For a town more accustomed to the wing exploits of Martin Offiah, Wigan’s been treated to some great football in the last few years. Since promotion to the top flight in 2005 Wigan Athletic have battled through tough matches, pie jokes and countless accusations of clogging to establish themselves as a Premier League club – […]

The late week edition of The Third Half starts with Lonnie from Champions League Talk as we take a look at the midweek in the Premier League, shock results in the Copa Del Ray, thoughts on the FA Cup First round draw and our thoughts at the shock appointment of Maradona as Argentina National Team […]

On Wednesday night, Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate became incensed when Man City's Shaun Wright-Phillips dived to win a foul. After the dimunitive star was substituted, Southgate and Wright-Phillips got into a verbal spat that resulted in SWP giving the two-fingered salute to Southgate. Now, SWP may face a FA charge of bringing the game into […]

Over the next few weeks we’ll roll out our best of MLS lists for 2008. Let’s start with the best overall players for this season. 25 Best Field Players Regardless of position 1- Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus 2- Javier Morales, Real Salt Lake 3- Chad Marshall, Columbus 4- Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy 5- Jaime Moreno, […]

Over the next few weeks we'll roll out our best of MLS lists for 2008. Let's start with the best overall players for this season. 25 Best Field Players Regardless of position 1- Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus 2- Javier Morales, Real Salt Lake 3- Chad Marshall, Columbus 4- Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy 5- Jaime Moreno, […]

Blackpool FC play their home matches at Bloomfield Road and have since 1899. It has a capacity of 9,941. It is an all seater stadium and one of the smallest in the Championship. It is slowly being expanded to a capacity of 16,000 by around 2010. The pitch is 112 x 74 yards. Bloomfield Road […]

Harry Redknapp's arrival at Tottenham has been seen as a chance for Spurs to start again and get back on track, something that is becoming an annual event at White Hart Lane. But back in 2004 Tottenham were again on the brink of a new era. French national team coach Jacques Santini had just taken […]

Which Premier League club has the highest percentage of foreigners? Who has the youngest squad? And who has the oldest squad? Read the following top 10 statistics to find the answers to those questions and many more. Oldest squad: Hull City, average age 27.48 years Player to have spent the most number of seasons at […]

Tottenham's unbelievable 4-4 draw against Arsenal may end up being a modern day classic, one of the best Premier League games in several years. Problem is, if you're like me and live in the United States, you probably missed it. Living in the U.S, the only way to catch the game was to make a […]

I’ll admit that I saw this coming but that does not make it in any way more justifiable. Major League Soccer has its newest Designated Player, and like some of the post Beckham/Blanco signings it is a player no major club in the world would even entertain a thought of signing. Freddie Ljungberg is a […]

I'll admit that I saw this coming but that does not make it in any way more justifiable. Major League Soccer has its newest Designated Player, and like some of the post Beckham/Blanco signings it is a player no major club in the world would even entertain a thought of signing. Freddie Ljungberg is a […]

Wednesday, October 29th AC Milan 2 – 1 Siena AS Roma 0 – 0 Sampdoria Susp Bologna 1 – 2 Juventus Catania 0 – 2 Udinese Chievo 1 – 2 Lazio Fiorentina 0 – 0 Inter Milan Genoa 2 – 1 Cagliari Lecce 1 – 1 Palermo Napoli 3 – 0 Reggina Torino 2 – […]

It is not quite time for the champagne to come out at St James Park after Newcastle finally won their second match of the season against West Bromwich Albion and lifted themselves out of the drop zone, though for a moment in the press room afterwards Joe Kinnear considered the idea. Though the club still […]

Out of the first choice goalkeepers of the top four clubs in England, Manuel Almunia has always been cast as the ugly duckling. But that may be about to change. After seeing off his bitter rival Jens Lehmann last year, the Spaniard has made the number one jersey his own and has repaid Arsene Wenger's […]

Here's the Premier League TV schedule for U.S. residents through December 30, 2008 on Fox Soccer Channel, Setanta Sports and Setanta Xtra. All times eastern. TV schedules are subject to change. Wednesday, October 29 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 4pm, Setanta Xtra (also shown delayed on Setanta Sports at 6pm) Liverpool v Portsmouth, 4pm, Setanta Sports […]