I enjoyed the West Ham / Blackburn game today, as a neutral. There were goals, some red blooded tackling and a couple of contentious decisions to debate. The first was the own goal 'credited' to Samba that put Blackburn 2-0 down. That Dean Ashton was in an offside position is not up for debate. The […]

Tottenham Hotspur has announced that the club has reached an agreement with Spartak Moscow to sign Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for a transfer fee believed to be £14 million. The star striker who made a huge impression in Euro 2008 won't be ready to play against Chelsea in the London derby today. His first match […]

DISH customers can practically kiss their chances goodbye of seeing GolTV back on their satellite provider. The 24/7 soccer network says that it doesn't see any compromise with DISH being reached in the near future and is recommending that DISH customers select an alternate source such as DirecTV. On August 1st, DISH Network dumped GolTV […]

Joey Barton is never far from controversy and such was the case today when the Newcastle midfielder returned to professional football. In his game today for Newcastle, he only touched the ball once during the three minutes he played. In those three minutes, he commited a controversial tackle, showed little respect, was purposefully tripped by […]

Several pundits have offered opinions on which group will be the toughest and which Serie A club(s) have the most difficult task of proceeding further so I might as well throw my hat in the ring with the rest. Roma and Juventus are going to face the toughest battle in groups A and H respectively. Roma will be […]

Saturday Espanyol 1 – 0 Valladolid ESP: Luis Garcia (48') Valencia 3 – 0 Mallorca VAL: Villa (34'), Mata (38'), Vicente (82') Sunday Athletic Bilbao 1 – 3 Almeria ALM: Pellerano (7'), Negredo (33'), Ortiz (50'), Velez (56') Numancia 1 – 0 Barcelona […]

A little over a month ago, Independiente’s Carlos Matheu was just moments away from making a move to Europe. He was then informed that in his physical they found a cardiac malformation and his transfer to Lokomotiv eventually fell through. The Argentine defender was in coach Claudio Borghi’s plans for the Apertura tournament, he was […]

Oscar Washington Tabárez not only has to deal with the pressure that the Uruguayan media is putting on him, but he will have to play two vital games against direct rivals that are fighting for one of those direct spots to South Africa 2010. Uruguay is currently in sixth place and depending on how they […]

Taking my kids to a friend's birthday party on Saturday morning, I had the sudden realization that perhaps the best place in the world to watch weekend soccer matches on TV is the United States. Well, at least the Eastern Time Zone in the U.S. Why? I was able to schedule my DVR to record […]

Marcus Hahnemann Played the entire match for Reading in a 4-2 victory over Crystal Palace recording 2 saves Jay DeMerit Played 90 minutes for Watford in a 2-1 win over Ipswich Jemal Johnson Entered MK Dons 2-1 loss to Swindon in minute 70 Zac Whitbread Played all 90 minutes in Milwall's 2-1 win over Huddersfield […]

The intent of Jorge Luis Pinto´s 22-man roster leaves no doubt as to his intent. A six-point sweep would put them in second place in the standings since Argentina will face Paraguay next weekend. The six points would leave them only nine points away from the magic number of 25 that is going to be […]

Some of the biggest storylines from the opening two weeks of the new Premier League season have been the surprising displays by Hull, Stoke, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. All four teams are playing today in matches that will show whether their results from the first two weeks were a flash in the pan or not. Here […]

Does this need any explanation other than my utter disappointment in the fact that just a few short weeks ago I extolled the virtues of English Footballers for playing a more honest game than their counterparts from other parts of the planet? I've seen cheeky, over the line plays like this before, but not since […]

Arrival of Match Day One for Serie A fans provides several classic pairings including, Roma v. Napoli, Sampdoria v. Internazionale and Fiorentina v. Juventus. Those who remember last year's final outcome between Juventus and Fiorentina, know they won't be disappointed. Fiorentina took 4 points from both seasonal encounters, drawing the first at home 1 – 1 and besting the […]

It was just a few short months ago, May 17th to be exact, that Portsmouth claimed their first FA Cup since 1939. Well now the whole journey kicks off again. I missed the Extra Preliminary Round (there were 203 fixtures so I am not going to recap!) but I'm jumping in now at the Preliminary […]