Who Will The Next Real Madrid Rejects Be?
Whilst the summer of 2010 was a relatively quiet time for Real Madrid, all previous years taken into account, January of 2011 could well see a return to form in…
Malicious Tackles: Accountability will make players better
Dutch national coach Bert van Marwijk has left Nigel DeJong out of his latest squad following the Manchester City midfielder’s tackle on Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa. It is a bold decision but one that may ultimately benefit football and De Jong himself.
How Wayne Rooney Shed £12m In One Easy Step
Given his recent extra-marital misdemeanours, it should come as little surprise that Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney‘s intrinsic commercial value has – if you’ll excuse the unavoidable pun – waned…
Liverpool FC Saved From Administration By Boston Red Sox Owner Bid
Liverpool FC has been saved from the ignominy of administration and a potential nine point reduction by the £300 million bid from John Henry and the New England Sporting Venture….
Longest 5-a-side game: Guinness World Record Attempt
90 minutes? Try 1980 minutes! For everyone trying to convert that time into hours, it is in fact 33 hours! At 10:01 p.m. on 10th April 2010, our dream became…
Is Roy Hodgson The Man To Oversee Liverpool’s New Dawn?
The fate of Liverpool Football Club is now teetering on the outcome of a ‘unique’ courtroom battle, with chairman Martin Broughton imploring owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to view…
Is Samuel Eto’o Africa’s greatest ever player?
Samuel Eto’o is a marvelled genius who could write his own text book on how to be one of the most accomplished and gifted strikers of his generation. His attributes…
Vote of confidence time already for Keith Millen, Warnock says he won't spend in January while Sven is off to Thailand
Bristol need to make the change now Normally I’m exasperated by fans who call for a manager’s head just a handful of games into a reign. In this instance, though,…
Fifa11 and Record Breaking Sales
“Publisher EA has welcomed the record-breaking launch performance of FIFA 11, its latest multiplatform football game.” It might have to do with all of new gameplay improvements, but also with…
Tottenham Are ‘Risking Riots’ By Choosing Olympic Stadium Over White Hart Lane
‘Twas not so very long (last October, as a matter of fact) when all and sundry in the upper echelons of the Tottenham Hotspur hierarchy were crowing about having submitted…
Agents for Change
“I will not rest until I have you holding a Coke, wearing your own shoe, playing a Sega game *featuring you*, while singing your own song in a new commercial, *starring you*, broadcast during the Superbowl, in a game that you are winning, and I will not *sleep* until that happens. I’ll give you fifteen minutes to call me back.”
Chelsea win the title…in October?
Is the title race for the Premier League over already…in October? Over the past few years, TV pundits and all us normal people for that matter, have had a pretty…
Liverpool Board Agree Sale But Major Hurdles Remain
The collective sigh of relief across Merseyside this morning was tangible as supporters of Liverpool Football Club woke to the news that they have been incessantly clamouring for for nigh-on…
Time To Tackle The Tough Tackling
The audacity of some people to link Manchester United’s Paul Scholes with the dark side of football is quite preposterous. Arsene Wenger recently said that Scholes has a “dark side”…
Goals Are The Answer For Sinama-Pongolle, Not Gestures
Florent Sinama-Pongolle hasn’t exactly endeared himself to many fans in his short career, but he hit a new low at the weekend as he provoked his own Zaragoza supporters into…
