A tale of 2 completely different days?  Yes it was. On Tuesday, -Real Madrid stayed true to their record of not beating Athletico Madrid within 90 minutes by drawing 0-0 at the Vicente Calderon. And yes, Gareth Bale lived up to his expectation of underperforming, although it’s wasn’t as bad […]

So here we are again. Another weekend (and Monday) of club football. So what to expect, Besides the usual?Well, nothing much,.. I think. Lets see. -After Manchester City and Manchester United, Liverpool have another top 4 derby ahead of them. And this time it’s the in-form Arsenal, led by Olivier […]

-So, it was El Classico this weekend and everybody made sure that everybody else knew it. -Real Madrid did a “Chelsea”: Dominate the game but don’t win it. -Chelsea and Manchester City must be communicating telepathically. Whenever one wins, the other wins too. Whenever one drop points, the other one has […]

The Premier League is set to kick-off in the 17th of August this year and the race for 1st place is as competitive as ever with a possible 6 teams in with a real chance of winning what is now the 22nd season of the top league in English football, […]

Are English managers simply NOT good enough? In the top four tiers of English Football there are 92 clubs, 54 of which are managed by Englishman. However, a mere FOUR of these are managing teams in the Premiership, England’s top division. Sam Allardyce, Alan Pardew, Harry Redknapp and Nigel Adkins […]

The Handshake: A simple yet significant act, the handshake between two human beings represents the respect that they have for each other. The introduction of the handshake between professional football players was implemented as part of a ‘respect campaign’ aimed at promoting some more courtesy within the game. It had […]

On the face of it, this season’s premier European competition is excitingly wide open. Prior to it all kicking off again, at least six of the teams involved can be realistically considered as contenders for the trophy; as well as one or two dark horses which could really shake things […]

If there was anyone voicing doubts over Spain’s ability to retain their title as European Champions after La Roja stuttered to a one all draw with Italy, they were silenced in overwhelming fashion on Thursday night. Spain skillfully brushed the Irish aside to record a result which leaves them with […]