MLS Increases Designated Player Slots
Major League Soccer just recently announced that the league would be adding two more designated player spots per team. This rule has been called the “Beckham Rule” by many because it was originally created to allow MLS teams a way around the salary caps that were imposed by the league. This rule change signals how far the MLS has come and gives an indication of where the league is headed.
What’s in a Shirt?
25 November 1964: The day that Liverpool first wore their now famous all-red kit. Bill Shankly got Ron Yeats to model initially red shorts to match the shirt, and then…
We will soon know whether the Glazers are good or bad for Man United
Sir Alex Ferguson hates to lose. More so when his team gets outplayed. His angst was evident in the press conference as he admitted that his team had played poorly….
View from the Stands: Liverpool and Birmingham City fans discuss upcoming match
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Arsenal have mountain to climb in the Champions League.
A review of the Champions League quarter final, first leg tie between Arsenal vs Barcelona.
FIFA Rankings – A Defence
The World Rankings are a poke in the eye to those with inelastic views about who football’s ‘big teams’ are.
Lets hope Arsenal and Barcelona stay true to their style
The two most ideologically similar clubs in world football face off in a mouth-watering tie in the champions league tomorrow. Both inculcate principles of possession based, attacking football borne out…
Arsenal, Standing on the shoulders of giants.
A preview of Arsenal vs Barcelona, a quarter final in the Champions League.
Soccerlens TV: Germany, Arsenal vs Barcelona and Serie A
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 22, Andy starts off with the German Bundesliga. Schalke 04…
African appointments make no sense
The Ivory Coast have hired a celebrity, not a coach, writes Mike Martin
Podcast: Fan ownership, Man United in Europe and Brazil expert Fernando Duarte (29 March, 2010)
A timely boost for fed-up fans, the managerial futures of Gianfranco Zola, Sven Goran Eriksson and Roy Keane, plus football’s major embarrassments are all up for discussion on this week’s…
Liverpool will finish 4th this season. Here’s why.
“Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.” – Ambrose Bierce Liverpool supporters have had to endure a fair amount of misery this season. A few bright…
2010 World Cup Qualification History: 32 roads to South Africa
For those who participated in the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay, the actual travel involved in getting to and playing in that first tournament might have been a pain compared…
Don’t believe the hype
With this new job of mine I rarely get the time to write anything up here, and its quite unfortunate cause I was really starting to enjoy spouting my opinions…
