Arsenal Fans Can Have No Excuses Emmanuel Adebayor is Public Enemy Number One at the moment, partly for his stamp on Robin Van Persie, and mostly because of his goal celebration in front of the Arsenal fans. "Inciting a riot". Of course it was ill-advised – he must have Ashley Cole's Public Relations officer – […]

Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer bat around a variety of topics on today's show including: Chelsea's Transfer Ban: Are English clubs being unfairly targeted England's 5-1 victory over Croatia John Toshack's Wales side gives Russia a game Argentina's continued failures Liverpool back on track Emmanuel Adebayor, victim or villain? Manchester United's performance at White Hart […]

I realize Crewe Alexandra isn't a Championship football team any longer (they're now in League Two), but Crewe has a rich history in English football and were recently in the Championship. Thanks to TheOriginalWinger, they uncovered this incredible video of what Gresty Road looked like in 1979. In the 1979 BBC Great Railway Journeys of […]

The latest video flashback takes us back to the second season of the Premier League for a massive match between Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United. The video features the opening to Match Of The Day (MOTD) featuring presenter Des Lynam and pundits Alan Hansen and Trevor Brooking. After setting the scene, the BBC cameras descend […]

It’s a feature of human nature that we are quick, in the heat of the moment, to see our point of view over another’s. However, the mature person is able to see, after some introspection, the extent to which he is culpable. Professional athletes often lack this maturity. The lore of Emmanuel Adebayor includes tales […]

The Fire Bob Bradley movement has returned front and center. This movement’s proponents continue to advocate the termination of the current US coach while offering little advice in the way of a realistic replacement. Many proponents of this movement have also vastly over rated the talent level in the current US Men’s National Team Player […]

Emmanuel Adebayor answered his critics in spectacular fashion Saturday afternoon in one of his best performances ever on any football pitch during Manchester City's incredible 4-2 win against Arsenal. Adebayor had a lot to prove to Arsenal supporters after he left on bad terms this summer. After scoring a decisive header past the reach of […]

Before playing Arsenal, former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor said Arsenal supporters are “not real fans.” "What is good at City is the fans. They love you. Arsenal have a lot of fans who are not fans," Adebayor said. "Arsenal have fans from America and Jamaica. Today they are Arsenal fans, tomorrow they will be Liverpool […]

Stoke City vs Chelsea FC at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, 3pm local time. Conditions: pitch good, weather fine. Line-ups Chelsea: Cech, A Cole, Terry, Ivanovic, Bosingwa, Ballack, Malouda, Kalou, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba Stoke City: Sorenson (Simonsen), Faye, Collins, Huth, Higginbotham, Delap, Shawcross, Etherington, Whelan, Kitson (Tuncay), Beattie (Fuller) 1st Half Stoke, playing five at the […]

Paul Doyle of The Guardian once described Carlos Tevez as “the rich man’s Dirk Kuyt.” That man may be far more rich than we thought. Carlos Tevez left Manchester United for Manchester City, in a deal that reportedly paid Tevez’ handlers £25.5m. According to a new report in The Times, Tevez’ fee may really be […]

Heath Pearce's career needs a revival. Perhaps he can get it in Texas? Open thread for you Hoops fans…..

I gave my opinion on JDG two months ago and my thoughts have not changed. I think this is great news for MLS and TFC. Feel free to comment

Russia’s Mens National team made it through the international break unscathed. Now the stage is set for October 10th’s battle with Germany in Moscow. On third episode of Russian Football Now’s podcast, hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley discuss Russia’s qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Wales as well as all the latest rumors surrounding the likes […]

It seems strange that a team that has gained 22 points from a possible 24 is not yet guaranteed World Cup qualification. Whilst it is true that England, Netherlands and Spain have perfect qualification records, Germany might feel like they have also done enough already. In fact they face a tense climax to their qualification […]

The hype for the October release of FIFA 10 is building, and it's no wonder when you see video like this (see above) featuring some of the amazing new skills and graphics. The video is beautifully created by 16-year-old Norwegian Marius Hjerpseth. In it, the whiz kid shows actual game footage and then shows video […]