World Soccer Talk

Bundesliga sides Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich recommence their Champions League campaigns this month, with tricky second-round fixtures against Shakhtar Donetsk and Arsenal respectively. Both German sides will be confident of their odds of progressing to the quarter-finals, despite the quality of the opposition.

The Andersred Blog has published a detail report providing evidence that Manchester United may soon become a debt free club again. The 8-year "experiment" by the Glazers, where they bought Manchester United in a highly leveraged buyout, is showing several signs of progress through a combination of sponsorship deals, lower spending of transfers and all […]

Manchester City legendary goalkeeper Joe Corrigan passed along some helpful advice for City goalkeeper Joe Hart today, advising him that his rolled-up sleeves may have been the reason why Hart slipped in goal against Southampton on Saturday. According to Corrigan, the rolled-up sleeves would cause his arms to slip across the grass. "It was a […]

If you are a Man United fan and a sport bettor, then you should have had a great season and you should have made a tidy profit, but unfortunately the reds are not currently very highly favoured to do so well in the Champions league. Their next big match is against Real Madrid, and both […]

Today's Premier League action was a combination of the good, the bad and the ugly. Norwich against Fulham was a tough one to stay awake for. Stoke against Reading wasn't as bad, but it was a chore at times, while the other matches were great to watch. In case you missed any of the match […]

After Manchester City's pitiful performance against Southampton, where the Saints walked over the current Premier League champions, manager Roberto Mancini accused his team of complacency and singled out goalkeeper Joe Hart for criticism. "It's not strange because he did two or three mistakes this year and this is not good for us," he said. "Joe […]

Manchester United v Everton English Premier League Old Trafford, Manchester Sunday 10 February, 2013 16:00 GMT Manchester United will be looking to maintain their nine point lead at the top of the table and take one step closer to wrestling away the Premier League title from Manchester City. This is the sort of fixture Everton […]

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 […]