Gareth Bale took advantage of a bizarre defensive blunder by Wigan Athletic today to open up the scoring at the DW Stadium. Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa and goalkeeper Joel Robles were passing the ball back and forth in their own area until Bale capitalized on an opportunity to pressure Robles, and rushed down on the […]

Poor Joe Hart. The Manchester City goalkeeper had a day not to remember today when West Ham United striker Andy Carroll took a shot, only for the ball to embarrassingly go under Joe Hart's legs and into the back of the net. Carroll brilliantly chested the ball down to create space and then unleashed a […]

Hartlepool United supporters dressed up as penguins stormed through the London Underground today on the way to their match against Crawley Town. Even though the League One club will be relegated this season to League Two, their supporters are still in buoyant mood. Their fancy dress escapades typically happen when they visit the London area […]

There's good news and bad news tonight for Tottenham Hotspur fans. According to manager Andre Villas-Boas, he's been told by the club that Gareth Bale will stay at the club next season if Spurs finish in the top four next month. That's the good news. The bad news is that Bale's future will seriously be […]

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about Clint Dempsey and his season at Tottenham being, well, not up to par. Since then, Deuce has seemingly woke up. He has scored 3 goals in the past 2 games, and he has figured out what he needs to do to improve his perceived ineffectiveness. I […]

MLS Commissioner Don Garber has lost his marbles. In an interview yesterday with AP Sports Editors, Garber said: "There's more soccer on [US] television than any other sport by far. You've got European soccer. You've got Mexican soccer. You've got Major League Soccer. There's way too much soccer on television. I think all of us […]

New images of Barcelona's home shirt for the 2013-14 season have been released. Love or hate the team, there's no denying that Barcelona's home shirt for next season is noticeably different. One of the most unique aspects is the bands near the bottom of the sleeve, which is something I haven't seen before. For some […]

Inter Milan have been fined £37,862 by UEFA for the conduct of its fans during the Europa League game against Tottenham Hotspur from March 14. Inter Milan fans were accused of racist abuse against Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor. Even though Inter Milan have been fined by UEFA, the club can appeal the decision within three […]

Just as every gag about Luis Suarez biting into something has been exhausted, along comes the all new FFS with gags a-plenty about everything else in football. Watch Professor Stat offer analysis of Geordie match attire, Agent Bond given a Mission Impossible and a song about squeaky bum time.

After Everton reportedly opened talks with Sevilla to try to sign Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo in the January transfer window, but the deal ultimately failed, Swansea are the latest club who have allegedly expressed an interest in signing the gifted centre-forward according to media in Spain. With Spain's unemployment rate over 25% and Sevilla struggling […]

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has decided not to appeal the 10-match suspension issued to him by an Independent Regulatory Committee commissioned by The FA. There were concerns on late Thursday that Suarez may appeal, which would risk an even greater penalty. But Suarez decided not to appeal and now will serve a 10-match suspension with […]

Following up on last week's announcement of FIFA 14's new features, I'm always excited when the next iteration of the FIFA video game series is being released. For video gamers in North America, the release date for FIFA 14 is reportedly September 24. It's already been mentioned that most of the on-field changes focus on […]

Arsenal are in talks with Fiorentina over £25 million-rated striker Stevan Jovetic, according to a newspaper report. There's been rumors for a few weeks about Jovetic, the skillful Montenegro striker, being linked with Arsenal, but his £25 million price tag may be too much for Arsenal even if Arsene Wenger is being handed a larger-than-usual […]

Chelsea are in pole position to reach the final of the 2012-13 Europa League if they can keep FC Basel at bay in their match at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, May 2. But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, Chelsea still has a job to do against a difficult Swiss side. If you […]

It's always refreshing to see the tables turned. While English football clubs have been coming over to the United States to play pre-season friendlies for, off and on, a few decades, it's seldom that US teams conduct their own tours of England. One exception was in 1980 when NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies conducted a tour […]