Champions League Draw.

All soccer fans around the World were facing Monaco on Thursday at 12pm EST where the Groups for the 2013/14 Champions League would be drawn. Once again the procedure, which could take 15 minutes was drawn out for a full hour with voting for UEFA Best Player in Europe for the 2012/13 season.

The Emotional Game Of Soccer (Part 2)

The beautiful game has been proven over the years to bridge gaps, bring people together and give hope where politically there may not be. Over the next few days I am going to be taking single games which changed the world, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst and sometimes only for 90 minutes, but all powerful nonetheless.

Wenger You Gonna Spend Some Money?

After Saturday’s defeat in the opening game against Aston Villa, there was an increased frustration among the Arsenal fans with the way their club is being run and their lack of activity in the transfer market. On Monday apparently Arsenal did indeed make a bid for a player of another club who was due to play that evening and in fact had to be pulled by his manager at the last minute because ’his head wasn’t right’ after the bid.

The Emotional Game Of Soccer (Part 1)

In Afghanistan crowds gathered in the streets of Kabul, shouting and waving flags. It is a picture Western TV has shown many times before but this time it was different. These people were not mourning an attack that had left loved ones dead, in fact the complete opposite, it had life. The reason for the gathered crowds was not war, it was soccer.

Premier League Preview (Week 2)

Here we go again for another weekend of Premiership football. Already Arsene Wenger is feeling the pressure from fans after the defeat to Villa meanwhile both Manchester sides dominated their games, both scoring four. Chelsea have played an extra game due to their European Super Cup commitments next Friday and currently top the table with 6 points after a very controversial midweek win against Aston Villa.

In Rob's Memory

For most of us August 4th was three days after a defeat to Bayern Munich in a Friendly Cup Final, the Audi Cup in Munich. Just over 5,000 miles away a friend of mine, and fellow City fan posted this on Facebook, 

                   

Grand-on Donovan!

I was wondering exactly how long it would be after the recent big MLS announcements before Landon Donovan piped up and tried to put himself front and centre. I will state right up front that I have never been a big fan of Landycakes Donovan and preferred to look to players such as Clint Dempsey, DeMarcus Beasley and Claudio Reyna among others as potential role models for the American youth.