As the black sheep of the European Football family, the Europa League has been treated to more cold shoulders than a boob tube convention in December. But it wasn't always this way. In a doomed re-branding exercise the erstwhile UEFA Cup has become a bloated, convoluted, energy sapping chore of a competition that only retains […]

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been suspended from all football activity for six months. He will be able to join his first team squad members on September 2, 2011. The FA Regulatory Commission made the ruling today against Toure. The Ivorian defender was suspended for failing a drugs test. According to Toure, he took […]

Often when a team is relegated the first thing to hit the owner's desk is a transfer request especially when players are looking to secure their moves prior to holidays and pre-season. This is no different with Blackpool who, despite going down, were this season's surprise package. Former truck driver DJ Campbell, one time bartender […]

Manchester United play Barcelona this Saturday night in the 2011 Champions League Final live from Wembley Stadium in London, England. Practically the whole world of soccer fans will be watching this match. Some will support Barcelona. Some may support Manchester United. But there will be plenty of neutrals. It's those neutrals (myself included) who I'd […]

Where can you find the 2011 Champions League Final on US TV between Manchester United and Barcelona? Here are all of the details you need: When: Saturday, May 28, 2011 Where: Fox (in English) and Fox Deportes (in Spanish) What time: 2:45pm ET Pregame: Starts at 2pm ET on FOX and 1pm ET on Fox […]

As part of a series of articles looking at the relationship between fans and their supporters here is a look at how the Championship table would have finished if it was based on average attendance rather than the number of points accumulated. Link to series homepage Figures from www.soccernet.com Pos Club Avg 1 Leeds United […]

Sky Sports recently broke news that Joey Barton’s contract offer at Newcastle had been withdrawn by the club and suggested that he would leave the club once his deal expires. The source in question is Barton’s agent, the notorious Willie McKay who spoke to Sky Sports news regarding the situation. On first glance, it may […]

Saturday's Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United can easily be considered the biggest club match of all time. The last time these two famous teams played each other at such a competitive level was the 2009 final. But that was on a Wednesday evening. Now with the switch to a Saturday kick-off time, […]

The call-ups are done, and the rosters are known. Every team participating in this year's Gold Cup has unveiled their rosters, and as expected the U.S. and Mexico look the strongest but other teams look to have the talent to challenge the top two. After a day reading some quality analysis and thinking about the […]

It was September of last year when Sam Allardyce uttered these infamous words while manager of Blackburn Rovers: "I’m not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter Milan or Real Madrid. It wouldn’t be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double […]

FC Porto wrote another chapter in their majestic season by becoming Europa League champions. Porto beat Sporting Braga 1-0 in the Europa League final at the AVIVA Stadium (referred to as the "Dublin Arena" for this final). Porto had previously claimed domestic league honours, their 25th league title, as well as winning the Supertaça Cândido […]

Manchester City announced today another date on their 2011 North American summer tour. The new date added is July 16 when they face Club America at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. With the addition of the preseason game in San Francisco, Manchester City has now announced […]

The vultures had been circling around the talented players at Upton Park long before relegation was confirmed and Avram Grant had been sacked. Now with relegation confirmed the questionof who will be leaving Upton Park this summer comes into focus as the board try and decide who they can convince/afford to stay and fight for promotion. The […]

Manchester City have had an incredible season after qualifying for the Champions League, winning the FA Cup and finishing the season in third place, tied with second-place Chelsea on the same number of points. They finally got the monkey off their back by winning a piece of silverware, their first meaningful one since 1976. However, […]

Brad Friedel has been added as an analyst for this Saturday's coverage of the Champions League Final. The American goalkeeper will be featured on FOX's live coverage of the 2011 Champions League Final on U.S. television between Manchester United and Barcelona. Friedel is currently one of the hottest properties in the British transfer market with […]