Iron Man 2 and Mother's Day Champions FC Football played second fiddle this weekend to Mother's Day and Robert Downey Jr. & Co. running around saving the world from a Russian villain. Quite the opposite event played out across England as another Russian, this time Roman Abramovich and not Mickey Rourke, emerged from the rubble […]

Grant. Scolari. Hiddink. Since the acrimonious departure of Chelsea's revered and beloved Jose Mourinho, who gave the club its first taste of sustained glory, a revolving door of big-name managers have cast a dark cloud over Stamford Bridge. This is not to say said coaches came and went without accomplishment. Scolari aside (who was an […]

Congratulations to Chelsea on an amazing 8-0 win against Wigan Athletic as they removed any doubts on the final day of the season whether they were worthy Premier League champions or not. They are. The goalscorers on the final day of the season for Chelsea: Didier Drogba, hat-trick Nicolas Anelka, two Salomon Kalou, one Frank […]

While the first forty-five minutes on Sunday were not kind to Manchester United in their hopes of winning the title, one thing was completely unexpected… If you were watching the game on Fox Soccer Plus, Manchester United’s game hadn’t even kicked off before Chelsea took a 1-0 lead thanks to the strike of Anelka. That’s […]

Playoff Schedule For Premier League Promotion Set Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion have already booked their tickets to the top flight next season but the EPL still has room for one more club. Teams that finished 3-6 will compete in a playoff for that final promotion spot in the Coca-Cola Championship Playoff. The fixtures […]

Fox has just revealed the Premier League season finale matches it'll be showing on its soccer networks Sunday. They'll be showing the two most important games. Chelsea against Wigan Athletic (11am ET) will air on Fox Soccer Channel, while Fox Soccer Plus will televise Manchester United versus Stoke City (also 11am ET). The United game […]

Inter Milan skipper Jose Mourinho, expected by many to leave Serie A and head to Real Madrid this summer, has already started scouting some new team members. According to the Daily Mail, Mourinho is looking to woo Chelsea legend Frank Lampard on a £30 million deal. Mourinho and Lampard spent three years together when the Portuguese managed […]

[polldaddy poll=3142215] It was a nerve-wracking Sunday in the Premier League with both Chelsea and Manchester United's Premier League title hopes on the line, but both clubs came through with their much needed three points. That means that the Premier League will be decided on the final day of the season. Who could ask for […]

Someone at Fox Soccer Channel needs to learn the time difference between England and the East Coast of the United States. Take a look at the above picture snapped this morning to see how potential new customers FoxSoccer.tv may have missed after they listed the wrong start time for the 8:30am ET game. Ouch. At […]

Sunday's Liverpool match against Chelsea was a perfect reflection of the dire situation the once proud red half is in. It was a hapless, abject performance from Liverpool who floated around the pitch like ghosts. Lacking inspiration, desire and spirit, the 2-0 scoreline to Chelsea was a fair result. While the Liverpool team of this […]

For weeks pundits have pointed to Sunday as the defining day in the race for the EPL Crown. Chelsea travels to Anfield to take on an always-dangerous Liverpool side. Chelsea hold a one-point lead over Manchester United and Liverpool are clinging to slim Champions' League hopes. The Blues defeated The Reds 2-0 at Stamford Bridge […]

Mike Forde is the Performance Director at Chelsea Football Club. He joined me last week to talk about the direction of performance analysis in football; specifically, in the wake of this mention in Simon Kuper and Stefan Symanski's book Soccernomics (or, How England Lose, as distributed in England), what football can take from the type […]

So, it all comes down to this. One game to influence who will be the Premier League champion of 2009-10. No offense to Sunderland, Stoke or Wigan, but the game that can swing the title in the favor of Chelsea or Manchester United is this Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield (8:30am ET, […]

I hate to be "that guy." I really do but the British media's constant efforts to chalk Chelsea's EPL campaign as the result of favor from match officials is bordering on insulting. Chelsea's last three victories came against Manchester United, Bolton and Stoke City and in all three the Blues have come under critcism for […]

First off, apologies for the lack of an article last week. As Arsene Wenger would no doubt put it – this was due to unforeseen circumstances. There's no need to panic though, as fantasy football tips are back with a bang this weekend to help all you managers in that final push for glory. Chelsea […]