See the full picture here! Football Shirt Culture has released a photo of next season strips for the current Bundesliga sides. What do people think? I am loving Dortmund's shirts for next season. My favorite strip might be Hertha's third shirt, followed by Gladbach's 2nd. Hannover's shirt are just terrible. And I'll miss Bayern's hoops.

When the final whistle went after Sunday's match, Arsene Wenger could possibly view the previous 7 days as one of his worst weeks since he began his 13 year tenure in charge of Arsenal. In two massive matches, Wenger has seen his side start fantastically well in both games, get caught by a sucker punch […]

Watching the brilliant game on Saturday between Fulham and Aston Villa — two shining examples of entertaining English football clubs outside of the Big Four, I decided to try something I occasionally do. I turned off the volume. The results were remarkable. Believe it or not, but you get to "see more of the game" […]

When the fixture list was released back in June 2008, no doubt the fans of both Newcastle and Middlesbrough hadn't a thought that they'd be facing a six pointer to try and save their Premiership survival with today's clash. Yet here they are, staring down the barrel of relegation with West Bromich coming up close […]

After watching Arsene Wenger's young guns humiliated at home for the second time in less than a week, the perennial questions surrounding Le Professeur's philosphy and transfer window policy are being whipped about in earnest. The possibility of a waning Arsenal side doing enough to steal third place from Chelsea could only be called that, […]

Week 35 of the Serie A was full of tight matches showing the competitive balance of Italy's 1st Division of Football. Only one match had a goal differential of more than 2 goals and there were 6 draws over the weekend. One of those draws delayed a Scudetto celebration for Inter Milan. Chievo battled Il […]

Here in the US we like to break things into large portions. Halves in football, thirds in hockey, quarters in basketball(eighth's only count in pizza). Which leads me to this; time to look a deeper at some of this season's numbers as this week the MLS season has passed the quarter mark. At this point […]

The magic number for Week 35 action in La Liga was 3. That number was massive as 7 of the 10 matches this weekend had at least 3 goals scored, in those matches 7 teams scored at least 3 goals by themselves including the stunning 3-3 draw at the Camp Nou. Barcelona led Villarreal 3-1 […]

Marco van Basten told us Ryan Babel might just be the next Thierry Henry. And there have been some instances to suggest the 22-year-old could be on the path to greatness: Babel's 40 yard blast against Chelsea to give Liverpool a breath of hope in last year's Champions League semi-final. His arched rocket past Edwin […]

In the last few years a great deal of ink has been spent in the American football press about how young aspiring American soccer players must go to Academies and then skip college for MLS or a trip to Europe in order to properly develop. I've never subscribed entirely to this view as culturally our […]

It was called a victory for football. With the free-flowing, attack minded Barca defeating the dour hard-nosed boys from West London, with their stifling, aggressive and negative tactics. But it wasn't total football that won Barca the game last Wednesday night, it was one moment of brilliance from Iniesta in the last minute – Barca's […]

It was another exciting weekend of football in the Premier League. Liverpool continued to keep the heat on Sir Alex Ferguson after the Merseyside club beat West Ham United 3-0, while Manchester United moved one step closer to the 2008/2009 title with their comfortable 2-0 derby win. Is the race over or is it just […]

A photograph of Stoke City's new away shirt for the 2009-2010 season have been revealed. Stoke City's new away football kit will be black with red trim. Designed and manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, the shirt will be sponsored by Britannia Building Society. The new black away kit will replace Stoke's current design which is […]

The latest episode of Special 1 TV is out, and it's chock full of references to last week's Champions League drama. The Special One gives his views about Pep Guardiola, Didier Drogba, Guus Hiddink, Arsenal's exit at the hands of Manchester United and more — including the Swedish version of Special 1 TV. Enjoy.

As the last World Cup hosts, Germany unsurprisingly have an array of impressive stadiums. There are no fewer than 11 football stadiums with a capacity of at least 50,000, 10 of which are called home by Bundesliga clubs. This is compared to only four English football grounds, including Wembley, to have a capacity above 50,000. […]