World Soccer Talk

Barcelona next play AC Milan in the Champion's League on 20th February, and Barcelona, the home side, is the clear favourite at 4/7. AC Milan are priced at 6/1 with a draw at 3/1. However Massimiliano Allegri might have a trick up his sleeve in the form of recent signing Mario Balotelli, who recently was […]

Although the Premier League is considered to be the best, or possibly the second best depending on your viewpoint, football league in the world for many of us it is just a little too predictable as it is always dominated by the major clubs. However the Championship, while being only the second level of English […]

Sir Alex Ferguson has been criticizing the Premier League and Sky Sports for putting his match this weekend against Everton in the marquee Premier League timeslot — on Sunday at 11am ET/4pm UK time — the space that's typically reserved for the game of the week. Just a few days later, on Wednesday, Manchester United […]

The blokes over at The Football Special have made us aware of their very funny and smartly written web video series entitled "FFS: Friday Football Special." This week's episode focuses on several different topics including Neymar's profound statements, Gary Neville with some tips for birthing, deep thoughts with Edgar Davids, and a look ahead to […]

The Royal Mail, the British postal service, has published a new series of stamps to recognize the greatest British footballers as part of the celebrations to recognize The FA's 150th year anniversary. The beautiful collection of stamps features some of the biggest names in the game. From top left to right: Jimmy Greaves (England), John […]

Yesterday, the Premier League clubs passed a landmark decision to enact new financial measures to curb the spending and increase in player salaries. Interestingly, the measure only passed when Chelsea decided to change its position from opposition to support. If Chelsea had stuck to its guns, the measure would not have passed. Beginning with the […]

Although the top teams in the Premiership this season are almost certainly going to be Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, and the most likely club to finish in fourth place is Tottenham Hotspur, in reality there is plenty of time for fourth place to be contested by another club such as Everton. The current […]

After all of the transfers in and out of the Premier League yesterday, the Beat The Manager prediction game is open again — this time for Gameweek 26. If you haven’t played Beat The Manager before, start today. A new iPad Mini will be awarded after Gameweek 30. It’s free to play. You get to pick the […]

After England's win against Brazil yesterday courtesy of a beautiful Frank Lampard strike, England manager Roy Hodgson urged Frank Lampard not to move to MLS if he wants to continue winning caps for England. Lampard has 94 England caps and needs only 6 more to reach the elite 100 club. By moving to MLS, where […]

There are two big matches being played in the world of football today that have a lot of meaning to the readers of this blog. The first is England against Brazil at Wembley in a friendly that will feature Ashley Cole playing his 100th game for The Three Lions. The game also marks probably the […]

Newcastle United are still interested in bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside, so in order for the deal to go through, Liverpool are interested in getting Hatem Ben Arfa heading to Anfield as part of the deal, according to The Guardian. It sounds like a brilliant deal to me, but I can't see it happening. Newcastle […]

It's just one match, so it's a little early to be waxing poetically in my opinion, but there's no doubting that Newcastle United's new Ligue Un signings — particularly Moussa Sissoko — are made for the Premier League. They've got the pace, the skill and the power to completely turn around Newcastle United's season. Having said that, […]

Soccer is a simple game with very few rules, which is one of the reasons we love it so. But bring up the topic of offside and whether a footballer is interfering with play or not, and it gets complicated. Thankfully, next month, soccer's ruling body plans on making a change to simplify the rules. […]

How many times have we heard about betting scandals in European soccer but nothing is ever done about it? Today, it's revealed that Europol has pinpointed one UEFA Champions League match that was played in England that was allegedly fixed. The specific teams that played the game were not revealed. But it's part of a […]

It was one of the best Premier League weekends this season full of sensational goals, amazing comebacks and plenty of talking points. In case you missed any, or if you want to watch them again, here are the highlights from gameweek 25 of the Premier League: Queens Park Rangers vs Norwich City Video: QPR v […]