Soccer
Sep. 3 | So Spanish defender Carlos Marchena comes out and says,
“The Italy game was a turning point for the whole country,” he said to the press. “The game had many aspects that could have saw us lose; it was against Italy, it was a quarter final,...
Sep. 1 | By Leigh Sanders
With money spiralling out on control in football over the last decade one troubling trend has become all too prominent in transfer dealings which again has shut out fans and made their clubs unaccountable to the people who pay all the...
Aug. 23 | By Leigh Sanders
It all looked so promising. Following the massive blow of Martin O’Neill’s resignation as manager of Astion Villa merely days before the new Premier League Season, Villa seemed to be coping well.
With the James Milner transfer saga...
Aug. 19 | By Leigh Sanders
Like the unexpected summer smash hit at the Box Office one transfer saga involving not-so A-List names has been on the lips of most football fans throughout Britain this week.
Following the conclusion of those involving Cesc Fabregas,...
Aug. 16 | By Leigh Sanders
Saturday saw the widely anticipated return of the English Premier League, largely considered the greatest domestic football competition the world over.
In a small corner of London two teams hotly tipped to trouble the usual ‘Big 4’...
Aug. 9 | By Leigh Sanders
Reading Roy Keane’s autobiography, a common theme he continually hammers home is about ambition. One of his main criticisms of his former Manchester United teammates who secured that famous treble of 1999, and that which drew such...
Aug. 4 | Italian soccer received a shot in the leg when the FIGC announced Roberto Baggio to be the president for its Technical Sector – another way of saying chief scout. This can only be a good thing for Italy’s youth development. Also hired was...
Aug. 4 | By Leigh Sanders
Roy Hodgson has just walked in to one of the most enviable, yet difficult, jobs in English football. He has to rebuild the once-magnificent empire known as Liverpool FC in to a real force in the domestic game.
It is a club steeped in...
Aug. 3 | By Leigh Sanders
With the days quickly evaporating before the beloved football season is upon us it is this time of year when guys and gals the length and breadth of the earth begin to predict who will do what and come where over the next ten months in...
Jul. 27 | In Iceland the players of Stjarnan Garoabaer feel like a fish in the water. It shows in their celebrations too. They threw out a line during the match between Fylkir Reykjavik.
Halldor Orri Bjornsson scored from the spot, Panenka style if you will, taking...