Month: February 2010

Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg talk anti-Glazer protests, Chelsea crackdowns, Bobby Zamora, multi coloured boots and Roberto Mancini, as well as running the rule over the runners and riders in…

A clash between two of the top teams in the Bundesliga takes place on Friday as Schalke hosts Borussia Dortmund.

Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Everton UEFA Europa League 25 February 2010 Everton struggled at Lisbon on Thursday as they were knocked out of the Europa League. The English side started out…

Juventus 0-0 Ajax UEFA Europa League 25 February 2010 Juventus played a solid defensive match to hold onto their 2-1 aggregate lead over Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday. Each team had…

Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Fulham UEFA Europa League 25 February 2010 Fulham scored an early goal and held Shakhtar to a draw as they eliminated one of the favorites in the…

Unirea Urziceni 1-3 Liverpool UEFA Europa League 25 February 2010 Liverpool started off slow but finished strong to advance to the round of 16 in the Europa League on Thursday….

Recently, the Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo helped Nike reveal their SuperFly II football boots and the show was all good and the boot is all good and blah blah….

Former Real Madrid, Chelsea and French midfielder and current Paris St Germain captain, Claude Makelele has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. Makelele, 37, has…

Wayne Bridge has shunned England and declared himself unavailable for the world cup in South Africa. The defender, who has been at the centre of a media maelstrom since news…

I begin by pointing out that I am not a fan of Real Madrid. Nor am I particularly a fan of their 80 million pound superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo. Whilst I…

Stuart Fuller from the blog The Ball is Round comments on the latest English Sponsorship fad. We love the whole shirt sponsorship deal.  We are fascinated as to why companies…

English side Everton travels to Lisbon to face Sporting in the second leg of the Europa League round of 32.

Ajax heads to Turin with a 1-2 deficit and having to get a win against a surging Juventus side.

EPL side Fulham heads to Ukraine with a 2-1 aggregate lead against defending UEFA Cup champions Shakhtar Donetsk.

Liverpool will take a slim 1-0 lead into the second leg against underdogs Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League on Thursday.

CSKA Moscow 1-1 Sevilla UEFA Champions League 24 February 2010 Sevilla would score first but CSKA came back to get a 1-1 draw in the first leg. The first goal…

Inter Milan 2-1 Chelsea UEFA Champions League 24 February 2010 Inter Milan held on for a 2-1 win in the first leg at the San Siro. Internazionale started out strong…

One of the most clichéd and bogus arguments in football in recent years – perpetuated by the likes of Howard Wilkinson at the League Managers Association – is that English…

CSKA Moscow v Sevilla UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg Luzhniki Stadium – Moscow, Russia 24 February 2010 – 17:30 GMT Group G winners Sevilla being the knockout…

Olympiacos 0-1 Bordeaux UEFA Champions League 23 February 2010 Bordeaux got a crucial away goal and a 1-0 lead after the first leg at Greece. It was an even match…

Manchester United 3-0 West Ham United English Premier League 23 February 2010 Manchester United was once again led by a couple goals from Wayne Rooney as they cruised to a…

Stuttgart 1-1 Barcelona UEFA Champions League 23 February 2010 Stuttgart took a first half 1-0 lead but couldn’t hold onto it as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Barcelona…

As we approach the UEFA Champions first leg tie between Internazionale Milano and Chelsea, let’s take a look at Senhor José Mourinho. You will learn about his formative years, his brief…

Manchester United fans who saw Nani’s brief resurgence – the final flickering of a dying flame or the spark that would light a raging fire, depending on your point of…

In Episode 17, Andy Brassell discusses the idea of making the clubs go through play-offs for the fourth position on the table between the clubs on 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th position; namely, Tottenham, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa.

Defending champions Barcelona will travel to Bundesliga side Stuttgart on Tuesday night in the next set of Round 16 Champions League matches.

Manchester United look to recover from a 1-3 loss at Everton as they host West Ham in midweek EPL match.