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Path To Glory Passed Through Italy For Spain

Path To Glory Passed Through Italy For Spain

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,...

Undisclosed Problems for World Football

Undisclosed Problems for World Football

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...

Where Now for Shell-shocked Villa?

Where Now for Shell-shocked Villa?

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...

The Most Unlikely Controversial Transfer Saga EVER

The Most Unlikely Controversial Transfer Saga EVER

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,...

Two Contrasting Styles Grace Premier League Canvass

Two Contrasting Styles Grace Premier League Canvass

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’...

How High Can Spurs Aim This Season?

How High Can Spurs Aim This Season?

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...

Baggio (Thankfully) Returns To Azzurri Fold

Baggio (Thankfully) Returns To Azzurri Fold

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...

Hodgson Has Work Cut Out to Rebuild Liverpool Empire

Hodgson Has Work Cut Out to Rebuild Liverpool Empire

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...

Fantasy Football Gearing Up For 2010/11 Season

Fantasy Football Gearing Up For 2010/11 Season

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...

Panenka Style Goal Reason For Wacky Celebration

Panenka Style Goal Reason For Wacky Celebration

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...