ESPN has launched a series of ads on their network to promote their coverage of the upcoming Euro 2008 tournament. The TV ads feature Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. My personal favorite is the Portugese one, but each of them is well done. So far, ESPN hasn't made a wrong move in their preparation […]

I've had some time now to reflect on yesterday's final and despite my initial displeasure with it, I have to credit Walter Smith for not tinkering with had been a winning formula. He stuck to his tried and tested 4-1-4-1 formation and had his team play a conservative first half, soaking up the pressure Zenit […]

Mark your calendars. The 2008/2009 Premier League season will begin on Saturday, August 16 — 93 days from today. The FA Community Shield, meanwhile, will be played on Sunday, August 10. It'll feature Manchester United, winner of the Premier League title, against the winner of Saturday's FA Cup Final — either Portsmouth or Cardiff City. […]

Euro 2008 will be here before you know it, but first we have the business of the FA Cup Final and Champions League Final to deal with, as well as the Championship Playoff final between Bristol City and Hull City. But for those of you who can't wait for Euro 2008 to begin, be sure […]

By Milo Hewitt First, thanks to The Gaffer I had the opportunity to attend this one-off exclusive show, a must for any Arsenal fan. My friend and I arrived at Fountain Studios in Wembley at approx 5:45 pm. While waiting in the queue we saw Paul Merson and Michael Thomas waiting by the stage door. […]

MLS has now for years struggled to bring passion to is stadiums. American pro sports are known the world over for having casual, somewhat disinterested supporters based on European or Latin American standards. For MLS’ first decade of existence, these types of fans seemed to be the majority in MLS stadiums, and thus the league […]

Setanta Sports in North America has redesigned their website as well as creating country-specific websites. The new website for Setanta Sports in the United States is http://www.setantaus.com, while the new site for Canada is http://www.setantaca.com. Setanta's current site, http://www.setantanorthamerica.com will be phased out over time. Although the new sites are busy, they do offer plenty […]

I went to the local pub intent on watching the UEFA Cup final between Rangers and Zenit St. Petersburg but that was dashed when I was informed they did not have Fox Soccer Channel, so I asked if they had Setanta and sure enough they did, so Hull v Watford it was! The first half […]

Congratulations to Hull City and Bristol City for making it to the Coca-Cola Championship Playoff Final. They both won thier respective ties in convincing fashion, Bristol City winning 4-2 and Hull winning 6-1 on aggregate. I was half right when I predicted who would go through, got the Hull City part right, didn't do so […]

Just a quick post to congratulate FC Zenit St. Petersburg on their first ever European title. Second-half strikes from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyrianov gave FC Zenit a 2-0 win over Rangers FC in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup final, Russia's second triumph in four years. A more detailed recap of the game will be posted […]

With the final upon us, I decided to name an all-star XI from this season's UEFA Cup competition. I will name a Champions League all-star XI on the eve of that final. So, here are my picks: GK – Sébastien Frey (Fiorentina) D – Leandro Grimi (Sporting Lisbon) D – Manuel Friedrich (Bayer Leverkusen) D […]

You've just escaped relegation on the last day of the season on goal difference. What are you going to do next? "I'm going to Disney World." Or, at least, that should be the answer if you were Fulham Football Club. Now, the timing is better than ever for Fulham to visit the United States this […]

Henrik Larsson, the 36 year old Swedish legend, has been coaxed out of retirement once again to come to the aid of Sweden in Euro 2008. Larsson, who has retired twice from international football, in 2002 and 2006, was the suprise name in the Swedish squad that Lagerback released today. The striker who wowed fans […]

The Times of London has published a PDF version of a special supplement (It's a 27 MB download so be warned if you're on a slow connection!) they had included in today's print version of their newspaper. Enjoy !