With his announcement this week that David Beckham will not recover from his ruptured Achilles heel in time to play for the Galaxy this season, both Beckham and the Galaxy find themselves at a crossroads. For Beckham, it is a series of dour options, but for the Galaxy, the opportunities are decidedly more intriguing. With […]

In a massive show of power and future earnings, Yahoo has won the UK rights to show online highlights of the Premier League for the next three seasons. Virgin Media, the former online rights holders, will end their three year partnership with the Premier League when Yahoo takes over. The 5-minute highlights of matches will be available […]

For those who haven't heard, starting this May-June, readers of The Times and The Sunday Times online will be forced to pay a fee or subscription in order to read news from one of Britain's biggest and most trusted news sources. Some 20 million monthly readers of the two sites will be effected by a change […]

The Inbetweeners. Red Dwarf. Doctor Who. Life On Mars. Are You Being Served? Top Gear. Car Pool. Radio 6. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. The IT Crowd. Peep Show. Gavin and Stacey. Little Britain. The Cult. Skins. Wire In The Blood. Just to name a few. While you're obviously a massive soccer fan, I wanted […]

It was a coolish night at Red Bull Arena with a bit of a wind, but somehow the reserves for the New York Red Bulls got hot from the start of the match till deep into the second half. As soon as Referee Andrew Chapman blew his whistle to start the US Open Cup Qualifier, […]

Mike Forde is the Performance Director at Chelsea Football Club. He joined me last week to talk about the direction of performance analysis in football; specifically, in the wake of this mention in Simon Kuper and Stefan Symanski's book Soccernomics (or, How England Lose, as distributed in England), what football can take from the type […]

Last year, I was lucky enough to do a fabulous series on English football legends, which saw me delve back through history to cover 11 players that perhaps never get the credit they deserve. Football is such a fickle sport that these days, people forget just how many great players passed through the annals before […]

It was often said through out much of the last ten years that England's midfield was its strongest point. With Beckham in his pomp and Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard ably assisted by a constant rotation of players wedged in to the left midfield position, it often felt a little hollow. In the big games, […]

Manchester City Attempt To Recall Joe Hart From Birmingham City Manchester City's lack of a proven goalkeeper is putting their Champion's League hopes in serious doubt. City approached the Premier League yesterday to request special permission to execute an emergency loan deal to bring in a keeper for the final two weeks of the season. […]

Steve Coppell is a popular figure in football. Fondly remembered at every club he has either played for or managed, the former Manchester United man is about to embark on a new challenge. Bristol City are the club fortunate enough to welcome Coppell, as the 54 year old looks to take the Robins back to […]

English bands have been as important in my life as football has been. Ever since a friend of mine introduced me to The Clash some 15 years ago, the plethora of bands to emerge from the UK that have affected my intellect and overall well being have been staggering. Minus godfathers like the Beatles and […]

The question "What's going on in DC?" has become a recurring one among the fan circles of Major League Soccer. It's a question that seems to be important to any fan of the game in this country. Whether it be rabidly passionate supporters from the DC, Maryland and Virginia area or just general MLS enthusiasts […]

Dominic Fifield is the London football correspondent for the Guardian. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Dominic and I talk about the five London-based clubs in the Premiership, putting their season's performance in the context of how their managers have performed. Along the way, Dominic gives his view on Gianfranco Zola, Roy Hodgson, […]

ESPN's 2010 World Cup Guide is now in stores nationwide and provides a great collection of articles, statistics and more to become your reference guide throughout the tournament. I just received a copy of it in the mail, so I thought I'd share it with you and show you a glimpse of what you can […]

Juan Ramón López Muñiz brought Málaga into La Liga in 2008 after a two-year hiatus in the second division. Throughout his playing career, he played on teams constantly scrambling either to stay in La Liga or to be promoted to the first division. He knows the mentality that a team needs to eschew whatever poor […]