The life of Theo Walcott must be a peculiar one, thrust into the limelight in 2006 as a 17 year-old when picked for the England World Cup squad, the glare has been on him ever since. When he scored a hat-trick against Croatia for the national team last September he was hailed as the next […]

Alan Shearer needs all the good luck he can find in the dying weeks of Newcastle United's disaster of a season. And after his 69th minute substitution of Michael Owen for Obafemi Martins, fortune smiled on the Magpies' former number nine when their current number nine found the back of the net almost immediately after […]

Depending where you live in the world, there's a good chance that a Premier League club will be traveling during the summer of 2009 to play friendly matches near you. Here's the latest schedule of where the clubs will be playing, as of press time (dates are subject to change): Arsenal: Other than training in […]

For a good while now we who support our clubs and this league in MLS have been screaming for which ever club that has a youth academy can only sign one and wait for a good while to have the chance to sign another to the senior side and play in first team matches in […]

After another defeat against a fellow top four side, it is clear that Arsenal have a fair amount of work to do that will enable them to challenge for the end of season silverware once more. Defeats from Manchester United and Chelsea have shown that the Gunners are a long way from being a championship […]

Why is it so hard to have a governing body with an ounce of common sense, UEFA just seem bereft of it every time it seems like they'll do the right thing. Are your matches blighted by neo-nazi's forming swastika shapes on the terrace? Here, have a fine of $3 and don't do it again. […]

As Manchester United moved closer to their 18th championship, it was Carlos Tevez who made the back pages of the Sunday papers with the revelation that he probably wont be a Manchester United player next season. After months of speculation it appears the Argentinean has ran out of patience with United’s lack of urgency in […]

Too often, players will often blame off field problems for a lack of discipline, form or fitness, it becoming something of a Teflon shield to protect them from criticism off fans and players. It's a catch all term to cover all kinds of issues, from drinking (Too numerous to mention) , drugs (Adrian Mutu) , […]

See the full picture here! Football Shirt Culture has released a photo of next season strips for the current Bundesliga sides. What do people think? I am loving Dortmund's shirts for next season. My favorite strip might be Hertha's third shirt, followed by Gladbach's 2nd. Hannover's shirt are just terrible. And I'll miss Bayern's hoops.

When the final whistle went after Sunday's match, Arsene Wenger could possibly view the previous 7 days as one of his worst weeks since he began his 13 year tenure in charge of Arsenal. In two massive matches, Wenger has seen his side start fantastically well in both games, get caught by a sucker punch […]

Watching the brilliant game on Saturday between Fulham and Aston Villa — two shining examples of entertaining English football clubs outside of the Big Four, I decided to try something I occasionally do. I turned off the volume. The results were remarkable. Believe it or not, but you get to "see more of the game" […]

When the fixture list was released back in June 2008, no doubt the fans of both Newcastle and Middlesbrough hadn't a thought that they'd be facing a six pointer to try and save their Premiership survival with today's clash. Yet here they are, staring down the barrel of relegation with West Bromich coming up close […]

After watching Arsene Wenger's young guns humiliated at home for the second time in less than a week, the perennial questions surrounding Le Professeur's philosphy and transfer window policy are being whipped about in earnest. The possibility of a waning Arsenal side doing enough to steal third place from Chelsea could only be called that, […]

Week 35 of the Serie A was full of tight matches showing the competitive balance of Italy's 1st Division of Football. Only one match had a goal differential of more than 2 goals and there were 6 draws over the weekend. One of those draws delayed a Scudetto celebration for Inter Milan. Chievo battled Il […]

Here in the US we like to break things into large portions. Halves in football, thirds in hockey, quarters in basketball(eighth's only count in pizza). Which leads me to this; time to look a deeper at some of this season's numbers as this week the MLS season has passed the quarter mark. At this point […]