Video: Wenger’s press conference
Wenger talking about how much he admired a great technical tackle as much as a good offensive creative pass...
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The Michael Owen experiment comes to a crashing end
Sir Alex Ferguson’s gamble results in a familiar end for the ex-Liverpool man. We feel just a bit horrible...
Bruce Arena nixes Donovan’s Everton extension
Sunday’s match against Hull might be the last for Donovan in a Toffees jersey. As it stands Landon Donovan...
Carlos Tevez points to his own past when bringing up Terry
Two legendary coxswains stare each other down Carlos Tevez was run out of Argentina partly because he was caught...
English clubs reject CL playoff proposal
By a vote of 11-9. What I found interesting was David Moyes’s reasons for rejection. “While it might be...
The US midfield went missing
The difference between the Dutch and the US was that they had a midfield. Wesley Sneijder showed us what...
Is Goldman Sachs going to run Manchester United?
Jim O’ Neill, a Goldman Sachs big wheel fronts the Red Knights consortium One must ask how many degrees...
Football managers: England needs a Rooney Rule to bridge the huge racial gap
Keith Alexander’s passing away was tragic on so many levels. Only 53 years of age and in his second...
Nike,Ronaldo,money and a whole bunch of plastic bottles..
What’s the connection you may well ask. The money is all in a new 4 year sponsorship contract worth...
Arsenal’s solid stewardship backed by excellent financial report
Arsenal is now officially the best run top English club. Pre- tax profits surged to £35.2 million pounds for...
The last days of Pompey?
Mt Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompeii Financial administration looms large for the club if they do not find a buyer...
Video: CL last sixteen: Inter 2 Chelsea 1
John Terry anticipation of Milito cutting to the left turns out wrong as the Argentinian instead moves to the...
Ancelotti vs Mourinho: Fancy a little taste of the bad blood?
The two managers meet tomorrow at the San Siro. And Carlo Ancelotti remembers those bitter days of Zero Tituli...
Ashley Cole: A segue into extra marital “tapping”
Cheryl Cole makes an attractive looking victim Contrast the difference with how Chelsea is handling Ashley Cole’s misdemeanours and...
The Taxman Cometh
The image rights of footballers nets them a hefty sum of money. Wayne Rooney receives £760,000 a year from...
Kiko Macheda? Man Utd’s young super subs missing
Kiko Macheda on his way to instant stardom Against Everton in a losing effort, Sir Alex chose to replace...
Manuel Pellegrini: The predatory Spanish tabloids smell blood
Marca commissioned a poll which found almost 7 out of 10 Madridistas refute Pellegrini’s statement that this is the...
The psychology of WAGS deconstructed
A bridge to nowhere? “If the obsession with Wags represents one thing, it’s surely a means of putting women...
The knives are unsheathed for Pellegrini yet again
As the Marca editorial (In Spanish) makes it clear, Real’s goal is nothing less than the CL final. Their...
Real players wax nostalgic for their former clubs
As Real suffered the ignominy of losing at the Stade de Gerland , there was Kaka spurring on his...
Liverpool buying a stake in the Indian Premier League?
The rumour swirling around is that a famous Premier club is interested in buying a stake in one of...
Pompey: The road to financial ruin unveiled
David Conn provides a nice chronology of events that lead up to Pompey’s financial peril. It all unravelled when...
Barca denies reaching an agreement with Fabregas
Barca issues a statement: “Given the exceptional repercussions created by the stories that have appeared in different media with...
Europe’s top clubs feel the financial pain
Europe’s top clubs owe $6 billion as they fall deeper and deeper in debt. The future promises more pain....
Reliance denies interest in Liverpool buyout
Mukesh Ambani is sticking to cricket, thank you very much. The rumours were Reliance and Sahara India were interested...
Update: A soccer ball that generates electricity
95% of the population in Africa live without any access to electricity or use polluting kerosene lamps. One of...
Efficiency need not be a dirty word
“You have to congratulate Chelsea. We didn’t get a demonstration of football but they were efficient and, at the...
Aston Villa and Arsenal best in stewardship
Ever wonder which Premiership clubs are guided by motives other than self interest? Have a long term vision? Show...
Hansson chosen to officiate World Cup matches
Thierry Henry can hope that Martin Hansson officiates one of France’s matches. This time he might be able to...
Rio’s elevation has no one singing encomiums
The pundits are holding back their plaudits.
Chelsea’s transfer ban overturned
Oye! A moralebooster before the Arsenal match. The CAS is anti Arsenal as we know.
Pompey: Another day, another owner
Pompey’s revolving door ownership continues to make a mockery of English football’s “fit and proper” test. The new owner...
Mourinho vs Balotelli reaches breaking point
Something tells me that Balotelli will be next season’s biggest signing. Hello, Arsene are you listening? “He is not...
Egypt cracks FIFA top 10
Egypt’s fantastic CAN campaign vaulted them from 24th position in December 2009 to the 10th position in FIFA’s latest...
DaMarcus Beasley’s car set on fire in Glasgow
Not good. This is the second time that Beasley has had to deal with property being vandalized. Beasley’s team...
Man Utd’s bond issue tanks
From the Financial Times: The club’s first bond issue, launched barely two weeks ago, has become one of the...
Will Juventus get Rafa?
From the Independent (via Goal.com): The broadsheet claims that the Turin side’s president Jean-Claude Blanc is keen to reach...
Robbie Keane’s Celtic move headlines transfer deadline
Robbie Keane capped a day of frenetic transfers as clubs scrambled to sign players to bolster their squads. He...
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SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year
And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Goal of the Year
Nilmar. Enough said. I just hope Dunga takes him to SA!
Alisher Usmanov increases Arsenal stake
It is a two way battle between Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov and the balance of power lies with...
The “fit and proper person” test failed in Pompey’s case
What ‘fit and proper person’ test? Pompey’s revolving door ownership continues. The theme is the same, they are all...
Rafa: Arsenal game begins “a new season”
Wenger might have to contend with the return of Fernando Torres and the possible first full introduction of Alberto...
CSKA Moscow doping row: Pseudoephedrine on “monitored” list
Should have known better? Wolfsburg may still get through to the playoff stage even after finishing third in their...
Leo Messi: Favourite to win FIFA world player of the year
Leo Messi heads a Barcelona contingent to the top five world players of the year category with Andres Iniesta...
Video: Marchisio proves Mourinho’s achilles heel
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Rough match with Buffon going at it with Thiago Motta. Sissoko being felled...
Video: The English get a very very easy draw
Good beer too.
Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup
Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
Ronald Koeman is out of a job
Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar sack Ronald Koeman. The club lies in 6th place far behind league leaders FC Twente...
Video: More Than Just A Game
I sometimes wonder whether SA’s contribution (with due apologies to all the Bafana Bafana) is not so much there...
The Slovenians target Rooney
Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike...
FIFA’s extra-ordinary executive meeting achieved nothing
Sepp Blatter convened an extra-ordinary meeting in Cape Town as if the future of the game was on the...
Thierry Henry faces a possible first match ban
Sepp Blatter disclosed that FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has opened an investigation into the ‘behaviour’ of Thierry Henry and they...