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...
Category: Soccer History
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...
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...
Juve lands Diego
Juve shows it means business. Today, it went some distance in filling its creative lacuna. Diego, the Brazilian playmaker...
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...
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...
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...
Rangers are two goals up over Dundee at halftime
Kyle Lafferty and Pedro Mendes score against United to keep Rangers in front for the title. Maurice Edu starts...
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...
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....
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...
Florentino Perez: Same ol’ story, different day
The media drumbeat: Anyone and everyone will join Real. From Kaka to Cristiano Ronaldo. From Wenger to Mourinho. Real...
What does father say: Will Yoann Gourcuff stay?
Inquiring minds want to know whether the French playmaker instrumental in Bordeaux’s success this season will return to Milan...
Video: Jadson’s goal wins Shakhtar the UEFA Cup
Link: A tired group of defenders react too late and poor goal keeping by Tim Weise lets in Jadson’s...
Wenger says he will stay
All smoke no fire in that small brouhaha which Peter Hill Wood set off over the weekend with his...
Video: Steve McLaren’s “Dutch accent”
FC Twente’s ascent up the Eredivisie has gone a some ways in rehabilitating the image of the much maligned...
CL final: Man Utd vs Barca will be the best match ever
Simon Kuper says so. Read on >>
Diego Milito to Inter
Mouinho is looking for a second striker since Adriano and the club terminated their contract by mutual consent. It...
World Cup 2018: The expenses scandal gives the BNP a boost
Richard Caborn maybe embarrassed that a BNP member was allowed to attend the opening of the World Cup bid....
Video: Boro go down to Villa, 1-2
Link: Kudos to Tuncay who was voted Boro’s player of the year. He fully deserves it. In the MOTD...
Rangers: Its all mirth and Lafferty
Having a good lafferty at Mulgrew’s expense? Charlie Mulgrew found out after being sent off in a Oscar worthy...
Columbus Crew can’t buy a win
Deja vu all over again for the Crew who seem to specialize in giving away late goals that rob...
Brian McBride continues his top form
McBride’s sixth goal of the season in nine games gave visiting Chicago a 2-0 win over Toronto. The Fire...
L’OM suffer a body blow
Lyon blows by Marseille, 3-1 on the strength of two Benzema goals. Juninho adds another in stoppage time. Sylvain...
Wenger wavers on Arsenal commitment
Real Madrid has come knocking and part of Florentino Perez’s rebuilding of the club not only includes the potential...
Pavlyuchenko might be gone
Harry Redknapp has not taken kindly to Pavlyuchenko’s unsporting conduct. The Russian striker was taken off after muffing a...
Udinese loss: Ancelotti’s return remains tenuous
A pro Silvio Berlusconi paper says it: “Ancelotti, una sconfitta che sa di addio.”
Jose” Zero title” Mourinho gets his scudetto
“Zeru tituli” is a code word in both Inter and AC Milan’s history. It refers to Massimo Ambrosini’s two...
Who is Pep Guardiola?
El Pais has a fascinating article (it is in Spanish) about Barca’s manager. He is obsessive, intelligent, passionate, a...
Joan Laporta is vindicated: Catalonia power
Real Madrid falls to Villareal, 2-3 at El Madrigal. It snuffs out their slim chances of overtaking Barca. Barca...
In the real world, will Bayern hang onto a CL spot?
Dzeko cuts a heroic figure In the alternate world of The True Table or www.wahretabelle.de if referees were perfect,...
Video: Man Utd will not be denied
Link: Man Utd once again crested the pinnacle. Arsenal played a much improved game and at moments looked threatening...
Today we play for pride
And to keep Man Utd’s title hopes in check for at least another week. Well, we can hope, can’t...
Sol Campbell finds a bit of vindication
Its been 8 years since Sol Campbell left Spurs for Arsenal. For some fans, this was the final word...
Video: Atlante claims the CONCACAF title
The first leg resulted in a Atlante 2-0 win and the second leg was a 0-0 draw. Atlante won...
Adebayor becomes a transfer target
Adebayor must have really impressed Roman Abramovich in the cameo against Chelsea where he touched the ball twice and...
Swine flu politics: CONMEBOL reneges on the FMF
The Mexican Football Federation announced they were breaking all ties with CONMEBOL, canceling Copa Sudamericana, Copa America, and Copa...
Steve Coppell shows his class
A truly sad moment for Reading fans as the club failed to make it to the Premiership losing to...
Sounders seating to be increased
The Seattle Sounders are the hottest team in the MLS right now. The club is accommodating the demand for...