Month: November 2008

Here we find ourselves, just over a quarter of the way through the season and the usual four-horse race seems to have already become a three-horse race. For the last…

Celtic’s home draw with Manchester United last night dumps them, all but mathematically, out of the Champions League for another year. They opened with, by Champions League standards, an easy…

Studs Up by Chris Toy. Which Club Do You Support? ( polls)Non Asian fans can poll their maids, the class / office geeks or better yet, go here and predict…

In addition to being the champions in 2007-08, Man United were also the best team in the league, both, offensively and defensively. The scored the maximum goals and conceded the…

There was only one king in Spain last night, and his name is Alessandro Del Piero. Royal ADP. Real Pinturicchio. Two blows from the cannon, two thrusts of the mighty…

Yesterday in Argentina, Diego “El Pibe” Maradona was officially presented as the national team coach of the albicelestes. He will be assisted by Dr. Carlos Bilardo, his former coach during…

Liverpool (Gerrard pen. 90′ + 5) 1-1 Atletico Madrid (Rodriguez 37′) Stadium: Anfield Stadium, England Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group D Date: 4 November 2008 Kickoff: 19:45 GMT, 14:45 ET…

Whisper it quietly, but could sanity be returning to the Premier League? Even Chelsea are feeling the effects of the credit crunch and have let 15 of their scouts go…

Another weekend of fantastic action with match referees again at the centre of all the controversy. Once again the issue of respect was back on the agenda as managers up…

Britain’s current financial climate makes for grim reading. The so-called ‘credit crunch’ has dominated the political agenda, newspaper front pages and talk amongst the average Tom, Dick or Harry in…

Studs Up – Chris Toy

This is a very difficult time to love the beautiful game stateside. So why are things so bad here? There are several reasons why, ranging from women’s equality to no…

Easy peasy, pudding and pie How hard can this be? I’ll just babble on about the game I love. Simple. Let’s start with the criteria; it’s writing, it’s about football…