Trust Manchester City supporters to add a little levity to an occasion. During Thursday's away match against Lech Poznan, the Polish supporters were jumping up and down to create an impressive display of team pride. Some Manchester City supporters joined in the festivities in their own unique way. Watch the video to see how!

With San Jose's dramatic victory last night, they will await this weekend's slate of matches to see who their next round opponent will be. Their upset victory has set the stage for an interest weekend of matches where we could conceivably see three more lower seeds win their playoff matches and once again throw the […]

Felix Magath's struggling Schalke side will host promoted side St. Pauli this Friday afternoon, and will be looking for maximum points. Schalke, who just barely missed out on the Bundesliga title last year, are rooted to the bottom of the league on six points – and one win – from their first ten matches. Magath […]

In this week's installment of the Friday Flashback Videos, we take the time machine back to the 1972-73 season in the old First Division of England. If you haven't seen this before, it's definitely a must-see series of videos. In them, you'll see some of the legends of the game including Brian Clough, Don Revie, Bill […]

After coming home with a one goal lead on aggregate from San Jose, the New York Red Bulls knew that the Earthquakes were never going to give up without a fight at Red Bull Arena. The Quakes absolutely knew they dodged a massive bullet at Buck Shaw Stadium as the scoreline could've been at least […]

Steven Gerrard gave us all a timely reminder of his quality with a stunning hat-trick to help Liverpool overcome a stubborn Napoli side. Will this performance mark the general return to form of midfielder and could he be the inspiration for another England star to return to form? We all know the ability that Gerrard […]

In Atlético Madrid's 1-2 win in the UEFA Europa League over Rosenborg in Norway on Thursday, Rosenborg enjoyed long spells of dominance over their Spanish opponents but could not convert more than once on their many scoring opportunities. Atlético capitalized on two of their only three chances in the match and escaped with a valuable […]

The Bundesliga's Europa League contestants played out some tough fixtures in their respective groups, with a mixed bag of results amongst the sides. The matches for the night were Dortmund away to France's PSG, Stuttgart away to Spain's Getafe, and Bayer Leverkusen at home versus Aris Salonika. Here are the results! Paris Saint-Germain 0 – […]

Phew!! Well what can I say? If it hadn’t been for the antics of Nani and the reliable consistency of Charlie Adam, last week’s effort would have been disastrous. This could end up being a cryptic tips column where doing the exact opposite will prove the most rewarding! I have always been taught to hold […]

The ever increasing pressure on Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has reached a new height after City’s disappointing Europa League defeat at Lech Poznan. It is now three straight defeats for Mancini and now means Sunday’s trip to West Brom, a ground where City have already tasted defeated this season, is crucial. A trip to […]

We have our first mid-week contests coming up, so I think the approach I'm going to take this season is to list all 20 matches for the week ahead, rather than 2 separate guides, so take a deep breath, and here goes. If there is one match all year I would give 5 stars to, […]

Tuesday night's performance by Gareth Bale against Inter Milan was one of the most remarkable performances seen on English soil in quite some time. Bale, the Welsh left winger, completely owned Maicon and beat the Brazilian on so many runs. Thankfully someone has captured all of Bale's wonderful runs and touches from Tuesday night in […]

Chris Wondolowski has had a dream season. He finally broke out this year with a league-leading 18 goals and almost single-handedly led San Jose to the playoffs, where they will try and pull out a win at New York tonight. He has shown the ability to score and lead a team, and with the national […]

Football Manager 2011 (FM) is released this Friday in Europe and tentatively dated the 16 of November in the US. A Football Management ‘simulator’ you are put in charge of basically any club of your choice in a ridiculously realistic setting. Playing Football Manager can often be like taking a degree in football, you learn […]

This Champions League midweek had some highs and some lows for the Italian sides in the tournament. And if you're interested in awesome match reports and other Champions League news, be sure to visit my latest article on Champions League Talk regarding the midweek action! Let's start with the positives, Roma won 3-2 away from […]