Here is a complete guide to all the summer activities that took place over the last two months. Transfers including Arsenal’s record breaking Mesut Ozil’s signature to Manchester United’s capture of Marouane Fellaini. Arsenal In: Out: Yaya Sanogo, Auxerre, free Gervinho, AS Roma, €8m Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan, free) Andre Santos, Flamengo, … Read more
For the first time since 1998, Everton start a Premier League season with a new manager. Roberto Martinez, unlike David Moyes who joined part way through the 2001/02 season, has the whole summer to accustom his new side to his leadership. The Blues start their campaign with an away trip to Carrow Road to face … Read more
To tap into all the good feeling and gaiety generated by the recent arrival of the Royal baby, football delivered its own spin on the egalitarian story through Championship new boys Yeovil Town. The Somerset club used an easel, similar to the one waiting to be used at Buckingham Palace, to announce the loan signing … Read more
Financially troubled Portsmouth have named ex player Alan McLoughlin as the club’s new first-team coach. The forty-six year old played for the south coast side during the nineties and with over 300 appearances to his name he is considered to be a true club legend. McLoughlin has also been working in the academy for the … Read more
Now that all English sides involved in the melodrama of the play-offs know which division they’ll be playing in next season, but with still two months before the first fixture of the next Football League season, we can aimlessly speculate about how well those moving up and down the leagues are likely to do next … Read more
Being relegated is one of the worst feelings in our beautiful game but it is how you react and bounce back which shows how much character belief your club has, and that’s what Doncaster Rovers have just done. The South Yorkshire side just pipped Brentford to League 1 promotion in an extraordinary Aguerooooooo last … Read more
We recently ran an article talking about the greatness of the Championships, Is this is the best league in the World? Well, yesterday’s play-offs between Watford and Leicester certainly makes a strong statement towards it. It is crazy to think that League One match between Brentford and Doncaster Rovers not so long ago, had the exact scenario like yesterday’s. Going … Read more
1) AFCON African Cup Of Nations continued to have it’s fare share of thrills and spills. With the final round of matches still to be played, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Cape Verde have already qualified for the knock out stages. Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo can still make it to the final stages with the defending … Read more
The fourth round of the FA cup was played last weekend and as always it had it’s talking points and did not fail to entertain us with some shocking results. Brentford produced one such result as they almost beat the Champions league winner Chelsea but a Fernando Torres equaliser late in the game meant that they have … Read more
Southampton host the holders Chelsea, QPR host West Brom, Arsenal travel to Swansea and Manchester United are away to West Ham in the “all top flight clashes”. Chelsea begin their defence of the trophy against fellow EPL club Southampton. With the current form they’re in, the Saints wouldn’t be too displeased. With any team … Read more