This seemingly inscrutable graphic actually details how my preseason picks (scroll down to the comments) have turned out thus far. We've reached the winter break in the Bundesliga and things haven't quite turned out as I expected. Those of you kind enough to point out that there's still a lot of football left to be […]

Week 17 was one of returns,debuts, goals, and quite a dose of controversy.

Two big derby match-ups are the key draws of the FA Cup Fourth Round Draw. When the first tie drawn is Liverpool v Everton, you know something special was in the air. The other derby of the round takes place at Pride Park where Derby County will host Nottingham Forest. There is one potential derby […]

I'm On Setanta Sports is back with a highlight reel of the best clips in 2008 as well as some new content such as which special manager received the 2008 Manager Of The Year Award. It's quite an accomplishment for Mario Rosenstock when a weekly five minute program is more entertaining online than some of […]

Personally, I think the weekend of the FA Cup Third Round is the most exciting weekend of the English Football campaign. The one weekend where all sixty-four teams are equal and the weekend where it doesn't matter how strong your squad it, it's a matter of wanting it more than your opposition...regardless of the gulf […]

According to French daily L'Equipe, the Swedish international might make a travel once again into European waters.

Join the EPL Talk Chat as we take a journey through what I consider the best weekend in the English Footballing Calendar. While the ties may not be as sexy as one would like, but we already have one upset on the cards. Will we see plenty more by the time the weekend is up?

BBC Sport is reporting that English born Chris Birchall, of the Trinidad and Tobago national team will sign for the Earthquakes. From my vantage point this is an important symbolic signing for MLS. Birchall is English born and has never played his club football outside England. He became the first white player to suit up […]

On January 2nd, 2009, Manchester United announced the signing of two Serbian players, Zoran Tosic and Adem Ljajic, both from Partizan Belgrade. Tosic, 21, will sign with immediate effect and will wear the number 14 shirt, while 17-year-old striker Ljajic will remain with Partizan until the end of 2009. Zoran Tosic is a left winger […]

In Friday's British newspapers, The Guardian has the scoop that West Ham United's Icelandic owner has just over two months to sell the club before his company, Hansa Holdings faces the possibility of being declared insolvent. According to Guardian reporter Sachin Nakrani, "Interest has been shown but [West Ham owner Bjorgolfur] Gudmundsson, who bought the […]

After accepting a sordid envelope with £20m for “Lass” Diarra, Portsmouth rejected shrewd dealer Harry Redknapp’s £30m overture for Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and Peter Crouch. Pompey then lessened Defoe’s value markedly, by announcing they would sell him for a fair price. “It looks like Jermain wants to go,” Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie said. […]

The tag of phenom can be taken off of former Barcelona youth player Giovanni Dos Santos. After the hype that the Catalan media made about this kid being one of the stars of the future for the blaugrana, he ended up in London.

Cory Gibbs, a key member of the US squads that led up to the 2006 World Cup has been recalled as has Brian Ching for US Soccer annual January training camp in Carson, CA. The rest of the training camp squad is young and is made up primarily of MLS based players with a few […]

Juan Sebastián Verón might have called an end to the European leg of his illustrious career a few years back, but he's quality has not diminished one bit. One the eve of 2009, the former Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, and Inter star was chosen as the South American Player of the Year by the Uruguayan daily […]

Juan Sebastián Verón might have called an end to the European leg of his illustrious career a few years back, but he's quality has not diminished one bit. One the eve of 2009, the former Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, and Inter star was chosen as the South American Player of the Year by the Uruguayan […]