Editorials

Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic’s pre-season preparations intensify on Friday evening, as the pair kick-off the Feyenoord Jubileum Toernooi. Buoyed by the success of last season, expectations at White Hart Lane and Parkhead are sky high going into the new campaign. Celtic won the Scottish Premier League for the 42nd time in 2008 and progressed to […]

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari is setting his sights high as he says he believes Chelsea can win the quadruple in his first season as manager at Stamford Bridge. The fifty-nine year old Brazilian has said his squad is strong enough to challenge for the Premier League, the FA Cup, Carling Cup and Champions […]

“Diouf is not one of my favourites but if he improves our attacking options then I’ll have to get over it.”These are the words of a Sunderland supporter on an internet message board following the news that El-Hadji Diouf is on the verge of a £2.5million move to Sunderland from Bolton as Roy Keane continues […]

Barcelona continued their Scottish adventure yesterday with a 5-1 hammering of Dundee United. This game completed their pre-season tour and followed the 6-0 victory over Hibernian.Lionel Messi scored a second half hat-trick which underlined his claims to be one of the top players in Europe. The other Barcelona scorers were those two average strikers, Thierry […]

Despite the summer of unrest at Aston Villa caused by the on going transfer saga involving Gareth Barry, the future is looking good for Martin O’Neill and his young team.The news that Blackburn keeper Brad Friedel is on his way to the club will be greeted as great news by the Villa Park faithful. The […]

As we get ever closer to the next football season I thought it would be worth having a look at the hopes, fears and expectations that I have about what lies ahead. Can we expect the best or the worst? Will we be dancing in the streets or crying into our beer?HopesFirstly, I hope that […]

I love it! The season is still a couple of weeks away but Sir Alex Ferguson has fired the first shots in the ‘manager wars’ series ahead of the coming nine months.The Manchester United manager has said that he believes Chelsea‘s aging squad may struggle to challenge his side for major honours next season and […]

There is often much concern voiced in certain sections of the media and in pubs, clubs and cafes the length and breadth of England about the influx of ‘foreigners’ into English football. If we are not moaning about the number of overseas players in the league preventing our young players from flourishing and ruining our […]

So it has begun. Long before any of the major European leagues have kicked off and long before the transfer window is closed, the preliminary round of this year’s UEFA Champion’s League kicked off this week. A summer break shorter than normal, bridged by the Euro 2008, it’s taken off. I’m not going to analyze […]

French defensive midfielder Claude Makelele has been released on a free transfer by Chelsea, allowing him to sign for a club in his home country, Paris St Germain. The thirty-five year old international spent five years at Stamford Bridge winning two Premier League winners medals, two league cup winners medals and an FA Cup winners […]