Watch: Coach sent off after entering pitch to stop counter-attack
The Subbiano coach receives probably the most obvious red card you’ll ever see.
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Zinedine Zidane shows once again that he’s still ‘got it’
Seeing as the World Cup in Brazil is almost here, we felt it was more than appropriate to share this video of World Cup legend Zinedine Zidane tearing it up during a recent Real Madrid versus Inter Milan legends game. …
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If I was Roy Hodgson…
The title of this post is a line that will be heard from pubs to offices to schools to kitchen tables to pretty much anywhere and everywhere up and down England over the next month. World Cup year is a time …
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A World Cup song worth listening to
Earlier in the week we had a gander at Omid Djalili’s World Cup song ‘We Still Believe’ featuring the likes of Bill Bailey, Ray Winstone, John Bishop and Jack Dee, amongst others. Judging by the general reaction, which w
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A guide to the World Cup
With the greatest show on earth within touching distance, the hype and excitement surrounding the nation is about to hit new levels. It’s the only time of the year when all football fans are united behind the one team, and th
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Time for Daniel Levy to leave Tottenham?
Like a swarm of locusts destroying a field of crops, sociopath Daniel Levy has turned White Lane into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. By rewarding Mauricio Pochettino with a five year contract, the trigger happy twerp has
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Is this the Emile Heskey of Thai football?
Emile Heskey; donkey or beast? You decide, but he’s certainly a footballer that divides opinion. Emile’s scored some belters in his time but they all seem to be forgotten about as he’s also missed a shedload of sitters. If you’r
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USA coach Klinsmann admits his team has no chance of winning 2014 World Cup
There’s nothing like waving the white flag before your team has even taken the pitch in Brazil. Or maybe you could look at USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann as a realist when he says that his team is just not at …
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Time to ditch the sliding tackle?
After Raheem Sterling’s tackle in England’s latest World Cup warm up game against Ecuador saw the normally placid Antonio Valencia reach for the Englishman’s throat and had them both sent off, a thought occurred
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Lambert loss spells end of an era at Southampton
When Southampton’s 2013/14 season ended it was described as the ‘end of a project’ – and it certainly seems that way. Said ‘project’ – a term I loathe to use as it is better suited to a management consultant’s Pow
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Comedian Omid Djalili joined by some well known faces for World Cup song
Yes, another World Cup song. There seems to be hundreds doing the rounds as people desperately try to create a track that’ll reach the heights that the likes of ‘Three Lions On The Shirt’ by Baddiel, Skinner and The
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An unknown World Cup XI
You football nuts out there will have heard of these lot (or played with them one time in a FIFA career) but for those of you who are excited for the World Cup but perhaps don’t have the knowledge to keep …
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Lovely moment: disabled boy shows off keepy-uppy skills to hero David Luiz
Football can produce some beautiful moments and this is certainly one of them. A young disabled boy was a special guest at Brazil’s training session last week, meeting his heroes and watching them train in what was undo
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USMNT: expectations heading into the World Cup
Take one nation, growing in stature within the sport, a massive competition and ESPN – what do you have? Throw in a pinch of a very pessimistic football culture here in the States and the supposed “very hard group” we’re
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Messi to secure legacy at the World Cup?
No trophies, no Ballon d’Or and no La Liga’s Golden Boot for Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi. Some might say the little Argentinian magician has been under a bit of rare pressure during the 2014 campaign e
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Why Arsene Wenger’s new deal is bad news for Arsenal
According to reports today, Arsene Wenger has agreed a new three-year contract at Arsenal putting an end to all the speculation that has been surrounding his future at the club. I, for one, am not excited or pleased about his