Month: January 2010

On January 23, 2010, the League One club Leeds United had to come back on level twice against the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur (who, by the way, scored nine…

Peter Crouch’s form should land him a starting place in England’s squad. The quality Crouch displayed in the game against Blackburn before Christmas highlighted the two sides to his game…

Dear Landon, I was wrong about you.  Along with most European and American pundits, I underestimated your talent and character when you left Bayer Leverkusen after an unsuccessful stint abroad….

Whilst we are used to (endlessly irritated by?) the hype surrounding every build-up to an England World Cup campaign, it’s fair to say that in 2006 much of the hype…

Stuart Fuller, from the blog The Ball is Round goes back to the end of the 1970’s for an international at Wembley Stadium. I am a difficult person to buy…

It was billed as a contest between strength and beauty, substance versus style and whenever that’s the case the public generally side with the latter. And that’s why you should…

Anyone visiting Italy last week could be forgiven for mistaking the land of La Dolce Vita for the Wild West, such was the manner in which the country’s press played…

The Aston Villa side which won the Coca Cola cup in 1996 was a good team; a solid defence marshalled by the dogged Paul McGrath and two highly promising youngsters in…

Leverkusen and Munich continued their dominance at the top of the Bundesliga, with both winning against potentially tricky opponents. Bayern’s victory against Bremen was enough to see them go top…

Celtic have cut the gap at the top of the SPL to 7 points after a 4-1 win at McDiarmid Park against St Johnstone on Sunday. Fortune Scored Two For…

Watch Milan v Inter live online here. Due to Inter Milan’s recent wobbles in the Serie A and AC Milan’s much needed improvement in performance, the Milan derby was considerably…

The FA Cup would appear to be Chelsea’s to lose following the exit of another big four rival this weekend. With Arsenal joining Liverpool and Manchester United on the FA…

Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 13, Andy Brassell talks about the Milan derby and how…

There was a strange air about Old Trafford yesterday. I missed the Burnley game last weekend and so for me this was my first home game since the revelations of…

Two great warriors of the Serie A met on Saturday night at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino in Turin: Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti. Between them, they have over 35…

David Beckham is having a good time in Italy while playing for AC Milan when on one normal day he is talking about his life in Milan to some reporter…

It’s quite interesting because we all thought that the Londoners Arsenal were going to have problems due to the down-turn in property prices in London. Obviously, they still have the…

Just in case you thought that Brazil has run out of creative footballers with Ronaldinho losing his form altogether and Robinho failing to live up to the legacy of Ronaldo…

Word is that Manchester United has leaked millions of pounds to the owners and on top of that the owners haven’t shown too much of respect for the heritage or…

Personally, I believe that the amount of money that is being flooded into football is not good for the spirit of the game. Money is probably the only thing that…

With Arsenal sitting on top of the Premier League table debate is raging whether Arsene Wenger’s young team can take Chelsea and Manchester United all the way in the race…

Karen Brady is basically a British sporting executive and a broadcaster. She has been the managing director of Birmingham City from March 1993 to October 2009 when the club was…

Most of you probably already know that something was going between Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez and Manchester United’s Gary Neville during the first leg of the League Cup semi-final. Tevez…

If you believe all the rumors out there, Ruud van Nistelrooy alone is the target of every other Premier League club. Wages are pretty big and Real Madrid have so…

Manchester City defeated the local rivals Manchester United in the League Cup semi-final this week. Mancini played an interesting starting line-up in the match. City are increasingly becoming a big…

England City Eye Mutu The agent of Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu says that Manchester City are interested in making a move for the 31-year-old. (Daily Mail) Analysis: Thank you, Daily…

“Clutching” and “straws” springs to mind as the image of Carlos Tevez desperately googling ‘big eared television characters’ to find an excuse for his provocative celebration in the Carling Cup…