Instead of showing footage of matches from yesteryear as I usually do every Friday, I thought I'd share a selection of videos about one of my favorite hobbies from childhood in the United Kingdom. The table soccer game called Subbuteo. In the above commercial (presumably from the 1960's), it captures the excitement of a young […]

With Dortmund eliminated, the Bundesliga has just two representatives remaining in the Europa League. Both of those sides, impressively, topped their groups and would have been hoping for a good draw this afternoon to aid their chances of progressing in the tournament. Stuttgart rather unfortunately drew Benfica, while Leverkusen got a very favorable draw in […]

Bayern Munich v Inter Last season's finalists, Bayern Munich and Inter, will meet once more in this season's edition of the Champions League, but this time in the round of sixteen. Inter have looked a much weaker side since Jose Mourinho's departure in the summer, and Bayern Munich should be able to take full advantage […]

Michael Frontzeck's Gladbach side are sinking faster than they can swim. They've lost their last four Bundesliga matches in a row, and they've only managed to pick up ten points after sixteen matches. That's got relegation written all over it for me. It's crazy that they're playing so poorly with the kind of squad they […]

Here's a good find provided by Goal.com. They put together a nice set of classic Manchester United vs. Chelsea match videos. Here’s the links: Football gear [Studs Up F.C.] Andrei Kanchelskis [Narrow The Angle] Podcast [Winning Ugly] Champions league draw [UEFA] Holloway dismisses rumors [Soccer Net] Transfer talk [Soccer 365] Soccer conversations [Nutmeg Radio] Asamoah […]

Weather permitting it’s Gameweek 18, this roller coaster Premier League season is about to enter its crucial Christmas period. Three points going into the festivities will be a priority for all managers this weekend. Sam Allardyce can put is feet up on Saturday and watch the club that unceremoniously sacked him take on his potential […]

Back from personal vacation, this weekend's round of matches is the last one of the 2010 calendar year before the players go on their own vacations during the La Liga winter break. To top off the end of 2010, El Derbi Barceloní headlines the round as FC Barcelona travels to the south of the city […]

This weekend sees some interesting ties in the Championship, although with bad weather forecast it seems unlikely that we will see a full program this weekend. Unfortunately I cannot predict the weather, quality of the pitches or the ‘safety reasons’ that could lead to the postponement of these games, therefore as an optimist I am going […]

It's official. The Premier League is America's soccer league, at least on television. Earlier this week, EPL Talk exclusively announced that Monday's TV viewing audience for Manchester United against Arsenal was the highest ever on U.S. television for a Premier League match. And now ESPN has announced that the average viewing audience for the Premier […]

Trust Jose and his team to put on a great Christmas special on Special 1 TV. The episode even features a guest appearance by a man in red who has one of the worst costumes ever, which adds to the comedic genius. There are plenty more laughs in this episode and even a sentimental bit […]

The list of the 2011 Gold Cup sites was unveiled yesterday and there were two story lines coming out of the announcement: the number of venues that would be hosting their first Gold Cup matches and the number of cities that were inexplicably left off the list. As a reminder or, if you are new […]

WOW ! Some great match-ups including a repeat of last season's final with Inter Milan facing Bayern Munich. The match-up that will likely garner more press is the Arsenal v Barcelona. The two clubs play similar styles though Barcelona is still the better side for my money. It's not impossible to think Arsenal could pull […]

The draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 was made this morning in Switzerland. The biggest headline for Premier League clubs is that Arsenal will face Barcelona, which will be a rematch of last season's Champions League quarter-final which the Spanish giants won 6-3 on aggregate. The fate of the other English clubs were […]

While in the Champions League all Italian sides made it through to the knockout stages, there was a fear that in the Europa League there would be no Serie A teams. Luckily, Napoli managed to qualify with a 1-0 win over Steaua Bucharest, thanks to a very late goal by Cavani. And there was more […]

Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart capped off their Europa League group stage fixtures with fine results that lifted them to first-placed finishes in their respective groups. Leverkusen managed to knock holders Atletico Madrid out of the tournament with a well-fought 1-1 draw, while Stuttgart, under new management, thumped Odense by a score of 5-1. Bayer […]