Community Shield Preview: Arsenal v Chelsea

The Premier League kicks off in just over a weeks time and it really couldn’t come soon enough for most of you I’m sure. That means this weekend we will see the traditional curtain raiser, the FA Community Shield. It has a little more importance than the friendly games which have gone before this pre season, but still gives bragging rights to the victor.

Premier League Predictions (Part 4 Of 4)

I missed out on doing this last year but figured I would go ahead and rekindle my Nostradamus type qualities for this season. Over the next four days I will take a look at each Premier League side, look at their positions last season along with how their summer has either strengthened or weakened them for this campaign.

Yesterday I looked at Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland. Today, in the final day I will look at the last five. Today it’s the turn of Swansea, Tottenham, Watford, West Brom and West Ham.

Premier League Predictions (Part 3 of 4)

I missed out on doing this last year but figured I would go ahead and rekindle my Nostradamus type qualities for this season. Over the next four days I will take a look at each Premier League side, look at their positions last season along with how their summer has either strengthened or weakened them for this campaign.

Yesterday I looked at Everton, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester City and United. Today it’s the turn of Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland.

Premier League Predictions (Part 2 Of 4)

I missed out on doing this last year but figured I would go ahead and rekindle my Nostradamus type qualities for this season. Over the next four days I will take a look at each Premier League side, look at their positions last season along with how their summer has either strengthened or weakened them for this campaign.

Premier League Predictions (Part 1 of 4)

I missed out on doing this last year but figured I would go ahead and rekindle my Nostradamus type qualities for this season. Over the next four days I will take a look at each Premier League side, look at their positions last season along with how their summer has either strengthened or weakened them for this campaign.

Lionesses Are One Game Away

England and Manchester City captain, Steph Houghton has said that the Lionesses reaching the Semi Final of the Women’s World Cup is the biggest game in England women’s football history. While I agree with Houghton I would like to go further and say it is the biggest game in England’s football history, period. Certainly it is the furthest either the senior sides have reached for a quarter of a century when the Men’s side were eliminated from the same position in 1990 in Italy.

Pennsylvania And The World Cup

Soccer in the USA has been steadily growing for many years now. The MLS is in its 20th season and the men’s National side has performed well in the last two World Cups. But the countries association with what the rest of the world calls football goes a lot further than that, not hurt by the fact that an American led investigation into FIFA which has its members scurrying away to a dark corner.