Thierry Henry gets emotional at unveiling
The Arsenal legend, the top scorer in club history gets teary eyed at the unveiling of his statue, part...
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Arsenal check in against Everton
Thomas Vermaelen will play in the left back position All four centre backs have been deployed against Everton. Thomas...
Can Utd contend with the Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol?
Channel 5 is not engulfed in self congratulatory happiness at the prospect of showing Man Utd matches at the...
Occupy FIFA: It needs to be done
How is it that the global game, the people’s game followed by billions is ruled by a fraction of...
All that glitters: Gold Cup matches allegedly fixed
Here is what we don’t need. In the summer the CONCACAF region was right in the midst of the...
Champions League: Linesman dooms Ajax against Real Madrid
szólj hozzá: Ajax v Real This was a cruel match to watch. Cruel because Ajax deserved both goals that...
Champions League: Lyon and behold Zagreb are crushed 7-1
szólj hozzá: Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon This year’s Champions League group stage already turning conventional wisdom on its head...
Champions League: Napoli’s Villareal victory crush City’s hopes
szólj hozzá: Villarreal 0-2 Napoli City managed to rain on Bayern’s parade by beating them 2-0 but it was...
Champions League: Thorsten Fink’s legacy dooms Man Utd
FC Basilisk turns Man Utd to stone Thorsten Fink, the present Hamburger SV manager must have felt chills going...
Champions League: Chelsea make it look easy against Valencia
szólj hozzá: Chelsea 3-0 Valencia Andre Villas Boas had to heave a huge sigh of relief because his boss’s...
Champions League: Olympiakos 3 Arsenal 1
szólj hozzá: Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1 Arsenal The compendium of horrors first by Lukasz Fabianski and then Vito Mannone, his...
Gary Speed: In memoriam
Gone too soon It has been a difficult period for the sport. This weekend, Socrates, the cerebral and commanding...
Farewell, Dr. Socrates
An example of what Dr. Socrates brought to the game: More about Socrates here, here, and here. This goal...
Clint Dempsey is US player of the year
Clint Dempsey has been voted the Futbol de Primera USA national-team player of the year for the second time...
C Ron makes in 100 in 105
That’s goals in games for Real Madrid.100 goals in 105 games.The last two goals in that impressive record came...
Another one from Messi
C Ron has some more catching up to do.Messi scored hat trick number 14 as Barcelona beat 4 –...
Ballon d’Or Shortlist
Messi is the main contender and one of eight players from the Spanish league in contention for the FIFA...
Terry falling down on the job
It’s generally not a good idea to kick a man when he’s down but that’s just what this gif...
Messi breaks 3 game goal drought with hat trick.
Lionel Messi took 17 minutes to score a hat trick against Real Mallorca. His timing was marginally slower than...
Pele on Messi
“I would love to play with Lionel Messi. But Messi is an incomplete player because he can’t use his...
Suarez scripts Carling Cup Comeback
Liverpool were a goal behind Stoke at the stroke of half time. Suarez busted the myth that he missed...
Carling Cup: Arshavin shines in Arsenal win over Bolton
Andrey Arshavin found himself to be the centre of attention in Arsenal’s Carling Cup win over Bolton scoring the...
So what did John Terry say to Anton Ferdinand?
Here we go again with lip reading. The 2006 Zidane headbutt to Marco Materazzi’s remarks and more recently, the...
Arsene Wenger announces a psychic blow
Paging Carl Jung: Arsene Wenger would like to see you Arsene Wenger says what we suspected a long time...
Man City vs Man Utd: A coming to terms than a shift in balance
Halloween came early to Old Trafford City fans would like nothing more than Sunday’s humiliation of Utd to signal...
Van Persie sees Arsenal past Stoke
Robin van Persie came off the bench to score a quickfire double to help Arsenal beat Stoke City 3-1....
C Ron shows off dance moves…
That’s after he scored this altogether stunning goal against Malaga with the sole of his boot. Other reasons for...
