Phil Neville encourages Beckham
Neville is due to play his first competitive international since the Euro 2004 finals in the opening qualifier for...
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Four stars for Italy
Italy will parade the World Cup Trophy around Naples’ San Paolo stadium on Saturday before its first competitive match...
Video: From Bad to Worse
Trainers like these, who needs ’em?
Ballack Style: A Bit Cramped
Ballack’s debut with Chelsea was anything but impressive. He kept crowding Lampard and vice-versa. Maybe Chelsea isn’t going to...
Video: Proof that Germany’s Getting Even Better
This video proves that even without Klinsi, the New Deutschland is on the right track: We simply picked up...
Hargreaves Is Leaving Bayern
Stop the presses. I think we are witnessing some last minute negotiations before the transfer window closes, but the...
More on Ferdinand’s toe
X-rays seem to have revealed yesterday that Rio Ferdinand had not broken any of his toes after all in...
Ouch! Ferdinand Breaks Toe
Will England never get lucky? Rio Ferdinand is likely to miss England’s opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers after suffering...
How Keane Might Just Do It!
The Guardian’s Rob Smyth blogs on about Keano at Sunderland: “Roy Keane could well become the most intriguing manager...
Video: Ben Thatcher’s a Moron!
How else do you describe this? One word, to quote John McEnroe: “Moron!” Manchester City has suspended the moron...
Rooney Fights Back Against the FA
Manchester United’s volatile striker, Wayne Rooney, is allegedly threatening to refuse to co-operate with England sponsors if the Football...
Hello Ruudy! Goodbye Ronaldo?
Will Ruud van Nistelrooy send Ronaldo packing? The striker’s performance led some papers to conclude that the club would...
Video: More Robinho
Watch these moves and weep. Reminds me of that summer day in my teens when I realized I was...
Video: Robinho’s First Game for Real Madrid
Robinho’s first appearance for Real Madrid vs. Cadiz on August 28, 2005: The tragedy of this World Cup was...
Video: Alfredo di Stefano
A glimpse at the genius of Di Stefano. He scored 428 goals for Real Madrid in 510 appearances- 49...
Will Keane Make it as Manager?
“Once Keano walks into the Stadium of Light, life will never be the same again for Sunderland.” That’s the...
Video: Bobby Zamora: The lad does alright!
Nice little video put together of Zamora’s goals.
Bobby Zamora’s flying start: Hammers escape with a draw
Bobby Zamora is in fine fettle. The West Ham striker seems to have taken the added responsibility on his...
Video: Sheffield United vs Liverpool, 1-1
Steven Gerrard learned a lot from the Italians this World Cup and put it to good use against the...
Premiership opening weekend: Portsmouth the club, Kanu the player
Kanu scored two goals in Portsmouth’s very impressive win against Balckburn Rovers. The number 16 club beating the number...
Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City
Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
Man U to Bayern: We will get Owen Hargreaves, no matter the cost
Owen Hargreaves’s asking price – £34m. A jawdropping figure for someone that no English club would have paid a...
Opening day: Sheffield Utd battles mighty Reds to a draw
Little Sheffield Utd gave an opening day shocker by battling huge favourites Liverpool to a draw, 1-1. A result...
Can you give Chelsea the blues?
The Beeb says to squeeze the midfield and stop those creative Chelsea midfielders from getting any real estate and...
Video: Crossroads: Robert Plant, Wolves fan and Eric Clapton, Baggies fan go head to head
Robert Plant, Wolves fan reunites with Jimmy Page and then Eric Clapton, Baggies fan with Cream play Robert Johnsons’s...
Video: Roger Daltrey’s tribute to Highbury
Life long gooner Roger Daltrey sees Highbury off, “My generation”. Tomorrow Arsenal plays its first League game at the...
Ashley Cole benched: Inter rumours? Will Tweedy go along?
Arsene is extracting his punishment. He is benching Cole for the opener against Aston Villa but Cole said he...
