Charlie Rhodes

Watch Chelsea v Everton live here. Chelsea (Drogba 21′, Lampard 72′) 2-1 Everton (Saha 1′) Stadium: Wembley Stadium, England Competition: F.A. Cup Finals Date: 30 May 2009 Kickoff: 14:00 GMT,…

Last summer I was bored of all the Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid stuff pretty quickly, it carried on through right up until the transfer deadline and I’m fairly sure…

The party is still going on in Barcelona, and there might still yet be a few angry hangovers in Manchester right now, but the aftermath of the Champions League final…

By winning the Champions League on Wednesday evening Pep Guardiola could stand be chucked in the air safe in the knowledge that he had become the first manager in Spain to…

However in the build up to the final the question that lingers across the country from Stamford Bridge corridors and internet message boards remains:

‘How important is it for Chelsea to win the FA Cup and do we really care?’

This question reflects issues both inside the club and the general decline of the competition in the last ten years the competition has lost a lot of its prestige and in today’s global game it no longer seems to generate the interest and hype that it once did.

This decline can be attributed to a number of interlinked factors revolving around the themes of Money, Globalisation or both a few of which I have explored in this article.

The transfer window hasn’t even started yet, and some of the most anticipated signings have already been finalised. Kaka will be unveiled for Real Madrid next Thursday in a sensational…

This weekend will mark the official end of the season in Europe’s top leagues, and after that, we can look forward to the start of the summer transfer window. As…

For nine minutes, I was smug and self-satisfied, as well as disappointed. My pre-match predictions were being played out in front of my eyes; the men in all-white were on…

The 14th Major League Soccer season has had something of a messy start. Of 74 matches played at the time of writing, 27 have resulted in draws. Matches are frequently…

Much of the focus in the football world today is on the massive UEFA Champions League final showdown between Manchester United and Barcelona (which you can follow live on SL),…

The season isn’t actually over yet, but several managers have quit (or in Sunderland’s case jumped before they were pushed out) and clubs from Celtic to Chelsea are looking for…

“Ceux sont les meilleurs equips” “Die Meister, die Besten, les meilleurs equipes, the champions.” What UEFA has tried to do in the infamous CL anthem played before European nights, during…

Watch Manchester United v Barcelona live online here. Barcelona (Eto’o 10′, Messi 70′) 2-0 Manchester United Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy Competition: UEFA Champions League Final Date: 27 May 2009…

The summer transfer window hasn’t even opened yet, but a couple of big names from Europe’s top leagues are already on the move to new destinations, and a few others…

The phenomenon of déjà vu is quite common to us nowadays, endlessly chronicled in movies and novels. As my comrade Alex Bogatiryov stated in his blog piece, one of the…