Blackburn Rovers May Look To Cash In On Roque with Liverpool and Manchester City Calling
He went under the knife recently and now he is under a lot of pressure to either declare his future to Blackburn or to hand in a transfer request. The…
Hiddink Hopes For Late Chelsea Surge
They have won six of their last seven, scored 11 goals and have only lost once yet Chelsea still sit in third place. This amazing run started with the arrival…
Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal – Live Blog – English Premier League – 21 April 2009
This article refers to an older game. Get the latest Arsenal v Liverpool live updates here. Liverpool v Arsenal – All the goals Liverpool (Torres 49′, 72′, Benayoun 56′, 90′…
MLS Week 5: Reality check for Sounders as Dallas, Red Bulls and Dynamo score first wins
Is the MLS the most balanced football league in the world? Why does the Galaxy insist on building teams around a single player? Will Seattle recover their grove? All this…
The Rise And Fall Of Deco – Do Chelsea Fans Still Want Him?
It all started so promising for Deco. He moved away from Barcelona for eight million euros, ready to revive his career and chase a third Champions League trophy with his…
Has Benitez ruined Ryan Babel?
Holland coach Marco Van Basten recently criticised Rafael Benitez’s handling of Ryan Babel, noting that the player had taken a step backward since his arrival at Anfield. A harsh assessment?…
Valencia and the Trojan Horse
We all know the story of the Trojan Horse – after a fruitless 10 yr siege of Troy, the Greeks built a figure in shape of a horse in which…
AFC Wimbledon quest for league football grows ever closer
As AFC Wimbledon fans took in a post-match pint on Saturday, it’s unlikely the hands raising the pint glass had many fingernails left. But Dons fans can now relax somewhat….
Chelsea and Everton to meet in FA Cup final, radio host pins Hillsborough blame on Liverpool supporters, Bolton chief proposes revamped Premier League, and more
It was quite the busy weekend in the football world, wasn’t it? And before I catch you up on the weekend’s biggest matches and stories, if you thought that Charles…
Wembley pitch can’t hide Fergie’s weak team selection
Well here we go again, another defeat for Man Utd and another excuse from Sir Alex Ferguson. This time the defeat wasn’t down to his side failing to convert their…
Chaos in Kaunas: The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Empire
The Big Four? Try the Only Four. If fans of the English Premier League are increasingly bemoaning the seemingly unshakeable dominance of the former, imagine the absurdity of a division…
From Messidona to Wazza – expectations are high for the stars of today
As I picked up a newspaper on Sunday, I was faced with the spotty adolescent face of Manchester United’s latest teenage ‘sensation’, Federico Macheda. After making a cameo appearance from…
In praise of Seattle Sounders
As FC Dallas fight for their life in an empty Pizza Hut Park and DC United swim frantically upstream in their search for a new stadium, one Major League Soccer…
How the 6+5 rule would affect Chelsea
It would be hard to find a Englishman who does not sing the praises of the significantly large contingent of foreign players that ply their trade on the world’s biggest stage, the Barclays Premier League. So why does Blatter want to end it all?
Newcastle desperately lack creativity and leadership in the middle
Before Newcastle’s game with Spurs today, a black & white clad fan was asked to give her partisan opinion on the chances of Alan Shearer achieving what he has claimed…
