3-0 Italy: O Cannavaro Where Art Thou?
Netherlands 3-0 Italy. The Azzurri’s adventure at Euro 2008 could not have started worse. 3 goals like the 3 words which can be used to describe today’s match: offside, counter-attack,…
Goalkeepers and Technology in Football
With professional goalkeepers complaining about the new EURO 2008 ball, I feel like, as a member of the greatest union in football, I need to shed some light on this…
Euro 2008 Statistics
More Euro 2008 statistics and data to feast on before and during the summer tournament. What’s included: players with the most games / goals at the Euros, the oldest and…
Euro 2008 free-kick and penalty takers
“Set Pieces: for and against – ignore them at your peril”, so said former England manager Graham Taylor in a quote immortalised in the 1994 documentary – Do I Not…