It's early days, but I'm beginning to see a lot of worrying parallels between Blackburn manager Steve Kean and Sammy Lee, assistant manager at Liverpool. Lee was assistant manager at Bolton Wanderers for two years under Sam Allardyce. When Lee stepped up to become manager after Sam Allardyce left to join Newcastle United, Lee finally […]

There was another full programme of Championship football today in the New Year bank holiday fixtures that signal the end of football's busiest time of the year. At the top of the table Queens Park Rangers were held by an injury time equaliser at home to Bristol City, but with Swansea losing away to Leicester […]

SiriusXM (SIRI) today announced an agreement to broadcast all Premier League games featuring Manchester United via its radio, online and web apps. The first Manchester United match available to SiriusXM subscribers kicks off on January 4, 2011 when the Red Devils play home against Stoke City on Sirius channel 113 and XM channel 244 beginning […]

On June 28, 1981, more than 30,000 sports fans filled Wrigley Field to watch Chicago Sting play New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League (NASL). As you'll see from the above video, it was a highly entertaining game played in front of a passionate crowd on a hot summer's day in Chicago. Enjoy […]

If you're like me, the holidays are a time of getting out of your workday routines due to relaxation/travel/stress. In fact, at times I miss news stories because I tend not to check news sites or Twitter as much as I normally do. So as I begin my work week routine again, I notice that […]

Figured I'd ring in the new year by showing the goalkeepers some love. They deserve it once in a while right? Check out some of the top saves in this video. Here's the links: Cole backs Hodgson [FSC] Clubs waiting on Beckham [BBC] United to Wrigley Field [Hot Time In Old Town] Podcast [Opta Joke] […]

It was 2004 when I cut the cord from Bellsouth, my local phone company. I got rid of the landline and Internet access, and signed up with Comcast for my Internet access and Vonage for my VOIP phone line. Then a few years later, I cut the "virtual cord" and dropped Vonage so that my […]

Manchester United's kept their spot at the top of the league, no matter how many times Gary Neville tried to give it away. Macnehster City's even on points after their win over Blackpool, while Arsenal was convincing at a St. Andrews' Stadium that's often inhospitable to visitors. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, […]

Happy New Year to all our readers and best wishes in 2011! The past year was a big one for American soccer. A good but not great World Cup run, a highlight goal from Landon Donovan, and the controversial rehiring of Bob Bradley after the World Cup. A first MLS Cup win by Colorado, the […]

With a new year upon us, the January transfer window will be opening up soon. While normally we don't see super-stars switch allegiances in this period, but 2011 could be different. The names of Klose, Toni, Gilardino, and Kaka have been circulating, but can we really expect these players to move in January? Starting at […]

How about a crossbar challenge to ring in the New Year! Enjoy and thanks for supporting the site see you in 2011! Here's the links: Top 10 moments of 2010 [Just-Football] Fantasy tips [FPL Transfers] Paul Konchesky talk [Live 4 Liverpool] Darren Gibson thoughts [ManUtd24] Football fights [Caught Offside] Top 100 players [The Footy Blog] […]

In any sport, a championship season depends on getting some breaks at the right times. Some of those breaks occur in the offseason, when the current season's roster is composed of trades scrutinized by the media as well as those that fly under the radar. The trade of Jeff Larentowicz to the Rapids was the […]

Gameweek 21 kicks off on New Year’s Day, the perfect time to have a quick recap on some of the season’s best performers so far. Starting between the sticks we have Manchester City’s Joe Hart, the Blue half of Manchester are serious title contenders and much of this is due to the brilliance of their […]

As yet another fantastic year of football comes to an end, I took a look at what made this year's highlight reel. Match Of The Year Tottenham 3-1 Inter Milan What a bloody match. As debutants of the world's finest European competition, Spurs were paired with last years champions Inter Milan, FC Twente and Werder […]

Now that Qatar has bought won the 2022 World Cup, what do we know about this tiny nation? Well, they are the home to the Al-Jazeera television network, they will host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and they are known as “Qataris” (“Qintendos” would have been a tad cooler). Also, Qatar is spelled Katar in […]