Soccer Limey in America

Many of us in life are frequently tempted by the old ruse of “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”, only to find after a while that things were not what they appeared. This seems to occur often in the soccer world as clubs constantly strive to improve only to find later [...]

Here we are again, people. I know it’s been a while but another howler of a decision by a refereeing crew in England today in a massively important football game has again thrust the issue of video technology onto the front burner again worldwide. Premier League referee Martin Atkinson ruled that Chelsea had scored following a frantic [...]

One of the disadvantages of working a paying job whilst trying to build a readership on your own blog is that sometimes we get blindsided by events that need immediate reporting such as we saw today in London as England manager Fabio Capello resigned his position immediately following a meeting with FA Chairman David Bernstein. [...]

As we start to approach the new 2011/12 soccer season in Europe, most of the news making the headlines concerns transfer requests, player moves and the like, which creates a ton of real interest for all soccer fans. Following your club’s pursuit of a star player gets the juices flowing ready for that first League [...]

When Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham side arrived at Bloomfield Rd tonight for their English Premier League clash with Blackpool, you would have thought that they would fancy their chances given the confidence of last week’s win over Serie A leaders AC Milan at the San Siro. With Blackpool’s current run of poor form, the result looked [...]

It seems that the first big story of the 2011 soccer season is the pending loan agreement between Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League and the LA Galaxy of the MLS. The deal would take former England captain David Beckham back to his London hometown for a couple of months until the Galaxy’s season [...]