The woman behind Sheva: Kristen Pazik
Apparently Jose Mourinho did not want Sheva as much as Roman Abramovich did. As for Sheva he really did...
Summer confessionals: Gerrard and Dhorasoo join in
Carrie Fisher who feels that she got roughed up by her insensitive mother, Debbie Reynolds, during those confusing days...
“Shysters from Siberia” – Is Bates racist or just plain stupid?
Ken Bates has gone over the top again. And the reason is clear – he’s frustrated. Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich...
Video: Norway 1, Brazil 1 – Ding, Dong, Dunga!
Not everyone is impressed by Dunga’s managerial style, or his style when he was a player for that matter....
Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out
Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...
The Asian Cup qualifiers: The Socceroos roll, India struggle.
Yep! Down Under the Socceroos have maintained their momentum and are turning some great performances in the Asian Cup...
Video: Totti’s broken ankle
The same gruesome injury to Dean Ashton will keep him out for 3 months >>
Old Arsenal buddies converge on Pompey: Sol and Kanu
First Sol Campbell and now Nwankwo Kanu have moved to Portsmouth. Both Kanu and Campbell were in the double...
Joachim Löw: Germany hammers the Swedes, 3-0
Joachim Löw, Germany’s new coach, on a winning note Germany left off, with the Swedes in the World Cup,...
Owen Hargreaves to Manchester United
Hold your horses. It is that rubbish Rupert Murdoch mouthpiece the Sun that is reporting this. I have gone...
Video; England vs Greece
The post Beckham era pays off immediately
Owen Hargreaves: From most reviled to England’s cornerstone
It was not too long ago that The Sun compared Owen Hargreaves to “a mass murderer” and Hargreaves was...
England 4, Greece 0: Owen Hargreaves the Cornerstone?
Richard Williams writes in the Guardian: “Hargreaves inherited the former captain’s No7 shirt and went on to match the...
Dirk Kuyt to Anfield: The suspense is over
Liverpool strengthened its position in the Premiership and further imperiled Chelsea’s lock on the Prem title by signing Dutch...
FIFA elections 2007: Sepp Blatter should be fired this time
No sympathy for the devil this time! Joseph Blatter is standing for re-election to be president of FIFA in...
Video: Who is Leroy Lita?
Why you will be hearing more about Leroy Lita. And why Reading FC will escape relegation.
Video: Nuri Sahin, Turkey’s new generation of football stars
Nuri Sahin is just about 18, and plays for Borussia Dortmund. He has been denied German citizenship like millions...
Michael Essien on his way out from Chelsea?
Michael Essien played in the Ghana-Togo friendly, that the Black Stars won 2-0, largely due to the efforts of...
The Yanks in the Premiership: Who will perform?
My picks for the top 5 performers 1) Bobby Convey: Club: Reading Position: Midfielder Bobby Convey will be the...
Premiership injury update: Ledley King back Sep 16
Club Injuries Portsmouth Player Condition Expected Return* Next Match** D Kiely thigh 9th Sep 06 D Stefanovic Achilles 19th...
Dean Ashton out: Broken ankle in training
Dean Ashton out: Blow to England and Hammers Is it just me but just when England makes the right...
Premiership rosters: The top four from 2005-2006
Arsenal Ins Tomas Rosicky B Dortmund, £6.8m; Alexandre Song Billong Bastia, undisclosed Outs Robert Pires Villarreal, free; Sol Campbell...
Video: The Mido vs Zidan show
Two of Egypt’s best strikers in this clip. If they play together they will be phenomenal, but they have...
Video: The Mido ‘incident’ at the Africa Cup
Mido and Sheheta get a bit emotional!
Eye on Egypt: Mohamed Zidan included in the Pharoahs
The soap opera that is Hassan Shehata and his relationship with Egyptian strikers, Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam...
Transfer update: Ribery back at OM, Kuyt plays coy
Franck Ribery changed his mind and has renewed his contract with Marseilles. “It’s true that I said I wanted...