Ashley to kick out Newcastle board
Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. The news today is that the Newcastle Board of Directors…
Ref Watch: Damir Skomina, Euro U21 Final
This article is an analysis of a referee’s performance during a game (based on my personal opinion). I watched the Holland vs Serbia European U-21 Championship final closely and took…
How will Henry fit in at Barça?
Let’s make a couple of things clear to begin with. First is that Samuel Eto’o is not going to leave FC Barcelona this summer, the player has no desire to…
Newcastle after Bent, Rozehnal in for 4 years
Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. The news today is the Mirror is reporting we are…
USA Copa America 2007 Roster: A JOKE!
The USSF just doesn’t get it. I understand that winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup gives us the opportunity to play in the Confederations Cup in 2009. So I get why…
Newcastle United 2007-2008 Away Kit
Here are the new away strips for Newcastle United for next season. Modeling the strips are Joey Barton, Michael Owen and of course Shay Given. They are in the light…
Money and the Premier$hip
Last time I delved into the growing discrepancy in talent between the top teams in the world and everyone else. I offered nothing in terms of solutions in that article…
La Liga finale – preview
By eleven o’clock this evening we will know who is this season’s La Liga champions.
Should Manchester United pick up Quagliarella?
Everyday I open up Google News, and I run my usual searches: Bayern Munich (just so I can get my cousin’s nagging of my back) and of course, Man Utd…
Sam Still Seeking New Players for Newcastle United
We expect Sam to sign Joey Barton (pending), Ben Haim, David Rozehnal, Derek Boateng and Leighton Baines — probably in that order and think most of these are tied up….
The Hand of Messi
Leo Messi continues to emulate the great Diego Maradona. However, unlike his wonder-goal in the cup against Getafe, Messi’s effort in scoring his first goal against Espanyol was not so…
Football in South Africa
This article is for people who are curious about how football is perceived in South Africa, how the 2010 World Cup will change things in South Africa, why crime won’t…
Why Heinze leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid makes sense
With continuous speculation about Heinze moving to Real Madrid (or even Barcelona) the question has come up, will he move ? The answer has to be yes.
Middlesbrough’s Brad Jones Blunders For Australia
You might forgive young Brad Jones’ inexperience on the world stage, but the young Middlesbrough goalkeeper showed how harsh an environment the big, bad world of international goalkeeping can be….
Solving the mess of international friendlies
A plan to change the face of international football, and provide opportunities and funds for football at lower levels. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, and your suggestions and improvements in the comments please. I thought this up during the second half of the England-Brazil game tonight, which summed up everything poor about these type of games, and served to highlight the opportunity we have to make real improvements.
