With only three places left in the next round of this seasons Champions League and with only five teams capable of filling those spots it seems like a good time to look ahead to the draw for the knockout stages. Once again all four English sides look set to qualify for the next round, with […]

It's quite odd that in some circles Sunderland's near draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford this past Saturday is being heralded as a massive achievement. What I saw was one of the most negative and anti-soccer performances in ages. For the entire 90 minutes, Sunderland "parked their bus" in front of their goal and […]

The draw for the semi-finals of the 2008/2009 Carling Cup have been announced. Current holders Tottenham Hotspur will take on Burnley, while Manchester United faces Derby County. The semi-finals will be a two leg affair. The first leg will be played on January 5th and the return leg on the 19th. So I guess it'll […]

Two Championship sides remain in the hunt for the Carling Cup, Derby County thanks to an injury time penalty winner via Nathan Ellington over Stoke and Burnley 3-0 winners over Arsenal. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are the other two clubs in the draw. The draw for the two legged semi-final will be held on […]

This recap comes a little late but there are still a few points I wanted to make. First off, I was glad to see the Zenit – Juventus game proceed without incident. After the horrible incident earlier in the week, it would have been understandable had the game been postponed but the game did go […]

In breaking news, Roy Keane has announced that he has quit Sunderland. Keane walked out of Sunderland AFC after having won only one game since his side's win over Newcastle in October. The defeats for Sunderland that secured Keane's departure were Stoke 1-0 Sunderland, Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland, Sunderland 1-2 Portsmouth, Sunderland 1-2 Blackburn, Sunderland 0-1 […]

Fox Soccer Channel has announced that Manchester United's FIFA Club World Cup 2008 games will be shown live on its network in the United States. The first game involving Man United will be shown on Thursday, December 18 at 5:30am ET when United will play one of the following opponents: LDU Quito (Ecuador), Gamba Osaka […]

If you took every professional team in English football and compiled an all-time league table that calculated the number of points the clubs have earned since their existence, which teams would be at the top? You may be surprised by the findings: Manchester United, 5559 points Liverpool, 5513 Arsenal, 5346 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 5137 Preston North […]

Is it me or does it seem like none of the Big Four want to win the Premier League title this season? Just when Liverpool gain momentum, they stumbled to another nil nil draw at Anfield Monday night against West Ham United. How can Liverpool beat Manchester United and Chelsea, but fail to defeat the […]

Out of all of the races near the top, bottom and middle of the Premier League this season, perhaps the most ignored battle is the one between England's two most successful clubs: Liverpool and Manchester United. If Man United can win the Premier League title this season, the Red Devils will equal the most number […]

In today's Manchester derby, what was Cristiano Ronaldo thinking? After a cross had been floated into the box, Ronaldo jumped up but instead of heading it, he decided to knock down the ball with his two hands. Ronaldo indicated to everyone that he heard a whistle before the ball reached him, so thinking that the […]

Number of days since an English football club scored a goal during Fox Soccer Channel's live soccer coverage on Saturdays: 14. We last saw a goal scored by an English team on Fox Soccer Channel on Saturday, November 15 when Nicolas Anelka knocked the final goal in for Chelsea against West Bromwich Albion. Since then […]

Who will win the Manchester derby this Sunday? ( surveys)

To further illustrate how topsy turvy the Premier League is this season, last night's Wigan 1-0 Everton result means that none of the teams in the top 10 of the Premier League won this past weekend. All of them either drew or lost. I don't have time to review all of the record books, but […]

So the dust has finally settled on William Gallas' ill judged outburst with Arsene Wengers decision to strip him of the captaincy and replace him with Cesc Fabregas immediately. Wenger had to make a big decision in the circumstances and whilst some people may think his choice of the midfielder as his new captain as a […]