German national team coach Joachim Loew has been awarded the Coach of the Year award by L'Equipe magazine in France. Joachim Loew guided a German side without many of their star players to the World Cup semi-final, and pulled off incredible results against both England and Argentina along the way. While Loew certainly did an […]

The stage is set this weekend for several mouthwatering matches in the Premier League. Top of the list is undoubtedly Manchester United against Arsenal, two teams vying for the Premier League title. And two teams who are capable of playing some jawdropping football. So who do you think will win on Monday, the Red Devils […]

Finally the weekend is here and we can get back to watching the EPL. Here's a few comments from Ancelotti ahead of the clash with Tottenham. Here’s the links: Arsenal young guns [Beyond The Pitch] Guess the footballer [Three Match Ban] Value of Berbatov [Back Page Football] Relegation talk [That's On Point] Evra vs. Arsenal […]

In a fortnight of scandal, everywhere from Newcastle to Moscow and Doha, Special 1 TV has plenty of fodder to digest and to find ways to add a twist of humor to it. And that's what they just did with their latest episode released on BBC 3 and now available in the above video. The […]

The announcement that Marlon King’s appeal against a conviction for sexual assault had been rejected raised two debates in my mind.

In the past, there has been no love lost between Manchester United and Arsenal. At times they have been bitter enemies both on and off the field. In October 2004, there was the famous "Pizzagate" incident where a pizza allegedly hit Sir Alex Ferguson outside the Arsenal changing room after a heated argument between Wenger […]

It's good to know that there will be three sides from the Serie A in the Champions League round of 16 representing Italy. While AC Milan and Inter Milan had already secured their qualification mathematically for the knockout stages of the tournament, there was still a doubt whether Roma would manage to get the needed […]

The Champions League group stages have finished, and now it's time to see which teams will face each other in the round of 16 which is coming up next. UEFA will be drawing the match-ups for the Champions League and the Europa League on December 17th, and there's a set of guidelines which the round of 16 […]

One of the Bundesliga's most exciting features is the uncertainty of it all. Anyone can beat anyone, and that's why teams like Hoffenheim a couple of years ago and Mainz now can rise to such great heights. Hannover 96 is another example of this. Last season, the team finished in 15th place, just a few […]

Sorry to all the fans of my articles, if there are any. This week’s Meet the Ref is a shortened version as I’ve been ill in bed for a few days and haven’t got enough time to do a full run down of the weekend, but we will be back to normal next week. Saturday […]

A week after the US loss of the 2022 World Cup, much ink and internet type has been spilled on whether the U.S. deserved the bid or was robbed, whether we American soccer fans have a false sense of entitlement or a shady process overwhelmed everything, and even whether U.S. soccer is ok without the […]

This video has been spreading through the web like crazy. Here's Emmanuel Eboue warming up before entering the game against Partizan. Here’s the links: EPL clash of the titans [Prost Amerika Soccer] Top 5 EPL players by FIFA [The Best Eleven] Take a breath Villa fans [7500 To Holte] EPL viewing guide [EPL Talk] Mexican […]

Watch the best goals from round four of FIFA 11's Goal of the Week competition in the above video. There are several sublime ones including goals for Arsenal, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Marseille. Some of them will make you drool. Others may make you sick at how easy they seem to be. For more […]

In American college football they call it Rivalry Week. Well, we don't get all of the traditional rivals this weekend, but we sure do get many. My stars are flying out like Christmas gifts. The 4 Birmingham/West Midlands teams square off on Saturday and Sunday, Bolton face neighboring Blackburn, there's an extremely juicy London derby […]

One of the most anticipated managerial appointments of the past twelve months has finally been done and dusted, much to the bereavement of Newcastle supporters the world-over. Alan Pardew was announced as Newcastle United’s next manager early this afternoon, signed on a massive five and a half year contract and charged with the task of […]