No Frank Lampard but Inter do have their new kit and doesn't Javier Zanetti look stunning in his blue with white SWOOSH socks. Captain Zanetti contributed to a mini exhibition, providing ten shirts from his private collection, one for each year from 1998 at this morning's presentation. Right off it looks like the biggest change is the […]

As the July sunshine finally scorches down on England after weeks of summer downpour this month, a familiar feeling ripples through the stomach of Liverpool supporters throughout the nation. This sensation has occurred in the soul of every Reds fan at this time of the year for over a decade now, and will only be […]

Middlesbrough has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season with a design that's manufactured by Errea and sponsored by Garmin. The blue and black striped shirt is reminiscent of Inter Milan's home shirt. But interestingly, according to the Middlesbrough web site, "the new shirt sees a return of the blue and black vertical […]

Not to be outdone by its London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur has recently launched a redesigned version of its website at http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/ The new Spurs site features a sleek design but it's nothing new in comparison to other recently redesigned sites such as the ones from Chelsea and Portsmouth. In fact, take a look at the […]

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Peter Nowak's selections for the 2008 US Men's Olympic Team where fairly straight forward. However I was somewhat surprised by a few decisions. However none of these decisions can be filed away as shockers. With only 15 available U-23 spots from the legitimate pool of 40 plus possible players I mentioned earlier this week all […]

The FA Cup often pitches teams from different divisions against each other. Sometimes those ties have to be decided by a penalty shootout.This has happened 22 times in the last seven years. Team in a higher league vs team in a lower league. Penalty shootout.How many of the 22 have been won by the team […]

Continuing our series introducing the Bundesliga's newest gaffers is Jürgen Klopp now with Borussia Dortmund. For those of you at home wondering why Klopp was chosen to follow Klinsmann wonder no more. Was it to juxtapose the long-serving Klopp with the journeyman Klinsmann? Was it because both were football commentators for the German public television […]

Nottingham Forest Founded: 1855 Nickname: The Reds, Dirty Red Dogs (nickname given by Derby Fans) Ground: City Ground (30,602) Last Season: 2nd League One 82 Points- Automatic Promotion to the CCC European Cup Winners: 1979, 1980 European Super Cup Winners: 1979 FA Cup Winners: 1898,1959 Community Shield Winners: 1919,1978 First Division Winners: 1997/98 Second Division/Leauge […]

Norwich City Founded: 1902 Nicknames: The Canaries, The Musterdman Ground: Carrow Road (26,164) Last Season: 17th in the CCC 55 points League Cup Winners: 1962,1985

An amazing 37 ties kick off today as the first round of qualifying for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup takes place. The 37 teams who win this round will be joined by 27 more sides – including the eleven Intertoto Cup third round winners – in the second qualifying round draw, taking place in Nyon on August 1st. […]

So Alexander Hleb has moved from Arsenal to Barcelona in a £11.9m transfer. While some Arsenal fans may fret about the loss, I'm not worried. To me, Hleb isn't a huge loss. When I first saw him play for the Gunners in a friendly match in the summer of 2005, I immediately liked the player […]

The Independent newspaper has publicly acknowledged that it got its facts wrong in a story about the future of Bolton manager Gary Megson, which was originally published on April 8, 2008. The newspaper originally wrote that the club was "planning an overhaul in its management structure and was set to appoint a coach to work […]

Second Half Santos failure to finish even one of their numerous chances has encouraged Preki to bring Jesse Marsch and Ante Razov both on at halftime. Chivas USA is no doubt now chasing 3 points! Still for Chivas it seems it will take something special to Oswaldo Sanchez while Santos seems to have used all […]

I want to proudly announce that Edgar Castillio will be on the 2Gs show tomorrow. Castillio the left footed defender/midfielder for Santos Laguna was raised in New Mexico but opted to play at the international level for Mexico. He scored a goal against Guatemala in the Olympic qualifying tournament, however Mexico lost that match and […]