Everton v Aston Villa Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009
Everton v Aston Villa English Premier League Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1500 GMT Everton’s injury crisis shows no sign of abating and they are now without 10 senior players…
Fulham v Liverpool Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009
Fulham v Liverpool English Premier League Craven Cottage Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1500 GMT Three days after their Carling Cup exit to Arsenal, Liverpool return to the capital on…
Bolton v Chelsea Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009
Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea FC English Premier League Reebok Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1500 GMT Chelsea and Bolton face off for the second time this week, this time in…
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers English Premier League Old Trafford Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1730 GMT Swine-flu and poor defending will be the talk of the day, as Manchester…
Capello rouses Italian clubs to take power back from Ultras
England manager Fabio Capello breezed into the school of excellence at Coverciano on Monday with the air of authority that comes from having won everything there is in the club…
Fantasy Football: Pick Manchester United and Aston Villa players this week
It was a momentous week in the Premier League, as we saw Arsenal give further ammunition to those who claim they have a soft centre with a late collapse at…
MLS Playoffs 2009: Preview
Anybody casually tuning in to Major League Soccer’s Week 32 action and teetering over the great lake of MLS fandom will have jumped right in. The final week of the…
Who Said the Serie A Wasn’t Entertaining?
What a tumultuous ten weeks it has been. When the season kicked off, even the most Italian-friendly pundits were predicting that this season, dubbed ‘Year Zero’ by the AC Milan…
The Real Problem
So a new President and around 250 million pounds later, Real Madrid find themselves in exactly the same position as they were at the end of Bernd Schuster’s ill-fated rated…
Interview with Andy Brassell
Andy Brassell, or ‘the Top Brass’ to regular World Football Phone In listeners, is a freelance football journalist, with a knowledge of European football that matches Tim ‘Vickapedia’ Vickery’s knowledge…
Video Review: PSG and Marseille fans clash – should the game have been postponed?
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. This week’s episode focuses on the swine flu outbreak at Paris Saint-Germain,…
Don’t write them off; Barcelona are still the best in Europe
What a shocking couple of weeks it had been for the Catalans. They have torn through all and sundry in La Liga up until their hosting of Almeria at the…
Fabregas: there’s more pressure on Liverpool, Chelsea and City
Recently Arsenal FC Blog sat down with Arsenal captain and future Barcelona star (let’s admit it, it’s easier that way) Cesc Fabregas to talk about the pressure of playing several…
Another Englishman improves his game in Spain
The Englishman playing abroad, hoping to do enough to catch Capello’s eye in World Cup year, David Beckham right ? Well, not necessarily. Jermaine Pennant joined La Liga side Real…
Samp make Spaghetti out of the Bolognese
Franco Colomba had been waiting by the phone for what seemed like ages. Then the call came, and he said: “Yes”. He was back in the game. The Menarini family…
