As part of a series of articles looking at the relationship between fans and their supporters here is a look at how the Championship table would have finished if it was based on average attendance rather than the number of points accumulated. Link to series homepage Figures from www.soccernet.com Pos Club Avg 1 Leeds United […]

Sky Sports recently broke news that Joey Barton’s contract offer at Newcastle had been withdrawn by the club and suggested that he would leave the club once his deal expires. The source in question is Barton’s agent, the notorious Willie McKay who spoke to Sky Sports news regarding the situation. On first glance, it may […]

Saturday's Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United can easily be considered the biggest club match of all time. The last time these two famous teams played each other at such a competitive level was the 2009 final. But that was on a Wednesday evening. Now with the switch to a Saturday kick-off time, […]

The call-ups are done, and the rosters are known. Every team participating in this year's Gold Cup has unveiled their rosters, and as expected the U.S. and Mexico look the strongest but other teams look to have the talent to challenge the top two. After a day reading some quality analysis and thinking about the […]

It was September of last year when Sam Allardyce uttered these infamous words while manager of Blackburn Rovers: "I’m not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter Milan or Real Madrid. It wouldn’t be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double […]

Manchester City announced today another date on their 2011 North American summer tour. The new date added is July 16 when they face Club America at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. With the addition of the preseason game in San Francisco, Manchester City has now announced […]

The vultures had been circling around the talented players at Upton Park long before relegation was confirmed and Avram Grant had been sacked. Now with relegation confirmed the questionof who will be leaving Upton Park this summer comes into focus as the board try and decide who they can convince/afford to stay and fight for promotion. The […]

Manchester City have had an incredible season after qualifying for the Champions League, winning the FA Cup and finishing the season in third place, tied with second-place Chelsea on the same number of points. They finally got the monkey off their back by winning a piece of silverware, their first meaningful one since 1976. However, […]

Brad Friedel has been added as an analyst for this Saturday's coverage of the Champions League Final. The American goalkeeper will be featured on FOX's live coverage of the 2011 Champions League Final on U.S. television between Manchester United and Barcelona. Friedel is currently one of the hottest properties in the British transfer market with […]

Stoke City have revealed their home shirt for the 2011-12 season. Similar in design to Stoke's away shirt for next season, the new home shirt is designed and manufactured by Adidas and features the unique collar design as well as the traditional red and white stripes on the front of the shirt. Expectations at the […]

Wayne Rooney is one of the most well-known football players in the world, but it’s fair to say that he has been through a lot in the last calendar year. There was the World Cup disappointment along with issues on and off the pitch. But with all of the turmoil going on, the 2010-2011 season […]

Manchester United have officially launched their new home shirt for the 2011-12 season. According to Man United, the new home shirt is "Traditional red with a white crafted crew neck collar and central black stripe to replicate the design of the club’s retro bar scarf, which has previously appeared on the shirts worn by legendary […]

The media may be focused upon super injunctions and famous footballers at the moment, but there are far more important events unfolding in English football this week. Already AFC Wimbledon have won a historic place in the football league and the League One and League Two play offs are set to reach their conclusion at the […]

Manchester City has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. And yet again, Umbro has gone into the past to create something beautiful for the present. Designed by Umbro, the inspiration for the new Man City away shirt is taken from the most famous shirt in the club’s history – the […]

Every time the New York Red Bulls and Houston Dynamo get together during the season or the playoffs, something crazy happens. When you are thinking for once it was going to be a quiet game, you aren’t thinking things through. It happened again at Robertson Stadium as the Red Bulls found a way to score […]