A day after looking at the Netherland's Group E, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer join me to break down Group H – otherwise known as Spain's group. The 2008 European Champions are joined by Chile, Honduras and Switzerland in one of the tournaments most interesting groups, with the quartet having no clear second best team […]

So you may now recognise him as the head of U.E.F.A. and the man that moved the Champions League from a Wednesday night to a Saturday night. What you may not know is that Platini, for 3 or 4 years, was the best player in the world. A fabulous midfield play-maker of the highest level, […]

It certainly doesn't feel like every season we see six different teams in the Championship, and depending what way you enter the league can often dictate expectations for a club. After the weekend's League One Playoff final, we now know the three teams that will be playing the Championship via relegation from the Premiership and […]

It's been one of the worst kept secrets in English football, but it's official now that Jermaine Beckford has completed his free transfer to Everton. Leeds had cancelled his contract on Friday which is an unusual step. Regardless of the fact a player has agreed to join another club, clubs usually keep the registration until […]

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Picture the scene, the World Cup is being displayed in London, as part of the build up to the country hosting the tournament that summer. A rare stamp auction is being held at Westminster Central Hall and the Jules Rimet trophy has pride of place as the centrepiece of the day. Yet, at some point […]

US football has come on leaps and bounds in the last two decades. When the US hosted the World Cup in 1994, most of their squad had never played in a professional league. Fast forward to present day and Major League Soccer is becoming a huge brand with star names such as David Beckham and […]

This year’s Memorial Day weekend would certainly be well remembered by most Chicagoans and especially sports fans. With the Stanley Cup finals starting in Chicago and the MLB St. Louis Cardinals visiting Wrigley Field, and a Presidential visit thrown in, the visit of AC Milan to Toyota Park took somewhat of a back seat. Yet […]

So that's the phoney war over. We've all had our say about England; who should be in and who should be out. We've discussed which formation they should play and which personnel should play it. Injuries haven’t been as bad as feared, Barry excluding. Results are largely irrelevant in the run-in and we can all […]

The Week 10 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 10 79 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,000 8 15,139 15,615 60 2007 16,317 35.97% 6 15,212 0.48% 15,248 -2.35% 65 2008 13,498 -17.28% 7 15,990 5.12% 16,893 10.79% 70 2009 13,779 […]

La Gazzetta dello Sport has confirmed that the coach that will follow in Marcello Lippi's footsteps will be Cesare Prandelli. The ex-Fiorentina coach seems to have reached an agreement with the FIGC chief Giancarlo Abete and will take over as soon as Lippi's contract expires on July 30th. Prandelli's contract is four years long until […]

Heiko Westermann suffered a broken bone in his foot during Germany's recent friendly with Hungary. The injury will rule the versatile defender out for weeks. Westermann's injury comes on the back of injuries to key players in the Nationalelf team, like Simon Rolfes, Christian Traesch, Michael Ballack, and Rene Adler. Westermann's presence will be missed […]

In the first of eight group previews, I am joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer to – with a little help of Andy Brassel, Simon Hill, and Simon Kuper – look at Group E. The Netherlands are the seeded nation in a group with no easy points. Denmark won its UEFA qualifying group. Cameroon […]

In the first of eight group previews, I am joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer to – with a little help of Andy Brassel, Simon Hill, and Simon Kuper – look at Group E. The Netherlands are the seeded nation in a group with no easy points. Denmark won its UEFA qualifying group. Cameroon […]

Well the 30 players named in Fabio Capello's England squad have had multiple trainng sessions and two games to earn their place on the plane to South Africa. Now is the time that this squad must be trimmed to 23 players, meaning that 7 players will soon receive the dreaded phone call ending their World […]