Arsenal’s colours in 1962
Arsenal’s resorts to desperate camouflage in the Billy Wright days. Check out the new club kits. I have to...
Category: Soccer Culture
Maurice Edu out with a knee injury
The USA meets Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier today. They will be without Maurice Edu who sustained...
Preferisco La Coppa: Ancelotti reveals Abramovich secrets
Carlo Ancelotti in his tell all autobiography “Preferisco La Coppa” or “I prefer trophies” reveals that Abramovich, in an...
Kaka’s breathless timeline: Something does not add up
23:33:Kaka’s Real Madrid Move Held Up By Last-Minute Chelsea Bid 22:47:Kaka Agrees To Join Real Madrid – Italian Media...
Luis Aragones fall from grace
It seems only yesterday that Spain’s scintillating Euro performance was being celebrated. Luis Aragones was a big part of...
Age-lotti is the new Chelsea manager!
A lot of age! Seedorf, Gattuso, Nesta, Beckham, and Pirlo, to finish their careers at Chelsea! Maldini and Costacurta...
Who will manage Boca?
Who will manage him next season? Clarin has the countdown (In Spanish). Carlos Ischia leaves after the Clausura ends....
Pellegrini to be unveiled as Real manager
Florentino Perez had to settle for a similar visage, if not the real man. Arsene Wenger’s lookalike will be...
Open up a bottle of Bordeaux: Gourcuff to stay
The best news for Bordeaux apart from winning their 6th Championnat over the weekend with their 1-0 win over...
Ljungberg chokes: Sounders settle on a frustrating draw
Sigi Schmid faced upto his old club and the result was another frustrating draw. The Sounders coach looked mighty...
A tired Fire suffer their first loss
The Fire go down to their perennial nemesis, Dallas and their loss ends an unbeaten 11 game streak, one...
Football nostalgia: Three titans bid adieu
We bid farewell to Paolo Maldini, Luis Figo, and Pavel Nedved. Men of unbelievable talent, longevity, and work rate....
Van Persie’s teething problems are no laughing matter
Robin Van Persie’s frequent muscle injuries have been linked to his molars. He is to undergo surgery to remove...
Ancelotti resigns: Set to join Chelsea
Carlo Ancelotti announced his long awaited resignation from Milan soon after the Fiorentina match was over. He ended his...
Real’s constant rumour mill keep tabloids afloat
OK. We already have Franck Ribery joining up Real. Before that it was Cristiano Ronaldo. If it Tuesday it...
Mourinho’s exit: John Terry protesteth too much
Tout Simplement means “its just that” in French. It is also the title of the new book by Claude...
Video: Why Adebayor’s work rate is so poor
Yep, you now know why Adebayor does not show up to play when he can score virtually.
Before we go all gooey on Hiddink, there was Grant
Guus Hiddink’s mandate was clear cut. A short term intervention that would halt Chelsea’s spiraling fortunes which at one...
The Franck Ribery sweepstakes
Uli Hoeness shows who is boss in Bayern. Its not the manager for sure, he will always be a...
Bitterness and angst in the Man Utd locker
The simple fact: Man Utd believed in its invincibility built up by its stunning performance against Arsenal, bolstered by...
Hydra Properties difficulties are not rumours
Investors complaining of poor customer service relations. Bust ups with investors. Arbitrary rises in housing units, severe penalties for...
Portsmouth FC takeover by Al-Fahim
Sulaiman Al-Fahim, the prime mover behind the Man City takeover now owns his own Premiership club. He is purchasing...
Excuse Me While I Kiss My Shoe
I certainly hope that shoe-kissing will not become the new celebratory signature for Messi. A brilliant game for Barcelona,...
La Masia’s proteges are kings today
Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez hold the CL trophy aloft The number 4s are a special breed in Barcelona...
The EPL is not the center of the universe
In the end it was the heroic Carlos Puyol, overmatched in speed but not in intensity and in desire...
Video: CL finals: Barca vs Man Utd: 2-0
Eto’o’s goal (10′ minute) Link: Messi’s goal (69′ minute) Link: Barca becomes the first Spanish side to record the...
