The man you see down on the field turf is a hard nose player that gives his all to the club and tries his best to be a strong and needed player for this squad. No he doesn't have the greatest of abilities like Juan Pablo Angel, or Landon Donovan, not even the power shot […]

Nine months till the final. The lure of European football transcends merely the million dollar incentives; rather the Champions League represents a team’s arrival at the highest echelon of world football. Or at least it did when it was called the European Cup. Marketing men have milked football for every penny that’s available, and milked […]

After a ninety yard sprint, fuelled by hatred and loathing, Adebayor slid on his knees all the way into a double charge of violent conduct and improper conduct soon to be arbitrated at the mercy of the Football Association. An epic encounter of two contrasting football values was swept aside as legal wrangling; blame shifting […]

In an exclusive interview for the Guardian, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak criticized Michel Platini’s planned control of football club expenditure. He has a point. Platini wants new financial rules by 2012. Under those guidelines, Clubs would spend within their soccer-generated income. Failure to do so would end in a European ban. Khaldoon argues that […]

The above football kit designs were created by football supporters around the world as part of Umbro's Speciali competition. View more brilliant designs here.

Google has added a new feature to its Calendar product that allows registered users to subscribe to a free list of upcoming fixtures for any of the 20 Premier League clubs. That's great news for football supporters, but it may be a thorn in the side for the Premier League and another issue that will […]

(While we all catch our breath from the Champions League,...) Sunday, the 20th of September, 2009 marks (by my estimation) the 154th Manchester Derby. Also by my estimation, this weekend's match is quite possibly one of, if not the most important match the 2 clubs have ever played against each other. No one can forget […]

Before yesterday I knew about as much about Debreceni VSC as I know about the Faint Object Spectograph on the Hubble Telescope. They are among the "new kids" in the Champions League and not knowing anything about their club (or their league) forced me to underestimate them greatly. I assumed this would be an easy […]

Standard Liege, the former club of Oguchi Onyewu gave an English club a hard time for the third time in two seasons yesterday in a 3-2 loss to Arsenal. Meanwhile, Gooch didn’t even make the match squad for his new team, AC Milan in a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Marseille. Despite my initial excitement about […]

Seriously WTF? Two years ago Stuttgart did a nice little number on our coefficient by losing five games in the group stages. It looks like they are going to try and repeat that damage to our coefficient again this time around after an uninspiring home draw to Rangers. Unable to take advantage of the absence […]

Barcelona started off their Champions League campaign away from home against Italian Champions Inter Milan with a 0-0 draw. It is fair to say that Barca had the best chances to win the game creating three great opportunities within the first 10 minutes. However they were unable to break down a resolute Inter Milan defence. […]

Tim White is a name that most of us were unfamiliar with before this week, but in the span of 24 hours we now know his name all too painfully well. If you don't know who Tim White is, he's a football commentator. This week, he gave a woeful commentary for the UEFA feed of […]

Here are several important updates for subscribers to Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV and ESPN2: The ratings for last Saturday's Liverpool against Burnley match on ESPN2 (10am ET kickoff) were a 0.2, according to Nielsen. The game was watched in 196,041 households for a total viewing audience of 253,779, Fox Soccer Channel will offer a free […]

Given the choice between watching a match in high-definition television or watching a game in standard definition, which one would you choose? What if the choice was, like last weekend, Liverpool against Burnley in HD on ESPN2 or Manchester City versus Arsenal in standard definition on Setanta Sports? For me, I'm more likely to watch […]

Fox Soccer's coverage of the Champions League games is something to behold. No longer are we tied to ESPN's choice of which game we are allowed to watch. 10 of this week's 16 matches are available either live or on a delay. That is unbelievable, and a massive step forward. It poured rain throughout the […]