Month: August 2010

A trusted FIFA employee has allegedly sold confidential lists containing personal information of 60,000 people onto the black market. Norwegian website, Dagbladet, has uncovered the list which contains information regarding…

Manchester United kick off the new football season with a home game against the newly-promoted Newcastle United (welcome back, Geordies). Here’s a look back at a largely successful pre-season, which…

One year on, and Newcastle United are back in the Premier League. One season in the Coca Cola Championship saw Chris Hughton’s men pick up a record 102 points, and make…

Tangerine. Tangerine. Living Reflection from a Dream. Pretty much every single pundit and commentator had Blackpool’s Premier League stay pegged as a very short one. Almost everyone picked them to…

Celtic kicked off the Scottish Premier League season on Saturday afternoon with a tricky trip to Inverness to take on the SPL newcomers. After disappointment against Braga, the pressure was…

Red cards, goalkeeping errors, and late goals – It’s Arsenal, only with more Englishmen. I watched the Tottenham-Manchester City game on Saturday, but despite it being an open, exciting match…

England Tottenham Table New Parker Bid According to the Daily Star, Tottenham have made an improved offer of 12 million pounds for West Ham midfielder Scott Parker after seeing an…

1. Manchester United are only six points short of earning 1500 in the Premier League. With an average of 2.15 points per game, Alex Ferguson’s side are unsurprisingly the most…

Recently, our friends over at Republik of Mancunia caught up with Manchester United’s right-back, Rafael da Silva. They asked him about the upcoming season, Fabio da Silva, Alex Ferguson’s decision…

For all League 2 fans out there, this is designed as a platform for you to express views on everything league 2 and I hope to hear from all of you.

David Beckham’s turbulent sixteen year career at international level looks all but over. Fabio Capello has deemed the former Manchester United and Real Madrid man as “too old” and will…

The best way to ruin a club is to take away the profit made from European competitions; so many clubs depend on it so much that if taken away, they…

The relationship between major brands and football is now firmly established. Brands crave the exposure that being associated with a major football club, player, competition or organizations can bring, and…

I appreciate that there is nothing more tiresome (or tragic) than listening to somebody harp on about the decisions behind the selection of their fantasy football team. “I’ve got Lampard…

Manchester City are finally nearing the finish line with their big-money move for Inter Milan striker Mario Balotell, as the 20-year-old has flown to Manchester for his medical. Balotelli, who…

Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has completed his move to Spartan Moscow. The Russian side has made McGeady the most expensive export ever in Scottish football, landing him for around 9.8…

You’ve installed Sky, your fantasy football team is picked and you’ve even placed some bets on how the opening day will play out. But have you considered how the whole…

A pre season, unquestionably overshadowed by an ongoing transfer saga of last season’s best player and a managerial departure doesn’t look good on paper just days before the start of…

The blogs are getting backed up with all of the 2010-2011 kit releases, especially since every Premier League club has made the executive decision to release new home and away…

As we said in the first part of this article, Italian soccer crisis does not involve the national teams only, clubs have big problems too.

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Celtic have opened discussions with Manchester City over a loan move for Craig Bellamy, according to Celtic manager Neil Lennon. The Welsh forward is coming off of his finest season…

Wantaway midfielder Javier Mascherano is still a Liverpool player for the time being, but Roy Hodgson has already swooped for his replacement, landing Juventus midfielder Christian Poulsen for 4.5 million…

With the summer holidays drawing to their inevitable close and the memories of all that sun, sea and dubious sangria fading fast, it’s time to turn our attention once again…

The bitter disappointment for the Italian National Team poor figure at the FIFA WC 2010 is just the tip of the iceberg of a crisis that involves all Italian soccer,…

After signing the Mexican sensation at the World Cup, Chicharito, Alex Ferguson has went on to buy the Portuguese striker Tiago Manuel Dias Correia a.k.a. Bébé. The kid is 20…

Five long summers ago, in the magnificent arena that is the Millennium Stadium, legend has it that Arsenal won a trophy. That trophy was the FA Cup and they did…