Soccer Limey in America

This is the encounter everyone has been waiting for. Real Madrid vs Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo against his old club Manchester United. United find themselves well ahead of the pack in the Premier League while Madrid are sitting in third position, 18 points behind leaders Barcelona, in a very disappointing campaign for them thus far. [...]

We’re now into the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League competition and without a doubt, the tie of the Round will be at The Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday February 13th when Real Madrid host Manchester United at The Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. We will have our Editor, Avery Wenck, following the game LIVE and [...]

The Special One faced one of his toughest challenges during his era at Madrid with The Madrid Derby. It had been long since Atletico Madrid won at The Bernabeu, but Real Madrid’s recent struggles put the players and fans in confidence crisis. With Atletico Madrid in a magnificent run and only six points behind Barcelona, [...]

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 7th of October was a delightful day for global football fans and The Sunday Football Marathon. Since the nap after lunch, I have sparingly let me eye slip out of the sight of a football match. Regardless of whether the results of the games were in my favour, I was able to explore how [...]

To say that it’s been an exciting week in football on the European stage would be quite an understatement. Anyone who would have envisaged Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid crashing out of the Champions League after failing to win their home games and Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola announcing his temporary retirement at the end [...]

Barca holds off Madrid rally to reach cup semis – World Soccer – Yahoo! Sports. Barcelona once again got the better of their closest rivals in La Liga by knocking out Real Madrid in the quarter finals of the Copa Del Rey. After taking a two goal lead over Real, Barcelona were pegged back to [...]

Arsène Wenger: Real Madrid and Barcelona are leaving Arsenal behind | Football | The Guardian. Over the years, Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger has been regarded as one of the game’s deepest thinkers. His nickname of “The Professor” describes him perfectly but does not flatter him as he isone of the most highly respected names  in world [...]

I have been involved with this sport of ours for almost 45 years, and I can honestly say that I have never witnessed such a bizarre set of circumstances that emanated out of Old Trafford this past seven days. I have read many articles which explain (or at least try to) what happened with the [...]

Most soccer commentators have already compiled their winners and losers for the 2010/11 soccer season, but in the interests of not being part of the regular crowd, I wanted to wait until the first couple of games were on the books before I stuck my neck out too far. We’ll look at the English Premier [...]