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EPL
Birmingham City Make Biggest Splash on Transfer Deadline Day
Attention grabbing transfer deals on the day the transfer window closes are not new. But it isn’t every season where it is normally dour Midland club Birmingham City that raises the most eyebrows. But as the window closed shut, Alex McLeish, City’s Scottish manager and once captain of Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen side, did exactly... »
UEFA Champions League Draw and Analysis
The draw for the Group stages of the UEFA Champions League was made today. Among the sides with reason to be happiest are Swiss side FC Basel and Manchester United. Basel have drawn an Italian side and a German side, Roma and Bayern Munich. They are sure of sell out crowds for both home games... »
Was This the Most Dramatic Finish to an EPL Game Ever?
Brede Hangeland scored at both ends and Manchester United missed a penalty in the most dramatic ending to an EPL match for a decade. At Newcastle, US keeper Brad Friedel had the worst day of his career as he conceded six goals to promoted Newcastle. Pictures from both games and a match report here. Most... »
Saturday EPL Round-up
Caution contains scores, pictures from Wigan v Chelsea and details of considerable thrashings …. »
Footie on the Telly on Saturday
It’s Friday and that means a weekend of football on the television. With no Sounders game to fret over, a rare opportunity is afforded to watch without the tension. You can see three MLS games on cable on Saturday, and three live and one recorded EPL game. German football appears on FSE and GOLTV, and... »
Drogba Looking for 3rd Successive Hat-Trick – EPL Preview
There is a full calendar of EPL games this weekend with Blackpool’s visit to Arsenal the highlight for many. The Seasiders shocked England with a 0-4 win at Wigan. »
Poor Week for EPL Clubs in Europe
After Tottenham’s shock defeat in Switzerland, it was the turn of Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa to take on foreign opposition. »
EPL Round up. Spurs outshoot 6 goal Chelsea and still fail to score
Week one of the EPL season is now over after Manchester United and Newcastle completed the opening round of games. We haven’t learned a great deal and nor should we have. So let’s take a small toothbrush and scrape away to see if any small nuggets of knowledge are available. EPL Round up. Spurs outshoot 6... »
EPL Season Preview
When David Wittstock is not rating Sounders players for our player ratings series, he turns his attention to another matter dear to his heart, that of the English Premier League. Now that the season is upon us, David has ratcheted up the alarm clock for the early morning duty familiar to those of us on... »
England Suffer Another Injustice
Controversy followed England back to Wembley as Hungary were awarded a goal which appeared not »
Wayne Rooney’s Brother on Trial in Seattle
According to Josh Mayers in the Seattle Times, John Rooney, the younger brother of Manchester United star, is in Seattle, trying out with the Sounders. Rooney has made 41 appearances for Macclesfield Town and was, like his older brother, on the books at Everton before that. Although born in Liverpool, John is qualified to represent... »
Aston Villa Manager Quits
Martin O’Neill has resigned as manager of Aston Villa. Full Story »
Season Begins in Humbled England
The domestic football season immediately following the World Cup is usually one where intense anticipation and excitement accompanies the countdown. Fans are eager to see some of the players and perhaps tactics that arose from the summer global jamboree coming to stadiums and television sets near them. In the 1978 World Cup, long range shooting... »
Beckham Serie A Career Over
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will not be returning to his Serie A club AC Milan. The England international negotiated a loan deal away from Major League Soccer to enhance his chances of playing in the World Cup for England, and then picked up an injury while playing for Milan that put him... »
Portland Timbers v Manchester City Photo Gallery
City captain Stephen Ireland warns Joe Hart of the perils of talking to Timbers Canadian centre half Ross Smith Gary Sheldon/leadingedgeimages.biz Gary Sheldon has compiled a gallery of his favourtie shots from the Timbers big day at home to Manchester City, to which we have added the usual side splitting captions. Players featured include Emmanuel... »
Kidd: Fergie Really Wants England to Win
Manchester City assistant manager Brian Kidd made an astonishing allegation against United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in Portland last Saturday. He claimed the gruff Glaswegian Sir Alex actually wants England to win! Kidd who played for England and won the European Cup with United in 1968, was speaking after his side’s 3-0 win... »
Joe Cole Moves to Liverpool
Joe Cole is perhaps England’s most creative footballer especially if you reduce that selection to just his fellow midfielders. However he has been unable to guarantee himself an automatic starting place for club and country since leaving West Ham, and now his time to compete for one at Chelsea is over. Full Story and Impact on... »
Portland Prepares for World Class Guests
Portland is preparing for one of the biggest days in the club’s history as the Timbers prepare to welcome Manchester City to Oregon. The Lancashire club is now reckoned to be the wealthiest in the world and have already added $90m worth of talent this summer with the addition of World Cup medal winner... »
Ex-Sounder Harry Redknapp Gets Two More Years at Spurs
Former Seattle Sounder Harry Redknapp has extended his contract as Tottenham Hotspur manager for two years so that it will now expire in 2013. His deal with the North London club was due to expire in 2011 but included an option for a further two years which he and the club have now agreed... »
Man City Bringing World Cup Stars to Portland
Adebayor, Vieira and both Toures Among Squad Top English Premier League club Manchester City today unveiled their 31-man roster traveling to the USA including a game on July 17th in the Pacific Northwest against the Portland Timbers. The match takes place next Saturday at the University of Portland’s Merlo Field as part of a preseason... »
World Cup Scorer Joins Man United USA Tour
Manchester United’s latest acquisition, Mexican forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, will be joining the squad to tour the United States on July 27 in time for the All Star match in Houston. Gary Neville has been forced to withdraw due to a last-minute training injury, a small tear to his calf muscle. Hernandez scored twice... »
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