Filed in archive General
by daryl on September 19, 2006
David Beckham has admitted he will probably never play in the Permiership again. The ex-England (face it Becks) star, in London to sign copies of his new soccer skills book (mostly about crossing?)...
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Remember when African players in the Premiership meant guys like Daniel Amokachi? Everton's Nigerian forward (1994-96) was decent on his day, but never a world beater. Ten years later things have...
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Huge Sunday for the Premiership tomorrow. First it's Chelsea vs Liverpool, then you've got 45 minutes to catch your breath before Man Utd vs Arsenal. What I love about these games is that...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on September 16, 2006
Just when things were looking good for Owen Hargreaves (wanted by Man Utd, regular spot in England's first XI) he's broken his leg. Here's wishing everyone's favourite...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on September 15, 2006
Just when we thought we were rid of him... Sven has been talking to US Soccer about filling their managerial vacancy. Given Sven's track record with England, here's what US fans can expect:...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on September 15, 2006
Yes, you read that right. And no, this isn't an Onion article. Bruce Arena has apologised. After calling US Soccer president Sunil Gulati a "micromanager" and a "superfan,"...
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Filed in archive Champions League
by daryl on September 14, 2006
This is an artists (or rather bloggers) impression of ESPN's Champions League coverage. If anyone could tell what was going on behind all the graphics please write in and let me know.......
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Seems Arsenal fans aren't the only ones sick of hearing about Ashley Cole The Times decision to serialise Ashley Cole's whining biography, hasn't proven too popular with regular readers....
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on September 14, 2006
England are the 4th best team in the world, according to the latest latest FIFA World Rankings. It means almost nothing of course, but try telling that to the good people of Belize, Djibouti, São...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 13, 2006
This might be the most amazing goal you've ever seen, but not in a good way. It's from this past weekend Paulista Football Federation Cup in Brazil between Santacruzense and Atletico...
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James Milner is set to demand a move away from Newcastle United, according to this report on the Talksport website. Not great timing, what with the transfer window being closed until January. In...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 12, 2006
A compilation of goal-mouth misses that defy the laws of gravity, set to an appropriately mournful piano and violin soundtrack. Tip of the Soccer-Weblog hat to the fine folk at WaatB?......
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I want to like Ashley Cole, I really do. As England's first choice left back (him not me) he deserves some adulation, but the way Cole has handled his recent transfer from Arsenal to Chelsea...
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If the Telegraph are to be believed (and I don't see any reason why not) then the details of West Ham's Tevez and Mascherano deal are as follows: - The deal was a free transfer from...
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Filed in archive A Good Idea...
by daryl on September 08, 2006
I've always loved that Barcelona refused to sell advertising space on the front of their jerseys. In a world where clubs are selling even stadium names to the highest bidder (Emirates Stadium,...
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Portsmouth's Nwankwo Kanu is the top performer in the Premiership so far, according to Actim, who provide all the leagues stat based needs. The resurgent Nigerian sits on top of the Actim Index...
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Viewers on both sides of the Atlantic will get the chance to see exactly what West Ham have bough/leased (depending on how you view the situation) in Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, when the pair...
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on September 07, 2006
After David Healy's phenomenal hat-trick gave Norn iron (aka Northern Ireland) a 3-2 win over the formerly mighty Spain, I can't help wondering how good David Healy is. The former Manchester...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on September 07, 2006
Arsenal's Theo Walcott was on the scoresheet for England Under 21s, as Peter Taylor's men (boys?) scraped a 3-2 win over Switzerland to qualify the Euro Championship Play-Offs. According to...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on September 07, 2006
Despite three wins from three games, ten goals scored and none conceded, people are complaining about Steve McLaren already. England's 1-0 win over Macedonia wasn't particularly inspiring,...
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Filed in archive A Good Idea...
by daryl on September 06, 2006
Good news for those who enjoyed The Guardian's World Cup podcasts. The always dapper James Richardson (pictured), grumpy Irishman Barry Glendenning and all the other semi-regulars (including...
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on September 06, 2006
Marco Materazzi has finally revealed what he said to Zinedine Zidane to earn that headbutt. Seems it went something like this: Materazzi had been pulling Zidane's Jersey, causing ZZ to remark:...
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