It was the second game of the season in the Champions League for both Arsenal and Manchester United last night and both teams came through with flying colours.Arsenal bounced back from the Hull City debacle at the weekend to tear Porto apart at the E...
The Newcastle United midfielder, Joey Barton, has spoken out about his fears over his future in football. The footballer, who is 26 years of age, is preparing to return to Newcastle’s first team after being banned for six games.The ban was handed to ...
England legend, David Beckham, and former England winger, John Barnes, have announced that they wish to join the country’s bid to host the Football World Cup in 2018. They will become vice-presidents of the newly-formed executive board that has a lot...
AC Milan have surprised football fans all over the world by announcing that they intend to sign David Beckham on loan in January. The 33-year-old, who is still a regular for England under Fabio Capello, is currently playing for Major League Soccer si...
FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, has expressed his anger at the growing trend of selling important Premier League clubs to foreign billionaires who have little or no interest in the development of professional football. He has asked UEFA bosses to prote...
Scottish football fans were shocked this week by Kris Boyd’s announcement that he will not play for the national team whilst it is under the control of George Burley. Boyd issued the following statement at the weekend: “I will not be playing for Geor...
What is going on with England? Have they suddenly remembered that they are a decent side who can actually play decent football? It sure looks like it after a good display in Belarus last night.England have twelve points from a possible twelve and are...
Well well, the group phase of the UEFA Cup has been drawn today in Switzerland and there have been some tasty ties thrown up for our English sides.Villa could be paying a visit to picturesque Prague, Tottenham could be taking a Winter trip to Moscow,...
Well Done England for turning down the friendly against Spain in Madrid. What occurred last time was just not on and I'm glad the FA are refusing to put their players in a similar scenario. I'm not sure that other Spanish locations will be much bett...
Ashley Cole has been ruled out of Wednesday night’s international match against Belarus as a result of injury problems. Whilst missing a World Cup qualifying match would be gutting for most top professionals, Cole may be breathing a sigh of relief at...
As much as I love Arsenal and the young side we have this season, yesterday’s match leaves a bitter taste ahead of the future. With the exception of Denilson, in midfield(with Diaby’s return), when we went forward and when we had to put it in, we wer...
When we switch on the news in the morning, few of us are surprised, in the current financial climate, to learn of a new bank in turmoil. However, when football clubs admit that they are being placed under threat by the current banking problems, some ...
The current banking catastrophe seems to have had some sort of impact on everyone, and now, not even football is immune to the knock-on effects of the crisis. This week, Uefa announced that football clubs with heavy debts could face exclusion from Eu...
The events of the 18th and 19th of October 2008 could still have an impact upon the future of football in this country. On Saturday the 18th, Aston Villa entertained Portsmouth.The game was relatively uneventful until it entered its final period. Wit...
When I first started reading this I just couldn't believe my eyes. Joe Kinnear the new Newcastle manager decided to crush a couple of journalists by calling them bad words in a Press Conference like no other. Read the full transcript for yourself an...
This weekend saw the publication of the shortlist for the prestigious 2008 European Footballer of the Year award. The list of nominees was released by France Football magazine and includes three English footballers: Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, and...
For the next hour or so I'll be blogging live on the UEFA Cup draw. Tottenham Hotspur are seeded and are in Pot 1 and will miss all the other big clubs. Manchester City are in Pot 3 whereas both Aston Villa and Portsmouth are in Pot 4. English teams ...
This weekend saw Liverpool record a shock victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The win brought an end to the London team’s magnificent 86-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League and saw the Reds move three points clear at the top of the leag...
Liverpool Reserves lost for the third league match in succession after letting a two-goal lead slip against Everton on Tuesday.Goals from Jordy Brouwer and Gerardo Bruna in a frantic second half were overturned in dramatic style as Everton fought bac...
A Daniel Sturridge finish condemned Reserve Champions Liverpool to their second consecutive league defeat at Eastlands on Tuesday. The Reds second-string were unable to repeat the feat of the first team days earlier, which in truth never looked like ...
Ten years ago English football enjoyed something special. Special moments come around reasonably regularly in football, the great moments come around less frequently. However, if you're prepared to stick with the game and go through the consistently ...
Yet more funny stuff from the legend that is Joe Kinnear. I know we all love Jose and he gave the press a load of material but Kinnear is just funny. This is his rant as read aloud by a computer voice - it is certainly worth eight minutes of anybodi...
Jose Mourinho, who became a legend among Chelsea fans during his time in charge of the club, has angered the Stamford Bridge faithful by labelling Didier Drogba “a diver”. In an outrageous interview with a football website, the manager of Inter Milan...
As regular readers of this blog will know - I have a man crush on Michael Owen and think that his omission from the England squad is a disgrace. Luckily I'm not the only one as one of our writers agrees - here's what Charlotte Cook has to say on the ...
I am a football fan. I have travelled all over the country following my team and have never been in any trouble. There has been trouble around me but I've always managed to stay clear of it like the majority of fans. However there are times when trou...
Queens Park Rangers Football Club have sacked manager, Iain Dowie, in a decision which didn't exactly shock many in the world of football.Dowie, who used to play as a striker for Southampton, was only in charge for 15 games and his record was not alt...
Portsmouth have sold manager Harry Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur for a staggering £5million fee.So here I am quietly enjoying my Saturday evening. I’m watching a college football game from Texas and kicking back, a typical Neil M Saturday night, noth...
Thaksin Shinawatra, the ex-owner of Manchester City Football Club, has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption by the Thai Supreme Court. He has been punished for offences committed during his spell as Prime Minis...
When this European adventure started I wasn't feeling the nerves. Last night they were in full swing as I had to sit through Portsmouth's adventure in Portugal in the full knowledge that whatever happened I had to keep it down as all three housemates...
Oh look at me – super efficient this week as I’m writing this on Sunday night. A weekend with six games on the Sunday is always a bit wrong but we saw some cracking games. So here are ten things that I know are true following the weekends games.I kno...
So I have had around 36 hours to reflect on the goings on of Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning. What exactly went on and what exactly does it mean for both clubs involved?We'll start off with what it means for the club getting Harr...