On the same day that Manchester United unveiled their new away shirt, cross-town rivals Manchester City have launched their home shirt. Don't be surprised if the 2011-12 season becomes very Manchester focused as both teams go head-to-head to try to win the Premier League title, FA Cup, League Cup and go all the way in […]

Manchester United have released the official photos of their away kit for the 2011-12 Premier League season. The current Premier League champions are currently on tour in the United States. Many of the players featured on the tour are pictured wearing the new Man United away shirt in the photographs above and below. The black […]

Just about every league in Europe has their own privileged clubs, the biggest and most popular teams loaded with money to spend and trophies shining in their cabinets. Italy is no exception. Most Serie A seasons begin with pundits trying to decide which of the big clubs will win the championship and which clubs will […]

UPDATED: The build-up for the friendly pitting Manchester United against the New England Revolution was predictable. A local TV newscaster called Man United’s visit as the arrival of “the best team in the world” (I guess he didn’t see the Barcelona game) and joked about Alex Fergusson having “sir” before his name. Yes, we get […]

One of the more intriguing rumors going around the transfer period is Manchester United looking to grab Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder to replace recently retired Paul Scholes. Sneijder, who spent a good chunk of time injured last year at Inter, has allegedly expressed his desire to leave and has supposedly spoken to an Inter […]

The latest entry in the saga involving Chelsea's attempt to pry away Tottenham forward Luka Modric away from White Hart Lane involves honesty, bitterness, money (of course) and the idea surrounding unhappy players and what is exactly a "big club" in the 2011 version of the Premier League. As the story stands: Modric, claiming loyalty […]

Arsenal are on the chase to capture the signing of the up-and-coming Italian striker Luco Zade. The above video shows evidence of the skills, poise and clinical finishing in front of goal. In addition to Zade, Arsenal have been linked with several other targets during this summer transfer window including Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell, […]

If you watched Manchester United's annihilation of New England Revolution in the 4-1 victory on ESPN2 Wednesday night, you may have blinked and missed one important item. When Ashley Young was substituted in the 67th minute, on came Gabriel Obertan. However, according to the on-screen graphics shown by ESPN2 (see above photo), Paul Scholes came […]

Swansea City have unveiled their away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. The Swans, who are the first Welsh team to ever play in the Premier League, will wear an orange Adidas kit as their change shirt for the 2011-12 season. Designed by Adidas, the shirt design is pretty simple with a white trim, […]

We have spent the last week or so looking at the players that have already signed for a club in the Championship. Whilst some such as Derby have already signed a gaggle of players others have yet to get going in the market even though we are now well into pre-season. This may appear worrying […]

It's getting very interesting in the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup as former Champions are making noise while the current two time defending champion Seattle Sounders are also looking to add on to their success in the second oldest cup competition in the world. Alot of action and domination in all […]

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. […]