Best own goal of the week
Celtic’s Du-Ri Cha had half an empty field at his disposal.He could have gone in any direction.But he chose...
Maccabi Tel Aviv defender gets an unusual red card
Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 3 – 0 to Stoke in the Europa league and one of the highlights of...
Torres scores a brace against Genk
Chelsea beat Genk 5 – 0 in a very one sided game.Genk were a far cry from the team...
Manchester City claim their first CL win
Sergio Aguero scored a historical winner for Manchester City 10 seconds from the final whistle. Villareal went ahead of...
Rooney takes 10 Man United home
Man United were down to 10 men against Otelul Galati after Vidic was dismissed for a tackle on Gabriel...
Van Persie brace gets Arsenal past Sunderland
Robin van Persie gave Arsenal the lead in the first minute itself. Seb Larsson brought Sunderland back with a...
Goal of the season contender
Helder Postiga scores a brilliant volley for Zaragoza against Sociedad yesterday.
Yet another Higuain hat trick
This is getting a bit monotonous. His third hat trick in succession. Real Betis were at the receiving end...
Another Higuain hat trick
Following his hat trick against Espanyol the other day Higuain scored another one – this time for his country.Chile...
Rooney’s moment of madness…
Rooney picked up a red card for this in the last 17 minutes of the no consequence game against...
Goal of the year ….?
Greuther Fürth midfielder Heinrich Schimdtgal in the Bundesliga second division….
Ivan Gazidis: No Champions League, no worries!
In reading Ivan Gazidis’s recent statements after appearing on a panel at the Leaders in Football conference, one left...
Emmanuel Adebayor targeted by Spurs racist chants
The abuse heaped at Emmanuel Adebayor by Arsenal fans was frankly revolting. Humanity loses when chants wish he too...
Eren Derdiyok’s stunning bicycle kick for Bayer Leverkusen
Eren Derdiyok who is Alexander Frei’s heir apparent in the Swiss national team shows off some awesome skill with...
Claudio Marchisio’s brace helps Juve win against AC Milan
The Old Lady’s hot start continues and this time their victims were defending champs AC Milan. Claudio Marchisio with...
Bacary Sagna to be out for three months
The bad news just keeps piling up. Bacary Sagna who had to be stretchered off after his ankle crumpled...
Carlos Tevez mocks George Eastham’s legacy of a fair wage
Less than two weeks ago, Arsenal legend George Eastham celebrated his 75th birthday, in comfortable retirement in South Africa....
Per Mertesacker up front? A crisis of confidence
Head up the Arse-nal Arsenal were ascendant for about 15 minutes following Alexander Song’s brilliant foray down the left...
What has happened to Aaron Ramsey?
Half time at White Hart and its a familiar breakdown in defense that gives Spurs the one goal lead....
Arsenal finally dust off Stan Kroenke and he remains clueless
The mustache finally speaks The virtual owner of Arsenal is at long last wheeled out and gets caught up...
Tevez gets a new billboard
Remember this ad that Manchester City put up when Tevez had just crossed over ..? Here’s a reply from...
Arsenal to pay for Tevez’s sins
The Guardian really wants RVP to go to Man City. It’s not enough for City to deal with the...
Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain begins to answer his critics
The Ox in the Box shows he doesn’t dick around the box Arsene Wenger’s summer signing of Alex Oxlade-...
Soka Afrika: Two footballers take two different journeys
Soka Afrika is probably the first documentary that really tackles the problem of trafficking of young footballers from Africa...
Champions League: Chelsea 1 Valencia 1
Juan Mata’s homecoming did not go as planned. He received a yellow card for his efforts right at the...
Concacaf Champions League: Seattle Sounders 2 Comunicaciones 2
Seattle mounted a stirring fightback through Osvaldo Alonso who scored a dramatic equalizer in the 89th minute to battle...
Carlos Tevez suspended for two weeks
Carlos Tevez faces the maximum allowable punishment under league rules plus docked two weeks of pay which amounts to...