Politician owners of football clubs? Never vote for them
Why owning a football club should be a red flag for voters electing politicians? Silvio Berlusconi, owner of AC...
Category: Soccer Teams – Club
Video: The legend that was Garrincha
Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
Frank Lampard misses with this one too
What is with these football players? All of them seem to be in self confessional mode. A book by...
Video: Mido’s year at White Hart Lane
Yeah, the Keano and Mido show! We still want him back. So let the rumours fly.
Thaksin Shinawatra: Remember me, Liverpool FC!
Writing the article about Liverpool’s finances reminded me of those days when everyone was going nuts about the reported...
Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved
It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...
Liverpool FC: In performance far more than its monies worth
Liverpool is the most storied English football club there is with 18 League titles and 5 European Championships. Of...
Who wants Franck Ribery?
Franck Ribery is not happy at Olympique Marseille joing a long list of disillusioned players in this very active...
Does country size have anything to do with soccer prowess?
Perusing the list of largest countries in the world, one is struck by the fact that very few of...
Pascal Chimbonda: Is his price worth it?
Wigan just paid £5.5 m pounds for Emile Heskey and now they want to recoup that by dangling Pascal...
German soccer: Olli Kahn bows out
Timo Hildebrand: vfB Stuttgart’s goalie and Germany’s future Joachim Low our new national coach will not have the services...
Man U misses the bus again: Vieira signs with Inter
After all Man U’s huffing and puffing and reported interest in Patrick Vieira, finally Inter bags him. I don’t...
The great divide: US Mens soccer vs its youth teams
The FIFA holds its youth World Cup every two years (U-20) and most of the talent on display form...
Why this might be Tottenham’s year with Robbie Keane and Edgar Davids?
Keano played his best football the second part of the season for the Spurs. He is one of the...
Video: Robbie Keane celebration
Enjoy the brilliance of Keano! No matter your club affiliation, this man is top notch.
Ledley King out again: Will miss 6 weeks of Tottenham’s season
The news keeps getting bad to worse for Ledley King. Out of the England squad with a metatarsal fracture...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: Bfana Bfana’s new coach
Parreira became South African soccer’s 14th coach in that many years since they resumed playing in 1992. He has...
Is Alex Ferguson throwing it all away?
Arsenal, Tottenham, and Liverpool have consolidated their clubs and there does not seem to be much interest in getting...
Video: Tony Yeboah’s Goal for Leeds United
Brilliant, brilliant goal. Alas, Yeboah’s talent could not be seen to more people around the world. But this shows...
Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and the Black Stars
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and Rev. Martin Luther King No story on football in Africa can be...
Soccer, we turn our lonely eyes at you!
Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, and now Justin Gatlin. When does fact end and when does fiction begin? I am...
Video: Ashley Cole: Tackles and goals.
Great tackles, great goals. All round the best left back. But lets not forget he is not Arsenal and...
How much is Aston Villa worth?
One of the 12 founding members of the Football League and a dominant force in its early days, eight...
Another offer: Jurgen Klinsmann to coach Aston Villa?
Randy Lerner’s bid to buy Aston Villa seemed to be slim to none a few days ago. Apparently, Douglas...
The men behind MLS: Lamar Hunt and Philip Anschutz
Lamar Hunt, Columbus Crew owner(L), Philip Anschutz, DC United owner ( R) Much has been written about US billionaires...
Man U chases Carlos Tevez
Carlos Tevez is unhappy playing for the Corinthians, the Brazilian club and is looking for a way out. Corinthians...
Why are Chelsea players running away from the club?
An observation: The record money that Chelsea offers a club can buy its players but it does not buy...
Where is Hernan Crespo headed to? He loves Italy
Crespo did not report for training to Stamford Bridge and he missed his flight for Chelsea’s tour to the...
Video: Brian McBride compilation
The best goals by US star Brian McBride in his days with the US team, Columbus Crew, Everton, and...
Brian McBride retires from international soccer
U.S. National Team forward and three-time World Cup veteran Brian McBride announced his retirement from international soccer. The decision...
Video: Michael Carrick in the England vs Ecuador game
How Carrick opened up the game for England with his passing ability.
Ruud to Real; Carrick is a Red Devil
Busy, busy day in the EPL. Ruud finally finds a home at Real and the Spurs let go of...
Video: Ruud Van Nistelrooy
The first minute sounds like a dirge. But the rest is vintage RVN set to Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound.”
Video: Benni McCarthy
Great bicycle kick by McCarthy. Blackburn should be happy with this bloke.
Soccer down under: Guus is taxed and the Matildas make it
So the big news is that the Dutch have prosecuted Guus for tax fraud. He claimed that he was...
Ruud’s deal is for real this time
After all that back and forth, Van Nistelrooy is finally on his way to the Bernabeu. Real is reported...
Martin O’Neill: The plaintalking coach with the Midas touch
“Nobody Knows Anything” His most recent work as a pundit on BBC has been met with praise from supporters...
Aston Villa supporters: Get Martin O’Neill
This is what you’ll get with Sven, a greedy turncoat. Eriksson on… … David Beckham: “He’s a nice boy....
Sol Campbell to Marseille? Man U in for a Ruud shock
Marseille have shown a great deal of interest in Sol Campbell. Amongst French clubs, Marseille ranks below Lyons, FC...
Aston Villa: Arab sheikhs, NFL barons, and Sven-ile dementia
Roman Abramovich flew over the London skies three years ago, looking down at the empty playing fields of Chelsea,...
Belgium’s long shadow in international soccer: Bosman and Charleroi
Belgium is hardly considered a powerhouse in world soccer, let alone European soccer. Their cupboard is quite bare of...
Video: Robin Van Persie vs Blackburn Rovers
On special request and because we cannot get enough of this goal!
MLS: DC United makes a statement
DC United is running away with this year’s MLS season. It has been beaten only once in its 20...
Video: Robin Van Persie vs Aston Villa
IMO, the best Van Persie goal against Villa on April Fool’s Day, 2006. Pure skill. All his goals are...
Video: Robin Van Persie
Amazing, amazing player. Just a phenom. I can hardly wait to see Van Persie in action this EPL season....
Video: Feyenoord’s Kuyt to Liverpool?
Rafa will firm up the deal in the next week or so for Dirk Kuyt. This is what Liverpool...
Birmingham City relegation: Pennant to Anfield; Heskey to Wigan
Birmingham City: Heskey to Wigan; Pennant to Liverpool Jermaine Pennant will give quite a bit of heft to Rafa’s...
Who are the Bafana Bafana?
The Bafana Bafana are the South African national football team. They played their first match against Australia on 10...
Video: Michael Ballack vs Steven Gerrard
Call me biased but there is no comparison. Ballack it is by some light years. And Shourin thinks that...
Video: Michael’s “Bouncing” Bollocks
A bit naughty!
Round up from Germany: Ruud to join Bayern?
It has been a bit quiet after the excitement of the World Cup. Sometimes its hard to say that...
Video: Thierry Henry on his mates, Dennis, Sol, and Freddie
Henry on Sol. “Just natural strength.”
Thanks for all those great years, Sol-man!
I am really disappointed with Chiza’s cheap dismissal of Sol Campbell. The man was Mr Defender for Arsenal and...