UEFA Coefficients System
Think for a moment about the organisation of tournaments such as the UEFA Champions League or the European Championships. How do you decide how many teams are eligible for entry…
2010 World Cup Qualification Finale – Can Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Russia and France make it to South Africa?
I may be making a wild statement here, but hear me out. I really in my heart believe that this time next year Argentina will still be basking in the glory…
No clear favourites for the 2010 World Cup
For all the thrills and spills that club football brings us each and every season it doesn’t come close to the passion I personally feel when it comes to the…
England & the 2010 World Cup
1966 was a great year, or so I’m told by those of an age able to remember it. It has been a long time since England lifted the highest honour…
Argentina beat Uruguay to qualify for 2010 World Cup
Uruguay 0-1 Argentina Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Kickoff: 23:00 BST Argentina beat Uruguay in their final World Cup qualification game to send them through to South Africa…
Welcome to the future of football
Rio Ferdinand is perhaps one of the more unlikely of digital ambassadors. Before yesterday’s online-only broadcast of Ukraine v England, the defender offered his opinion on the unique way the…
England v Belarus Preview – 14 October 2009
England v Belarus Wembley, England Wednesday 14th October, 20:00 BST You can watch England v Belarus live online here. The curtain comes down on England’s World Cup qualification campaign and,…
Republic of Ireland 2-2 Italy – Highlights – 10th October 2009
Republic of Ireland 2-2 Italy Saturday 10 October 2009, Croke Park Kick-Off: 20:00 BST Italy snatched a last-minute draw in Dublin thanks to Gilardino’s cool finish, after if looked as…
Ukraine 1-0 England – Highlights – 10th October 2009
Ukraine 1-0 England Saturday 10 October 2009, Dnipro Arena, Ukraine Kick-Off: 17:15 BST England were reduced to 10 men early in the first half thanks to Rob Green being sent…
Can Braga prove ‘the Special Two’ wrong?
Last season Sporting Club de Braga’s manager Jorge Jesus stated that the only way they would ever win the league would be on a Playstation. They had just been beaten…
Fantasy Football Weekly Review: All Hail Fabregas!
Just when you think you couldn’t have any more love for a footballer, Cesc Fabregas goes and does something stupid like that! A goal, four assists, and a performance that…
Record-Breaking Iker Muniain is the latest star off the Athletic Bilbao production line
Athletic Bilbao’s vaunted academy has produced yet another high class talent
World Cup 2010 Qualification Update
An early overview into how our favourite tournament is shaping up
England squad for Ukraine and Belarus (10th and 14th October 2009)
You can watch England v Ukraine live online here. Capello chose to leave Darren Bent – currently the top English scorer in the Premier League – out of his England…
Bunyodkor: Not Quite Asia’s Chelsea (yet)
Ever since the arrival of the Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea, the world of football seems to exist in two separate yet parallel universes. There are clubs who teeter on…
