Month: July 2010

We investigate two examples of how quick success has crippled clubs financially but on the other hand by having success and failure rolled into one will reap financial rewards and…

Forbes’ inaugural SportsMoney 50-50 standings (a system used to rank the 50 most valuable teams and the 50 most valuable athletes across the whole of world sport) were announced yesterday…

England Liverpool Land Wilson Liverpool have signed Rangers defender Danny Wilson in a deal that could be worth up to £5m. Liverpool will pay £2m up front for the 18-year-old,…

For the past few years, people from around the world are more than satisfied to put a surefire bet on the either of the “Traditional Big 4” -Chelsea, Manchester United,…

The Spanish Football Federation has released the fixtures for their premier competition La Liga which will transpire over the course of thirty eight weeks. Champions Barcelona will begin their title…

Those vacant, atavistic drudgeons who constantly serve to mire the progression of football as a entity, in direct friction with the conservatory morals they purport to adhere to FIFA have…

Amidst the recent furore over the clamour by several leading figures in the game to introduce a fortnight’s winter break to Premier League proceedings, one salient piece of white-hot hypocrisy…

When Roy Hodgson signed Joe Cole on a free transfer, it marked the beginning of the end for Liverpool. The end being of course, the downward curve which Rafael Benitez…

Now that the World Cup has finished and we are in the midst of the summer lull, the residue of broken dreams and weary familiarity with England’s failure has inevitably…

Three Premier League clubs have all independently announced the banning of vuvuzelas from their stadiums next season, with Tottenham, Arsenal and Birmingham City all declaring that they intend to stem…

As you’ve probably heard, the perennial golden boy of English football Joe Cole signed up to a four-year stint at Liverpool yesterday, thus ending months of mounting speculation as to…

As the World Cup frenzy finally ends, with La Furia Roja lifting the coveted trophy and the psychic Octopus Paul ready to be fried in Garlic butter by the Germans,…

As the news slowly made its way across the pond to me that Thierry Henry had signed for the New York Red Bulls, I couldn’t help but think, “He is…

Rangers manager Walter Smith has admitted youth will get its chance next season at Ibrox as the SPL Champions face tough times with debt problems. The exact figure of the…

With Sir Trevor Brooking saying that England want to appoint a young English coach to gain experience and eventually replace Fabio Capello in the national side hot-seat, Peter Jackson analyses…

Liverpool have confirmed, via their official website (which has now crashed), that free-agent Joe Cole has signed for the club on a four-year deal following his release from Chelsea. The…

World Cup? What World Cup? With only 26 short days left until the Premier League resumes, I’ve decided to put my neck on the line and start making my predictions…

Thus far this summer, the only certainty about Joe Cole’s future is that it doesn’t lie at Chelsea. So far, we’ve seen the England playmaker linked with a host of…

Will Arsenal finally cave in to Barcelona’s persistence on Cesc Fabregas, or will another summer come and go with Cesc where he’s been since September 2003? Yesterday, Arsenal manager Arsene…

If Roy Hodgson thought that Chelsea were going to give up hope of signing Fernando Torres after yesterday’s declaration that their Spanish strike star wasn’t for sale, hopefully he’s a…

England Chelsea Go To 50m For Torres? According to the Mirror, Chelsea have made a £50m bid for Fernando Torres, after having an initial bid of 40m knocked back by…

And lo, yesterday came the inevitable news that every right-minded man, woman and child had been dreading ever since that glorious day in Budapest on the 28th April 1999. After…

This reporter was surprised to turn around and find two of Manchester United’s most cherished players behind her as she chatted with a friendly Nike representative, but pressing her as…

One overwhelming question has stuck with me since the completion of the World Cup. Is it possible to do it “samba style” anymore? Not since ’86, when Maradona dazzled the…

Arsenal and Tottenham are set to be a part of the battle at the top of the Premier League this coming season, but right now, they’re facing off for one…

It’s been a quiet summer thus far for Manchester United, but it looks like the dominoes will soon start falling. United have already strengthened their defense with the future in…