Share your opinion of this documentary on Facebook or Twitter Last night the Channel 4 showed a powerful documentary about wealthy businessmen and consortium buying football clubs in England. ‘Dispatches – How to buy a football club’ featured an undercover reporter claiming to represent a wealthy group of investors in a journey that took the reporter to the […]

On September 11th last year, I sat in the AWD Arena in Hannover and watched an enthralling 2-2 draw between Hannover and Bayer Leverkusen. After two wins from their opening two games, there was a sense of confidence amongst the swelled ranks of Hannover fans. Early on, their confidence seemed well place. Hannover took the lead […]

Rossi to sign this week? Juventus have made it clear that among their summer signings they plan to spend big on a marquee striker. However, without the promise if Champions League football next season that task can prove difficult. The club have been linked to just about every available striker in Europe, including Sergio Aguero […]

To say that Jack Wilshere’s loan spell at Bolton two years ago changed the face of English football would be an extreme exaggeration. However, the youngster’s positive experience at the Reebok did open the door for a different type of loan, one involving a young player gaining experience at a high level Premier League club, […]

The MLS All-Star Game against Manchester United is almost upon us as the regular season has a little less than two weeks before this magical time comes to Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, July 27th. After seeing the defending Premier League Champions dispose of Steve Nicol’s New England Revolution side so handedly at Gillette Stadium, […]

As the Premier League approaches its nineteenth birthday, it is important to remember some of the younger years that have helped shape it into the spectacle it is today. About to enter its landmark twentieth season, let's look back to the start of the 21st century when England’s revamped top flight league began a steady […]

When the summer transfer window opened for Major League Soccer the Red Bulls were very determined to get a brand new keeper to help this club stop the leak and help the offense put some goals into the oppositions net. Getting his ITC & P1 Visa was former Hamburg keeper Frank Rost and right away […]

After yesterday saw penalty taking dominate the headlines in international football, I stumbled across this audacious penalty from Theyab Awana of United Arab Emirates as his side romped to a 7-2 victory over Lebanon. I am sure that had Awana been in a pressure situation he may not have been quite so outrageous but at […]

After Manchester City's comfortable 2-0 win against Club America Saturday in front of a disappointingly small crowd at San Francisco, City's tour of North America continues tonight with a friendly against Vancouver Whitecaps at Empire Field. That is, if mother nature cooperates. Vancouver placed a playing grass surface on top of their astroturf in preparation […]

For Javier Hernandez, the 2010-2011 season was one of the most unexpected seasons in the history of the Premier League. The little known striker came from Mexico with minimal fanfare and an even smaller transfer fee. But once the season started, Chicharito exploded onto the scene and showed an uncanny goal scoring ability. Overall, in […]

Having summarised the completed deals in the Championship last week, during my review of how much was being spent I found myself struggling to work out how much each club has been spending on their new players this transfer window. This is because over the last decade the practice of publishing the details of the value of […]

Like something from Footballers Wives or Dream Team, Freddy Shepherd was one of football’s characters. Be it defaming the women of Newcastle or bringing Michael Owen to Tyneside, the former Newcastle United chairman has engrained himself into the history of the club rightly or wrongly. You could argue Mike Ashley is forging a similar path with […]

The United States twice gave away leads, and series of poor penalty takes opened the door for Japan as they captured the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The match was dominated for large portions by the United States. The first twenty minutes saw the Americans squander at least 5 quality chances inside the area, only […]

Join us on FACEBOOK Last week this site featured a guest post by Connor Diggin who ignited the debate about the role of money in football, by suggesting that investment by teams such as Leicester was ruining the game. This is not an attitude that I share as I believe that this nostalgic ideal is […]

These days the type of manager you're most likely to witness on a touchline will be wearing a perfectly fitting designer suit, carefully standing so as to not dirty his smartly polished shoes. It's common place. People would hardly bat an eyelid – just like they wouldn’t if their teams latest big money signing turned […]