The series looking at the completed deals thus far in the Championship is concluded in a rather quiet fashion with few of the alphabetically challenged teams that active in the transfer market thus far with more players going out that coming in. However as per the rest of the series here are the confirmed […]

I just returned from a four-day trip to Honduras. My wife and I wanted to get away and immerse ourselves in a completely different culture as well as to see Mayan ruins and, most importantly of all, to relax. The timing of my trip was to recharge my batteries before the busy preseason and Premier […]

While most of the attention today will be on Manchester United's opening game of their US summer tour against New England Revolution (ESPN2, 8pm ET), many of us may not have realized that West Bromwich Albion were the first Premier League club to play a preseason friendly this summer when they played yesterday against San […]

Last week saw the announcement that Kevin Phillips would not be retiring as many had expected following his release from relegated Birmingham City. The 37 year old striker has instead joined Blackpool on a one year contract continuing a career that has seen Phillips rise from the non-league football to play for seven different clubs. […]

Blackburn Rovers have yet to find a shirt sponsor for the 2011-12 Premier League season. While the money that'll come in from the prospective deal will be important for Rovers, it would be nice to see no sponsor chosen. As you can see in the above photograph, the Blackburn shirt for the 2011-12 season looks […]

Chelsea have never been shy about their change shirts. In previous years, their away shirts and third shirts have been some of the worst designs in the league. There was the orange and black one that looked like something from Halloween. And then there was last season's third shirt was an ugly florescent green. Now, […]

When you have a club like the New York Red Bulls who has a full slate of world class players and some talented youth players on their roster from the MLS Super Draft and their Academy, you would think that winning the US Open Cup is a serious thing. When you are traveling to Chicago […]

The chance to write about football is great as I get to talk about something that I have a true passion about to people that share this with me. Sadly between watching and writing about football I am obligated to spend 7.5 hours each week day working a day job, which cuts into the time […]

In the parlance of Twitter conversations in the 21st century, it's important to know what the hashtags are for the Premier League clubs you're conversing about on Twitter. To do so correctly will help you broaden your audience to people who search for their news and conversations on Twitter by using the club's Twitter hashtag. […]

The Premier League today revealed which matches during the first few months of the 2011-12 season have had their kickoff times moved so they'll be featured on television. As a result, we can now infer which matches will be shown on US television – at least some of them. The complete US TV schedule won't […]

IBM recently celebrated their 100 year existence as a company. While this is a massive achievement for a corporation — especially in this day and age with plenty of mergers, acquisitions and financial turmoil — it's not such an unknown feat in the world of English football. For example, let's take a look at the […]

If, for whatever reason, you've dismissed the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and didn't bother to watch this afternoon's war between the United States and Brazil, you missed one helluva match. Some might call it the greatest finish in US soccer history, regardless of the gender involved. If that paragraph has made you curious enough […]

We've all seen it before. A man or lady approaches a burly fellow holding a clipboard. He is the gatekeeper and behind him is a passageway into an exclusive club where the music is loud, the drinks flow freely and the people seem to be having the time of their lives. For the patrons hoping […]

July 9, 2011: One of the most memorable days in Women's World Cup history. If there was anything that could upstage the brilliant cat-and-mouse match won by France over England, it was a determined Japanese squad that deposed the host nation Germany with a stunning extra time goal. There was a commonality between the matches […]

The US TV schedule for most of this summer's preseason friendlies featuring Premier League teams has been announced. As expected, many of the games featuring Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City will be shown on US television networks such as FOX Soccer and ESPN. While the schedule is subject to change and additional games […]