Soccer Limey in America

Much is made of the Christmas period in the English Premier League. While almost all of Europe takes a two week break around the festive holidays, in England, clubs embark on a ruthless stretch of 7-8 matches in a 4-5 week period. Many experts suggest that this is when the men separate themselves from the [...]

Of course the first thing that needs to be talked about due to popularity is the Barclay’s Premier League. Currently in the top four sit Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, and Chelsea, respectively. Manchester United have looked brilliant so far and I expect them to definitely finish in the top four and probably win the [...]

This season has seen ups and downs for all clubs; with the title and relegation races still close, every team has to fight for something.There has been a lot of excitement throughout the first half of this Premier League season, with some clubs seeing prosperity while others drift deeper into the relegation zone. We have [...]

It seems that over the past couple of weeks, some interesting discussion has developed around the question of whether Barcelona of La Liga would be capable of winning the Barclay’s Premier League title. Probably prompted by Scottish Champions Celtic’s success against the Catalans, it makes for some interesting comparisons of the strengths and weaknesses of both [...]

The Linesman takes the international break to look back at how August went for the Premier League teams. 1. Chelsea  9 pts Di Matteo endured a magical 11/12 season and led Chelsea to the top of the table by nailing 3 out of 3, mostly thanks to new signing Eden Hazard, which the talented attacking [...]

Someone asked me today if I had ever seen a day like this in my 45 years of watching football across the world, and after thinking for a few seconds, I had to admit that I had. I have to go back to that night at The Nou Camp in 1999 when Man Utd came [...]

Coming into the Manchester derby today, we were told that potentially 650 million people around the world would be glued to their TV sets to watch, what many people argued, was “The Game of the Century”. It’s been my experience over the years that matches which are hyped up the way this game was usually [...]

It’s hard to fathom when looking back to December of last year, as Man City were sitting pretty at the top of the English Premier League, a full 8 points ahead of derby rivals Man Utd, that we would witness such a drastic change of fortune in such a short period of time. Many of [...]

One of the lasting benefits of watching soccer (football or whatever you want to call it) is how it never ceases to surprise and just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, everything changes. Such was the nature of today’s FA Cup Third Round match between Premier League Leaders Man City and their [...]

A couple of days ago, I happened to comment on Twitter following Man Utd’s 5-0 thrashing of Wigan at Old Trafford and Man City’s 0-0 away draw with West Bromwich Albion, that the title was now down to a two horse race as both Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool had failed to beat either Wolves, Fulham [...]