Hulk in the middle of a 23 red card brawl
It’s broken the record as the most violent incident in the history of football in Brazil. The Brazilian record...
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Why C Ron is looking grumpy and gloomy
He’s gone on strike against Al Nassr His grievance with them has largely centered on ambition versus reality. Reports...
Amorim out – 13 Years of ‘Here we Go Again’”
Freddie Mercury must have had Manchester United managers after Alex Ferguson in mind when he sang “Another one bites...
Gonzalo Garcia’s incredible hat trick
Real Betis were at the receiving end of the perfect hat trick. Gonzalo scored with a header in the...
Tis the season to be jolly ( Mourinho style)
Jose may just be feeling jolly in the nick of time. His team Benfica, has not lost a match in 29...
Ronaldo scissor kick from many angles
For an ageing war horse – this is quite spectacular. Ronaldo scores the mother of all scissor kicks a...
Football in a blizzard
The Atlético Ottawa–Cavalry FC “game on ice” took Canadian soccer a different level entirely. Played in a fierce snowstorm...
Haaland and Co book their World Cup Spot
Norway have qualified for their first World Cup this century.The last time they featured was in 1998 . Sterling...
The Piers Morgan -Cristiano Ronaldo interviews
If its raining and you have some time on your hands … Part 1 ( 3 years ago) .....
Pep is going to hit 1000
When Man City take on Liverpool on sunday Pep will reach 1000 games in charge. He has won 715...
Salah equals Rooney record
Salah scored his 250th goal in all competitions for Liverpool against Aston Villa ( which saw him equalling a...
Messi gets the boot
As P G Wodehouse might have put it.. It was, I must say, one of those moments when one...
The Golden boot frontrunners
All three frontrunners have hit the ground running in the new season. And three Golden Boots are in their...
Neymar’s 250th game for Santos is a 6-0 nightmare
Neymar joined Santos’ academy at age 11 and quickly became one of Brazil’s brightest prospects.By 2008–2009, Neymar was already...
PSG fight back to take the UEFA Super Cup
Tottenham Hotspur’s night in Udine began with promise and ended in heartbreak.The kind of disappointment that lingers far longer...
Neymar has blue beads in his hair
Neymar is back on the job for Santos after being AWOL for a while due to injury. He has...
Mourinho v/s Turkey in Turkey
Mourinho has ended his season of discontent in the Turkish League without any addition of silverware to his Trophy...
Best EPL goals in April
April has fool’s day and earth day and brings spring along with it to some places. A good month...
For the rules they are a changing
Bob Dylan warned us long ago. Change is inevitable. New rules for the 2025 -2026 season. Reduced Goalkeeper Holding...
A scorpion kick for the ages
Tigres Femenil star Lizbeth Ovalle produced a moment of brilliance and scored what is definitely a contender for goal...
Mourinho makes the headlines again
A grey and grizzled Mourinho is back in the news,aged but belligerent as ever. He got himself fined a...
Neymar needs to find his mojo
Neymar was welcomed back at his club Santos and he wept tears of joy at the rapturous welcome he...
Yamal beats Messi dribbling record
Messi as a precocious teenager attempted 20 dribbles and completed 10 when Barcelona played Mallorca 18 years .It stood as...
Neymar’s headed home
After enduring a largely pointless stint in the Saudi Arabian League Neymar has said thank you very much and...
Mbappe betters a Ronaldo record
Mbappe has put that goal drought well behind him and has gone on to score 21 goals in 31...
Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 5-2 to win the Spanish Supercup
Barcelona were 4-1 up by half time and ended it 5-2 inspite of losing their goalie to a red...
Ronaldo looks back at 2 years in the Saudi Leage
C R 7 ‘s musings on life,the universe,the Saudi League and everything…
Best EPL Goals of 2024
Goals that need a standing ovation each time..
Big difference between Pep and Mourinho
When things don’t go his way Mourinho blames the referee,the weather,global warming,the pitch,his players and anything else he can...
Salah is King
Some Salah records His contract with Liverpool will end this summer and PSG who are lurking nearby are offering...
2024 Globe Soccer Awards.
Real Madrid won best club of the year and the other winners were …
Garnacho wins the Puskas award for 2024
For a goal he scored against Everton And the best of the best team..
Mbappe ends another goal drought
His last goal drought had lasted 5 games.He broke that when he finally scored against Leganes on the 25th...
Eduardo Bove is better
The good news is that Eduardo Bove is better. He,at the age of 22,had a cardiac arrest on the...
Man City lose 4-0 at home
The fifth of five successive defeats was the worst of the lot. A 4-0 home loss.Man City last lost...
Nistelrooy goes out in blaze of Glory
Man Utd beat Leicester City 3-0 their last game with Nistelrooy in charge. So he gets to go out...
Nistelrooy – then and now
Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as becoming at the time their all-time...
Ten Hag gets the boot
The sword of Damocles,which had been hanging over his head for a while now,has fallen at last.Ten Hag has...
Yamal becomes the youngest player to score an El Clasico goal
Real Madrid,Mbappe and Vicinius Jr notwithstanding, got hammered 4-0 and will take some time to live that down. The...
Analysing the Raphinha and Vicinius Jr Hat Tricks
Real Madrid and Barcelona head towards an El Clasico with each team having a Champion’s League hat trick scorer...
Bayern Munich get beaten 4-1
Vincent Kompany has to digest the fact that the last time Bayern Munich lost to Barcelona was 9 years...
Another Messi Hat trick
Messi came on in the second half,played for about 35 minutes and used the time usefully to add yet...
The fastest EPL goals ever
This video has the slowest fastest goal taking 19.4 seconds after kickoff and the fastest fastest goal taking 9.11...
Two songs from Encanto sum up things at Manchester United.
Tag,they said,was given two games to fix things at United or get the boot. The first of those 2...
Messi names his favourite team
Messi called Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona his choice for the greatest team of all time.. More arguments to back Messi’s...
Zidane names his favourite goal
In a recent interview ( which can be viewed here) Zidane named the best goal he ever scored for...
Mbappe is on a two game goal drought
He’s been handed the ball but hasn’t managed to score yet in two games. Coach Ancelloti puts on a...
The rise of Wrexham Football Club
An interesting tale that began sometime in 2021.. “One day during the pandemic, Ryan Reynolds ( aka Deadpool) decided to...
Man City suffer second pre season defeat
AC Milan beat Man City 3-2 .Ancient AC Milan warhorse – the might Zlatan had some interesting comments on...
Celtic beat Man City in pre season friendly
Pep sent out an extremely young team, with players such as Rico Lewis, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Luke Mbete, Joshua Wilson-Esbrand,...
Were the Beatles Liverpool fans ?
The most famousest of all Liverpudlians ( yes there is such a word) were surely Liverpool fans right ?...
Mbappe reaches Real Madrid at last
He spoke in spanish at the presentation ceremony and that was a neat thing to do. “I embraced it...
Giroud’s goodbyes..
Giroud says goodbye to AC Milan and to the French National team. What next ? Milan’s loss is MLS’...