Maldini: The bitterness continues
The fallout escalates over the Curva Sud’s fans behaviour towards captain Paolo Maldini. He now says that the club...
Video: FAC 51 The Haçienda “24 Hour Party People”
Manchester in the mid 1980s, the mecca of the rave scene and Factory Records. Impresario Tony Wilson brought to...
ROMA 2009: The Will to Win
The will to win. That’s what it’s going to take. Both teams appear talented, strong, evenly matched. Will Ronaldo...
Video: Manu Chao: La Rumba de Barcelona
Beautiful lyrics and wonderful guitaring. Rambla pa’qui rambla pa’llá esa es la rumba de Barcelona Rambla pa’qui rambla pa’llá...
Why Eric Cantona is the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Man Utd player touched by Cantona Cantona’s self aggrandizing announcement that he would like to coach his former club...
Keita hopes to add to the list of African CL winners
Barca will field Mali’s Seydou Keita, Cote D”Ivoire’s Yaya Toure and Cameroun’s Samuel Eto’o. If they win, they join...
Martin Jol leaves for Ajax
Martin Jol stepped up as Ajax manager following Marco Van Basten’s resignation. Jol’s former club Hamburg started the season...
Real Madrid’s accounts come under judicial scrutiny
This is a huge deal. It appears that Real’s former president Ramon Calderon and present president Vicente Boluda are...
Man Utd vs Barcelona: The Xs and Os
Barcelona stands against the trope of English dominance. If they lose, it will be UEFA’s last shot at a...
Video: Wade Elliott’s winner for Burnley
Elliott’s 13th minute curler was perfectly placed and Paddy Kenny could do little about it.
Burnley joins the Premiership
Wade Elliott will be remembered: A red letter day in Burnley history Burnley made its top flight entry after...
Video: AS Roma 3 Milan 2
Link: John Arne Riise finally nails one with a blistering shot. Ambrosini answers in the second half as Artur...
Maldini disrespected by Milan Ultras
A shocker at the San Siro as Totti’s free kick stunned the Rossoneri. It added to the angst and...
A sign Carlo Ancelotti is coming to Chelsea
He inquires about prostate screenings for players. Filed under snark.
Arsenal ends season on a high note
They won against Stoke, 4-1 with Van Persie scoring twice, Diaby adding another, and James Beattie’s own goal rounding...
Hull City and Sunderland remain promoted
Nicholas Nassem Taleb will not be writing about this Premiership. It was a tame end to the 2008- 2009...
Will Phil Brown get his comeuppance?
The media has painted a bulls eye on Phil Brown as he tries to keep a leaky Hull afloat....
Rangers win their 52nd Scottish title
In the end it was easy. Goals from Lafferty, Mendes, and Boyd made it 3-0 against Dundee while Celtics...
Maldini bids farewell to the San Siro
Cesare and Paolo Maldini: Like father, like son Silvio Berlusconi offered a laconic “Shame” when asked what he thought...
Klinsi hits back at Bayern’s narcisstic bosses
On the eve of the Wolfsburg success, Klinsmann had much to say of his former overseers. “They are all...
Misimovic’s form was central to Wolfsburg success
Magath’s two years saw the Wolves rebuilding the team almost from scratch adding key players like Josue, Ricardo Costa,...
Relegation roulette: Who joins West Brom?
Will it be Hull City, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, or Newcastle? Phil Brown, Ricky Sbragia, Gareth Southgate, and Alan Shearer live...
Football: A Religious Experience
In a London bookshop:
Farewell Paolo: An icon of Milan’s golden era retires
Maldini retires. I would have never imagined those two words together. The Peter Pan of football seemed so indestructible....
Ronaldinho dropped
The Milan midfielder finds no place in Dunga’s squad for next month’s Confederations Cup in SA as well as...
Flamini should be part of Milan’s Adebayor negotiations
This tough cookie should be part of the deal It as they say, quite complicated. Adebayor has been talking...
Fabregas cleared of spit charges
It was not Cesc who used Brian Horton as a spittoon. Who was it then? A llama or a...